May of 1999

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Basketball : laying a foundation

Sport

May 28, 1999 1 mins read 246 views
Tennis : revamping an image

Tennis

May 28, 1999 3 mins read 278 views
Archery: a training facility, medallists awarded cash

Archery

May 28, 1999 2 mins read 270 views
Boxing: introducing "new blood"

Sport

May 28, 1999 2 mins read 220 views
Corrigendum

Hydro Project

May 07, 1999 0 mins read 420 views
PCAL declares 30 per cent dividend, unprofitable ventures closed

Penden Cement Authority Ltd. (PCAL)

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 282 views
South Korea-Bhutan cooperation may expand

Bhutan - Korea

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 291 views
Healthy City concept introduced

WHO (World Health Organisation)

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 289 views
New UN representative presents credentials

UN Agencies

May 07, 1999 2 mins read 266 views
Taxi meters: the concept is yet to be accepted

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

May 07, 1999 3 mins read 249 views
New bridge in Dagana

Bridges

May 07, 1999 0 mins read 243 views
Wang

Wang

May 07, 1999 0 mins read 301 views
Mongar prepares to tap Kurichu Project potential

Dzongkhags

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 268 views
Farmers and their role in the ecosystem

National Environment Commission (NEC)

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 268 views
Haa Golf: was Ap Chhundu involved?

Golf

May 07, 1999 2 mins read 270 views
Thimphu police solve four theft cases

Crime

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 220 views
Information technology strategy

Computer/Internet

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 202 views
AID/HIV check up for labourers

Letters to the Editor

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 242 views
We should declare our assets

Letters to the Editor

May 07, 1999 2 mins read 237 views
Are we too few ?

Letters to the Editor

May 07, 1999 2 mins read 258 views
Who's business ?

Editorial

May 07, 1999 3 mins read 240 views
Silver Jubilee commemorative walk from Sunkosh to Daga Dzong

Education- Student

May 07, 1999 0 mins read 224 views
Improved VHF wireless set up to combat crime

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 208 views
Fight stepped up against malaria in southern dzongkhags

Health Malaria Control

May 07, 1999 2 mins read 220 views
Fighting Gid disease

Animal Husbandry Disease

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 206 views
College names centre after Father Mackey

Sherubtse College and Graduates

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 234 views
Environmental assessment of projects should be compulsory

National Environment Commission (NEC)

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 194 views
Bhutan must balance tradition and modernisation

Bhutan - Tradition

May 07, 1999 2 mins read 0 views
Land compensation rates revised

Government Department

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 234 views
Bhutan will host SAARC Summit

SAARC Summit

May 07, 1999 1 mins read 251 views
Attempted robbery at Chendebji

Monasteries

May 07, 1999 0 mins read 220 views
Tennis and archery

Sport

May 07, 1999 0 mins read 189 views
Reshuffle

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

May 07, 1999 0 mins read 210 views
NTTA

National Technical Training Authority (NTTA)

May 07, 1999 0 mins read 0 views
Tobacco banned

Narcotics/Drugs

May 07, 1999 0 mins read 241 views
Wang and lung

Wang

May 14, 1999 0 mins read 186 views
Bhutan to strengthen technical education

National Technical Training Authority (NTTA)

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 254 views
Gold for Bhutan

Archery

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 220 views
Obituary

Diseased Personalities

May 14, 1999 0 mins read 330 views
Private sector emphasised

Private Sector

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 194 views
Bilateral projects running smooth

Hydro Project

May 14, 1999 2 mins read 247 views
Vehicle numbers to be written in Dzongkha

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 260 views
MPs look at Bhutan-German cooperation

Bhutan - Germany

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 235 views
Tala Project grapples with dangerous slides

Hydro Project

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 205 views
BDFC gets fund to meet its Eighth Plan rural credit commitments

Bhutan Development Finance Corporation (BDFC)

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 227 views
New town to emerge from Tala Project

Hydro Project

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 202 views
Students meet in Holland

Education- Student

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 215 views
Rehabilitated Taklai project will increase farm productivity

Agriculture Irrigation

May 14, 1999 2 mins read 207 views
Farmers learn RNR policies

Agriculture Activities

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 242 views
Bridge to make life easier, safer for people

Bridges

May 14, 1999 1 mins read 227 views
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Recents

Energising Bhutan

It was no mere coincidence that as Bhutan launched its National Energy Policy (NEP) 2025, flash floods from glacial lake outbursts and excessive rainfall were wreaking havoc across the region—including damage to hydropower stations built or under construction as run-of-the-river schemes.

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