September of 1999

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Conjunctivitis outbreak in the South

Health Disease

Sep 17, 1999 1 mins read 411 views
Mela: a disturbance

Letters to the Editor

Sep 24, 1999 1 mins read 395 views
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Editorial

Sep 24, 1999 1 mins read 486 views
Coaching camp ends

Sport

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 572 views
Attractive prizes won

Archery

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 418 views
Yangphel Open Archery Tournament finals today

Archery

Sep 10, 1999 1 mins read 390 views
Close match concludes victory to the Dukpas

Archery

Sep 17, 1999 2 mins read 444 views
Activities galore, interest in game grows

Sport

Sep 17, 1999 1 mins read 426 views
Visit from Singapore

Visitors

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 458 views
Illegal workers deported

Immigration/Census

Sep 03, 1999 2 mins read 428 views
Tshechu looks good for tourism

Tourism

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 409 views
Denmark to support textile museum

Handicraft

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 415 views
25 qualify as pharmacists

Health/ BHU/ Dispensary/ ORC

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 490 views
The taxi meter paradox

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Sep 03, 1999 2 mins read 476 views
`Central depository' alien to investors

Royal Stock Exchange Of Bhutan(RSEB)

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 417 views
Volunteers raise money for the disabled

Disabled

Sep 03, 1999 3 mins read 395 views
Monks to play greater civic role

Religion

Sep 03, 1999 2 mins read 393 views
Assault tops crime list

Crime

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 409 views
Workshops go hi-tech

Private Sector

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 380 views
Excess liquidity absorbed through RMA bills

Royal Monetary Authority (RMA)

Sep 03, 1999 2 mins read 353 views
Gup for Daga-Uma geog

Home Affairs

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 435 views
Traffic branch expanded to increase highway patrol

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 388 views
Basis for RNR statistics established

Agriculture Activities

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 371 views
Bear escapes from its cage in Taba

Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 382 views
Schools encouraged to grow flowers

Education- Schools

Sep 03, 1999 2 mins read 363 views
Thimphu Drupchen begins

Tshechu

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 358 views
Science Exhibition

Exhibition

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 394 views
Child killed in accident

Accident

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 431 views
Decentralisation taken to the grassroots

Government Department

Sep 03, 1999 2 mins read 376 views
Sports is necessary for all

Letters to the Editor

Sep 03, 1999 3 mins read 397 views
Let us look after nature

Letters to the Editor

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 371 views
Decisions... decisions

Editorial

Sep 03, 1999 3 mins read 481 views
Draft legislation for juvenile justice

Judiciary

Sep 03, 1999 2 mins read 366 views
Roads, Dantak cooperate to keep Sorchen open

Roads

Sep 03, 1999 2 mins read 366 views
Fuelwood, vehicles behind Thimphu's air pollution

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 394 views
Nyoshul Khen Rimpoche passes away

Diseased Personalities

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 407 views
Peace conference

International Organisations

Sep 03, 1999 0 mins read 397 views
Symposium

Planning Ministry

Sep 03, 1999 0 mins read 483 views
Literacy centre

Druk Literacy Resource Centre

Sep 03, 1999 0 mins read 416 views
Truck seized

Accident

Sep 03, 1999 0 mins read 424 views
Salary increase

Salary

Sep 03, 1999 0 mins read 398 views
Plant import is risky

National Plant Protection Centre (NPPC)

Sep 10, 1999 2 mins read 430 views
Samdrup Jongkhar most prone to malaria

Health Malaria Control

Sep 10, 1999 2 mins read 395 views
Kerosene supply resumed in eastern dzongkhags

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Sep 10, 1999 1 mins read 390 views
Dance programme of the Thimphu Tshechu

Tshechu

Sep 10, 1999 1 mins read 399 views
Honing drafting skills

Planning Ministry

Sep 10, 1999 1 mins read 393 views
NFE centre: a drive towards greater literacy

Education- NFE

Sep 10, 1999 2 mins read 385 views
Druk Satair: villagers like the taste of shares

Companies

Sep 10, 1999 2 mins read 438 views
Entrepreneur friendly project evaluation

Private Sector

Sep 10, 1999 2 mins read 360 views
Children's park at Wangdichholing

National Park

Sep 10, 1999 1 mins read 391 views
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