September of 1999

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Conjunctivitis outbreak in the South

Health Disease

Sep 17, 1999 1 mins read 511 views
Mela: a disturbance

Letters to the Editor

Sep 24, 1999 1 mins read 468 views
kuensel.com.bt

Editorial

Sep 24, 1999 1 mins read 636 views
Coaching camp ends

Sport

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 665 views
Attractive prizes won

Archery

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 505 views
Yangphel Open Archery Tournament finals today

Archery

Sep 10, 1999 1 mins read 467 views
Close match concludes victory to the Dukpas

Archery

Sep 17, 1999 2 mins read 537 views
Activities galore, interest in game grows

Sport

Sep 17, 1999 1 mins read 500 views
Visit from Singapore

Visitors

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 560 views
Illegal workers deported

Immigration/Census

Sep 03, 1999 2 mins read 511 views
Tshechu looks good for tourism

Tourism

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 509 views
Denmark to support textile museum

Handicraft

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 500 views
25 qualify as pharmacists

Health/ BHU/ Dispensary/ ORC

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 589 views
The taxi meter paradox

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Sep 03, 1999 2 mins read 559 views
`Central depository' alien to investors

Royal Stock Exchange Of Bhutan(RSEB)

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 522 views
Volunteers raise money for the disabled

Disabled

Sep 03, 1999 3 mins read 506 views
Monks to play greater civic role

Religion

Sep 03, 1999 2 mins read 484 views
Assault tops crime list

Crime

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 545 views
Workshops go hi-tech

Private Sector

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 478 views
Excess liquidity absorbed through RMA bills

Royal Monetary Authority (RMA)

Sep 03, 1999 2 mins read 478 views
Gup for Daga-Uma geog

Home Affairs

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 528 views
Traffic branch expanded to increase highway patrol

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 495 views
Basis for RNR statistics established

Agriculture Activities

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 473 views
Bear escapes from its cage in Taba

Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 476 views
Schools encouraged to grow flowers

Education- Schools

Sep 03, 1999 2 mins read 453 views
Thimphu Drupchen begins

Tshechu

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 455 views
Science Exhibition

Exhibition

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 496 views
Child killed in accident

Accident

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 530 views
Decentralisation taken to the grassroots

Government Department

Sep 03, 1999 2 mins read 466 views
Sports is necessary for all

Letters to the Editor

Sep 03, 1999 3 mins read 498 views
Let us look after nature

Letters to the Editor

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 448 views
Decisions... decisions

Editorial

Sep 03, 1999 3 mins read 630 views
Draft legislation for juvenile justice

Judiciary

Sep 03, 1999 2 mins read 467 views
Roads, Dantak cooperate to keep Sorchen open

Roads

Sep 03, 1999 2 mins read 464 views
Fuelwood, vehicles behind Thimphu's air pollution

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 504 views
Nyoshul Khen Rimpoche passes away

Diseased Personalities

Sep 03, 1999 1 mins read 507 views
Peace conference

International Organisations

Sep 03, 1999 0 mins read 484 views
Symposium

Planning Ministry

Sep 03, 1999 0 mins read 613 views
Literacy centre

Druk Literacy Resource Centre

Sep 03, 1999 0 mins read 561 views
Truck seized

Accident

Sep 03, 1999 0 mins read 511 views
Salary increase

Salary

Sep 03, 1999 0 mins read 510 views
Plant import is risky

National Plant Protection Centre (NPPC)

Sep 10, 1999 2 mins read 504 views
Samdrup Jongkhar most prone to malaria

Health Malaria Control

Sep 10, 1999 2 mins read 490 views
Kerosene supply resumed in eastern dzongkhags

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Sep 10, 1999 1 mins read 452 views
Dance programme of the Thimphu Tshechu

Tshechu

Sep 10, 1999 1 mins read 506 views
Honing drafting skills

Planning Ministry

Sep 10, 1999 1 mins read 508 views
NFE centre: a drive towards greater literacy

Education- NFE

Sep 10, 1999 2 mins read 473 views
Druk Satair: villagers like the taste of shares

Companies

Sep 10, 1999 2 mins read 546 views
Entrepreneur friendly project evaluation

Private Sector

Sep 10, 1999 2 mins read 469 views
Children's park at Wangdichholing

National Park

Sep 10, 1999 1 mins read 492 views
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