August of 2000

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Businesses suffer massive damage

Business

Aug 18, 2000 5 mins read 492 views
Accountability

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Aug 18, 2000 0 mins read 0 views
Ambassador leaves

Indian Ambassadors to Bhutan

Aug 25, 2000 0 mins read 425 views
Rain disrupts national road network

Roads

Aug 04, 2000 2 mins read 513 views
Exhibition

Exhibition

Aug 04, 2000 0 mins read 738 views
Trongsa farmers to produce their own fodder seeds

Agriculture Activities

Aug 04, 2000 1 mins read 511 views
Eco-tourism in Jigme Dorji National Park

National Park

Aug 04, 2000 1 mins read 466 views
Jubzang dreams for medal from Sydney, 2000

Archery

Aug 04, 2000 2 mins read 464 views
"I played a very safe game": golf winner

Golf

Aug 04, 2000 3 mins read 432 views
Machine to grade apples

Agriculture/Horticulture

Aug 04, 2000 2 mins read 484 views
Towards "equal" employment opportunities

National Employment Board (NEB)

Aug 04, 2000 1 mins read 471 views
Bhutanese carpet manufacturers struggle to stay in business

Handicraft

Aug 04, 2000 4 mins read 576 views
A legal mandate for revenue and customs

Revenue and Custom

Aug 04, 2000 3 mins read 546 views
Druk Air grapples with bad weather

Druk Air

Aug 04, 2000 1 mins read 508 views
RBP beats RSTA in penalty shootout

Sport

Aug 04, 2000 1 mins read 546 views
Food products to be regulated

Consumers

Aug 04, 2000 2 mins read 414 views
Uniformity in implementation of projects

Projects

Aug 04, 2000 2 mins read 452 views
House burned in Bumthang

Accident

Aug 04, 2000 0 mins read 441 views
Five killed in Trongsa truck accident

Accident

Aug 04, 2000 1 mins read 453 views
L&TL to build infrastructure to export Tala power to India

Hydro Project

Aug 04, 2000 1 mins read 424 views
Another bank for Trashigang

Letters to the Editor

Aug 04, 2000 1 mins read 432 views
Cigarettes on the black

Letters to the Editor

Aug 04, 2000 0 mins read 465 views
Time for tickets

Letters to the Editor

Aug 04, 2000 0 mins read 420 views
P.D. Express replies

Letters to the Editor

Aug 04, 2000 1 mins read 419 views
Double charge

Letters to the Editor

Aug 04, 2000 1 mins read 440 views
Responsibility of builders

Letters to the Editor

Aug 04, 2000 1 mins read 448 views
Bhutan recognised

Editorial

Aug 04, 2000 3 mins read 436 views
Folk groups

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

Aug 04, 2000 0 mins read 504 views
UNDP

Computer/Internet

Aug 04, 2000 0 mins read 483 views
Fashion show

Fashion Show

Aug 04, 2000 0 mins read 491 views
Power disrupted

Landslides and Floods

Aug 04, 2000 0 mins read 439 views
43 missing, factories devastated in Pasakha

Landslides and Floods

Aug 04, 2000 1 mins read 439 views
Phuentsholing affected by unprecedented flood

Landslides and Floods

Aug 04, 2000 1 mins read 488 views
New chairman takes over Lhengye Zhungtsho

Lhengye Zhungtsho

Aug 04, 2000 5 mins read 453 views
Rain disrupts power in Zhemgang

Landslides and Floods

Aug 11, 2000 2 mins read 426 views
Children at the heart of Bhutan's development

UNICEF

Aug 11, 2000 3 mins read 425 views
Apple yield down 15 percent

Agriculture/Horticulture

Aug 11, 2000 3 mins read 398 views
Monsoon damages in other dzongkhags

Landslides and Floods

Aug 11, 2000 3 mins read 465 views
Five killed in Samtse floods

Landslides and Floods

Aug 11, 2000 1 mins read 471 views
Clue to an extinct deer species?

Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Aug 11, 2000 1 mins read 448 views
Road block woes

Roads

Aug 11, 2000 1 mins read 423 views
A stronger UN

UN Agencies

Aug 11, 2000 2 mins read 427 views
Phorpa wins worldwide acclaim

Feature Film

Aug 11, 2000 3 mins read 506 views
Work in full swing to restore the national highways

Roads

Aug 11, 2000 3 mins read 408 views
Bhutan becomes FIFA member

Sport

Aug 11, 2000 2 mins read 441 views
Damtshig Pangtsug : a critical review

Feature Film

Aug 11, 2000 4 mins read 474 views
Phuentsholing: restoring the town

Landslides and Floods

Aug 11, 2000 3 mins read 454 views
Mental illness : the facts

Letters to the Editor

Aug 11, 2000 5 mins read 449 views
In response to a disaster

Editorial

Aug 11, 2000 3 mins read 439 views
Red scarf awarded

Promotion

Aug 11, 2000 0 mins read 467 views
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