May of 2000

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Editorial

May 05, 2000 1 mins read 505 views
Growth of rare medicinal plants encouraged

Indigenous Hospital

May 19, 2000 2 mins read 475 views
Bhutan - Bangladesh to strengthen economic relations

Bhutan-Bangladesh

May 19, 2000 2 mins read 504 views
Nu 4.3 million to be spent from Youth Fund

Youth Development Fund

May 05, 2000 1 mins read 628 views
Chainsaw logging for sustainability

Forest Social/Project/ Afforestation

May 05, 2000 2 mins read 481 views
Accident in Panbang

Accident

May 05, 2000 1 mins read 457 views
ISBN useful for writers, publishers

Books

May 05, 2000 2 mins read 523 views
Golfers battle new course in year's first tournament

Golf

May 05, 2000 2 mins read 466 views
RSTA firm on the taxi meter rule

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

May 05, 2000 2 mins read 466 views
City Corporation ups stakes to keep Thimphu clean

City Corporation

May 05, 2000 2 mins read 441 views
Big return for investors in Bhutan Polymers

Companies

May 05, 2000 2 mins read 482 views
Traditional bow archery: why very little support?

Archery

May 05, 2000 2 mins read 476 views
Nu 500 counterfeit notes detected

Counterfeit

May 05, 2000 1 mins read 543 views
Stuck on "dendrite"

Narcotics/Drugs

May 05, 2000 2 mins read 458 views
Budding authors preserve Bhutanese story-telling tradition

Bhutan - Tradition

May 05, 2000 2 mins read 499 views
Table tennis: picking up but exposure needed

Tennis

May 05, 2000 2 mins read 415 views
Health draws up draft policy on breast feeding

Health Mother and Child Programme

May 05, 2000 2 mins read 442 views
Queen's Birthday celebrate

Royalties

May 05, 2000 0 mins read 449 views
RSTA to start 24-hour taxi service in Thimphu

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

May 05, 2000 1 mins read 471 views
Bhutan's pavilion among top ten at World Expo 2000

Exhibition

May 05, 2000 5 mins read 427 views
Think about our actions

Letters to the Editor

May 05, 2000 1 mins read 418 views
WWF on television

Letters to the Editor

May 05, 2000 1 mins read 433 views
Wrongs and rights of publicity

Letters to the Editor

May 05, 2000 1 mins read 418 views
Licence restrictive

Letters to the Editor

May 05, 2000 1 mins read 443 views
The changes: unfairly, fair

Letters to the Editor

May 05, 2000 1 mins read 460 views
Need for legislation

Editorial

May 05, 2000 2 mins read 425 views
Bengal tiger sighted at Thrumshingla

National Park

May 05, 2000 2 mins read 499 views
Verdict on kerosene black-marketeers expected this month

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

May 05, 2000 1 mins read 420 views
Swiss ambassador presents credentials

Bhutan-Switzerland

May 05, 2000 1 mins read 487 views
Bhutan committed to bilateral process on refugee problem

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

May 05, 2000 3 mins read 433 views
Lecture series

Sherubtse College and Graduates

May 05, 2000 0 mins read 543 views
Computer virus

Computer/Internet

May 05, 2000 1 mins read 465 views
RBA officers punished

Royal Bhutan Army (RBA)

May 05, 2000 0 mins read 459 views
Enabling decision-making at the grassroots

Projects

May 12, 2000 2 mins read 441 views
Private sector issues under discussion

Private Sector

May 12, 2000 1 mins read 444 views
"Only goodwill will endure": Rao

Personalities

May 12, 2000 2 mins read 462 views
Bumthang sports body calls for local participation

Sport

May 12, 2000 1 mins read 439 views
What's in store this football season?

Sport

May 12, 2000 3 mins read 398 views
CHPC take on finance in archery finals today

Archery

May 12, 2000 2 mins read 425 views
New strategies to improve research into Bhutanese language, culture

Languages

May 12, 2000 1 mins read 463 views
Two winning lottery numbers

Lottery

May 12, 2000 1 mins read 454 views
Learning environmental management

Tourism

May 12, 2000 3 mins read 426 views
Changzamtog expressway to begin in October

Roads

May 12, 2000 2 mins read 434 views
Private firm trains people on decentralisation

Private Sector

May 12, 2000 2 mins read 431 views
RNR centre

Agriculture Activities

May 12, 2000 1 mins read 441 views
Crime spate in the capital

Crime

May 12, 2000 2 mins read 446 views
Smoking ban provokes controversy

Narcotics/Drugs

May 12, 2000 3 mins read 469 views
Man betrays trust and sells car in Siliguri

Crime

May 12, 2000 1 mins read 481 views
Livestock increasingly threatened by wild animals

Animal Husbandry Livestock

May 12, 2000 1 mins read 448 views
Three killed in car accident

Accident

May 12, 2000 1 mins read 508 views
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