October of 2000

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Building future athletes

Athletic (A-Z)

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 529 views
Druk Satair's business soars while Polymers' takes a plunge

Companies

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 573 views
Haa mela: strengthening the bond

Festival (A-Z)

Oct 06, 2000 2 mins read 632 views
Zhemgang again in the dark

Dzongkhags

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 606 views
A simple technique to produce power

Power

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 583 views
Love through service: college's contribution to the Kanglung community

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Oct 06, 2000 3 mins read 603 views
Druk Air coping with one plane

Druk Air

Oct 06, 2000 2 mins read 547 views
Tourism: quality over quantity

Tourism

Oct 06, 2000 2 mins read 580 views
Ideas explored to improve the Bhutanese film industry

Feature Film

Oct 06, 2000 2 mins read 868 views
Survey technology to make road construction cheaper, easier

Survey

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 617 views
A month of festivity in western dzongkhags

Tshechu

Oct 06, 2000 3 mins read 580 views
Work begun to transfer Tala power to India

Hydro Project

Oct 06, 2000 2 mins read 710 views
RSTA rules are followed

Letters to the Editor

Oct 06, 2000 0 mins read 537 views
A clarification from ROOTS

Letters to the Editor

Oct 06, 2000 2 mins read 670 views
Physical abuse of children must be banned

Letters to the Editor

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 613 views
Corporal punishment exaggerated

Letters to the Editor

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 535 views
Post literacy

Education- NFE

Oct 06, 2000 0 mins read 557 views
Crops and technology

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Oct 06, 2000 0 mins read 553 views
Sports

Sport

Oct 06, 2000 0 mins read 0 views
Convocation

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Oct 06, 2000 0 mins read 832 views
Quiz show

Competition (A-Z)

Oct 06, 2000 0 mins read 701 views
Mid-term review

Planning

Oct 06, 2000 0 mins read 623 views
Norway, US foundations contribute US $ 3 m to Health trust Fund

Health Trust Fund

Oct 06, 2000 2 mins read 549 views
Fuel prices soar

Bhutan Oil Distributor (BOD)

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 583 views
Bhutan contributes Nu 20 million to flood relief efforts in West Bengal

Landslides and Floods

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 548 views
What rights for tenants?

Editorial

Oct 06, 2000 3 mins read 560 views
Disease affects apple export

Agriculture/Horticulture

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 501 views
Admission pressure on for schools and parents

Education

Oct 06, 2000 3 mins read 537 views
Chinese ambassador in Bhutan on goodwill visit

Bhutan-China

Oct 13, 2000 1 mins read 532 views
Family planning in the Brokpa community

Health Family Planning

Oct 13, 2000 1 mins read 491 views
Foul play ruled out in man's death

Accident

Oct 13, 2000 1 mins read 655 views
Swiss-funded handed over to Dagana people

International Assistance

Oct 13, 2000 1 mins read 500 views
Tshechu evolves with changing times

Tshechu

Oct 13, 2000 2 mins read 541 views
Bhutan Polymers will "catch up": management

Companies

Oct 13, 2000 1 mins read 508 views
Trongsa dzong: preserving a part of Bhutanese history

Dzongs

Oct 13, 2000 6 mins read 606 views
Bhutan: fourth best tourist destination

Tourism

Oct 13, 2000 1 mins read 526 views
25 years of Bhutan-Swiss cooperation

Bhutan-Switzerland

Oct 13, 2000 6 mins read 575 views
His Majesty meets Trongsa students, discusses national issues

Developing the rural communities was an important government objective for which students could make a worthy...

Oct 14, 2000 2 mins read 524 views
Wild boar or crops ?

Letters to the Editor

Oct 13, 2000 3 mins read 477 views
Deal with students in a positive way

Letters to the Editor

Oct 13, 2000 2 mins read 497 views
Cleaner Gedu

Education- Student

Oct 13, 2000 0 mins read 502 views
Graduates contribute

Institutions

Oct 13, 2000 0 mins read 507 views
snv.org.bt

Bhutan - Netherlands

Oct 13, 2000 0 mins read 501 views
BBS distributes radio sets

BBS (Bhutan Broadcasting Service)

Oct 13, 2000 0 mins read 588 views
Bhutan will gain by developing food standards, says minister

Agriculture Policy

Oct 13, 2000 2 mins read 535 views
Information gap ?

Editorial

Oct 13, 2000 3 mins read 566 views
Denmark-Bhutan cooperation is flawless, says Danida Chairman

Bhutan - Foreign Relation

Oct 13, 2000 2 mins read 539 views
Trongsa dzongkhag reviews eighth plan activities, prepares for the ninth plan

Decentralization was taken to the grassroots when the dzongkha...

Oct 14, 2000 4 mins read 601 views
Director General of border roads visits Bhutan

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

Oct 20, 2000 1 mins read 640 views
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Hailstorm damages crops and property in Sarpang

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Startups call for support beyond seed funding

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National debt to rise by 26%, reaching Nu 380 billion in June

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Sundays at Le Méridien

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The trap of spiritual materialism

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When Words Create Worlds

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A costly fiasco

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Living hand to mouth

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When the watchdog has no teeth

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Culture under threat?

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Promises and performance

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Policy versus ground reality

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A costly reality

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Recents

Sniffing out crime

Bella, a 10-year-old explosive detection dog of the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP), continues to serve with precision and discipline alongside her handler, Tendel Jamtsho.

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