September of 2000

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Bhutan goes to millennium summit

UN Agencies

Sep 01, 2000 2 mins read 558 views
Dantak ready to do more

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

Sep 01, 2000 1 mins read 539 views
RSPN hopes to manage on its own

Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Sep 01, 2000 1 mins read 555 views
SAARC activities continue

SAARC Activities

Sep 01, 2000 1 mins read 519 views
Education Dept. to keep track of students who study outside Bhutan

Education- Student

Sep 01, 2000 1 mins read 592 views
Bhutan, Bangladesh review trade issues

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Sep 01, 2000 1 mins read 574 views
Dzongkha must evolve to survive, says linguist

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Sep 01, 2000 2 mins read 610 views
DDC to adopt audio-visual medium to promote Dzongkha

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Sep 01, 2000 2 mins read 561 views
UK good market for Bhutanese paper

Bhutan and other Countries

Sep 01, 2000 1 mins read 589 views
Healthy city concept has reduced disease outbreaks in Zhemgang

Health Disease

Sep 01, 2000 1 mins read 593 views
Kheng farmers turn to Sokey Shamu cultivation

Agriculture/Horticulture

Sep 01, 2000 2 mins read 668 views
Ninth Plan preparation underway

Planning

Sep 01, 2000 2 mins read 566 views
Most highways in the country open

Roads

Sep 01, 2000 1 mins read 583 views
Zhemgang health workers updated on reproductive health

Dzongkhags

Sep 01, 2000 2 mins read 559 views
RBP celebrates raising day

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Sep 01, 2000 1 mins read 697 views
Distance education in the SAARC countries

SAARC Countries

Sep 01, 2000 1 mins read 589 views
Archery tournament draws 52 teams

Archery

Sep 01, 2000 1 mins read 539 views
A "peculiar" way of life

Ethic Groups

Sep 01, 2000 4 mins read 496 views
Sexual discrimination

Letters to the Editor

Sep 01, 2000 0 mins read 526 views
Rubbish in Taba

Letters to the Editor

Sep 01, 2000 1 mins read 537 views
More awareness needed

Letters to the Editor

Sep 01, 2000 2 mins read 542 views
On re-categorisation of Contractors

Letters to the Editor

Sep 01, 2000 2 mins read 585 views
Growing pains

Editorial

Sep 01, 2000 3 mins read 631 views
Sports

Sport

Sep 01, 2000 0 mins read 0 views
Apple quality

Agriculture/Horticulture

Sep 01, 2000 1 mins read 505 views
New forms

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Sep 01, 2000 0 mins read 560 views
Four killed in Trashi-yangtse

Accident

Sep 01, 2000 1 mins read 571 views
More than Nu 40 m lost in floods

Landslides and Floods

Sep 01, 2000 2 mins read 512 views
UNESCO to help renovate Dechenphodrang school

UN Agencies

Sep 01, 2000 1 mins read 462 views
Bhutan, Bangladesh trade agreement to be renewed

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Sep 08, 2000 1 mins read 507 views
Assembly Speaker at parliamentary meet

National Assembly

Sep 08, 2000 2 mins read 528 views
A Focus on apple quality

Agriculture/Horticulture

Sep 08, 2000 2 mins read 550 views
Graduates respond to call to donate blood

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Sep 08, 2000 1 mins read 541 views
Dagana teachers review their roles

Dzongkhags

Sep 08, 2000 1 mins read 541 views
College studies consumption and nutrition patterns in two communities

Health Nutrition Programme

Sep 08, 2000 2 mins read 539 views
Bhutanese students to work for the Sydney Olympics

Olympics

Sep 08, 2000 2 mins read 565 views
A quicker access to internet

Computer/Internet

Sep 08, 2000 2 mins read 541 views
Danish support for media

Bhutan- Denmark/Finland/Norway

Sep 08, 2000 1 mins read 532 views
Donors agree to replenish Asian Development Fund

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Sep 08, 2000 1 mins read 589 views
Health facilities damaged

Health/ BHU/ Dispensary/ ORC

Sep 08, 2000 1 mins read 476 views
"Daring" robbery

Crime

Sep 08, 2000 2 mins read 572 views
A close look at the Lhop community

Ethic Groups

Sep 08, 2000 3 mins read 514 views
Bhutan is meeting Food Summit committments

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

Sep 08, 2000 2 mins read 521 views
Teacher's day : a special bond

Education-Teacher

Sep 08, 2000 1 mins read 523 views
IT in Bhutan : the prospects and hurdles ahead

Computer/Internet

Sep 08, 2000 6 mins read 503 views
Chhukha shop ignores MRP

Letters to the Editor

Sep 08, 2000 1 mins read 501 views
Fuel in the black market

Letters to the Editor

Sep 08, 2000 1 mins read 567 views
How about Teachers' Day

Letters to the Editor

Sep 08, 2000 1 mins read 510 views
Let's make Paro more green

Letters to the Editor

Sep 08, 2000 1 mins read 500 views
Buses do not follow rules

Letters to the Editor

Sep 08, 2000 1 mins read 556 views
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Fighting online scams

The digital age has transformed Bhutanese society in ways unimaginable in just a decade or two. Social media and online platforms have opened enormous opportunities for communication, business, education, entertainment, and entrepreneurship.

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