April of 2002

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Bhutan-Nepal relations must go beyond the refugee problem

Bhutan - Nepal Refugee Issue

Apr 26, 2002 2 mins read 656 views
Work begins on Basochhu II

Hydro Project

Apr 26, 2002 2 mins read 581 views
Woman bludgeoned to death by husband

Crime

Apr 26, 2002 2 mins read 625 views
Danish mission reviews good governance programme

Bhutan- Denmark/Finland/Norway

Apr 26, 2002 1 mins read 587 views
Support to education sector

Bhutan- Denmark/Finland/Norway

Apr 26, 2002 1 mins read 726 views
New SAARC Secretary General in Bhutan

SAARC Activities

Apr 26, 2002 2 mins read 711 views
Internet virus

Computer/Internet

Apr 26, 2002 0 mins read 624 views
Power black-out

Power

Apr 26, 2002 0 mins read 0 views
Race against urbanisation

Editorial

Apr 26, 2002 3 mins read 571 views
Decisions going beyond legislation

Letters to the Editor

Apr 26, 2002 5 mins read 562 views
House Rent paid to be deductible expense in PIT

Letters to the Editor

Apr 26, 2002 0 mins read 689 views
Master Plan for aviation in Bhutan

Civil Aviation

Apr 26, 2002 1 mins read 773 views
Crown Prince to attend UN session on children

UNICEF

Apr 26, 2002 1 mins read 566 views
Six die in truck accident at Melong Brag

Accident

Apr 26, 2002 1 mins read 609 views
New Dorji Lopon & Yangbi Lopon appointed

Dratshang

Apr 26, 2002 1 mins read 556 views
Ban imposed after FMD outbreak

Animal Husbandry Disease

Apr 26, 2002 1 mins read 541 views
Mental illness in Trashigang surveyed

Health Disease

Apr 26, 2002 2 mins read 585 views
Road master plan: towards accessibility for all

Roads

Apr 26, 2002 2 mins read 544 views
Intellectual Property Day

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Apr 26, 2002 0 mins read 594 views
Tshangpa: love's labour not lost

Feature Film

Apr 26, 2002 2 mins read 529 views
Rhododendron garden to be opened at Thrumshingla park

National Park

Apr 26, 2002 1 mins read 638 views
Storm in Phuentsholing

Meteorology-Climate/Weather

Apr 26, 2002 0 mins read 542 views
DEL to draw up labour administration policy

Government Department

Apr 26, 2002 2 mins read 535 views
Plan to develop Mongar & Lhuentse

Agriculture Activities

Apr 26, 2002 1 mins read 488 views
Punakha farmers embark on saving scheme

Agriculture Activities

Apr 26, 2002 1 mins read 1,023 views
BHU grade I in Rangjung

Health/ BHU/ Dispensary/ ORC

Apr 26, 2002 1 mins read 566 views
Villagers participate in TB campaign

Health Disease

Apr 26, 2002 2 mins read 482 views
Gomdeys: a home for the disadvantaged

Monasteries

Apr 26, 2002 1 mins read 533 views
Yongphula Tshechu

Monasteries

Apr 26, 2002 0 mins read 0 views
Missing woman found dead

Lost and Found

Apr 26, 2002 1 mins read 0 views
Dantak celebrates raising day

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

Apr 26, 2002 1 mins read 623 views
People of Kawang & Chang elect representative

Home Affairs

Apr 19, 2002 1 mins read 559 views
Himalayan warming `may trigger floods'

Landslides and Floods

Apr 19, 2002 2 mins read 509 views
Swiss foreign minister visits Bhutan

Bhutan-Switzerland

Apr 19, 2002 2 mins read 600 views
Bhutan attends Asian parliamentarian conference

International Organisations

Apr 19, 2002 1 mins read 524 views
Planners & residents discuss the Thimphu structural plan

Urban Development

Apr 19, 2002 2 mins read 685 views
Soaring land prices: real or mere speculation ?

Urban Development

Apr 19, 2002 4 mins read 610 views
Fuel subsidy

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Apr 19, 2002 0 mins read 588 views
Centralisation ?

Urban Development

Apr 19, 2002 1 mins read 561 views
Woman killed

Crime

Apr 19, 2002 0 mins read 650 views
Youth Fund

Youth Development Fund

Apr 19, 2002 0 mins read 583 views
Raising Day

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

Apr 19, 2002 0 mins read 626 views
Wangdue bridge

Bridges

Apr 19, 2002 0 mins read 0 views
New Dorji Lopon and Yangbi Lopon

Dratshang

Apr 19, 2002 0 mins read 556 views
Consultations : hot but necessary

Editorial

Apr 19, 2002 2 mins read 508 views
Comments from kuenselonline.com : Your views are heard

Letters to the Editor

Apr 19, 2002 2 mins read 538 views
Comments from kuenselonline.com : Soil conditions can be overcome

Letters to the Editor

Apr 19, 2002 2 mins read 573 views
Housing shortage, any answer yet ?

Letters to the Editor

Apr 19, 2002 2 mins read 517 views
Yes, it is possible to ski in Bhutan

Tourism

Apr 19, 2002 1 mins read 695 views
Bhutan to be testbed for ITU's e-post venture with Universal Postal Union

Bhutan-Post

Apr 19, 2002 3 mins read 530 views
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Bhutan International Travel Mart attracts over 200 international buyers

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Children celebrate International Day of Play through football

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Fourth thromde elections set for July 15

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International review puts country’s forest carbon credits within reach

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Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 2,916 views
Drayang closure to remain permanent

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The house that must never be empty

It has been less than a month since Rinchen Yangzom moved into the Bjarpa community house beside Ngangla Lhakhang in Ngangla Trong. For the next three years, this is her home. She cannot leave it for a single day.

Jun 10, 2026 3 mins read 3,601 views
Empowering women through waste upcycling

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Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 2,670 views
Educated Tshogpa paves way for younger highlanders

An educated youth has shattered traditional age boundaries to get elected as Tshogpa, completely rewriting what leadersh...

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NA directs talks on reducing high lending rates to ease burden

Banks in the country maintain high lending rates and low returns on deposits, which continue to strain businesses, parti...

Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 6,338 views
BLDCL at loggerheads with private retail outlets and distributors

Private livestock dealers claim a state-owned corporation lured them into investing, only to turn around and aggressivel...

Jun 10, 2026 5 mins read 3,381 views
NC endorses annual budget as per NA

The National Council yesterday deliberated on the National Budget Report for FY 2026–27, the Budget Appropriation Bill for FY 2026–27, and the Supplementary Budget Appropriation Bill for FY 2025–26.

Jun 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,807 views
Bhutan to pilot green finance taxonomy from June

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May 30, 2026 3 mins read 4,244 views
Stop recording, start living

Like television, the internet, and AI, TikTok can be a force for good or bad. It entirely depends on how it is used.

Jun 13, 2026 4 mins read 667 views
Stop recording, start living

Like television, the internet, and AI, TikTok can be a force for good or bad. It entirely depends on how it is used.

Jun 06, 2026 4 mins read 880 views
Ask Mr Bhutan: “Money can’t buy happiness.” Is it true, when everything is dependent on money?

Once born into a physical body, there are certain absolute necessities without which most of us are incapable of experie...

May 30, 2026 2 mins read 1,446 views
Duchen Nga Zom: What a butter lamp and a few flower petals can teach us

Duchen Nga Zom is a duzom—an auspicious convergence of sacred time within the Buddhist calendar, marked by the meeting o...

May 30, 2026 4 mins read 1,286 views
The virus, the fear, and the freedom beyond both

Hantavirus is not a single virus but a family of rodent-borne viruses that occasionally spill over into humans, sometime...

May 24, 2026 4 mins read 1,624 views
Whose face are you wearing?

The desire for happiness is universal, and beauty, prestige, and wealth have always been seen as pathways to achieve it. In that sense, this is nothing new.

May 16, 2026 4 mins read 2,049 views
A memoir of hustle and heartache

May 11, 2026 3 mins read 2,637 views
From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

May 11, 2026 4 mins read 2,391 views
Café by the waterfall

About six kilometres before Trongsa town, just past the Bjee Zam Bridge, a traditional one-storey house appears on the left of the highway. It is not easy to miss. This modest structure...

May 02, 2026 2 mins read 3,039 views
Where tradition meets treatment

In Bhutan, healing is not a choice between past and present but a collaboration between the two. Across the country, patients move between modern clinics and traditional medicine units with ease, guided as much by...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 2,798 views
Reform or stay shut

The closure of drayangs (entertainment centres) is an issue that most sensible Bhutanese, except perhaps the operators, have supported. While the current government may have pledged during the campaign to review the previous government’s decision to shut them down, any sane government should not back down from that closure.

Jun 13, 2026 2 mins read 1,107 views
Overseas employment isn’t the solution

The conflict in the Middle East has once again exposed our dependence on overseas employment as a pressure valve for domestic unemployment.

Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 1,447 views
United for Project 108

Bhutanese, friends of Bhutan, and our well-wishers are willingly answering the call to fulfill the Royal vision of erecting 108 Jangchub Choetens along the Mao Chhu in Gelephu Mindfulnes...

Jun 06, 2026 2 mins read 829 views
Banks can unlock growth through affordable credit

Financial institutions are the lifeblood of any modern economy. They mobilise savings, allocate capital, manage risk, an...

Jun 03, 2026 3 mins read 2,112 views
A missed opportunity

The Thromde election process has begun, with the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) notifying registered voters in Thimphu and Phuentsholing thromdes who are eligible for postal v...

May 30, 2026 2 mins read 1,842 views
Chain-link fencing: somebody’s gain, another’s loss

Chain-link fencing is perhaps one of the most viable solutions policymakers have managed to narrow down in the long and...

May 27, 2026 2 mins read 2,035 views
Fixing and fine-tuning GST regime

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime was never going to be an easy transition. Major tax reforms rarely are. Introduced in January this year, GST was envisioned as a modern tax system, replacing an outdated framework...

May 23, 2026 2 mins read 2,448 views
Insolvency law, a long overdue

Bhutan’s economy has changed dramatically since the Bankruptcy Act of 1999 was enacted. Back then, the private sector was small, cross-border trade was limited, and the financial system was far less complex.

May 20, 2026 3 mins read 2,349 views
GMC was a masterstroke

The conflict in the Middle East, which has disrupted the global economy and fueled uncertainties, has led investors to question whether oil-rich nations remain a safe haven. As the confl...

May 16, 2026 2 mins read 4,934 views
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,...

May 13, 2026 2 mins read 2,419 views
Startups call for support beyond seed funding

The country’s startup ecosystem has helped many young entrepreneurs launch their businesses, but founders say support be...

Mar 21, 2026 3 mins read 6,781 views
National debt to rise by 26%, reaching Nu 380 billion in June

The country’s national debt is expected to rise by nearly 26 percent this June compared to June last year.

Feb 25, 2026 2 mins read 8,266 views
Economy uncoils for strongest growth in years

The Year of the Snake became a defining moment for the country’s economy, as growth accelerated sharply following severa...

Feb 18, 2026 4 mins read 8,455 views
Tax system sees major changes and initiatives

The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 202...

Feb 18, 2026 2 mins read 8,868 views
Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

Jan 31, 2026 2 mins read 16,129 views
Between Homes

When I first arrived in Australia last year, I thought I was prepared. I had spoken to people, watched videos, and tried...

May 02, 2026 1 mins read 7,003 views
The true wealth of Dzambhala

The name Dzambhala — from the Sanskrit Jambhala — is traditionally associated with wealth and prosperity, reflecting his...

May 02, 2026 4 mins read 2,738 views
No amount of money can replace you

The early years — roughly birth to five — are critical for emotional development. While a child raised with consistency...

Apr 25, 2026 4 mins read 5,287 views
You’re not what you think you are

You are not alone in your confusion — and much of it arises from the word itself. Emptiness can sound like nothingness,...

Apr 18, 2026 4 mins read 4,300 views
Sundays at Le Méridien

The monthly Sunday brunch at Le Méridien has become a special experience that goes beyond dining, offering guests a rela...

Apr 13, 2026 3 mins read 3,964 views
ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ཁྲོམ་སྡེ་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་མ་ལང་མི་དེ་ སྲིད་བྱུས་དང་ ཁྱིམ་བཟོ་ག་གི་འཐུས་ཤོར་ཨིན་ན།

༉ ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ ལུང་ཕྱོགས་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་ལངམ་སྦེ་མེད་པའི་ དཀའ་ངལ་ལུ་བརྟེན་ འབྲུག་པའི་མི་ཁུངས་མང་ཤོས་ཅིག་ ས་མཚམས་ཕྱི་ཁ...

May 11, 2026 6 mins read 3,032 views
When will we feed ourselves?

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 2,878 views
Fuel crisis demands more than subsidies

Recent developments in the Middle East crisis suggest that a return to normalcy is still far away. Even if the war ends...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 3,925 views
Demographic crisis demands bold reforms

Bhutan is facing a “national crisis” as birth rates plunge by 62.9 percent. If current trends continue, the country coul...

Apr 29, 2026 2 mins read 7,088 views

Recents

BCTA suspends permits of over 20 taxi operators

The Bhutan Construction and Transport Authority (BCTA) cancelled the permits of 25 designated taxis providing pick-up and drop-off services for the ongoing Kathrid empowerment at Kuenselphodrang after operators were found violating transport directives.

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RAA uncovers major procurement lapses in the Nu 610M BITS projects

A Special Audit Report by the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) has identified significant procurement, planning, and governance failures in the Bhutan Integrated Taxation System (BITS 1.0), concluding that the project failed to achieve its intended objectives and resulted in substantial wasteful and avoidable expenditure of public funds.

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