April of 2017

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Unseasonal frost damages vegetables in Bumthang

Vegetables

Apr 19, 2017 1 mins read 293 views
A friendship beyond protocol

Perspective

Apr 19, 2017 3 mins read 312 views
Tackling security in Olakha

Letter to the editor

Apr 19, 2017 1 mins read 285 views
Need to bring them back

Editorial

Apr 19, 2017 1 mins read 332 views
Vacant LG posts in Gasa, Wangdue and Punakha filled

LG Election

Apr 19, 2017 1 mins read 278 views
Two Phuentsholing demkhongs now have tshogpas

LG Election

Apr 19, 2017 1 mins read 283 views
10 LG constituencies remain vacant

LG Election

Apr 19, 2017 2 mins read 301 views
Autism, the fastest growing developmental disability

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Apr 19, 2017 3 mins read 312 views
A successful visit

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Apr 19, 2017 3 mins read 309 views
Life is always in transition

k2

Apr 14, 2017 3 mins read 268 views
Parents pin hope on Ability Bhutan Society

k2

Apr 14, 2017 4 mins read 259 views
Lingzhi gewog elects three tshogpas

Election

Apr 18, 2017 1 mins read 282 views
Autsho Central School students living in congested conditions

School

Apr 18, 2017 1 mins read 302 views
On the Sikkim Manipal University conundrum

Letter to the editor

Apr 18, 2017 1 mins read 282 views
Harsher measures needed to curb drink driving

Editorial

Apr 18, 2017 2 mins read 245 views
All LG posts filled in Mongar and Lhuentse

Election

Apr 18, 2017 1 mins read 304 views
Vacant LG posts filled in P/gatshel but not in S/jongkhar

Election

Apr 18, 2017 1 mins read 268 views
Bhutan and Bangladesh strengthen cooperation

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Apr 18, 2017 3 mins read 340 views
His Majesty The King grants audience to PM Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh Prime Minister

Apr 18, 2017 2 mins read 275 views
More than 300 households affected by windstorm in Punakha

Disaster

Apr 17, 2017 2 mins read 300 views
Second border gate in Phuentsholing by month's end

Construction

Apr 17, 2017 1 mins read 275 views
Use alternative measures to tackle waste

Letter to the editor

Apr 17, 2017 1 mins read 288 views
After signs, standardise road safety

Editorial

Apr 17, 2017 1 mins read 301 views
Token app selected as best idea

Technology

Apr 17, 2017 1 mins read 280 views
Power tiller hiring services yet to pick up

Power tillers

Apr 17, 2017 2 mins read 259 views
Standardised road signs to be in place

Road

Apr 17, 2017 2 mins read 288 views
Govt. looks to reduce poverty rate to 5% by 2018

Poverty

Apr 17, 2017 3 mins read 269 views
State visit

State visit

Apr 17, 2017 0 mins read 280 views
Jachungs win Pepsi A-League 2017

Basketball

Apr 16, 2017 1 mins read 290 views
Areca nut make good from price rise

Areca nut (doma)

Apr 16, 2017 2 mins read 300 views
Windstorm affects houses and government structures in Punakha

Disaster

Apr 16, 2017 0 mins read 348 views
Vacant demkhongs in Pemagatshel now have tshogpa candidates

Election

Apr 16, 2017 1 mins read 277 views
Note of thanks

Letter to the editor

Apr 16, 2017 1 mins read 294 views
A collective responsibility

Editorial

Apr 16, 2017 2 mins read 0 views
Tour guide fined for misconduct

Tourism

Apr 16, 2017 2 mins read 289 views
Discrimination based on caste violates Constitution: PM

Caste violates

Apr 16, 2017 1 mins read 296 views
East-West Highway to complete by early 2018

Road

Apr 16, 2017 2 mins read 290 views
Drug abuse a collective responsibility: PM

Drug

Apr 16, 2017 2 mins read 290 views
International autism conference

International autism conference

Apr 16, 2017 0 mins read 355 views
BoB plans to open office in New Delhi

Bank of Bhutan (BoB)

Apr 14, 2017 1 mins read 294 views
Bhutanese entrepreneur in Malaysia featured in Forbes magazine

Profile

Apr 14, 2017 2 mins read 293 views
Accident claims four

Accident

Apr 14, 2017 0 mins read 337 views
Hazelnut plantations picking up in Wangdue

Hazelnut plantations

Apr 14, 2017 2 mins read 263 views
Construction of toilets take more than a year

Construction

Apr 14, 2017 1 mins read 277 views
Bangladesh PM visits next week

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Apr 14, 2017 2 mins read 276 views
Recovering addicts to go door-to-door

Drug

Apr 14, 2017 3 mins read 277 views
Building for tomorrow

Letter to the editor

Apr 14, 2017 1 mins read 0 views
What's wrong with the noble profession?

Editorial

Apr 14, 2017 1 mins read 268 views
New regulation to license private diagnostic centres

Private diagnostic centres

Apr 14, 2017 3 mins read 357 views
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NC review exposes major barriers to Bhutan’s trade and export sectors

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Leveraging our carbon-negative status

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Solving the crisis before it deepens

The exodus of qualified and seasoned health professionals and its impact on the quality of services is an issue of national importance. In the last five years, 936 trained health professionals left the sector. The current crisis...

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The hydropower vision is crystal clear

The potential is vast, the scope is immense, and the market is as monumental as the Himalayas. As Bhutan and India explore new, sustainable ways to harness hydropower, the opportunity for transformative growth has never been clearer.

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The BEAST Bhutan needs

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A hard, but not a new question

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A gift to farmers

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Restoring the wing that was lost

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Lessons we dare not forget

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Epitome of friendship

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Honouring the legacy of the Great Fourth

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The urgency of civil service transformation

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Should we control social media?

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Need bold reforms to advance women in leadership roles

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Fraudulent businesses must be punished

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Recents

Zero tolerance for online crimes

This week, Australia enforced the ban on social media access for children under 16. This is unprecedented and bold. While some critics have labelled the ban harsh and even draconian, this new law is anchored in the premise that the government must protect children from harmful content that undermines their physical and mental well-being.

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Network divide unacceptable: NA Good Governance Committee

Some 252 locations across the country still lack access to mobile network services. Member of Parliament (MP) for Bongo-Chapcha and member of the Good Governance Committee of the National Assembly, Pemba, highlighted this while presenting a follow-up report on the poor mobile network and telecommunication services in the highlands.

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ICIMOD honours three champions of cryosphere and rangeland reform

Kathmandu, Nepal — The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has honoured three individuals from Bhutan and China with the Dr Andreas Schild Memorial Mountain Prize 2025 for their contributions to protecting fragile mountain ecosystems and strengthening resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH).

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