April of 2018

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Trade deficit at Nu 29.7B in 2017

Trade

Apr 09, 2018 2 mins read 409 views
Injunction order sought to hold NC election in Thimphu

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Apr 09, 2018 5 mins read 425 views
MoLHR and NHDC to sign MoU

Memorandum of understanding (MoU)

Apr 09, 2018 0 mins read 330 views
Know Your NC Candidate: Wangdue

National Council

Apr 08, 2018 0 mins read 0 views
Know Your NC Candidate: Wangdue

National Council

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Know Your NC Candidate: Wangdue

National Council

Apr 08, 2018 1 mins read 0 views
Know Your NC Candidate: Wangdue

National Council

Apr 08, 2018 1 mins read 0 views
Know Your NC Candidate: Wangdue

National Council

Apr 08, 2018 1 mins read 397 views
Olympic day in Punakha welcomes 18th Asian Games

Games

Apr 08, 2018 2 mins read 407 views
JDWNRH awaits forensic test results

Crime

Apr 08, 2018 1 mins read 398 views
Curriculum frameworks drafted to guide learning outcome

Royal Education Council (REC)

Apr 08, 2018 2 mins read 433 views
English and Mathematics textbooks for primary classes revised

Royal Education Council (REC)

Apr 08, 2018 2 mins read 442 views
Prevention better than cure

Letter to the editor

Apr 08, 2018 1 mins read 0 views
Calling for high moral and professional standards in hospitals

Editorial

Apr 08, 2018 1 mins read 485 views
Ambassador presents Letter of Credence to HM King Felipe VI of Spain

Ambassador

Apr 08, 2018 1 mins read 392 views
PM to leave for Japan tomorrow

PM visits

Apr 08, 2018 1 mins read 451 views
MoH plans female GNMs for 52 BHU II

Health

Apr 08, 2018 3 mins read 366 views
Task force recommends continuation of new sand system

Natural Resources Development Corporation Limited (NRDCL)

Apr 08, 2018 3 mins read 486 views
Search on for escaped convict

Crime

Apr 08, 2018 0 mins read 361 views
Know Your NC Candidate: Trongsa

National Council

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Know Your NC Candidate: Trongsa

National Council

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Know Your NC Candidate: Trongsa

National Council

Apr 06, 2018 1 mins read 420 views
Know Your NC Candidate: Tsirang

National Council

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Know Your NC Candidate: Tsirang

National Council

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Know Your NC Candidate: Tsirang

National Council

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Know Your NC Candidate: Tsirang

National Council

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Know Your NC Candidate: Tsirang

National Council

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Know Your NC Candidate: Tsirang

National Council

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Know Your NC Candidate: Tsirang

National Council

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Know Your NC Candidate: Tsirang

National Council

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Know Your NC Candidate: Tsirang

National Council

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Know Your NC Candidate: Tsirang

National Council

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Know Your NC Candidate: Tsirang

National Council

Apr 06, 2018 1 mins read 436 views
Little too early to expect our athletes to win: BOC

Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC)

Apr 06, 2018 2 mins read 405 views
Sarpang court sentences two in drugs case

Drugs

Apr 06, 2018 1 mins read 398 views
Proposed budget outlay for JDWNRH could exceed ceiling

Budget

Apr 06, 2018 2 mins read 458 views
Encouraging trademark system

Award

Apr 06, 2018 2 mins read 435 views
Samdrupjongkhar more than self-sufficient in milk production

Dairy

Apr 06, 2018 2 mins read 447 views
Fangu fungus festival

Perspective

Apr 06, 2018 5 mins read 451 views
NAPA II project nears completion

Hydropower

Apr 06, 2018 2 mins read 449 views
GIC-Bhutan declares its first dividend

Shares

Apr 06, 2018 2 mins read 479 views
Doctors urge early detection and treatment of cancer

Health

Apr 06, 2018 3 mins read 425 views
Arts programme for CE students

Letter to the editor

Apr 06, 2018 1 mins read 450 views
Qualification recognition conundrum

Editorial

Apr 06, 2018 2 mins read 439 views
Former RICBL ED claims he was relieved illegally

Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan (RICBL)

Apr 06, 2018 1 mins read 405 views
ECB reminds BKP to refrain from introducing candidates

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Apr 06, 2018 2 mins read 450 views
Hospital staff accused of sexual assault

Crime

Apr 06, 2018 1 mins read 428 views
e-GP facilitated 53 tenders worth Nu 120M

Government

Apr 06, 2018 4 mins read 477 views
Facilitation booth popular with postal voters

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Apr 06, 2018 2 mins read 428 views
World health day in Merak

World health day

Apr 06, 2018 0 mins read 390 views
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Study to improve road construction in high-altitude passes

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ACC drops cases against former JDWNRH president; family alleges wrongful implication

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The gift of children

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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.

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Bhutan to pilot green finance taxonomy from June

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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.

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Ask Mr Bhutan: “Money can’t buy happiness.” Is it true, when everything is dependent on money?

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Duchen Nga Zom: What a butter lamp and a few flower petals can teach us

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The virus, the fear, and the freedom beyond both

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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.

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A memoir of hustle and heartache

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From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

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Café by the waterfall

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Where tradition meets treatment

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Between Homes

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Overseas employment isn’t the solution

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United for Project 108

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Banks can unlock growth through affordable credit

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A missed opportunity

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Chain-link fencing: somebody’s gain, another’s loss

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Fixing and fine-tuning GST regime

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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.

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GMC was a masterstroke

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Fighting online scams

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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...

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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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Tax system sees major changes and initiatives

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Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

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The true wealth of Dzambhala

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

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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 5,050 views
You’re not what you think you are

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Sundays at Le Méridien

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The trap of spiritual materialism

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Fuel crisis demands more than subsidies

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Demographic crisis demands bold reforms

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A bumper harvest shouldn’t brew a bumper crisis

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Recents

Dungkar Dzong-an icon of Bhutan’s transformation

The Dungkar Dzong in Pangbisa, Paro, is a vivid living monument to the era of transformation in Bhutan. The structure represents Bhutan’s architectural splendour at its best. In function, it is an icon of change, an expression of times to come. The concept is an ingenuous demonstration of how a proud past welcomes an exciting future.

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Fourth thromde elections set for July 15

The dhamngoi zomdu (candidate selection meetings) for Thrompon candidates will begin for the fourth local government elections of Thimphu and Phuentsholing Thromde Tshogdes, scheduled for July 15, according to the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB).

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