April of 2020

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Covid-19 has hit football referees hard

Sports

Apr 30, 2020 1 mins read 696 views
ABTO seeks long-term concessional loans

Tourism

Apr 30, 2020 3 mins read 830 views
Dawn of the Smart Village

Perspective

Apr 30, 2020 4 mins read 847 views
Court staff take up vegetable farming

Agriculture

Apr 30, 2020 1 mins read 794 views
True neighbourliness

Letter to the editor

Apr 30, 2020 2 mins read 711 views
Beyond the kidu

Editorial

Apr 30, 2020 2 mins read 879 views
Policeman suspected of stabbing detained

Crime

Apr 30, 2020 1 mins read 748 views
How Haa is preparing for worse scenario

Haa

Apr 30, 2020 2 mins read 859 views
NPL accounts eligible for interest waiver

Kidu

Apr 30, 2020 2 mins read 751 views
13,006 receive the Druk Gyalpo's Relief Kidu

Kidu

Apr 30, 2020 4 mins read 762 views
Wood-based industries close without skilled labourers

Industries

Apr 29, 2020 2 mins read 756 views
Science and the Internet: the new normal for learning

Perspective

Apr 29, 2020 3 mins read 762 views
Two airlines operating relief flights

Transport

Apr 29, 2020 2 mins read 805 views
Wildlife biologist wins the Whitley Awards

Wildlife

Apr 29, 2020 2 mins read 824 views
Let's fight unemployment

Letter to the editor

Apr 29, 2020 1 mins read 731 views
Waiving off house rent

Editorial

Apr 29, 2020 2 mins read 773 views
Import of rice increase by 18 percent

Trade

Apr 29, 2020 1 mins read 749 views
Man stabbed in Samdrupjongkhar

Crime

Apr 29, 2020 1 mins read 735 views
Hotel and restaurants expect rent waivers

Health

Apr 29, 2020 2 mins read 742 views
Nu 15.5M spent on testing people for Covid-19

Health

Apr 29, 2020 2 mins read 721 views
Private schools look at mid-May to resume classes

Education

Apr 29, 2020 3 mins read 790 views
Footballers head back to village, some apply for kidu

Sports

Apr 28, 2020 2 mins read 779 views
How will Covid-19 change Bhutan?

Perspective

Apr 28, 2020 4 mins read 719 views
Most Bhutanese still engaged in agriculture

Agriculture

Apr 28, 2020 2 mins read 817 views
Things aren't looking good. But there's a lot we can do

Perspective

Apr 28, 2020 5 mins read 818 views
Actual learning has just begun

Letter to the editor

Apr 28, 2020 1 mins read 777 views
The sector must grow if it is the biggest employer

Editorial

Apr 28, 2020 1 mins read 783 views
Chef quarantined after touching notes tossed from facility

Health

Apr 28, 2020 2 mins read 823 views
Hardware shops see a surge in demand, run out of goods

Trade

Apr 28, 2020 2 mins read 770 views
Four Bhutanese in New York recovered

Health

Apr 28, 2020 2 mins read 830 views
Covid-19 triggers increased agricultural activities

Agriculture

Apr 28, 2020 3 mins read 935 views
Former army chief Goongloen Lam Dorji passes away

Bereavement

Apr 27, 2020 3 mins read 1,049 views
My Covid-19 experience

Perspective

Apr 27, 2020 2 mins read 777 views
40th and 41st DeSuup accelerated training programmes announced

Training

Apr 27, 2020 2 mins read 952 views
Exceptional times call for creative solutions

Letter to the editor

Apr 27, 2020 1 mins read 746 views
Preparing for change

Editorial

Apr 27, 2020 2 mins read 0 views
SAARC Development Fund marks 10 years of project funding

Award-grant

Apr 27, 2020 2 mins read 868 views
Mongar FCB has gathered stock for three months

Health

Apr 27, 2020 1 mins read 771 views
World Bank commits USD5M to Bhutan for Covid-19 response

Bank

Apr 27, 2020 2 mins read 728 views
World Bank provides USD 40M to deal with economic impact

Bank

Apr 27, 2020 2 mins read 776 views
Youth unemployment rate drops to 11.9%

Labour

Apr 27, 2020 3 mins read 779 views
Haa still without a doctor

Health

Apr 26, 2020 2 mins read 738 views
Macroeconomic stabilisation plan in the face of Covid-19 pandemic

Perspective

Apr 26, 2020 5 mins read 742 views
Sangay Menla - Medicine Buddha

Diversion

Apr 26, 2020 3 mins read 822 views
Passengers say cabbies are hiking fares

Transport

Apr 26, 2020 1 mins read 753 views
"I've a bigger responsibility to shoulder"

Health

Apr 26, 2020 2 mins read 734 views
Be more responsible to combat Covid-19

Letter to the editor

Apr 26, 2020 1 mins read 733 views
There is no reason to panic

Editorial

Apr 26, 2020 1 mins read 706 views
UNDP extends support in Covid-19 response

Award- grant

Apr 26, 2020 1 mins read 669 views
Highlanders of Thimphu have adequate food stocks

Health

Apr 26, 2020 2 mins read 788 views
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Central banks call for unified regulations on cross-border payments

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Trade, transport, agriculture, credit cards breach NPL threshold

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Rituals take the biggest share of household expenditure

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Ten listed companies declare dividends for FY 2025

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Between disaster and devotion

We are not lumps of rock, and so we naturally feel the pain of those affected by such tragedies. The great Dzogchen master Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche gave an example: if we see a child struck by a bus, we rush to help without considering whether the child is known to us or comes from a good family.

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From ore to opportunity: Ensuring natural wealth remains national wealth

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Same choice, same result: A letter to someone in recovery

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The colour drains from the scene

Sure, here’s a version edited to fit the lower word limit. For two weeks I have woken to the silhouette of a large potted plant, its leaves etched against the pale morning light.

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The empathy and humility to say yes

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Aug 08, 2026 4 mins read 1,642 views
Forever young–really?

“Don’t even think for a moment that you are not going to die” is a quote by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. It expresses a simple truth — one of the fundamental realities of existence. Yet few...

Aug 01, 2026 4 mins read 2,004 views
The social media river: Guiding youth energy online and off

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Life is dukkha — Now what?

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Jul 18, 2026 4 mins read 2,782 views
Bored stiff

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Jul 11, 2026 4 mins read 2,791 views
The Debt Call

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Addressing the engineer shortage

Bhutan is entering one of the most ambitious periods of development in its history. Hydropower projects are expanding, major infrastructure investments are taking shape, and the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is expected to open new avenues for economic growth. However, a major constraint could undermine these ambitions: shortage of engineers.

Sep 09, 2026 2 mins read 988 views
The illusion of the conscious plate

More than 400 delegates from over 60 countries gathered this week at Dungkar Dzong for what Bhutan hosted as the world’s first “conscious food summit”. The idea sounds lofty.

Sep 05, 2026 2 mins read 782 views
Strengthening early warning systems

The flood that struck the Nepal-Tibet border in the last week of August has claimed more than a thousand lives, with thousands still unaccounted for.

Sep 02, 2026 2 mins read 552 views
A cold reminder

Even as search and rescue efforts continue to locate hundreds of people missing after the devastating floods in Nepal, the images emerging from the disaster are as d...

Aug 29, 2026 3 mins read 1,194 views
Buyer’s market, seller’s rules

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Aug 26, 2026 3 mins read 1,920 views
Beyond an 'Et Tu, Brute' case?

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Aug 22, 2026 2 mins read 3,205 views
Rethinking Phuentsholing’s economy

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The buck must stop somewhere

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The bridge to cheaper goods

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Beyond hydropower: Bhutan’s hopes lie in the ground

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NC endorses annual budget as per NA

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Bhutan to pilot green finance taxonomy from June

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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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The cost of living in the city

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Addressing the engineer shortage

Bhutan is entering one of the most ambitious periods of development in its history. Hydropower projects are expanding, major infrastructure investments are taking shape, and the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is expected to open new avenues for economic growth. However, a major constraint could undermine these ambitions: shortage of engineers.

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