December of 2002

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Nu 147 million profit in first 18 months

Telecommunication Department

Dec 27, 2002 1 mins read 383 views
Gold Cup heads for the finals on Jan 2

Sport

Dec 27, 2002 1 mins read 398 views
New bibliography on Bhutan

Books

Dec 27, 2002 1 mins read 384 views
"My hard work paid off"

Personalities

Dec 27, 2002 1 mins read 378 views
Women graduates top civil service examination

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Dec 27, 2002 2 mins read 360 views
New TV studio

Television (TV)

Dec 27, 2002 1 mins read 426 views
Buddhist conference adopts "Shah Alam Declaration"

International Convention

Dec 27, 2002 2 mins read 393 views
Winter football

Sport

Dec 27, 2002 2 mins read 405 views
Water service award for Bhutanese

Awards

Dec 27, 2002 1 mins read 422 views
Guideline for school management

Education-Policy/Planning/Conference Workshop

Dec 27, 2002 2 mins read 398 views
Social pressure and the Bhutanese student

Education- Student

Dec 27, 2002 5 mins read 405 views
Education is supposed to be wholesome

Education-Policy/Planning/Conference Workshop

Dec 27, 2002 3 mins read 374 views
Planning commission intranet to connect dzongkhags

Computer/Internet

Dec 27, 2002 2 mins read 411 views
Hospital cuts down on fuelwood

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Dec 27, 2002 1 mins read 420 views
Say "no" to alcohol

Alcohol

Dec 27, 2002 3 mins read 362 views
The pressures

Editorial

Dec 27, 2002 3 mins read 472 views
Smaller houses may be better

Letters to the Editor

Dec 27, 2002 2 mins read 342 views
Are discos safe

Letters to the Editor

Dec 27, 2002 1 mins read 343 views
Being involved in films

Letters to the Editor

Dec 27, 2002 2 mins read 344 views
Student stabbed on Thimphu street

Crime

Dec 27, 2002 1 mins read 334 views
STCB goes to court to collect dues

State Trading Corporation of Bhutan (STCB)

Dec 27, 2002 1 mins read 353 views
RICB promotes insurance schemes in rural areas

Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan (RICB)

Dec 27, 2002 3 mins read 404 views
Former gup jailed for six years in corruption case

Crime

Dec 27, 2002 1 mins read 368 views
Education moves forward

Education-Policy/Planning/Conference Workshop

Dec 27, 2002 2 mins read 351 views
Civil Aviation employees acquitted

Judiciary

Dec 27, 2002 1 mins read 367 views
Dungshi Bau - a blend of humour & satire

Feature Film

Dec 20, 2002 2 mins read 384 views
Exam pressure suspected in student's death

Crime

Dec 20, 2002 1 mins read 371 views
New volunteers arrive in Bhutan

Volunteers

Dec 20, 2002 1 mins read 321 views
Highway gets new bridges through Japanese assistance

Bridges

Dec 20, 2002 1 mins read 326 views
Food festival : a sell out

Exhibition

Dec 20, 2002 3 mins read 429 views
Calling India

Telecommunication Department

Dec 20, 2002 1 mins read 353 views
Growing up in Bhutan

Personalities

Dec 20, 2002 2 mins read 358 views
It's cold and dark in Chamkhar valley

Power

Dec 20, 2002 2 mins read 342 views
Choe Dhang Jigten wins big at the film festival 2002

Feature Film

Dec 20, 2002 2 mins read 379 views
Welcome to the YHSS website !

Education- Schools

Dec 20, 2002 1 mins read 407 views
Want to buy a car ? buy a lottery ticket

Lottery

Dec 20, 2002 3 mins read 393 views
Education anticipates Indian assistance

Education- Schools

Dec 20, 2002 1 mins read 359 views
His Majesty the King addresses the nation

As our people are aware, the Ninth Five Year Plan begins from this year. Not including the expenditure for power projects and establishment of industries, the development...

Dec 21, 2002 6 mins read 0 views
In transition

Editorial

Dec 20, 2002 2 mins read 501 views
Pay revision - the perennial question

Kuensel

Dec 20, 2002 1 mins read 334 views
DrukNet not a monopoly

Letters to the Editor

Dec 20, 2002 3 mins read 374 views
Education on right IT track

Letters to the Editor

Dec 20, 2002 2 mins read 350 views
Crown Prince celebrates National Day with the people of Sarpang

National Day

Dec 20, 2002 3 mins read 364 views
Samtse, a fortunate dzongkhag

While all Bhutanese people believe that they are fortunate to live in Bhutan the people of Samtse considered themselves especially privileged this week when His Majesty the King joined them to celebrate the...

Dec 21, 2002 6 mins read 350 views
Educated Bhutanese have a vital role

National Day

Dec 20, 2002 5 mins read 366 views
No pool vehicles

Government Department

Dec 20, 2002 0 mins read 367 views
Teachers : no more films

Education-Teacher

Dec 13, 2002 2 mins read 354 views
A Bhutanese receives some help

Education-Scholarships

Dec 13, 2002 1 mins read 367 views
Landslides threaten villages in Lumang geog

Landslides and Floods

Dec 13, 2002 3 mins read 300 views
Food for thought!

Geology & Mines

Dec 13, 2002 0 mins read 521 views
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NC ratifies BIMSTEC Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters

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Restore Bhutan begins landscape revival across forest, farms, and urban areas

Bhutan has launched a nationwide drive to restore 50,000 hectares of degraded forests, farmlands, and urban areas over t...

Dec 12, 2025 3 mins read 993 views
MoENR to compensate landowners affected by power transmission lines

The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MoENR) will begin compensating landowners affected by the right-of-way of...

Dec 11, 2025 3 mins read 1,599 views
Police launch internal investigation into alleged custodial death

The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has launched an internal investigation into the alleged custodial death of 33-year-old Bir...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 5,321 views
MoICE moves to enforce zero tolerance on pornographic and violent online content

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment (MoICE) is moving to strengthen regulatory action against pornographic...

Dec 11, 2025 3 mins read 1,126 views
Bhutan hosts first SDG Impact Finance Forum

The SDG Impact Finance Forum kicks off in Thimphu today, a pivotal step for investment-driven development following the...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 784 views
NA endorses nine crime prevention recommendations

The government has installed a total of 896 CCTV cameras across the country as part of its crime prevention strategy, th...

Dec 11, 2025 3 mins read 733 views
A village woven in wool: Shingdreygang’s enduring mat tradition

Samtse—Upon entering homes in Shingdreygang, locally known as Jamirkot in Pemaling, guests are welcomed in a manner that...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 1,057 views
Infrastructure and transport ministry to review three-storey building limit

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MoIT) will form a Joint Technical Committee to review Section 8 of the Bhu...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 1,023 views
NA endorses courteous communication training for frontline public services

The National Assembly endorsed a set of measures to institutionalise courteous communication and respectful interaction...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 727 views
Sir, your advice to the younger generation?

Choose your environment Your environment is the invisible hand that constantly shapes the way you think, feel, and act. Your family, friends, school, city, country, social media accounts, television and news channels, habits, and heroes are all shaping you into replicas of the admired, the powerful, and the majority around you.

Nov 19, 2025 1 mins read 460 views
Restore or lose it altogether

The country’s plan to restore 50,000 hectares of degraded forests, farmlands, and urban lands is not simply an environmental initiative. It is a national ultimatum. We are standing at a point where the land that defines our identity is weakening under our watch.

Dec 13, 2025 2 mins read 594 views
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 p...

Dec 12, 2025 2 mins read 794 views
Will our education transformation be equitable?

The government’s allocation of Nu 30 billion for education transformation in the 13th Plan, second only to the economic...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 549 views
The never-ending tourism debate

The discussion on tourism policy is like Atsara Phentho’s chham. In other words, a lot of motion without progress. On Monday, members of Parliament demanded accountability for the reforms they recommended after re...

Dec 10, 2025 2 mins read 1,050 views
Ready to take off from GMC

The launch of the Gelephu–Kolkata international air route marks far more than the addition of a new flight on the country’s aviation map. It is a statement of intent – a signal of where we are heade...

Dec 09, 2025 2 mins read 430 views
Why we must invest in Research & Development

Bhutan is not short of ideas, intellect or institutions. What it lacks is a strong, working bridge between research, pol...

Dec 08, 2025 2 mins read 764 views
To eat meat or not!

In passing the Livestock Bill of Bhutan,  2025, National Assembly members engaged in a good debate, a meaty one, even if it missed the core issue. The Bill was not about advocat...

Dec 06, 2025 2 mins read 1,125 views
Disaster preparedness is our best defence

The National Council this week questioned the government on the country’s disaster preparedness. This is a pertinent issue, especially when extreme weather events are frequent and more intense. Preparedness is therefore the most effective stra...

Dec 05, 2025 2 mins read 556 views
Equity in education merits discourse

During a recent Question Hour session in the National Assembly, Members of Parliament (MP) called for an open debate on education quality and budget allocation. And rightly so. Education is the foundation upon which every other...

Dec 04, 2025 2 mins read 788 views
Deeper than HIV/AIDS

Far from the bustling capital, the community of Genekha observed an important global day. December 1 was World AIDS Day. They chose to mark the occasion at what they called the “fi...

Dec 03, 2025 2 mins read 971 views
Amochu quarriers call for flood walls after millions in losses

Phuentsholing—Businesses involved in extracting and exporting boulders, gravel, and sand along the Amochu river are call...

Oct 16, 2025 2 mins read 2,090 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Our global culture has conditioned us to spend the best of ourselves in the pursuit of a “decent living” whatever that m...

Sep 22, 2025 4 mins read 3,019 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

In a world that constantly advertises, applauds, and sells consumption, acquisition and growth at all costs, cultivating...

Aug 18, 2025 2 mins read 4,267 views
Solving youth unemployment before it’s too late

Youth unemployment has become one of Bhutan’s most persistent national challenges. And it endures despite successive gov...

Dec 02, 2025 2 mins read 821 views
Addressing teacher shortage and quality

In some schools, especially in urban centres, there are more teachers than timetables demand. In others, often remote sc...

Dec 01, 2025 2 mins read 1,872 views
When rising corruption reports tell a deeper story

The growing number of corruption reports in the past year forces the nation to confront a hard truth: something in our s...

Nov 29, 2025 2 mins read 1,376 views
Regulatory reforms must be matched with a mindset shift

The government’s commitment to address regulatory barriers that have choked business growth deserves recognition and sup...

Nov 28, 2025 2 mins read 796 views
The classic egg and chicken situation

The price of an egg in the capital has soared to a staggering Nu 20, pushing a standard tray of 30 to Nu 520. While it f...

Nov 27, 2025 2 mins read 1,348 views

Recents

Restore or lose it altogether

The country’s plan to restore 50,000 hectares of degraded forests, farmlands, and urban lands is not simply an environmental initiative. It is a national ultimatum. We are standing at a point where the land that defines our identity is weakening under our watch.

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Bumthang ready to host historic National Day

Bumthang—Across Bumthang, homes and shops have been draped in national flags, while streets glow with festive lights. Roads have been swept and public spaces prepared. Bumthang is all poised to host the 118th National Day celebrations at the national level for the first time.

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