February of 2020

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A mixed report for the Health sector

Health

Feb 21, 2020 4 mins read 312 views
Boulders' heavy fall: Will it rise to its former glory again?

Chukha

Feb 21, 2020 2 mins read 297 views
An enterprising year in CSI field

Entrepreneurs

Feb 21, 2020 2 mins read 302 views
A year to forget

Crime

Feb 21, 2020 3 mins read 300 views
Labour ministry labours in the year of the Pig

Labour

Feb 21, 2020 2 mins read 305 views
A year of metamorphosis for the tourism cash cow

Tourism

Feb 21, 2020 2 mins read 277 views
Plastic waste hogged the Pig year

Environment

Feb 21, 2020 3 mins read 282 views
Economy slugs in the year of the Pig

Economy

Feb 21, 2020 3 mins read 312 views
A Birthday Pledge

Editorial

Feb 21, 2020 4 mins read 264 views
National CSI Development Bank launched

Bank

Feb 21, 2020 1 mins read 333 views
What the Rat Year has in store

Culture

Feb 21, 2020 1 mins read 291 views
PM commits projects for yearlong celebrations

Festival

Feb 21, 2020 2 mins read 284 views
Of the year gone by

Education

Feb 21, 2020 4 mins read 0 views
Birth Anniversary celebrations begin with prayers

Festival

Feb 21, 2020 2 mins read 283 views
Why We Love Our King So Much?

Perspective

Feb 20, 2020 4 mins read 278 views
Man sentenced for assault and display of weapon

Crime

Feb 20, 2020 1 mins read 332 views
Canadian govt. to offer biometrics service

Foreign affairs

Feb 20, 2020 1 mins read 271 views
Gewog finds solution to water shortage

Water

Feb 20, 2020 2 mins read 287 views
National football players to receive Nu 30,000 in salary

Sports

Feb 20, 2020 2 mins read 276 views
Transporters against Indian trucks ferrying boulder

Trade

Feb 20, 2020 3 mins read 293 views
Luejong: Dancing for a healthy life

Sports

Feb 20, 2020 2 mins read 295 views
Bhutanese refraining from gatherings hurts Dadgari businesses

Trade

Feb 20, 2020 2 mins read 276 views
Lumang residents wait for a bridge over Demri

Infra-settlement

Feb 20, 2020 2 mins read 277 views
Say no to forest fire and be responsible

Letter to the editor

Feb 20, 2020 1 mins read 298 views
Tribute to King and the nation

Editorial

Feb 20, 2020 2 mins read 290 views
Practice of school ranking unfair: GG Committee

Parliament

Feb 20, 2020 2 mins read 264 views
Tarayana launches micro loans for rural development

Economy

Feb 20, 2020 2 mins read 295 views
Bhutan leads climate action in mountainous regions

Sports

Feb 20, 2020 2 mins read 286 views
Govt. supports relocation of offices, but not motion

Parliament

Feb 20, 2020 3 mins read 308 views
HMK40 run challenge

Sports

Feb 19, 2020 1 mins read 318 views
Challenges galore at the partly functional ISC in Gelephu

Industry

Feb 19, 2020 3 mins read 322 views
NC adopts Supplementary Budget Appropriation Bill 2019-20

Parliament

Feb 19, 2020 1 mins read 267 views
Agriculture Economic Zone expected to propel sector ahead

Agriculture

Feb 19, 2020 2 mins read 296 views
Watching out for COVID-19

Letter to the editor

Feb 19, 2020 1 mins read 265 views
In the interest of wise tourism policy

Editorial

Feb 19, 2020 2 mins read 287 views
NA withdraws Impeachment Procedure Bill

Parliament

Feb 19, 2020 2 mins read 304 views
Human trafficking in Bhutan is real: NC committee

Parliament

Feb 19, 2020 4 mins read 269 views
Hydropower potential increases to 37,000MW

Parliament

Feb 19, 2020 4 mins read 250 views
Parliament agenda today

Briefly

Feb 19, 2020 0 mins read 0 views
NA members urge amending NEP Act for Shingkhar-Gorgan highway

Parliament

Feb 18, 2020 2 mins read 276 views
Something good for the business

Letter to the editor

Feb 18, 2020 1 mins read 283 views
Bhutan's future is ICT and STEM

Editorial

Feb 18, 2020 1 mins read 321 views
Bridge Bhutan Project targets 80 percent adult literacy

Education

Feb 18, 2020 2 mins read 289 views
NC recommends withdrawing the GST 2020 Bill

Parliament

Feb 18, 2020 2 mins read 307 views
Haa gearing for sixth RBFE

Exhibition

Feb 18, 2020 1 mins read 305 views
Raven Crown' among exhibits at Royal Textile Academy

Exhibition

Feb 18, 2020 3 mins read 319 views
Two Houses at loggerheads over unnatural sex provisions

Parliament

Feb 18, 2020 2 mins read 290 views
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Family calls for third-party investigation into custodial death

The widow of Biren Kumar Kafley has called for an independent, third-party investigation into her husband’s death, even...

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NC report reveals deepening health sector crisis

The country spent Nu 730 million on patient referrals between 2024 and 2025, more than three times the Nu 214 million sp...

Dec 13, 2025 4 mins read 1,340 views
Govt. rules out review of cost-sharing scheme until end of 13th Plan

The government will not review the Cost-Sharing Mechanism (CSM) for agriculture until the end of the 13th Plan, the Mini...

Dec 13, 2025 3 mins read 985 views
New AG pledges carrot-and-stick auditing, faster enforcement

What’s your first thought on being appointed as the 4th Constitutional Auditor General of Bhutan? I was humbled, dumbfou...

Dec 13, 2025 4 mins read 4,133 views
Education ministry defers Class X cut-off point ahead of Cambridge curriculum roll out

The Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) has deferred the Class X cut-off point for this academic year a...

Dec 13, 2025 3 mins read 1,392 views
Twenty visits to Bhutan, and counting

When Australian travel specialist James Irving first landed in Paro on a cold, snowy afternoon in January 2003, he had no idea that a brief 18-hour stopover would set the course for a lifelong bond and eventually a business dedicat...

Dec 13, 2025 3 mins read 2,682 views
Norbugang’s livestock farmers struggle as prices plunge

Samtse—Poultry and piggery farmers in Norbugang, Samtse, are facing one of their most difficult seasons in recent years....

Dec 13, 2025 2 mins read 1,199 views
Bhutan’s biggest solar project finally powers up

Punakha—After months of delays caused by incessant rain and prolonged monsoon, Phase II  of Bhutan’s first utility-scale...

Dec 13, 2025 2 mins read 3,458 views
Global impact investors commit support to Bhutanese entrepreneurs

Three global investors have pledged new financing commitments for Bhutanese entrepreneurs at the Bhutan SDG Impact Finan...

Dec 13, 2025 2 mins read 999 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Happiness can be described in countless ways, yet it is always experienced as one. Even if we fail to put it into words, we still recognise it. Sometimes, only when old words fade from the tongue do new ones spring from the heart. My earnest prayer through these columns is that happiness may someday become a natural and central part of our daily language and living.

Dec 16, 2025 4 mins read 178 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....

Nov 19, 2025 1 mins read 476 views
The true measure of public service

The civil service is the backbone of our nation’s development. From remote gewogs to the capital, civil servants have played a key role in keeping the government running and serving citizens every day. The Royal Civil Service Award has been instituted to honour the long and faithful service of civil servants, not only in terms of longevity but also quality and impact upon the lives of citizens.

Dec 16, 2025 2 mins read 392 views
Impact Finance Forum: A promising start

The recently concluded SDG Impact Finance Forum showed the potential for global investments in the country.

Dec 15, 2025 2 mins read 422 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...

Dec 13, 2025 2 mins read 726 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 835 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 576 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 1,110 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 459 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 794 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 1,152 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 575 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 2,099 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 3,039 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 4,280 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...

Dec 04, 2025 2 mins read 817 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....

Dec 03, 2025 2 mins read 985 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 839 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 1,896 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 1,396 views

Recents

The true measure of public service

The civil service is the backbone of our nation’s development. From remote gewogs to the capital, civil servants have played a key role in keeping the government running and serving citizens every day. The Royal Civil Service Award has been instituted to honour the long and faithful service of civil servants, not only in terms of longevity but also quality and impact upon the lives of citizens.

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When the yaks died in Merak

A warming winter, shifting migrations, and unknown illnesses swept through Merak last year, killing hundreds of yaks, zo, and zomu, leaving this semi-nomadic community fighting for its future.

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