February of 2020

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NA passes GST Bill despite legal issues

Parliament

Feb 13, 2020 3 mins read 404 views
TIKA donates Toyota ambulance

Award/Grant

Feb 13, 2020 1 mins read 403 views
Study observes decline in Ruddy Shelduck count

Wild Life

Feb 13, 2020 3 mins read 358 views
Police bust air couriered psychotropic substance racket

Crime

Feb 13, 2020 4 mins read 337 views
Parliament agenda today

Briefly

Feb 13, 2020 0 mins read 0 views
Paro FC's AFC dreams end

Sports

Feb 12, 2020 1 mins read 438 views
Forty acres of forest lost to fire in Paro yesterday

Disaster

Feb 12, 2020 1 mins read 445 views
Acute water shortage plagues Wamrong

Water

Feb 12, 2020 2 mins read 337 views
Property transfer tax: leave it to sales deed, NC

Parliament

Feb 12, 2020 1 mins read 432 views
NC adopts Fiscal Incentives (Amendment) Bill 2020

Parliament

Feb 12, 2020 2 mins read 407 views
Welcome to doctors from Bangladesh

Letter to the editor

Feb 12, 2020 1 mins read 368 views
Wildfires the ever-growing threat

Editorial

Feb 12, 2020 2 mins read 349 views
School signs agreement with farmers' groups on vegetable supply

Agriculture

Feb 12, 2020 3 mins read 375 views
GST will minimise tax leakage: PM

Parliament

Feb 12, 2020 2 mins read 425 views
National Assembly recommends measures to improve water security

Parliament

Feb 12, 2020 3 mins read 369 views
Bodhgaya coronavirus suspect tested negative

Health

Feb 12, 2020 2 mins read 365 views
Parliament agenda today

Briefly

Feb 12, 2020 0 mins read 0 views
Paro FC to face Bengaluru FC today

Sports

Feb 11, 2020 1 mins read 348 views
Villagers wait for bridge over farm road

Infra-settlement

Feb 11, 2020 1 mins read 375 views
Students help host village tshechu

Religious

Feb 11, 2020 2 mins read 377 views
PM discusses way forward of organic flagship programme

Agriculture

Feb 11, 2020 1 mins read 424 views
Children's education allowance increased to USD 250

Parliament

Feb 11, 2020 2 mins read 415 views
NC passes Penal Code Amendment Bill 2019".

Clarification

Feb 11, 2020 0 mins read 407 views
Mind your language!

Letter to the editor

Feb 11, 2020 1 mins read 0 views
Easing the rural banking problem

Editorial

Feb 11, 2020 2 mins read 398 views
Govt. preparing schools to accommodate 5-year-olds

Parliament

Feb 11, 2020 1 mins read 360 views
NC proposes property transfer tax exemption in rural areas

Parliament

Feb 11, 2020 2 mins read 366 views
Man charged for vehicle theft

Crime

Feb 11, 2020 1 mins read 367 views
19 specialists arrive from Bangladesh

Health

Feb 11, 2020 3 mins read 479 views
Paro dzongkhag court flooded with gold case

Crime

Feb 11, 2020 2 mins read 385 views
Parliament agenda today

Briefly

Feb 11, 2020 0 mins read 0 views
Bidung Gewog 2-0 Pala Pila

Sports

Feb 10, 2020 1 mins read 395 views
NA endorses Supplementary Budget Appropriation Bill

Parliament

Feb 10, 2020 2 mins read 414 views
Bhutan's long journey to ILO

Parliament

Feb 10, 2020 1 mins read 418 views
NC adopts CCPC Amendment Bill 2019

Parliament

Feb 10, 2020 2 mins read 435 views
OAG charges eight men in 32kg gold case

Audit-ACC-OAG

Feb 10, 2020 2 mins read 361 views
Fires come again

Letter to the editor

Feb 10, 2020 1 mins read 378 views
The risk is real

Editorial

Feb 10, 2020 2 mins read 413 views
NC passes Penal Code Amendment Bill 2019

Parliament

Feb 10, 2020 2 mins read 479 views
Nima and Dawa growing up healthy

Health

Feb 10, 2020 2 mins read 401 views
MPs' failure to attend committee meeting hamper Parliament

Parliament

Feb 10, 2020 3 mins read 438 views
Parliament agenda today

Briefly

Feb 10, 2020 0 mins read 0 views
Bhutan Super League 2020 begins

Sports

Feb 09, 2020 1 mins read 405 views
Sangtu the milkman

Trade

Feb 09, 2020 1 mins read 395 views
Gomtu residents grappling with dust problem

Environment

Feb 09, 2020 2 mins read 367 views
Kanglung forest fire still raging

Disaster

Feb 09, 2020 1 mins read 371 views
CSI bank will ease rural banking services: Finance minister

Parliament

Feb 09, 2020 1 mins read 393 views
There is this urgency at the door!

Letter to the editor

Feb 09, 2020 1 mins read 343 views
Better one than none

Editorial

Feb 09, 2020 2 mins read 337 views
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The country’s startup ecosystem has helped many young entrepreneurs launch their businesses, but founders say support beyond seed funding remains limited, making it difficult for existing startups to scale and sustain operations.

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Where tradition meets treatment

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Between Homes

When I first arrived in Australia last year, I thought I was prepared. I had spoken to people, watched videos, and tried to imagine what life would be like. Bu...

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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 role as a symbol of abundance and generosity. There are five principal forms of the...

May 02, 2026 4 mins read 1,228 views
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 and warmth by devoted grandparents can fare well, separation from parents at this age generally causes...

Apr 25, 2026 4 mins read 3,458 views
You’re not what you think you are

You are not alone in your confusion — and much of it arises from the word itself. Emptiness can sound like nothingness, which is precisely what it does not mean. A more precise term might be: empty of inherent existence.

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Sundays at Le Méridien

The monthly Sunday brunch at Le Méridien has become a special experience that goes beyond dining, offering guests a relaxed four-hour setting to reconnect with family and friends.

Apr 13, 2026 3 mins read 2,497 views
The trap of spiritual materialism

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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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When will we feed ourselves?

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,066 views
Fuel crisis demands more than subsidies

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May 02, 2026 3 mins read 1,954 views
Demographic crisis demands bold reforms

Bhutan is facing a “national crisis” as birth rates plunge by 62.9 percent. If current trends continue, the country could see as few as 2,000 births by 2028.

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Unshackling the state

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The environmental toll of wars

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A costly fiasco

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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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Dorjilung hydropower to raise GDP by 2.4%, generate 5,000 jobs

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Compassion in practice: Building a win-win healthcare system

Taking care of all members of society is a characteristic of a mature and compassionate nation; therefore, I strongly ad...

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Happiness with Mr Bhutan

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When Words Create Worlds

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Living hand to mouth

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A call for shared responsibility

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When the watchdog has no teeth

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Culture under threat?

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Promises and performance

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Fighting online scams

The digital age has transformed Bhutanese society in ways unimaginable in just a decade or two. Social media and online platforms have opened enormous opportunities for communication, business, education, entertainment, and entrepreneurship.

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