February of 2012

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Editorial

Feb 17, 2012 2 mins read 600 views
Yearender : BLOOPERS : Oops! The ones that got through

Year Ender News

Feb 20, 2012 2 mins read 603 views
Giant Panda, a no show

Wildlife _ Gaint Panda

Feb 16, 2012 1 mins read 560 views
Six birds join list of protected animals

Wildlife - Bird

Feb 16, 2012 2 mins read 625 views
Indirectly benefiting the economy

Taxes

Feb 16, 2012 2 mins read 675 views
Irrigation or farm roads first?

Editorial

Feb 16, 2012 2 mins read 541 views
Low carbon destination

Tourism

Feb 16, 2012 1 mins read 596 views
Burnt lhakhang yet to be restored

Culture - Restoration

Feb 16, 2012 1 mins read 627 views
A former gup charged for voluntary manslaughter

Crime - Manslaughter

Feb 16, 2012 1 mins read 601 views
Job Seeker Guide: Brows raised over job information

Employment

Feb 16, 2012 2 mins read 571 views
Last lap of lighting Bhutan, the main hurdle

Rural Electrification

Feb 03, 2012 2 mins read 552 views
Danger signs?

Editorial

Feb 03, 2012 1 mins read 570 views
Malaria incidence drops to 194 from 40,000

Health - Malaria

Feb 03, 2012 2 mins read 585 views
Father sentenced to life for homicide

Crime - Homicide

Feb 03, 2012 1 mins read 750 views
Sankosh downsized

Hydropower - Sunkosh

Feb 03, 2012 1 mins read 623 views
Cuts like a knife

Crime - Stabbing

Feb 03, 2012 3 mins read 652 views
Loopholes in revised service charges, say bankers

Banking

Feb 01, 2012 2 mins read 547 views
Missing banded cranes

Black necked Crane

Feb 01, 2012 2 mins read 582 views
Punatsangchhu II fined for non-compliance

Environment

Feb 01, 2012 2 mins read 585 views
ECB and RCSC not on the same page

My Say

Feb 01, 2012 1 mins read 597 views
Going Bamboo

Editorial

Feb 01, 2012 2 mins read 651 views
20-year-old stabbed again

Crime - Stab

Feb 01, 2012 1 mins read 608 views
Civil servants mum on governmentperformance

PM Visit

Feb 01, 2012 1 mins read 737 views
Five years jail term for finance officer

Crime - Manslaughter

Feb 01, 2012 1 mins read 575 views
Sunkosh project size will be decided today

Hydropower - Sunkosh

Feb 01, 2012 2 mins read 607 views
Dungse's kudung arrives at Paro

Religious Leader

Feb 01, 2012 2 mins read 495 views
Human wildlife conflict endowment fund needs donations

Human-wildlife

Feb 02, 2012 2 mins read 595 views
Customer is king, but none says so service

Entreprenuership

Feb 02, 2012 2 mins read 528 views
Rental negotiations delays lighting of second gateway

ICT

Feb 02, 2012 1 mins read 555 views
Bird flu confirmed in Kamji and Bunagu

Poultry - Birdflu

Feb 02, 2012 2 mins read 565 views
Channelling youth potentials

My Say

Feb 02, 2012 1 mins read 518 views
Secure the door behind you

Editorial

Feb 02, 2012 2 mins read 571 views
A man died in vehicle accident

Accident

Feb 02, 2012 0 mins read 590 views
DHI website hacked thrice in a month

DHI - web site

Feb 02, 2012 2 mins read 566 views
Double standard in maximum work-in-hand rule

Construction

Feb 02, 2012 4 mins read 556 views
GNH Screening Test : Reality check?

GNH

Feb 02, 2012 2 mins read 537 views
Churning out 21st century teachers for 21st century learners

Education - Teacher

Feb 03, 2012 2 mins read 614 views
Bhutanese researchers learn scientific paper writing

Research

Feb 03, 2012 1 mins read 579 views
Speeding truck injures seven

Accident

Feb 03, 2012 1 mins read 527 views
Druk Air cleared for Yonphula

Aviation

Feb 03, 2012 1 mins read 517 views
GPS can clarify actual shrinking of glacier

GLOF

Feb 03, 2012 2 mins read 515 views
Helping farmers to grow rice again

Agriculture - Irrigation

Feb 03, 2012 1 mins read 582 views
A long hard look at happiness

Perspective-GNH

Feb 03, 2012 4 mins read 567 views
A search and rescue team for disasters

Disaster - Training

Feb 03, 2012 1 mins read 543 views
Over 37,000ml of blood collected in three days

Health - Blood Bank

Feb 03, 2012 1 mins read 544 views
Is the five-year sentence justified?

Law

Feb 03, 2012 2 mins read 658 views
Essential commodity ban lifted

Trade

Feb 23, 2012 1 mins read 498 views
2010 -11 national revenue report misleading

Report

Feb 03, 2012 2 mins read 474 views
Women's cricket team in semi-finals

Sports - Cricket

Feb 05, 2012 0 mins read 589 views
Steep price to emphasise healthy living

Sports - Futsal

Feb 05, 2012 1 mins read 525 views
Browse Archives
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Bhutan’s growth paradox: Strong banks, struggling borrowers

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Bhutan resumes WTO accession process after 17 years

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Reflections from the first six months in Bhutan

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Two cordyceps collectors die in separate incidents in Lunana

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SOFF-backed upper-air facility set to transform forecasting accuracy and early warning systems

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May 30, 2026 3 mins read 1,881 views
Monsoon floods continue to disrupt lives and livelihoods in Phongmey

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May 30, 2026 3 mins read 2,135 views
BNB observes International Menstrual Hygiene Day at Pemacholing Nunnery

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Bhutan Cancer Society bridges cancer care gaps

For a growing number of Bhutanese cancer patients, the biggest obstacle isn’t the disease, it’s the cost of treatment th...

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At 71, Bhutan’s pioneer filmmaker continues to shine

Mar 02, 2026 2 mins read 4,289 views
Chotrul Duchen: Miracles that break the walls of illusion

Mar 02, 2026 4 mins read 4,294 views
Damcha– A Promise Beyond the Blackboard

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A year of reckoning

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Feb 18, 2026 3 mins read 5,682 views
Projecting growth

Feb 14, 2026 2 mins read 5,874 views
Builders or buyers?

The latest trade figures reveal a story written not just in ledgers, but in our daily choices.

Feb 11, 2026 2 mins read 6,703 views
The burden of cancer

Feb 07, 2026 2 mins read 6,838 views
Inconvenience caused is highly not appreciated

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Recents

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

Family members of former President of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) Lhab Dorji have alleged wrongful implication and institutional failure after the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) closed two long-running investigations into the handling of private donations and the establishment of a radiotherapy facility at the national referral hospital.

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The gift of children

Punakha—When Karma Namgay and Dechen Lhaden’s daughter turned four, the questions from relatives and friends became increasingly awkward to answer – why had they not had another child?

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