January of 2006

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Bhutan Post robbed

Crime

Jan 17, 2006 1 mins read 267 views
For a free and fair election

Election Commission

Jan 17, 2006 3 mins read 299 views
His Holiness conducts Dupthops wang

Wang

Jan 13, 2006 0 mins read 247 views
Compliance visit

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Jan 13, 2006 0 mins read 249 views
5-day tshechu to invoke local deities

Tshechu

Jan 13, 2006 1 mins read 278 views
Nu. 521 million for bridge reconstruction

Bridges

Jan 13, 2006 1 mins read 255 views
Paintball hits Thimphu

Sport

Jan 13, 2006 4 mins read 236 views
The Person in Me

Personalities

Jan 13, 2006 1 mins read 0 views
An officer and a gentleman

Royal Bhutan Army (RBA)

Jan 13, 2006 2 mins read 253 views
Keeping alive a dying profession

Bhutan - Tradition

Jan 13, 2006 1 mins read 238 views
Legend continues on film

Feature Film

Jan 13, 2006 2 mins read 257 views
Dzongkha usage poor: DDA

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Jan 13, 2006 2 mins read 314 views
Cash register should be made compulsory

Letters to the Editor

Jan 13, 2006 1 mins read 276 views
Of power and water

Letters to the Editor

Jan 13, 2006 1 mins read 276 views
Upgrade accounting system

Letters to the Editor

Jan 13, 2006 1 mins read 252 views
Where are the passports?

Kuensel

Jan 13, 2006 0 mins read 295 views
The construction dilemma

Editorial

Jan 13, 2006 2 mins read 284 views
Revenue grows by 20 percent but falls short of target

Revenue and Custom

Jan 13, 2006 2 mins read 273 views
Village guide killed

Bhutan-Indo/ Border/ ULFA/Bodo

Jan 13, 2006 0 mins read 313 views
A regulatory body for power sector

Power

Jan 13, 2006 2 mins read 257 views
BBS TV to go nationwide

BBS (Bhutan Broadcasting Service)

Jan 13, 2006 2 mins read 289 views
Girls enrollment lagging behind: UNICEF

UNICEF

Jan 13, 2006 4 mins read 244 views
Making Dzongkha more accessible

Books

Jan 10, 2006 1 mins read 274 views
Vehicle accidents on the rise

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Jan 10, 2006 2 mins read 302 views
Weaving the chupa and maykem: a winter activity

Handicraft

Jan 10, 2006 3 mins read 266 views
Refreshing vets

Animal Husbandry Activities

Jan 10, 2006 2 mins read 288 views
Motor vehicle emission test privatised

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Jan 10, 2006 2 mins read 393 views
X-ring awarded to M.Ed scholars

Education-Teacher

Jan 10, 2006 2 mins read 274 views
Briquettes gain popularity among bukhari users

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Jan 10, 2006 3 mins read 284 views
Important information lacking

Kuensel

Jan 10, 2006 1 mins read 301 views
Is Bhutan ready for tourism?

Letters to the Editor

Jan 10, 2006 2 mins read 246 views
Tshogpas should be paid

Kuensel

Jan 10, 2006 1 mins read 286 views
Hazards and risks

Editorial

Jan 10, 2006 2 mins read 309 views
More illegal dwellers vacate government land

City Corporation

Jan 10, 2006 1 mins read 275 views
Top corporate positions open to competition

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Jan 10, 2006 3 mins read 269 views
Construction frenzy grips Thimphu

City Corporation

Jan 10, 2006 2 mins read 251 views
Thimphu residents intensive energy users

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Jan 10, 2006 2 mins read 259 views
Construction safety standards not enforced

Labour and Human Resource

Jan 10, 2006 3 mins read 291 views
Double laning could be completed before 2010

Roads

Jan 10, 2006 3 mins read 247 views
Archery

Sport

Jan 06, 2006 0 mins read 0 views
Graduation

Education

Jan 06, 2006 0 mins read 0 views
Fire controlled

Forest Fire

Jan 06, 2006 0 mins read 235 views
Wang

Wang

Jan 06, 2006 0 mins read 0 views
RCSC selects 61 technical graduates

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Jan 06, 2006 1 mins read 242 views
Preparing for change

Bhutan - Finance

Jan 06, 2006 2 mins read 0 views
Encouraging Bhutanese children to read

Education-Youth/Counselling/Deliquesce

Jan 06, 2006 5 mins read 244 views
"Enjoy Gardening!"

National Park

Jan 06, 2006 3 mins read 0 views
Musically inclined

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

Jan 06, 2006 1 mins read 317 views
Volunteer penalised

Judiciary

Jan 06, 2006 1 mins read 234 views
105 and still stitching clothes

Personalities

Jan 06, 2006 1 mins read 341 views
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Chamkhar comes alive ahead of 118th National Day

Bumthang—The usually quiet streets of Chamkhar Town have taken on an unfamiliar rhythm. The usually calm evenings are filled with a steady hum of traffic, music, and crowds moving purposefully through the town.

Dec 15, 2025 2 mins read 245 views
TER: GMC’s gold-backed digital currency

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Education ministry plans to regularise contract teachers through competency test

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Dec 15, 2025 2 mins read 484 views
Bhutanese woman’s killer in Canberra sentenced to 30 years

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Monk detained for alleged rape of a minor

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NC adopts BIMSTEC mutual legal assistance and maritime transport agreements

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Dec 15, 2025 2 mins read 398 views
Govt. to procure bulk internet bandwidth to reduce costs

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Dec 15, 2025 3 mins read 421 views
Bhutan reaffirms carbon neutrality and pushes for climate justice at COP30

At a time when global cooperation is strained and the first Global Stocktake shows the world drifting off course from th...

Dec 15, 2025 5 mins read 586 views
Dozens of Bhutanese researchers benefit from SANDEE

Kathmandu, Nepal—Dozens of Bhutanese researchers, particularly from the University of Bhutan, have benefited from resear...

Dec 15, 2025 4 mins read 536 views
Frequent power outages disrupt operations at Dhamdhum Industrial Park

Samtse—Industries operating at Dhamdhum Industrial Park in Samtse have been battling frequent power outages, with unstab...

Dec 13, 2025 3 mins read 1,444 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 467 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 163 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 657 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 811 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 561 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 1,071 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 436 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 781 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 1,133 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 562 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 795 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 2,093 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 3,028 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 4,272 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 976 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 826 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 1,885 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 1,389 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 801 views

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