January of 2006

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Bhutan Post robbed

Crime

Jan 17, 2006 1 mins read 498 views
For a free and fair election

Election Commission

Jan 17, 2006 3 mins read 603 views
His Holiness conducts Dupthops wang

Wang

Jan 13, 2006 0 mins read 490 views
Compliance visit

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Jan 13, 2006 0 mins read 521 views
5-day tshechu to invoke local deities

Tshechu

Jan 13, 2006 1 mins read 534 views
Nu. 521 million for bridge reconstruction

Bridges

Jan 13, 2006 1 mins read 463 views
Paintball hits Thimphu

Sport

Jan 13, 2006 4 mins read 447 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 525 views
Keeping alive a dying profession

Bhutan - Tradition

Jan 13, 2006 1 mins read 429 views
Legend continues on film

Feature Film

Jan 13, 2006 2 mins read 497 views
Dzongkha usage poor: DDA

Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)

Jan 13, 2006 2 mins read 541 views
Cash register should be made compulsory

Letters to the Editor

Jan 13, 2006 1 mins read 459 views
Of power and water

Letters to the Editor

Jan 13, 2006 1 mins read 583 views
Upgrade accounting system

Letters to the Editor

Jan 13, 2006 1 mins read 502 views
Where are the passports?

Kuensel

Jan 13, 2006 0 mins read 549 views
The construction dilemma

Editorial

Jan 13, 2006 2 mins read 582 views
Revenue grows by 20 percent but falls short of target

Revenue and Custom

Jan 13, 2006 2 mins read 492 views
Village guide killed

Bhutan-Indo/ Border/ ULFA/Bodo

Jan 13, 2006 0 mins read 576 views
A regulatory body for power sector

Power

Jan 13, 2006 2 mins read 494 views
BBS TV to go nationwide

BBS (Bhutan Broadcasting Service)

Jan 13, 2006 2 mins read 526 views
Girls enrollment lagging behind: UNICEF

UNICEF

Jan 13, 2006 4 mins read 477 views
Making Dzongkha more accessible

Books

Jan 10, 2006 1 mins read 496 views
Vehicle accidents on the rise

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Jan 10, 2006 2 mins read 516 views
Weaving the chupa and maykem: a winter activity

Handicraft

Jan 10, 2006 3 mins read 541 views
Refreshing vets

Animal Husbandry Activities

Jan 10, 2006 2 mins read 573 views
Motor vehicle emission test privatised

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Jan 10, 2006 2 mins read 655 views
X-ring awarded to M.Ed scholars

Education-Teacher

Jan 10, 2006 2 mins read 556 views
Briquettes gain popularity among bukhari users

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Jan 10, 2006 3 mins read 496 views
Important information lacking

Kuensel

Jan 10, 2006 1 mins read 564 views
Is Bhutan ready for tourism?

Letters to the Editor

Jan 10, 2006 2 mins read 489 views
Tshogpas should be paid

Kuensel

Jan 10, 2006 1 mins read 507 views
Hazards and risks

Editorial

Jan 10, 2006 2 mins read 537 views
More illegal dwellers vacate government land

City Corporation

Jan 10, 2006 1 mins read 539 views
Top corporate positions open to competition

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Jan 10, 2006 3 mins read 473 views
Construction frenzy grips Thimphu

City Corporation

Jan 10, 2006 2 mins read 475 views
Thimphu residents intensive energy users

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Jan 10, 2006 2 mins read 494 views
Construction safety standards not enforced

Labour and Human Resource

Jan 10, 2006 3 mins read 565 views
Double laning could be completed before 2010

Roads

Jan 10, 2006 3 mins read 488 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 434 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 522 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 454 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 604 views
Volunteer penalised

Judiciary

Jan 06, 2006 1 mins read 492 views
105 and still stitching clothes

Personalities

Jan 06, 2006 1 mins read 565 views
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Rituals take the biggest share of household expenditure

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Ten listed companies declare dividends for FY 2025

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From rice to resilience: Rethinking diet and health in modern Bhutan

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Between disaster and devotion

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From ore to opportunity: Ensuring natural wealth remains national wealth

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Same choice, same result: A letter to someone in recovery

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The colour drains from the scene

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The empathy and humility to say yes

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Forever young–really?

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The social media river: Guiding youth energy online and off

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Life is dukkha — Now what?

Drukpa Tshezhi, which falls on 18 July this year, commemorates the first teaching the Buddha gave after his enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Tree.

Jul 18, 2026 4 mins read 2,789 views
Bored stiff

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All's well when it ends fairly

It is not often that students expelled from school, for whatever reason, make it to the media or a national newspaper. However, when the parents of two students, who have now been relocated to a new school, approached Kuensel seeking help, they hoped that a story going public through the media would help them get some justice and make decision-makers rethink.

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Addressing the engineer shortage

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The illusion of the conscious plate

More than 400 delegates from over 60 countries gathered this week at Dungkar Dzong for what Bhutan hosted as the world’s first “conscious food summit”. The idea sounds lofty.

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Strengthening early warning systems

The flood that struck the Nepal-Tibet border in the last week of August has claimed more than a thousand lives, with thousands still unaccounted for.

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A cold reminder

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Buyer’s market, seller’s rules

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Beyond an 'Et Tu, Brute' case?

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Aug 22, 2026 2 mins read 3,213 views
Rethinking Phuentsholing’s economy

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The buck must stop somewhere

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The bridge to cheaper goods

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NC endorses annual budget as per NA

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The Debt Call

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Wisdom in a warming world

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Vietnam Corner: Bringing authentic Vietnamese cuisine to the Capital

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Bullying and the roots of harm

No, I didn’t watch the video. Unless I were acting in a law enforcement capacity, I would not view this kind of footage....

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Beyond hydropower: Bhutan’s hopes lie in the ground

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City bus drivers deserve better

The drivers who keep Thimphu’s city buses running deserve more than gratitude. They deserve fair pay for the hours they...

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Finding the fuel for private sector growth

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Sky-high airfares drive visitors away

More than seventy percent of international visitors to Bhutan now enter the country by land rather than through Paro Int...

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The cost of living in the city

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Recents

Removing children is not discipline but systemic failure

Recent events involving two students from Sonamthang Central School raise a concern extending well beyond one school, one discipline committee or controversy. The issue is whether a school confronted with an adolescent relationship responds as an institution of education and child protection, or as one that removes a perceived problem from its premises.

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All's well when it ends fairly

It is not often that students expelled from school, for whatever reason, make it to the media or a national newspaper. However, when the parents of two students, who have now been relocated to a new school, approached Kuensel seeking help, they hoped that a story going public through the media would help them get some justice and make decision-makers rethink.

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