Project 108

January of 1972

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Agriculture Training Centre Kanglung Holds Sports Day

Agriculture Policy

Jan 29, 1972 1 mins read 770 views
Agricultural Conference

Agriculture Policy

Jan 29, 1972 0 mins read 798 views
Statistics Cell in Bhutan

Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)

Jan 29, 1972 2 mins read 960 views
American Lady Scholar in Bhutan

Visitors

Jan 29, 1972 0 mins read 814 views
Documentary film shows

Feature Film

Jan 29, 1972 0 mins read 969 views
Cyclist Killed in Mishap

Accident

Jan 29, 1972 0 mins read 764 views
Acting Director, P & T leaves for Japan

Bhutan-Post

Jan 29, 1972 0 mins read 735 views
Assembly Members On Goodwill Tour

National Assembly

Jan 29, 1972 1 mins read 768 views
PROPOSED SCHEMES FOR SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES

Industries (A-Z)

Jan 29, 1972 1 mins read 839 views
Republic Day Message : From H.E. Mr. B. S. Das Representative of India in Bhutan

Indian National Day Celebration

Jan 22, 1972 3 mins read 816 views
India's Republic Day

Indian National Day Celebration

Jan 22, 1972 0 mins read 834 views
Hydel club

Sport

Jan 22, 1972 0 mins read 918 views
Apple & Winter

Agriculture/Horticulture

Jan 22, 1972 1 mins read 771 views
Agricultural Fair at Wangdiphodrang

Agriculture Activities

Jan 22, 1972 1 mins read 693 views
Trainees leave to Australia

Training/Workshop/Seminar/Country

Jan 22, 1972 0 mins read 871 views
Soap & Candle factory at Geylephug

Factories A-Z

Jan 22, 1972 0 mins read 749 views
Post Parcels agreement with India

Bhutan- India

Jan 22, 1972 0 mins read 848 views
Phuntsholing Hospital Complex

Health-Hospital/JDWNRH

Jan 22, 1972 1 mins read 743 views
Progress of Hundred bedded hospital Complex, Thimphu

Health-Hospital/JDWNRH

Jan 22, 1972 1 mins read 747 views
INDO-BHUTAN TRADE & COMMERCE AGREEMENT

Bhutan- India

Jan 22, 1972 0 mins read 725 views
Dalim School Annual Sports day

Sport

Jan 15, 1972 0 mins read 745 views
Paro P.W.D. Staff Club Day

Club (A-Z)

Jan 15, 1972 1 mins read 737 views
Opening of Samdrup Jongkhar Post Office Building

Bhutan-Post

Jan 15, 1972 1 mins read 818 views
Bhutan Wireless Celebrates National Day

National Day

Jan 08, 1972 0 mins read 790 views
Kalikhola Government School

National Day

Jan 08, 1972 1 mins read 800 views
New Post Office Building in Sarbhang Town Opened

Bhutan-Post

Jan 08, 1972 1 mins read 741 views
Japanese Gift of Dzongkha Type Writers

Bhutan- Japan

Jan 01, 1972 0 mins read 897 views
11 Persons Expelled

Home Affairs

Jan 01, 1972 0 mins read 730 views
Variety Performances on Bhutan National Day

National Day

Jan 01, 1972 1 mins read 758 views
Royal Missions Hold Receptions

National Day

Jan 01, 1972 0 mins read 739 views
A Decade of Indo-Bhutan Co-operation

Bhutan- India

Jan 01, 1972 5 mins read 732 views
A King's Last Journey-A Nation's Final Homage (Front page)

His Majesty

Jan 01, 1972 21 mins read 752 views
Browse Archives
Thromde gives Dhamdara industries three more years to move, but DIP plots fall short

Phuentsholing Thromde has extended the final relocation deadline for Dhamdara industries by three years, from June 2026 to June 2029.

Oct 07, 2026 2 mins read 1,257 views
Bhutanese offer millions to turn Gelephu’s Shiva temple into a Golden Mandir

On the banks of the Shetikhari river in Gelephu, Sarpang, the Shivalaya Yagyaswar Mahadev Mandir is being readied to shi...

Oct 07, 2026 2 mins read 2,309 views
Bhutan’s cultivable paddy land shrinks as imports soar

Bhutan has recorded 868 cases of illegal structures built on paddy land (chhuzhing) without official approval, even as r...

Oct 07, 2026 5 mins read 2,480 views
Thimphu Police recover sacred relics stolen from 35 chortens and lhakhangs

Thimphu Police have recovered several sacred relics and artefacts stolen from 22 chortens and 13 lhakhangs in Thimphu, P...

Oct 06, 2026 1 mins read 1,958 views
Solar-powered lift irrigation system lifts young farmer from stream-side trek to operator's seat

Before solar-powered irrigation reached Tempakha village in Chubu Gewog, Punakha, 23-year-old Pema Zangmo and her father...

Oct 03, 2026 4 mins read 1,899 views
His Majesty graces Passing Out Parade of Gyalsung 2026 batch

His Majesty The King graced the Passing Out Parade of the Gyalsung Training 2026 Batch (Cohort 2) at the Gyalsung Academ...

Oct 03, 2026 2 mins read 1,254 views
Civil servants question impact of MaX performance system and promised incentives

Three years after the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) introduced the revised Managing for Excellence (MaX) perform...

Oct 03, 2026 4 mins read 5,014 views
Twenty-year road master plan largely undelivered as deadline nears

Nearly two decades after the Road Sector Master Plan (RSMP) 2007-2027 was launched, only a handful of the planned activi...

Oct 03, 2026 4 mins read 1,683 views
Zhemgang LG leaders push govt. to expedite decision on petition to transfer dzongda

Local government leaders of Zhemgang are urging the government to expedite its decision on their petition seeking the tr...

Oct 03, 2026 3 mins read 6,047 views
Tobacco law struggles to keep pace with new nicotine products

Bhutan’s tobacco policy needs to move beyond treating different nicotine products in largely the same way, according to...

Oct 03, 2026 3 mins read 2,093 views
Chaos, cleanliness, and a city in between

I agree with the Indian tourist: the Centenary Farmers’ Market is neat, well-kept and a source of pride. High praise to the authorities for maintaining such a high standard.

Oct 03, 2026 4 mins read 1,039 views
Just ink, lots of masala

Rather than tolerance, I would prefer understanding. Tolerance suggests something we dislike — like a neighbour’s loud music — but put up with anyway. Understanding asks us to look more closel...

Sep 26, 2026 4 mins read 587 views
Thimphu Tshechu: Grinning skulls, quiet seeds

On the first day of the event, the courtyard of Tashichho Dzong fills early. Families spread blankets on the stone steps...

Sep 19, 2026 4 mins read 950 views
From rice to resilience: Rethinking diet and health in modern Bhutan

The summit’s goals were noble, but turning speeches into action that improves the lives of ordinary people requires prac...

Sep 12, 2026 4 mins read 630 views
Between disaster and devotion

We are not lumps of rock, and so we naturally feel the pain of those affected by such tragedies. The great Dzogchen master Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche gave an example: if we see a child struck by a bus, we rush to...

Sep 05, 2026 4 mins read 865 views
From ore to opportunity: Ensuring natural wealth remains national wealth

Natural resources can provide an important opportunity to diversify an economy, create employment, and generate governme...

Aug 29, 2026 4 mins read 1,367 views
Same choice, same result: A letter to someone in recovery

There are two simple reminders from the recovery community that are worth bearing in mind: “Whatever the problem, drugs...

Aug 22, 2026 4 mins read 1,843 views
The colour drains from the scene

Sure, here’s a version edited to fit the lower word limit. For two weeks I have woken to the silhouette of a large potted plant, its leaves etched against the pale morning light.

Aug 15, 2026 4 mins read 1,838 views
The empathy and humility to say yes

Empathy helps us understand the needs and perspectives of the people we serve, keeping us grounded in their realities. Without it, we risk becoming bureaucrats who create rules and regulations that are not only impractical bu...

Aug 08, 2026 4 mins read 1,929 views
Forever young–really?

“Don’t even think for a moment that you are not going to die” is a quote by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. It expresses a simple truth — one of the fundamental realities of existence. Yet few...

Aug 01, 2026 4 mins read 2,263 views
Protect chhuzhing before it is too late

Bhutan is losing its paddy land faster than it is protecting it. The country has recorded 868 cases of structures built on chhuzhing (wetland) without prior approval. Rice self-sufficiency has fallen to 25 percent, and the country spends billions of ngultrum each year importing the grain it once grew itself.

Oct 07, 2026 2 mins read 639 views
Bhutan’s cultivable paddy land shrinks as imports soar

Bhutan has recorded 868 cases of illegal structures built on paddy land (chhuzhing) without official approval, even as r...

Oct 07, 2026 5 mins read 2,480 views
Can we trust banks with our money?

A corporate employee who recently lost his modest savings told friends, half-heartedly, that he would now keep his money under his mattress for safekeeping. His e-mail had been hacked, and someone in Mexico was shopping wi...

Oct 03, 2026 2 mins read 6,359 views
Project 108 Chortens: The making of a mindful future

As November 1 approaches, Bhutan is preparing for an unprecedented occasion, something that has never happened in living...

Sep 30, 2026 2 mins read 1,374 views
From GNH to GEP: Bhutan leads the way

In a world obsessed with annual earnings and the relentless pursuit of gross domestic product (GDP), Bhutan has once again dared to ask a deeper question: What is a nation truly worth?

Sep 26, 2026 2 mins read 1,056 views
A blow to Bhutanese dreams Down Under?

The new immigration regulations announced by the Australian government this week, particularly those targeting international students, will have immense implications for Bhutanese planning to move Down Under.

Sep 19, 2026 2 mins read 4,504 views
Beware of scammers

In just 12 days, Bhutanese bank customers lost nearly Nu 2 million to online fraud. A handful of fake Facebook links were all it took. This is not an isolated spike, it is th...

Sep 16, 2026 2 mins read 6,527 views
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, app...

Sep 12, 2026 2 mins read 1,677 views
Addressing the engineer shortage

Bhutan is entering one of the most ambitious periods of development in its history. Hydropower projects are expanding, major infrastructure investments are taking shape, and the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is expe...

Sep 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,484 views
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.

Sep 05, 2026 2 mins read 1,110 views
Central banks call for unified regulations on cross-border payments

Central banks from across the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region have called for stronger r...

Jul 11, 2026 3 mins read 6,008 views
Trade, transport, agriculture, credit cards breach NPL threshold

Four key economic sectors have breached the Royal Monetary Authority’s (RMA) 5 percent non-performing loan (NPL) thresho...

Jul 08, 2026 3 mins read 5,350 views
Rituals take the biggest share of household expenditure

Bhutanese households spend an average of Nu 27,689 annually on routine religious and ceremonial activities, according to...

Jul 02, 2026 4 mins read 5,652 views
Ten listed companies declare dividends for FY 2025

Ten companies listed on the Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan Limited (RSEBL) have declared dividends for the financia...

Jun 24, 2026 2 mins read 8,374 views
NC endorses annual budget as per NA

The National Council yesterday deliberated on the National Budget Report for FY 2026–27, the Budget Appropriation Bill f...

Jun 09, 2026 2 mins read 6,604 views
The social media river: Guiding youth energy online and off

Generally, I believe heavy-handed bans are less effective, as they tend to fuel black markets and push unhealthy activit...

Jul 25, 2026 4 mins read 2,497 views
Life is dukkha — Now what?

Drukpa Tshezhi, which falls on 18 July this year, commemorates the first teaching the Buddha gave after his enlightenmen...

Jul 18, 2026 4 mins read 3,054 views
Bored stiff

All of us carry a subtle, nagging insecurity about who we are — a persistent need to confirm that there is a solid, perm...

Jul 11, 2026 4 mins read 3,077 views
The Debt Call

There is a particular kind of courage required to make a film almost entirely without dialogue, trusting landscape, sile...

Jul 11, 2026 2 mins read 3,421 views
Between two Kingdoms: The story of Bhutan Kitchen Bangkok

When the doors of Little Bhutan closed during the pandemic, Bangkok lost more than just its only Bhutanese restaurant. F...

Jul 08, 2026 2 mins read 4,686 views
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 tho...

Sep 02, 2026 2 mins read 841 views
A cold reminder

Even as search and rescue efforts continue to locate hundreds of people missing after the devastating floods in Nepal, t...

Aug 29, 2026 3 mins read 1,516 views
Buyer’s market, seller’s rules

Every day, roughly 38 Bhutanese walk into a car showroom or apply for an import letter, ready to spend on the second-lar...

Aug 26, 2026 3 mins read 2,234 views
Beyond an 'Et Tu, Brute' case?

The recent election of the National Assembly Speaker, won by a member of the opposition party for the first time, has do...

Aug 22, 2026 2 mins read 3,494 views
Rethinking Phuentsholing’s economy

Phuentsholing and Jaigaon are twin border towns with a shared business ecosystem. They depend on each other for trade, e...

Aug 19, 2026 2 mins read 2,028 views

Recents

Bhutan looks to strengthen anticipatory governance

Bhutan is looking to strengthen its ability to anticipate emerging challenges and prepare public institutions before those challenges become immediate pressures, as changing technology, workforce needs and economic conditions create greater uncertainty for long-term policymaking.

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