January of 2018

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Dharma programme should be for a month: Participants

Students

Jan 03, 2018 1 mins read 414 views
Dagana has a former journalist as lone female NC aspirant

National Council

Jan 03, 2018 1 mins read 406 views
DPT announces two more candidates; Nanong-Shumar MP not to recontest

Politics

Jan 03, 2018 1 mins read 398 views
Social media and FOMO

Letter to the editor

Jan 03, 2018 1 mins read 444 views
Are we employing the right way?

Editorial

Jan 03, 2018 1 mins read 416 views
Pakshikha lab. assistant missing

Missing

Jan 03, 2018 1 mins read 639 views
Sherig conference rolls out significant plans

Education

Jan 03, 2018 2 mins read 393 views
Bhutan witnesses gender imparity rise

Global Gender Gap Report (GGGR)

Jan 03, 2018 2 mins read 345 views
Inflation down to 3.7 percent in November

National Statistics Bureau (NSB)

Jan 03, 2018 2 mins read 397 views
Lams appointed

Appointed

Jan 03, 2018 0 mins read 0 views
Series between Bhutan, Thailand and the Maldives called off

Cricket

Jan 02, 2018 1 mins read 457 views
Laya students on an educational tour to Thimphu and Paro

Students

Jan 02, 2018 2 mins read 394 views
Taktse graduate to contest for NC from Mongar

National Council

Jan 02, 2018 1 mins read 530 views
Thromde yet to decide on incinerator

Thimphu Thromde

Jan 02, 2018 1 mins read 361 views
Smoking and gambling at Paro airport

Letter to the editor

Jan 02, 2018 1 mins read 473 views
Reform public service delivery

Editorial

Jan 02, 2018 2 mins read 422 views
Multidimensional poverty drops between 2012 and 2017

Poverty

Jan 02, 2018 2 mins read 471 views
Conservation officials accused of embezzling fund

Crime

Jan 02, 2018 3 mins read 459 views
Learners hold onto their last NFE centre in Sangbaykha

Non-formal education (NFE)

Jan 02, 2018 2 mins read 420 views
Online coupon system for POL products frustrates consumers

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Jan 02, 2018 2 mins read 361 views
Mega Youth events

Students

Jan 02, 2018 0 mins read 418 views
Thinley Norbu breaks biking record

Biking

Jan 01, 2018 1 mins read 364 views
Road improvement works underway in Thimphu

Road

Jan 01, 2018 2 mins read 446 views
DPT nominates RTC graduate for Khamed-Lunana

Politics

Jan 01, 2018 1 mins read 420 views
Man sentenced for illicit trafficking of 13 SP+ capsules

Drugs

Jan 01, 2018 1 mins read 419 views
Alcohol, top cause for domestic violence

Alcohol

Jan 01, 2018 2 mins read 478 views
Need to prevent road accidents

Letter to the editor

Jan 01, 2018 1 mins read 397 views
As new year dawns upon us

Editorial

Jan 01, 2018 1 mins read 432 views
Armed force families sensititsed on saving income

Bhutan Development Bank Limited (BDBL)

Jan 01, 2018 1 mins read 416 views
Drukair's ATR grounded, domestic flights suspended

Drukair

Jan 01, 2018 2 mins read 359 views
Task force completes law review

National Law Review Taskforce (NLRT)

Jan 01, 2018 1 mins read 393 views
Bhutan Civil Service Rules revised

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Jan 01, 2018 4 mins read 403 views
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Borrowers refund Nu 240 million ESP funds after ACC review

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MoESD moves to rebalance teacher distribution across schools

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Finance Minister proposes tax breaks until 2040 to achieve 25GW renewable energy target

The National Assembly yesterday tabled the Renewable Energy Tax Exemption Bill of Bhutan 2026, proposing time-bound and...

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Triple demographic crisis could undermine 10X national economic vision

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MPs question long-term costs of Bhutan’s commitment to big cat conservation

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Bhutan Cancer Society strengthens rural outreach and patient-centred care

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Great Yeti Quest festival draws thousands, boosts Sakteng’s economy

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Govt. scraps Pongchola airport project after feasibility review

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Govt. proposes Nu 153.3B budget for FY 2026-27

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NC reviews progress on healthcare system recommendations

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Startups call for support beyond seed funding

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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Whose face are you wearing?

The desire for happiness is universal, and beauty, prestige, and wealth have always been seen as pathways to achieve it. In that sense, this is nothing new.

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A memoir of hustle and heartache

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From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

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Café by the waterfall

About six kilometres before Trongsa town, just past the Bjee Zam Bridge, a traditional one-storey house appears on the left of the highway. It is not easy to miss. This modest structure...

May 02, 2026 2 mins read 1,937 views
Where tradition meets treatment

In Bhutan, healing is not a choice between past and present but a collaboration between the two. Across the country, patients move between modern clinics and traditional medicine units with ease, guided as much by...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 1,628 views
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 1,586 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 3,941 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.

Apr 18, 2026 4 mins read 2,991 views
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 2,876 views
Insolvency law, a long overdue

Bhutan’s economy has changed dramatically since the Bankruptcy Act of 1999 was enacted. Back then, the private sector was small, cross-border trade was limited, and the financial system was far less complex.

May 20, 2026 3 mins read 518 views
GMC was a masterstroke

The conflict in the Middle East, which has disrupted the global economy and fueled uncertainties, has led investors to question whether oil-rich nations remain a safe haven. As the confl...

May 16, 2026 2 mins read 3,534 views
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,...

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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?

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Fuel crisis demands more than subsidies

Recent developments in the Middle East crisis suggest that a return to normalcy is still far away. Even if the war ends and the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly one-quarter of the world’s oil flows to markets, reopens, the discuss...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 2,441 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.

Apr 29, 2026 2 mins read 5,170 views
A bumper harvest shouldn’t brew a bumper crisis

This summer, the mountain slopes above Lunana are expected to offer a bumper yield of cordyceps, or Yartsa Goenbub. But...

Apr 25, 2026 2 mins read 2,885 views
Unshackling the state

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National debt to rise by 26%, reaching Nu 380 billion in June

The country’s national debt is expected to rise by nearly 26 percent this June compared to June last year.

Feb 25, 2026 2 mins read 6,575 views
Economy uncoils for strongest growth in years

The Year of the Snake became a defining moment for the country’s economy, as growth accelerated sharply following severa...

Feb 18, 2026 4 mins read 6,518 views
Tax system sees major changes and initiatives

The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 202...

Feb 18, 2026 2 mins read 6,916 views
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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The trap of spiritual materialism

Apr 13, 2026 4 mins read 3,295 views
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...

Apr 04, 2026 4 mins read 2,739 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Studies and end of life accounts consistently show that many of us leave this world with the same stinging regrets: not...

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When Words Create Worlds

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Where to find the best momos in Thimphu

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The environmental toll of wars

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Apr 18, 2026 2 mins read 2,570 views
A costly fiasco

Apr 11, 2026 2 mins read 3,919 views
Living hand to mouth

Apr 08, 2026 2 mins read 3,258 views
A call for shared responsibility

The government’s directive to prudently use scarce public resources, fossil fuels (petrol and diesel) is a timely interv...

Apr 04, 2026 2 mins read 3,903 views
When the watchdog has no teeth

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Recents

GST debate intensifies as inflation rises, government proposes expanded exemptions

Just five months into the new 5 percent GST regime, food inflation has soared to 6.83 percent, leaving consumers asking: where are the promised savings? While lawmakers push to exempt 22 new essential items like cooking oil and rice to protect the poor , tax officials warn that adding more exemptions will only invite massive tax evasion. Who is really winning here? The consumers or the businesses?

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Insolvency law, a long overdue

Bhutan’s economy has changed dramatically since the Bankruptcy Act of 1999 was enacted. Back then, the private sector was small, cross-border trade was limited, and the financial system was far less complex.

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