January of 2024

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Jan 01, 2024 13 mins read 0 views
BOB clarifies

Letter to the Editor

Jan 01, 2024 1 mins read 0 views
New year thoughts

Editorial

Jan 01, 2024 2 mins read 473 views
PDP expects breakthrough in Pemagatshel

Politics

Jan 01, 2024 2 mins read 349 views
BTP pledges to rebuild primary healthcare

Politics

Jan 01, 2024 2 mins read 426 views
Political aspirants play tourism card in Nanong-Shumar

Politics

Jan 01, 2024 2 mins read 402 views
Economic struggles driving people to illicit trade?

Trade

Jan 01, 2024 1 mins read 423 views
Nikachhu domestic tariff proposal set at Nu 6.54

Hydro power

Jan 01, 2024 2 mins read 442 views
Browse Archives
Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

Jan 31, 2026 2 mins read 7,530 views
Dorjilung hydropower to raise GDP by 2.4%, generate 5,000 jobs

The 1,125MW Dorjilung Hydroelectric Power Project (DHPP) is expected to boost the country’s economy, raising gross domes...

Jan 31, 2026 3 mins read 3,271 views
ESP Steering Committee to review Nu 575 million in unspent, recovered funds

The Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) Steering Committee will review how to reallocate Nu 574.73 million in unspent and...

Jan 31, 2026 2 mins read 2,916 views
New FDI regime offers wider access to foreign investors in agriculture

The agriculture and livestock sector is seeing an increased investor interest following major reforms in foreign direct...

Jan 03, 2026 3 mins read 4,008 views
BCCI submits 35 business ideas to govt. for private sector engagement

The Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has submitted 35 business proposals from 12 sector associations to th...

Dec 20, 2025 2 mins read 4,525 views
Bhutan attracts major impact finance commitments at SDG forum

During the two-day Bhutan SDG Impact Finance Forum held last week in Thimphu, international and high-level participants...

Dec 20, 2025 3 mins read 3,083 views
Businesses propose action oriented public-private forum to address private sector woes

The Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has proposed the government to re-establish the high-level Private Se...

Dec 20, 2025 2 mins read 3,357 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

Feb 02, 2026 2 mins read 1,037 views
Fitness is not defined by body size or age

Feb 02, 2026 1 mins read 1,049 views
Movie Review: Lights, Camera, Action!

Feb 02, 2026 1 mins read 1,871 views
The Hamptons, born from the love of cooking

Feb 02, 2026 1 mins read 1,410 views
Yarn roses, tiny dolls, and business of careful hands

Crochet, the meticulous art of creating fabric from interlocked loops of yarn, was once associated with a domestic hobby...

Feb 02, 2026 2 mins read 1,269 views
Turning bridal hairstyling into a trend

Jan 26, 2026 2 mins read 2,264 views
Birbi and the art of taking your time

Jan 26, 2026 1 mins read 1,874 views
Jangchub Puen Nye

Jan 26, 2026 1 mins read 1,952 views
The burden of cancer

Feb 07, 2026 2 mins read 729 views
Inconvenience caused is highly not appreciated

The capital city is, once again, under excavation. From Motithang to Babesa, roads and drains are being dug out severing...

Jan 31, 2026 2 mins read 1,603 views
The tourism paradox

Jan 28, 2026 2 mins read 1,541 views
A relief for the hotel industry

Jan 24, 2026 2 mins read 1,906 views
High-value tourism, low-value jobs?

Jan 21, 2026 2 mins read 2,227 views
Tying the loose ends of GST reform

Jan 17, 2026 2 mins read 2,469 views
GST transition pains need urgent fixes

Jan 14, 2026 2 mins read 2,404 views
Making GST work past early hiccups

The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a major fiscal reform in recent years. These new reforms are part of a broader effort to modernise the country’s tax system to make taxation fairer, more efficient, a...

Jan 10, 2026 2 mins read 2,600 views
The cost of delay

Jan 07, 2026 2 mins read 3,290 views
A new chapter for Kuensel

Two decades ago, in February 2005, Kuensel increased its publication frequency to twice a week. This move was a direct response to our readers’ growing needs and a conscious preparation for the n...

Jan 03, 2026 2 mins read 2,805 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 4,826 views
Train Smart, Not Hard

Jan 26, 2026 1 mins read 1,487 views
Punishment is not prevention

Jan 26, 2026 4 mins read 2,000 views
Strengthening the third sector

Over the years, the civil society sector has quietly assumed a critical role in bridging policy and people. Often referr...

Dec 31, 2025 2 mins read 3,083 views
Why selective privatisation in healthcare makes sense

The debate on private sector participation in healthcare has reached an unhelpful impasse. This is mainly because it is...

Dec 30, 2025 2 mins read 3,467 views
Agencies must be held accountable for financial irregularities

The Royal Audit Authority’s (RAA) latest annual report is disturbing, to say the least. Financial irregularities reached...

Dec 29, 2025 2 mins read 4,946 views
What about moral and ethical accountability?

The Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) investigation into the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) loan was meant to settle...

Dec 27, 2025 2 mins read 3,555 views
Citizens building a nation’s future

The fourth round of the Gelephu Mindfulness City volunteer programme, which drew a record 10,000 participants, pushing t...

Dec 26, 2025 2 mins read 3,350 views

Recents

Best Class 10 results of the past three years

The Class 10 results declared today are the best of the past five years. This is the first time in five years that the pass percentage of the Bhutan Council for School Examination and Assessment (BCSEA) has increased drastically compared to the previous year.

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