July of 2012

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Thimphu TechPark: Still searching for an anchor tenant

Thimphu TechPark

Jul 31, 2012 2 mins read 409 views
Body of eight-year-old still missing

Accident

Jul 31, 2012 1 mins read 387 views
Water Sources And Wetlands: Prioritising preservation

Ecology

Jul 31, 2012 2 mins read 360 views
Mobile Application Project: Price data collection to go cellular

Statistic

Jul 31, 2012 4 mins read 377 views
Suggestions to improve city bus services

Letter to the editor

Jul 31, 2012 1 mins read 434 views
Water, water, everywhere .

Editorial

Jul 31, 2012 2 mins read 0 views
Samtse & Phuentsholing: 17 suspected cases of Chikungunya

Diseases

Jul 31, 2012 2 mins read 448 views
Fish Farms: S/J - The fishery capital of the country

Fishery

Jul 31, 2012 1 mins read 378 views
Betekha Land: Farmers' claim contested by land commission

Land

Jul 31, 2012 3 mins read 446 views
Livestock Predation: Stay out of tiger territory!

Wildlife

Jul 31, 2012 2 mins read 398 views
Zam and Khatuna shootout

Olympic

Jul 30, 2012 0 mins read 497 views
Domestic Air Services: To resume by September end

Aviation

Jul 30, 2012 2 mins read 363 views
Agro-information mapped for farm produce

Agriculture

Jul 30, 2012 2 mins read 394 views
Monsoon puts a brake on driving tests

Monsoon

Jul 30, 2012 1 mins read 347 views
Controlled Substances: Nine-year sentence for transaction

Crime

Jul 30, 2012 1 mins read 437 views
Punish indiscipline with social work, not expulsion

Letter to the editor

Jul 30, 2012 1 mins read 380 views
Safety first and last

Editorial

Jul 30, 2012 2 mins read 395 views
Slump In Share Value: A fall that's actually a rise .

BNB

Jul 30, 2012 2 mins read 364 views
Veterinary Hospital: New construction to begin within this year

Land

Jul 30, 2012 2 mins read 464 views
Land Kidu: 89 religious institutions benefit

His Majesty

Jul 30, 2012 3 mins read 379 views
Samdingkha Bridge: Cent per cent connectivity achieved

Bridge

Jul 29, 2012 1 mins read 337 views
Bhaunijora, Sampheling: A perennial landslide zone

Disaster management Department

Jul 29, 2012 3 mins read 361 views
Bhutan-China: When the small dragon met the big one (Part II)

Perspective

Jul 29, 2012 6 mins read 350 views
Thoughts on Tiger Day

Letter to the editor

Jul 29, 2012 2 mins read 409 views
Growing up from the grassroots

Editorial

Jul 29, 2012 2 mins read 392 views
Domestic Air Service: Readying runways in time for tourist season

Aviation

Jul 29, 2012 1 mins read 338 views
Yongbari, Chaskhar: House burns down

Accident

Jul 29, 2012 1 mins read 349 views
Thimphu sees highest rainfall on July 24

Monsoon

Jul 29, 2012 1 mins read 364 views
Yangbari & Bakla: Paddy cultivation picks up again after 20 years

Agriculture

Jul 29, 2012 3 mins read 404 views
Drug Shortage: Problem solved, says ministry

Health

Jul 29, 2012 3 mins read 357 views
Where's the party at

Politics

Jul 27, 2012 5 mins read 381 views
Kalinga Institute: Honorary awards for PM

Award

Jul 27, 2012 1 mins read 394 views
The Opal Brooch

Colombo Plan

Jul 27, 2012 3 mins read 398 views
Waste Management: Residents mostly left to their own devices

Waste

Jul 27, 2012 2 mins read 364 views
Bhutan focuses on preventing Hepatitis B

Diseases

Jul 27, 2012 1 mins read 423 views
Motithang HSS Vandalism: Case forwarded to OAG

Crime

Jul 27, 2012 1 mins read 344 views
Human-Wildlife Conflict: Tiger terrifies Trongsa farmers

Human-Wildlife Conflict

Jul 27, 2012 2 mins read 395 views
Rural Electrification: Villagers unpaid for the hands they lent

Power

Jul 27, 2012 2 mins read 391 views
The fault lines in the body politic: Part II

Perspective

Jul 27, 2012 4 mins read 369 views
Bhutan-China: When the small dragon met the big one

Perspective

Jul 27, 2012 6 mins read 411 views
Lhawang Dorji Tamang: From academia to monkhood

Religion

Jul 27, 2012 1 mins read 425 views
Amochu Bridge: Work to resume with two new contractors

Bridge

Jul 27, 2012 2 mins read 407 views
Wangdue-Tsirang Highway: Four new bridges inaugurated

Bridge

Jul 27, 2012 2 mins read 395 views
The other side of the TCB delink story

Letter to the editor

Jul 27, 2012 2 mins read 354 views
What Tuesday?

Editorial

Jul 27, 2012 2 mins read 417 views
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Norbugang’s livestock farmers struggle as prices plunge

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Bhutan’s biggest solar project finally powers up

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Global impact investors commit support to Bhutanese entrepreneurs

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Tsimalakha Hospital to get doctor by January

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Network divide unacceptable: NA Good Governance Committee

Some 252 locations across the country still lack access to mobile network services. Member of Parliament (MP) for Bongo-...

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MPs push for long-term support to strengthen highland communities

The Good Governance Committee of the National Assembly has urged the government to shift from short-term relief to long-...

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Finance ministry reassesses industry protection to curb construction costs

The government is reviewing restrictive procurement rules for High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) pipes, following criticis...

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ICIMOD honours three champions of cryosphere and rangeland reform

Kathmandu, Nepal — The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has honoured three individuals...

Dec 12, 2025 3 mins read 1,231 views
NC ratifies BIMSTEC Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters

The National Council (NC) ratified the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (B...

Dec 12, 2025 3 mins read 965 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.

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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 365 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 696 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 822 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 566 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 1,093 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 452 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 786 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 1,140 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 564 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 804 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 2,096 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 3,033 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 4,275 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 980 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 830 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 1,891 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 1,390 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 804 views

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