July of 2020

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Bhutan Premier League to begin today

Sports

Jul 31, 2020 2 mins read 529 views
DoF introduces insignia system

Forest

Jul 31, 2020 2 mins read 495 views
Thromde residents do not care about infrastructure

Thromde

Jul 31, 2020 2 mins read 465 views
Parking space a problem in Thimphu

Thromde

Jul 31, 2020 2 mins read 489 views
Looking at language teaching through Bhutanese folk tales

Review

Jul 31, 2020 1 mins read 527 views
Opportunity towards deeper decentralisation of democracy

Perspective

Jul 31, 2020 5 mins read 508 views
Reimagining Bhutanese education

Perspective

Jul 31, 2020 2 mins read 520 views
The King who never loses the common touch

Perspective

Jul 31, 2020 3 mins read 540 views
Dagana DT endorses annual budget through virtual meeting

Local Government

Jul 31, 2020 1 mins read 466 views
Tobacco outlets open in Phuentsholing

Narcotic

Jul 31, 2020 1 mins read 506 views
Legislature must learn a lesson

Letter to the editor

Jul 31, 2020 2 mins read 454 views
Keeping up with change

Editorial

Jul 31, 2020 2 mins read 486 views
Inside the Covid-19 isolation ward

Health

Jul 31, 2020 4 mins read 473 views
Bhutan marks 30 years of Convention on the Rights of the Child

Gender

Jul 31, 2020 1 mins read 484 views
Upcoming Parliament session expected in November

National Assembly

Jul 31, 2020 2 mins read 457 views
Schools will not re-open this month

Education

Jul 31, 2020 3 mins read 459 views
PM initiates Healthy Drukyul campaign

Agriculture

Jul 30, 2020 2 mins read 523 views
Local tailors learn western dressmaking

Entrepreneurs

Jul 30, 2020 2 mins read 688 views
Matsutake export takes a dip

Agriculture

Jul 30, 2020 2 mins read 508 views
What have we learned from Covid-19?

Letter to the editor

Jul 30, 2020 1 mins read 480 views
A bold and practical decision

Editorial

Jul 30, 2020 2 mins read 575 views
Court dismisses Merak road case

Judiciary

Jul 30, 2020 1 mins read 514 views
Guarding the porous border in Sarpang

Health

Jul 30, 2020 2 mins read 469 views
MoU to widen the energy supply

Trade

Jul 30, 2020 1 mins read 457 views
Digital payments on the rise

Finance

Jul 30, 2020 3 mins read 536 views
A solution to end the illegal tobacco trade

Narcotic

Jul 30, 2020 2 mins read 494 views
Retaining walls necessary along the Dangchu River in Bjimthangka

Infra-settlement

Jul 29, 2020 1 mins read 522 views
Lack of community support impedes dog population control programme

Thromde

Jul 29, 2020 2 mins read 486 views
54 people quarantined in Nganglam

Health

Jul 29, 2020 1 mins read 481 views
Hundreds apply for foreign workers with MoLHR

Labour

Jul 29, 2020 2 mins read 582 views
Bhutanese movie should target a wider audience

Letter to the editor

Jul 29, 2020 1 mins read 506 views
Who is responsible?

Letter to the editor

Jul 29, 2020 1 mins read 0 views
A solution to the labour shortage

Editorial

Jul 29, 2020 2 mins read 548 views
Boulder trucks jobless after pandemic

Transport

Jul 29, 2020 1 mins read 433 views
NES 2020 promises some teeth to deal with environmental issues

Environment

Jul 29, 2020 2 mins read 449 views
15 students in Mongar drop out

Education

Jul 29, 2020 1 mins read 502 views
210 Classes X and XII students dropped out

Education

Jul 29, 2020 3 mins read 516 views
Farmers receive semso for cattle lost to tiger

Wild Life

Jul 29, 2020 2 mins read 513 views
Bhutan received a consignment of medicines and PPEs

Briefly

Jul 29, 2020 0 mins read 507 views
Restored irrigation canal revives paddy cultivation in Ngatshang

Agriculture

Jul 28, 2020 1 mins read 460 views
BBS's importance undermined: Chairman

Media

Jul 28, 2020 2 mins read 449 views
Another poor show at Yartsa Genbub auction

Cordyceps

Jul 28, 2020 1 mins read 489 views
Covid-19 impact on Bhutanese in Kuwait

Health

Jul 28, 2020 2 mins read 975 views
Refer parliament deliberations before gewog merger

Letter to the editor

Jul 28, 2020 2 mins read 441 views
Invest in skills development

Editorial

Jul 28, 2020 2 mins read 499 views
Lack of investment in value addition slackens agri marketing

Agriculture

Jul 28, 2020 2 mins read 478 views
Many TVET graduates not pursuing their trades

Labour

Jul 28, 2020 3 mins read 515 views
Dasho Neten Zangmo exits BKP

Politics

Jul 28, 2020 1 mins read 513 views
OL formally tenders resignation

Politics

Jul 28, 2020 2 mins read 477 views
Govt. could buy back Cordyceps

Cordyceps

Jul 28, 2020 2 mins read 419 views
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Top hazelnut growers honoured for productivity gains

Trashignag-Hazelnut growers from across the country were recognised in the agricultural sector at the National Growers’ Awards held in Trashigang on February 8.

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Drukair carries 64 passengers on Gelephu-Kolkata flights

Feb 11, 2026 1 mins read 3,553 views
Teacher who stayed

Punakha—In Lunana, one of Bhutan’s most remote and physically exacting regions, education is less a public service than a tenuous lifeline. Snowbound passes sever the valley...

Feb 11, 2026 4 mins read 2,635 views
Climate losses drain nearly 7 percent of Bhutan’s GDP each year, new study finds

Climate-induced loss and damage are costing Bhutan nearly seven percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) each year, a...

Feb 11, 2026 3 mins read 1,485 views
Black-necked Crane Farewell Festival celebrates tradition and conservation

Trashiyangtse—In the quiet wetlands of Bumdeling, where winter mornings are often broken by the calls of migratory birds...

Feb 11, 2026 2 mins read 934 views
Best Class X results of the past three years

The Class X results declared today are the best of the past five years. This is the first time in five years that the p...

Feb 09, 2026 2 mins read 2,284 views
Majority of industries in Dhamdara have not begun relocation despite approaching deadline

Majority of industries in Dhamdara have not begun relocation despite approaching deadline. With just four months remain...

Feb 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,973 views
Making corruption a losing choice in GMC

Feb 07, 2026 4 mins read 4,525 views
Organic project boosts yield and income in Chanachen

Feb 07, 2026 2 mins read 2,995 views
Jangchub Puen Nye

Jan 26, 2026 1 mins read 2,512 views
Train Smart, Not Hard

Jan 26, 2026 1 mins read 1,962 views
Punishment is not prevention

Jan 26, 2026 4 mins read 2,482 views
A wintry tale

Jan 22, 2026 1 mins read 1,609 views
Start small, but be consistent

Jan 22, 2026 1 mins read 2,039 views
Garuda Bar and Café

Jan 22, 2026 1 mins read 1,573 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 a controversy that had raged on for months. In some narrow legal sense, it does. The ACC found no criminal intent, no bribery, no quid pro quo that meets legally defined thresholds for corruption.

Dec 27, 2025 2 mins read 4,006 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 total participation beyond 22,500, must be celebrated as a national moment. The overwhelming number of volunteer...

Dec 26, 2025 2 mins read 3,735 views
The promise of Bhutan-Thailand Free Trade Agreement

The parliamentary endorsement of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Thailand marks a watershed moment in Bhutan’s econo...

Dec 25, 2025 2 mins read 3,736 views
Time to open farms to foreign labour

The shortage of farm labour is a real problem faced by farming households across the country.  Over the years, this has undermined productivity, escalated food prices, and led to a steady increase in fallow land. Against this ba...

Dec 24, 2025 2 mins read 2,752 views
Building inclusive sports

For 15-year-old Nima Dema, a student from Tendruk Central School in Samtse, the opportunity to take part in the ongoing National Unified Sports Competition has been special. Despite living with a...

Dec 23, 2025 2 mins read 2,988 views
Punatsangchhu-I restarts, but at a heavy price

The resumption of works on the 1,200-megawatt Punatsangchhu Hydropower Project I offers a flicker of hope. After all, th...

Dec 22, 2025 2 mins read 3,436 views
Cost of complacent breathing

Bhutan’s clean air is becoming a comforting myth—pleasant to repeat, dangerous to believe. For years, we have worn the reputation for pristine air like a badge of honour. Snow-fed rivers, forested hills,...

Dec 20, 2025 2 mins read 2,717 views
Entrepreneurs need support, not slogans

We love to talk about innovation, entrepreneurship, and self-reliance. In fact, we use these words in excess in policy documents, speeches, and conferences. Yet, on the ground, the conditions required for innovative ideas to take root an...

Dec 19, 2025 2 mins read 2,590 views
A common destiny, a collective future

The 118th National Day of Bhutan, celebrated in the sacred Bumthang Valley at the historic Wangduechoeling Palace grounds, was more than a commemoration of nationhood. It was a moment of collective reflection and renewed purpose, s...

Dec 18, 2025 3 mins read 3,054 views
A historic National Day

Some historic events are planned, others unfold as if by destiny, arriving at the opportune time for a profound reason. Today, as His Majesty the King addresses the nation from the Wangduec...

Dec 17, 2025 2 mins read 2,312 views
How Miss Bhutan 2026 is shifting the meaning of beauty

Jan 22, 2026 2 mins read 2,152 views
Taxes our forefathers paid

Jan 13, 2026 2 mins read 2,731 views
Gym that asks you to grow, not just train

Jan 10, 2026 2 mins read 2,306 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Happiness can be described in countless ways, yet it is always experienced as one. Even if we fail to put it into words,...

Dec 18, 2025 4 mins read 2,695 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Happiness can be described in countless ways, yet it is always experienced as one. Even if we fail to put it into words,...

Dec 16, 2025 4 mins read 2,010 views
The true measure of public service

The civil service is the backbone of our nation’s development. From remote gewogs to the capital, civil servants have pl...

Dec 16, 2025 2 mins read 2,205 views
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 2,215 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 environme...

Dec 13, 2025 2 mins read 2,455 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. Whil...

Dec 12, 2025 2 mins read 2,624 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 2,168 views

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