June of 2022

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Community-based tiger conservation fund to start this month

Wild Life

Jun 30, 2022 2 mins read 447 views
Increasing conflicts with elephants in Lhamoidzingkha

Wild Life

Jun 30, 2022 2 mins read 439 views
Bulk SMS weather notifications

Letter to the Editor

Jun 30, 2022 1 mins read 431 views
Can't throw caution in the wind

Editorial

Jun 30, 2022 2 mins read 443 views
Follow Covid-19 preventive measures: Health Minister

Health

Jun 30, 2022 2 mins read 389 views
Tshogpa posts remain vacant in four chiwogs

Local Government

Jun 30, 2022 2 mins read 460 views
Inflation hit 5.95 percent in May

Economy

Jun 30, 2022 2 mins read 513 views
KHEL : Joint venture model dropped

Hydro power

Jun 30, 2022 3 mins read 475 views
Water shortage hampers service delivery in Tsirangtoed

Water

Jun 29, 2022 1 mins read 493 views
Road resurfacing work in Lhuentse depends on budget approval

Road

Jun 29, 2022 2 mins read 445 views
Bhutan's borders to reopen in September

Tourism

Jun 29, 2022 2 mins read 414 views
Confusions over Money and Financial Bills

National Assembly

Jun 29, 2022 3 mins read 446 views
Getting to work

Editorial

Jun 29, 2022 2 mins read 459 views
No adverse effects of LDC graduation: Foreign Minister

National Assembly

Jun 28, 2022 2 mins read 517 views
Jangsa river threatens settlements

Feature Story

Jun 28, 2022 2 mins read 384 views
Local governments to decide matters about new lhakhangs

National Assembly

Jun 28, 2022 1 mins read 382 views
NA rejects NC's recommendations to withdraw GST Bill

Parliament

Jun 28, 2022 2 mins read 434 views
Engaging communities for suicide prevention

Dzongkhag

Jun 28, 2022 1 mins read 455 views
Falling boulders kill two men and injure three in Samdrupjongkhar

Disaster

Jun 28, 2022 1 mins read 395 views
Tourists who confirmed tours before June 20 can visit at old pricing

National Assembly

Jun 28, 2022 2 mins read 373 views
Bhutan can become energy secure in next 3 years: Lyonpo Loknath Sharma

National Assembly

Jun 28, 2022 2 mins read 472 views
School tournament is a good initiative

Letter to the Editor

Jun 28, 2022 1 mins read 436 views
Walking to work is not the solution

Editorial

Jun 28, 2022 2 mins read 402 views
TCC walk out; committee declares Thromde FC winner

Sports

Jun 27, 2022 1 mins read 403 views
Bhutan to play in quadrangular series in Malaysia

Sports

Jun 27, 2022 2 mins read 425 views
Football and cricket teams need international matches

Letter to the Editor

Jun 27, 2022 1 mins read 441 views
Biodiversity Bill sails through NA with NC's recommendations

Parliament

Jun 27, 2022 2 mins read 394 views
Incessant rain affects work progress at Namling

Disaster

Jun 27, 2022 1 mins read 394 views
Student sustains second degree burns from electrical accident

Accident

Jun 27, 2022 2 mins read 452 views
NC asks govt to expedite decision on delayed hydropower projects

National Council

Jun 27, 2022 4 mins read 385 views
Changes in the System

Question and Answer

Jun 26, 2022 5 mins read 435 views
Extend the deadline for asset declaration

Letter to the Editor

Jun 26, 2022 1 mins read 429 views
NA rejects motion to establish a special committee for inflation

National Assembly

Jun 26, 2022 2 mins read 433 views
CIT and dividends from SOEs grow by over 600 percent

SOE

Jun 26, 2022 2 mins read 407 views
NA passes Bill for effective conservation and management of natural resources

National Assembly

Jun 26, 2022 3 mins read 428 views
Cold stores to help farmers store produce

National Council

Jun 26, 2022 2 mins read 382 views
Nu 27.2B worth of T-bills and bonds raised: FM

Finance

Jun 26, 2022 2 mins read 385 views
Bringing Covid-19 back to focus

Editorial

Jun 26, 2022 1 mins read 425 views
Bhutan HSS Football Championship to kick off today

Sports

Jun 24, 2022 1 mins read 422 views
Bhutanese swimmers exit FINA World Championship

Sports

Jun 24, 2022 1 mins read 407 views
Are petrol and diesel becoming dearer?

Fuel

Jun 24, 2022 2 mins read 459 views
Dzongkhag administration ready to continue Selela farm road: FM

National Assembly

Jun 24, 2022 1 mins read 437 views
Proud women keeping the roads open and safe

Feature Story

Jun 24, 2022 3 mins read 420 views
Only two buildings in Jomotsangkha town

Dzongkhag

Jun 24, 2022 1 mins read 410 views
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Former BIG regional manager sentenced to nine years for embezzlement

Bumpa Wangmo, former regional manager of Bhutan Industrial Gas (BIG), has been sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment after being found guilty of embezzling company funds by the Phuentsholing Dungkhag Court on December 31.

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Dzongkhags rally to attract local tourists

Jan 08, 2026 4 mins read 1,703 views
First Pelsung cohort showcases 74 innovative ideas

Jan 08, 2026 2 mins read 2,747 views
STCBL to supply fuel to Project DANTAK

Jan 07, 2026 2 mins read 2,229 views
Rising arrivals, shrinking returns for tourism industry

Jan 07, 2026 3 mins read 3,023 views
Reflecting on access to information

Jan 07, 2026 5 mins read 1,671 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 investment (FDI) policy that liberalised ownership rules and eased approvals.

Jan 03, 2026 3 mins read 2,083 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 2,491 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 1,197 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 1,417 views
Taxes our forefathers paid

Jan 13, 2026 2 mins read 575 views
Gym that asks you to grow, not just train

Jan 10, 2026 2 mins read 357 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, we still recognise it. Sometimes, only when old words fade from the ton...

Dec 18, 2025 4 mins read 1,053 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, we still recognise it. Sometimes, only when old words fade from the ton...

Dec 16, 2025 4 mins read 742 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, and more business-friendly, while also increasing the tax base.

Jan 10, 2026 2 mins read 780 views
The cost of delay

Jan 07, 2026 2 mins read 1,154 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 890 views
Strengthening the third sector

Over the years, the civil society sector has quietly assumed a critical role in bridging policy and people. Often referred to as the third sector, CSOs have emerged as indispensable partners in Bhutan’s pursuit...

Dec 31, 2025 2 mins read 1,166 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 1,526 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 3,003 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 1,905 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 1,556 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 1,481 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 902 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 2,521 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....

Nov 19, 2025 1 mins read 852 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 3,741 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 5,128 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...

Dec 23, 2025 2 mins read 1,117 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 1,803 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 r...

Dec 20, 2025 2 mins read 1,115 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 d...

Dec 19, 2025 2 mins read 1,151 views
A common destiny, a collective future

The 118th National Day of Bhutan, celebrated in the sacred Bumthang Valley at the historic Wangduechoeling Palace ground...

Dec 18, 2025 3 mins read 1,578 views

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