June of 2005

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Auditing the use of ICT

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Jun 21, 2005 1 mins read 409 views
Samtse hospital helps pregnant mothers

Health/Doctors/Patients

Jun 21, 2005 2 mins read 405 views
Job opportunities

Labour and Human Resource

Jun 28, 2005 0 mins read 489 views
Mid-term review meeting

Government Department

Jun 28, 2005 0 mins read 497 views
Food offering

Religion

Jun 28, 2005 0 mins read 434 views
New market for Bhutanese Vegetable

Sunday market/Vegetable market

Jun 28, 2005 1 mins read 425 views
Body of missing boy found

Diseased Personalities

Jun 28, 2005 1 mins read 547 views
Safety management poor in construction industry

Construction Development Board (CDB)

Jun 28, 2005 5 mins read 449 views
Lobzang wins again

Sport

Jun 28, 2005 2 mins read 402 views
Understanding Bhutanese lifestyle

Bhutan - Tradition

Jun 28, 2005 1 mins read 415 views
BNB: we have emerged wiser

Bhutan National Bank (BNB)

Jun 28, 2005 2 mins read 425 views
A legal perspective on social issues

Judiciary

Jun 28, 2005 3 mins read 409 views
A vision for Bhutanese football

Sport

Jun 28, 2005 2 mins read 448 views
B-mobile upgrades its network

Telecommunication Department

Jun 28, 2005 2 mins read 400 views
Removing channels a good move

Kuensel

Jun 28, 2005 0 mins read 494 views
Same price for old stock?

Kuensel

Jun 28, 2005 0 mins read 440 views
Regarding salary discrepancy

Letters to the Editor

Jun 28, 2005 1 mins read 445 views
Small target better

Letters to the Editor

Jun 28, 2005 1 mins read 396 views
Civil servants or archers?

Kuensel

Jun 28, 2005 1 mins read 390 views
A natural dilemma

Editorial

Jun 28, 2005 2 mins read 388 views
Three more involved in Phuentsholing smuggling case

Crime

Jun 28, 2005 1 mins read 378 views
Government breaches self-compliance

Government Department

Jun 28, 2005 3 mins read 403 views
Man stabbed to death

Crime

Jun 28, 2005 1 mins read 511 views
Modern incinerators: a fiasco?

Crematorium

Jun 28, 2005 2 mins read 401 views
Bhutan to have the tallest statue of Lord Buddha

Buddhism

Jun 28, 2005 3 mins read 424 views
Review meeting

Government Department

Jun 24, 2005 0 mins read 405 views
Walkathon

Associations

Jun 24, 2005 0 mins read 415 views
Disaster management

SAARC Activities

Jun 24, 2005 0 mins read 461 views
Drinking water supply for Bangtsho and Chenary

Water Supply Scheme

Jun 24, 2005 1 mins read 383 views
Ready for a start, say trained youth

Training/Workshop/Seminar/Country

Jun 24, 2005 2 mins read 365 views
Renewal of Bhutan-India trade agreement

Bhutan- India

Jun 24, 2005 1 mins read 396 views
Culture office in dzongkhags

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

Jun 24, 2005 1 mins read 372 views
"Enjoy gardening!" Growing impatiens

National Park

Jun 24, 2005 2 mins read 407 views
Keeping Thimphu green

City Corporation

Jun 24, 2005 1 mins read 332 views
Grant to speed up company registration

Bhutan - Trade

Jun 24, 2005 2 mins read 395 views
Maternal mortality still a concern

Health Mother and Child Programme

Jun 24, 2005 2 mins read 395 views
Here comes the Wikipedia

Computer/Internet

Jun 24, 2005 3 mins read 397 views
Remove rental charge

Kuensel

Jun 24, 2005 0 mins read 394 views
Politicising religion?

Kuensel

Jun 24, 2005 2 mins read 402 views
Information center needed

Kuensel

Jun 24, 2005 0 mins read 430 views
Education and jobs

Editorial

Jun 24, 2005 2 mins read 436 views
Two killed in road accident

Accident

Jun 24, 2005 1 mins read 412 views
City to remove "illegal dwellers"

City Corporation

Jun 24, 2005 2 mins read 374 views
Tashi Lekmoen to the Chhoetse Penlop

Chhoetse Penlop

Jun 24, 2005 2 mins read 382 views
Eight sentenced for attempted smuggling

Crime

Jun 24, 2005 1 mins read 427 views
GNH: moving from concept to reality?

International Convention

Jun 24, 2005 1 mins read 400 views
Assembly closes 83rd session

National Assembly

Jun 24, 2005 2 mins read 381 views
League `A' championship begins

Sport

Jun 21, 2005 1 mins read 375 views
Lt. Colonel Chencho wins

Sport

Jun 21, 2005 2 mins read 357 views
"Pressure on environment increasing"

National Assembly

Jun 21, 2005 4 mins read 377 views
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New FDI regime offers wider access to foreign investors in agriculture

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Businesses propose action oriented public-private forum to address private sector woes

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Taxes our forefathers paid

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Gym that asks you to grow, not just train

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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...

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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...

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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.

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The cost of delay

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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 887 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 1,164 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 1,524 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 2,997 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 1,903 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 1,554 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 1,478 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 900 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 2,519 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 850 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 3,738 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 5,125 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 1,115 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 1,801 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 1,112 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 1,147 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 1,576 views

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