March of 2017

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Bhutan ranks 132 on Human Development Index

Human Development Index (HDI)

Mar 21, 2017 3 mins read 609 views
Enhancing women's livelihoods through tailoring

Tailoring

Mar 21, 2017 2 mins read 563 views
Frequent power blackouts frustrate Daga gewog

Power

Mar 21, 2017 2 mins read 588 views
Be cautious in choosing colleges and consultants

Letter to the editor

Mar 21, 2017 1 mins read 665 views
Ensuring safety on construction sites

Editorial

Mar 21, 2017 2 mins read 602 views
Doksum plot owners running out of time

Land

Mar 21, 2017 1 mins read 528 views
Nine students detained for alleged burglary

Crime

Mar 21, 2017 1 mins read 559 views
Only 9 lhakhangs install CCTV cameras so far

CCTV cameras

Mar 21, 2017 1 mins read 534 views
OAG charges suspects in fatal gang fight stabbing

Crime

Mar 21, 2017 2 mins read 634 views
Chilblain outbreak in Thimphu, Paro and Wangdue schools

Disease

Mar 21, 2017 3 mins read 612 views
World Water Day

World Water Day

Mar 21, 2017 0 mins read 0 views
WHO Southeast Asian member countries adopt "Call for Action" to end TB

WHO Southeast Asian region (SEAR)

Mar 20, 2017 1 mins read 601 views
Bhutan observes Int. Day of Happiness

International Day of Happiness (IDH)

Mar 20, 2017 1 mins read 561 views
Ongoing sewerage works in upper Thimphu city to be completed by May

Sewerage

Mar 20, 2017 2 mins read 553 views
Farm shop benefits the people of Nabji Korphu

Farm shop

Mar 20, 2017 2 mins read 568 views
Taxi drivers unhappy with new parking design at Lungtenzampa

Taxi drives

Mar 20, 2017 2 mins read 554 views
Tigers migrating to the alpine zone is not "awesome"

Letter to the editor

Mar 20, 2017 1 mins read 512 views
Killing wild boars: Need for a long-term solution

Editorial

Mar 20, 2017 2 mins read 619 views
Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay

PM visits

Mar 20, 2017 1 mins read 0 views
Construction workers ignore safety requirements

Construction

Mar 20, 2017 2 mins read 554 views
Fire razes 14 temporary sheds in Nganglam

Fire accident

Mar 20, 2017 1 mins read 560 views
First basketball All-Star game sees high turnout

Basketball

Mar 19, 2017 2 mins read 556 views
World renowned mathematician speaks on the universe's language

RIGGS Friday Forum

Mar 19, 2017 2 mins read 615 views
Thromde to relocate rubber bumpers

Rubber bumpers

Mar 19, 2017 1 mins read 550 views
Mass chilli plantation in Chimipang

Chillies

Mar 19, 2017 2 mins read 527 views
Preparing for sustainable graduation

Editorial

Mar 19, 2017 2 mins read 583 views
CrÙ¹ches yet to pick up

ECCD centre

Mar 19, 2017 2 mins read 639 views
Agriculture minister encourages farmers to kill wild boars

Agriculture

Mar 19, 2017 2 mins read 573 views
Tarphel village in need of a road

Road

Mar 19, 2017 1 mins read 565 views
Ambiguity over land tax

Land

Mar 19, 2017 2 mins read 579 views
His Majesty The King grants Audience to scholarship students

His Majesty The King

Mar 19, 2017 1 mins read 625 views
Paving the road to recovery

Drug

Mar 17, 2017 2 mins read 614 views
Carrying heavy school bags adversely impacts students

Perspective

Mar 17, 2017 3 mins read 589 views
The practice of PchiruShelni (Night Hunting): Coercion or courtship?

Perspective

Mar 17, 2017 6 mins read 801 views
30 years later, farmers of Samrang to cultivate paddy again

Irrigation

Mar 17, 2017 1 mins read 538 views
PM to personally investigate Korphu gewog centre road

Road

Mar 17, 2017 2 mins read 579 views
OAG reviews Chang gup's illegal land transactions

Office of the Attorney General (OAG)

Mar 17, 2017 5 mins read 556 views
Let's stop the negativity

Letter to the editor

Mar 17, 2017 1 mins read 589 views
An important message

Editorial

Mar 17, 2017 1 mins read 571 views
12 arrested for suspected choeten vandalism

Crime

Mar 17, 2017 1 mins read 643 views
Education ministry to reinvestigate Tendu Central School party

School

Mar 17, 2017 1 mins read 576 views
Bhutan's national goals aligned with SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Mar 17, 2017 2 mins read 680 views
Parties unlikely to accept women reservation for 2018

Politics

Mar 17, 2017 3 mins read 631 views
Public Lecture

Public Lecture

Mar 17, 2017 0 mins read 557 views
Lunaps want helicopter service fare reduced

Helicopter service

Mar 16, 2017 2 mins read 610 views
Youth entrepreneurs plan to produce avocado tea and flour

Students

Mar 16, 2017 3 mins read 565 views
Minor detained for death of student

Crime

Mar 16, 2017 1 mins read 570 views
Call for sensitive social media users

Social media

Mar 16, 2017 2 mins read 575 views
Fire in Mongar razes 200 acres of forest

Forest fire

Mar 16, 2017 1 mins read 584 views
On Kuensel's editorial: No wetland left behind

Letter to the editor

Mar 16, 2017 1 mins read 685 views
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Recents

Addressing the engineer shortage

Bhutan is entering one of the most ambitious periods of development in its history. Hydropower projects are expanding, major infrastructure investments are taking shape, and the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is expected to open new avenues for economic growth. However, a major constraint could undermine these ambitions: shortage of engineers.

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