March of 2017

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WORLD TB DAY, FRIDAY MARCH 24,2017 (Supplement)

WORLD TB DAY

Mar 23, 2017 2 mins read 410 views
This, too, shall pass

k2

Mar 31, 2017 3 mins read 427 views
The bold and beautiful women of Tsirang

k2

Mar 31, 2017 4 mins read 412 views
Planting watermelon to diversify cash crop

Cash crop

Mar 31, 2017 1 mins read 341 views
Social media for effective governance

Social media

Mar 31, 2017 2 mins read 427 views
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: An essential ally in a superbug age

Perspective

Mar 31, 2017 4 mins read 404 views
What values does corporal punishment teach?

Perspective

Mar 31, 2017 2 mins read 424 views
Leaking irrigation channels worry Sergithang farmers

Irrigation

Mar 31, 2017 2 mins read 320 views
Inflation gradually increasing

Inflation

Mar 31, 2017 1 mins read 382 views
Tshojong villagers await rural water supply scheme

Water

Mar 31, 2017 1 mins read 357 views
Need culture Act urgently

Letter to the editor

Mar 31, 2017 1 mins read 347 views
Getting at the root of the problem

Editorial

Mar 31, 2017 1 mins read 541 views
Two lands in prison for consensual sex with minor

Crime

Mar 31, 2017 2 mins read 372 views
Thromde to do away with parking spaces on Norzin Lam

Parking space

Mar 31, 2017 2 mins read 435 views
Nubi residents against burl collectors

Burl collectors

Mar 31, 2017 2 mins read 372 views
Bhutan among 100 happiest countrie

Gross National Happiness (GNH)

Mar 30, 2017 2 mins read 383 views
Chamkhar fire victims switch to stone and mud

Fire accident

Mar 30, 2017 2 mins read 320 views
Parking fee increase irks Phuentsholing vehicle owners

Parking fee

Mar 30, 2017 1 mins read 327 views
Rejoinder to Kuensel

Letter to the editor

Mar 30, 2017 2 mins read 307 views
We learn from mistakes

Editorial

Mar 30, 2017 2 mins read 343 views
Commercial papers, the newest debt instrument

Commercial papers

Mar 30, 2017 2 mins read 343 views
Locally built sports car debuts at innovation competition

Innovation

Mar 30, 2017 3 mins read 368 views
New bus service to decongest Lungtenzampa area traffic

Traffic

Mar 30, 2017 2 mins read 336 views
Drakteng residents reject MHPA compensation

Hydropower

Mar 30, 2017 2 mins read 350 views
Rinchen Nadun - The Seven Precious Possessions

k2

Mar 24, 2017 4 mins read 346 views
Simple ways to keep yourself fit and healthy

k2

Mar 24, 2017 1 mins read 0 views
Choesham

k2

Mar 24, 2017 4 mins read 458 views
Oman hammers Bhutan 14-0

Football

Mar 29, 2017 2 mins read 347 views
Police arrest illegal immigrant for burglaries

Crime

Mar 29, 2017 1 mins read 350 views
Double harvest to boost rice production

Rice production

Mar 29, 2017 1 mins read 340 views
Thimphu Thromde, BPC sign MoU to take power cables underground

Bhutan Power Corporation (BPC)

Mar 29, 2017 2 mins read 332 views
Penalise house owners for violation of tenancy Act

Letter to the editor

Mar 29, 2017 1 mins read 370 views
Housing issues need special attention

Editorial

Mar 29, 2017 1 mins read 365 views
Using science for better policies

Workshop

Mar 29, 2017 1 mins read 336 views
Nubi and Tangsibji road widening damage to be assessed

Road

Mar 29, 2017 2 mins read 415 views
PM delivers keynote address at GEF meet in Paris

PM visits

Mar 29, 2017 1 mins read 361 views
Reinvestigation confirms Tendu school allegations

School

Mar 29, 2017 3 mins read 329 views
Samtse municipality not swayed by shopkeepers' pleas

Samtse

Mar 29, 2017 2 mins read 287 views
National flower, Blue Poppy is a new species

Flower

Mar 28, 2017 2 mins read 376 views
Minor arrested for lhakhang vandalism

Crime

Mar 28, 2017 1 mins read 334 views
New recurring schemes to encourage saving

Bank of Bhutan (BoB)

Mar 28, 2017 2 mins read 348 views
Need for a conducive environment to save and earn

Letter to the editor

Mar 28, 2017 1 mins read 355 views
Beware fake news

Editorial

Mar 28, 2017 2 mins read 367 views
Members seek re-election of HDSB board members

Hindu Dharma Samudaya of Bhutan (HDSB)

Mar 28, 2017 3 mins read 337 views
S/J Thromde forms a housing dispute committee

Housing

Mar 28, 2017 3 mins read 316 views
Residents of Dophuchen asked to vacate town

Dorokha

Mar 28, 2017 3 mins read 347 views
Four-week international break for Thimphu football league

Football

Mar 27, 2017 2 mins read 351 views
The milk men of Panbang

Business

Mar 27, 2017 2 mins read 338 views
PM leaves for France

PM visits

Mar 27, 2017 1 mins read 364 views
Exhibition centre for made and grown in Bhutan products

Exhibition

Mar 27, 2017 1 mins read 366 views
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Entrepreneurial culture key to reforming civil service: PM

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P-I right bank stabilisation design nears completion

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Investigation underway after child dies at Tashicholing Hospital, Samtse

Samtse—The death of a class PP student at Tashicholing Hospital on October 20 has raised concerns about rural health ser...

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CCAA recovers over Nu 1 million in refunds, fines businesses for unfair practices

The Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (CCAA) facilitated refunds of over Nu 1.1 million and levied fines on bus...

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RENEW and UNICEF open three more safe spaces for women and girls

Expanding access to critical protection services for survivors of violence, RENEW and UNICEF inaugurated the Women and G...

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NCHM expands permafrost monitoring

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Nov 04, 2025 2 mins read 630 views
Dairy, poultry, and aquaculture show growth in first year of 13th Plan

The Department of Livestock (DoL) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has reported progress in dairy, poultr...

Nov 04, 2025 3 mins read 1,927 views
Their Majesties receive Hadrian Award for heritage leadership

His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen were honoured at the World Monuments Fund (WMF) Gala with the Hadrian...

Nov 03, 2025 1 mins read 1,314 views
Global Peace Prayer Festival kicks off tomorrow

Thousands of devotees from Bhutan and around the world are set to converge in Thimphu tomorrow as the Global Peace Praye...

Nov 03, 2025 4 mins read 2,213 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 calling for a flood protection system after recent floods caused extensive damage, with losses estimated in the billions.

Oct 16, 2025 2 mins read 1,678 views
Need bold reforms to advance women in leadership roles

Bhutan has always taken pride in being a fairly egalitarian society. In many communities, women are heads of households, inheriting property and managing family affairs. These cultural practices distinguish Bhutan from many other countries where women face far greater structural barriers.

Nov 07, 2025 3 mins read 457 views
Fraudulent businesses must be punished

The Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority is on high alert, not only investigating complaints but also penalising businesses that try to make easy money at the expense of consumers.

Nov 06, 2025 2 mins read 2,065 views
Safe spaces, unsafe realities

The opening of three new Safe Spaces for Women and Girls in Mongar, Pemagatshel, and Samdrupjongkhar marks a significant step forward in our effort to protect women and children from violence.

Nov 05, 2025 2 mins read 470 views
A small kingdom’s great prayer for the world

Beginning today, the Changlimithang ground in Thimphu will be transformed into a sanctuary of peace and hope as the Glob...

Nov 04, 2025 2 mins read 594 views
Why agile governance and policy innovation matter

Public policy is often imagined as a fixed compass, steady and unbending. But in a rapidly changing world, governance mu...

Nov 03, 2025 2 mins read 621 views
One health, one future

Our greatest strength has always been our capacity to look beyond the moment and plan for balanced progress. The recent national workshop on integrating livestock production with environ...

Nov 01, 2025 2 mins read 586 views
Preparing Bhutan for the AI era

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept. It is rapidly becoming a key component of organisational life, transforming how businesses operate, governments function, and societies interact. In...

Oct 31, 2025 2 mins read 850 views
Bhutanese youth must prepare for GMC jobs

The Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is beginning to take shape in tangible ways, creating opportunities and opening new career pathways. The recently held GMC Career Fair in Thimphu provided a glimpse into that future. More than a dozen compani...

Oct 30, 2025 2 mins read 2,849 views
Making ESP education loan more accessible

The goal of the Economic Stimulus Programme’s (ESP) education loan is, at its core, both forward-looking and noble. It has been initiated to provide opportunities for children from poor, low-income families to pursue higher or technical educat...

Oct 29, 2025 2 mins read 1,202 views
A teacher’s gift to the nation

It is not often that a Bhutanese citizen receives a prestigious award from abroad. Yet, a teacher from Samtse, Chimi Dema, became Bhutan’s first recipient of the Princess Maha Chakri Award in Thailand, one of the mos...

Oct 28, 2025 2 mins read 1,792 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 2,654 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

Aug 26, 2025 2 mins read 6,887 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 4,003 views
Walking for those who cannot walk

There are journeys that test strength, and there are those that reveal the heart. Ani Pema Deki’s 400-kilometre walk acr...

Oct 27, 2025 2 mins read 740 views
Are we hoarding alcohol and cigarettes?

To make up for slow business, a shopkeeper in Changzamtog, Thimphu, sacrificed her puja holidays to stay open. If busine...

Oct 25, 2025 2 mins read 773 views
A responsibility we cannot leave to the police alone

Crime and drug abuse are no longer problems that exist in the shadows. They are creeping into our homes, schools, and ne...

Oct 24, 2025 2 mins read 1,099 views
Understanding the importance of the festival itself

In the far north, where the wind hums against snowy cliffs and yaks graze under a blue, unbroken sky, the Royal Highland...

Oct 23, 2025 2 mins read 500 views
Adding colours to life

Students of Draktsho East  held an art exhibition titled “Colours of Ability” in the courtyard of the Tarayana Centre in...

Oct 22, 2025 2 mins read 632 views

Recents

Gold entering a bear market?

Gelephu—As gold prices continue to retreat after hitting new records, putting pressure on the gold tourism market and domestic gold traders, the downturn may signal the beginning of the end of the rally.

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As glaciers melt, highland taps run dry

Laya, Gasa-The tap outside Phento’s home in Laya is a barometer of a growing crisis. Once reliable, its flow has dwindled to a trickle, dictating the daily rhythm of her life and that of her neighbours. The 25-year-old now plans her chores, her hygiene, and even her peace of mind around the sporadic water supply.

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