May of 2013

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The `fun' has just begun

Editorial

May 05, 2013 2 mins read 426 views
Nyamrup's last six

National Assembly Election

May 05, 2013 3 mins read 388 views
A complete DCT

National Assembly Election

May 05, 2013 4 mins read 468 views
Three bodies in two days

Accident

May 05, 2013 1 mins read 410 views
Importance of social capital

Survey

May 05, 2013 2 mins read 417 views
All parties submit letters of intent to contest the primary round

National Assembly Election

May 05, 2013 4 mins read 365 views
Building materials lying about unused

NRDCL

May 03, 2013 2 mins read 364 views
Olympic Day Celebrations (ODC)

Olympic

May 03, 2013 0 mins read 361 views
DHI companies ride the rupee crunch

Druk Holding and Investment (DHI)

May 03, 2013 2 mins read 435 views
How valid is the claim to have halved poverty?

Perspective

May 03, 2013 3 mins read 383 views
International Arch of Europe Awards

Award

May 03, 2013 0 mins read 379 views
The electorate this time around

National Assembly Election

May 03, 2013 2 mins read 402 views
Riding for green earth

Visitor

May 03, 2013 1 mins read 389 views
The dividend dilemma

DGPC

May 03, 2013 2 mins read 393 views
Eastern United wins JDW memorial archery tournament

Archery

May 03, 2013 2 mins read 379 views
Slur of shoddy work levelled at contractor

Health

May 03, 2013 2 mins read 358 views
For more health care and insurance reforms

Letter to the editor

May 03, 2013 1 mins read 387 views
The pre-primary prerequisite

Editorial

May 03, 2013 2 mins read 362 views
DHI companies not affected by the rupee crisis

Druk Holding and Investment (DHI)

May 03, 2013 1 mins read 364 views
Dr Lotay pays about Nu 6.2M to join politics

RCSC

May 03, 2013 1 mins read 390 views
Soldier found dead in Pachu

Accident

May 03, 2013 1 mins read 362 views
A comeback manifesto

National Assembly Election

May 03, 2013 5 mins read 412 views
Last hours to submit letters of intent

National Assembly Election

May 03, 2013 2 mins read 372 views
10th Tarayana fair opens

Tarayana Fair

May 03, 2013 0 mins read 394 views
More tournaments planned to raise standards

Basketball

May 02, 2013 1 mins read 410 views
Gelephu plays host to four party offices

Politics

May 02, 2013 1 mins read 384 views
Seven more to go

Politics

May 02, 2013 1 mins read 412 views
Samtse - A township impatient to take off

Samtse

May 02, 2013 2 mins read 375 views
Living together - The latest trend

Survey

May 02, 2013 2 mins read 388 views
Radhi's dried up new irrigation channel

Agriculture

May 02, 2013 2 mins read 334 views
Thank You Teacher sweeps awards

Film

May 02, 2013 1 mins read 388 views
The good practices of rammed earth buildings

Heritage

May 02, 2013 2 mins read 370 views
Was there balanced development?

Letter to the editor

May 02, 2013 1 mins read 370 views
In the public eye

Editorial

May 02, 2013 2 mins read 459 views
Punakha candidate chosen through intra-party election

Politics

May 02, 2013 1 mins read 377 views
DPT's latest two entries raise some eyebrows

Politics

May 02, 2013 2 mins read 385 views
Gap between haves and have-nots has not grown

Poverty

May 02, 2013 2 mins read 394 views
How the primary round will be held

National Assembly Election

May 02, 2013 2 mins read 417 views
Media in election year

Media

May 02, 2013 0 mins read 403 views
Thimphu basketball league final this weekend

Basketball

May 01, 2013 1 mins read 386 views
Drametse water dispute taken to court

Water

May 01, 2013 2 mins read 396 views
Mongar's smelling-to-high-heaven problem

Waste

May 01, 2013 1 mins read 383 views
Standing by in the hour of need

Bhutan-History

May 01, 2013 4 mins read 404 views
DCT inches closer to a complete set

National Assembly Election

May 01, 2013 4 mins read 430 views
Tasa - A village vacated

Migration

May 01, 2013 2 mins read 425 views
Its more than just numbers

Letter to the editor

May 01, 2013 1 mins read 437 views
A potent mix

Editorial

May 01, 2013 2 mins read 532 views
Rammed earth buildings quake vulnerable

Heritage

May 01, 2013 2 mins read 402 views
Central bank limits dollar withdrawals from credit cards

RMA

May 01, 2013 2 mins read 425 views
Was it really halved?

Poverty

May 01, 2013 2 mins read 418 views
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Where tradition meets treatment

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Between Homes

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The true wealth of Dzambhala

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No amount of money can replace you

The early years — roughly birth to five — are critical for emotional development. While a child raised with consistency and warmth by devoted grandparents can fare well, separation from parents at this age generally causes...

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You’re not what you think you are

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Sundays at Le Méridien

The monthly Sunday brunch at Le Méridien has become a special experience that goes beyond dining, offering guests a relaxed four-hour setting to reconnect with family and friends.

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The trap of spiritual materialism

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Fighting online scams

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ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ཁྲོམ་སྡེ་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་མ་ལང་མི་དེ་ སྲིད་བྱུས་དང་ ཁྱིམ་བཟོ་ག་གི་འཐུས་ཤོར་ཨིན་ན།

༉ ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ ལུང་ཕྱོགས་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་ལངམ་སྦེ་མེད་པའི་ དཀའ་ངལ་ལུ་བརྟེན་ འབྲུག་པའི་མི་ཁུངས་མང་ཤོས་ཅིག་ ས་མཚམས་ཕྱི་ཁ...

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When will we feed ourselves?

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,140 views
Fuel crisis demands more than subsidies

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Demographic crisis demands bold reforms

Bhutan is facing a “national crisis” as birth rates plunge by 62.9 percent. If current trends continue, the country could see as few as 2,000 births by 2028.

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A bumper harvest shouldn’t brew a bumper crisis

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Unshackling the state

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The environmental toll of wars

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A costly fiasco

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National debt to rise by 26%, reaching Nu 380 billion in June

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Tax system sees major changes and initiatives

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Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

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Compassion in practice: Building a win-win healthcare system

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Happiness with Mr Bhutan

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When Words Create Worlds

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Where to find the best momos in Thimphu

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Living hand to mouth

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A call for shared responsibility

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When the watchdog has no teeth

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Culture under threat?

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Promises and performance

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Recents

Fighting online scams

The digital age has transformed Bhutanese society in ways unimaginable in just a decade or two. Social media and online platforms have opened enormous opportunities for communication, business, education, entertainment, and entrepreneurship.

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