May of 2013

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Summer residence

Religion

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Cancelled

Festival

May 09, 2013 0 mins read 254 views
Another five years for eminent members

National Council

May 08, 2013 1 mins read 258 views
The auction experiment

Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB)

May 08, 2013 3 mins read 267 views
Bumthang power cut puts paid to presidential debate

Power

May 08, 2013 1 mins read 272 views
Why we shouldn't privatise health care

Perspective

May 08, 2013 4 mins read 271 views
Thimphu stalled in 3G logjam

Telecom

May 08, 2013 2 mins read 264 views
No let up to liabilities

Rupee crunch

May 08, 2013 2 mins read 220 views
How about a Parents' Day now?

Letter to the editor

May 08, 2013 1 mins read 253 views
Presenting the party presidents

Editorial

May 08, 2013 2 mins read 263 views
Nandalal Rai given audit clearance

The royal audit authority (RAA)

May 08, 2013 2 mins read 276 views
Of style and substance

National Assembly Election

May 08, 2013 3 mins read 251 views
Application deadline extended until midnight

National Assembly Election

May 08, 2013 3 mins read 284 views
PDP convention

Politics

May 08, 2013 0 mins read 270 views
Browned off by brownouts in Bumthang

Power

May 07, 2013 1 mins read 297 views
Party leaders to slug it out in live telecast

National Assembly Election

May 07, 2013 2 mins read 256 views
Stone-crushing plant suspended for eight months

Stone crushing plant

May 07, 2013 1 mins read 267 views
Growing old at Kila Gonpa

Personalities

May 07, 2013 2 mins read 238 views
B-Mobile appreciates loyal customers

Telecom

May 07, 2013 1 mins read 241 views
Police personnel let off on technicality

Tobacco

May 07, 2013 2 mins read 238 views
Forestry red tape stymies sawmill sales

Timber

May 07, 2013 3 mins read 239 views
S/J sees a rash of typhoid cases

Diseases

May 07, 2013 1 mins read 253 views
When numbers decide

Letter to the editor

May 07, 2013 2 mins read 0 views
Even the bested has a role to play

Editorial

May 07, 2013 2 mins read 254 views
Leaving for a bigger cause?

National Assembly Election

May 07, 2013 4 mins read 224 views
New domestic tariff proposed

Power

May 07, 2013 2 mins read 263 views
No rollback on ECB decision

National Assembly Election

May 07, 2013 2 mins read 263 views
NACC delegation in Bhutan

Visitor

May 07, 2013 0 mins read 254 views
Archery federation to choose best eight

Archery

May 06, 2013 1 mins read 300 views
Keeping them apolitical?

National Assembly Election

May 06, 2013 2 mins read 263 views
At the helm in the interim

Governance

May 06, 2013 1 mins read 0 views
Giant Guru statue due for completion this year

Religion

May 06, 2013 2 mins read 266 views
Awaiting experts to examine ceiling collapse

Taktse

May 06, 2013 2 mins read 241 views
Cost overrun could push Punatsangchu I export price to Nu 4 a unit

Energy

May 06, 2013 2 mins read 223 views
Bhutan focuses on pedestrian safety

RSTA

May 06, 2013 1 mins read 275 views
Cement demand will be met by Polymer potential

Industry

May 06, 2013 2 mins read 279 views
When numbers decide

Letter to the editor

May 06, 2013 1 mins read 298 views
And then there were four .

Editorial

May 06, 2013 2 mins read 275 views
The party scene in Trashigang

Politics

May 06, 2013 2 mins read 248 views
Rupee borrowings reduced to 17B

Rupee crunch

May 06, 2013 2 mins read 226 views
BKP: Down but not out

National Assembly Election

May 06, 2013 3 mins read 247 views
4 political parties for primaries

Politics

May 06, 2013 3 mins read 271 views
HIV/Aids Advocacy

Talk

May 06, 2013 0 mins read 0 views
Woman killed in Yotongla crash

Accident

May 06, 2013 0 mins read 284 views
Wizards, the first club champion

Basketball

May 05, 2013 2 mins read 256 views
Gola Bazaar dwellers don't want to go .

Township

May 05, 2013 2 mins read 276 views
Gyalpoizhing beset by a plague of snails

Snail

May 05, 2013 2 mins read 254 views
Phaling progress nipped in the bud

Township

May 05, 2013 2 mins read 254 views
Lets make it count

Letter to the editor

May 05, 2013 1 mins read 275 views
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Regional hub launches to accelerate climate action in HKH

A new regional hub aimed at strengthening climate action and transparent reporting across the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH)...

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Bhutan celebrates International Volunteer Day

The Australian Volunteers Programme (AVP) Bhutan office celebrated International Volunteer Day (IVD) 2025 yesterday in T...

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NA proposes single digital platform to seal corruption loopholes

The Good Governance Committee of the National Assembly has urged the House to mandate the immediate establishment of a s...

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NA adopts Co-operatives Bill to enhance market access and community empowerment

The National Assembly yesterday deliberated and adopted the Co-operatives and Farmer Groups Bill of Bhutan 2025. The Bil...

Dec 05, 2025 3 mins read 824 views
Conference highlights missing links between research, industry, and government

Researchers, innovators, and policymakers highlighted the urgent need to strengthen collaboration among Bhutan’s researc...

Dec 05, 2025 3 mins read 1,053 views
132kV substation to end Panbang’s power woes

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Dra=Nyam: Country’s first dedicated outlet for products made by PwDs

In an encouraging initiative for persons with disabilities (PwDs), the Bhutan Foundation and the Disabled People’s Organ...

Dec 05, 2025 1 mins read 1,149 views
AI will shape education’s future, say educators

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a key tool in higher education, helping students and teachers enhance learning,...

Dec 05, 2025 2 mins read 1,836 views
Bhutan to host 16th South Asian Bodybuilding Championship

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Amochu quarriers call for flood walls after millions in losses

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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. Your family, friends, school, city, country, social media accounts, television and news channels, habits, and heroes are all shaping you into replicas of the admired, the powerful, and the majority around you.

Nov 19, 2025 1 mins read 406 views
Why we must invest in Research & Development

Bhutan is not short of ideas, intellect or institutions. What it lacks is a strong, working bridge between research, policy, and industry. This was one of the key issues discussed during the recently concluded third Australian–Bhutan Research Conference.

Dec 08, 2025 2 mins read 445 views
To eat meat or not!

In passing the Livestock Bill of Bhutan,  2025, National Assembly members engaged in a good debate, a meaty one, even if it missed the core issue. The Bill was not about advocat...

Dec 06, 2025 2 mins read 979 views
Disaster preparedness is our best defence

The National Council this week questioned the government on the country’s disaster preparedness. This is a pertinent issue, especially when extreme weather events are frequent and more intense. Preparedness is therefore the most effective stra...

Dec 05, 2025 2 mins read 496 views
Equity in education merits discourse

During a recent Question Hour session in the National Assembly, Members of Parliament (MP) called for an open debate on education quality and budget allocation. And rightly so. Education is the foundation upon which every other...

Dec 04, 2025 2 mins read 665 views
Deeper than HIV/AIDS

Far from the bustling capital, the community of Genekha observed an important global day. December 1 was World AIDS Day. They chose to mark the occasion at what they called the “fi...

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Solving youth unemployment before it’s too late

Youth unemployment has become one of Bhutan’s most persistent national challenges. And it endures despite successive gov...

Dec 02, 2025 2 mins read 761 views
Addressing teacher shortage and quality

In some schools, especially in urban centres, there are more teachers than timetables demand. In others, often remote schools, the absence of teachers in key subjects has become chronic.

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When rising corruption reports tell a deeper story

The growing number of corruption reports in the past year forces the nation to confront a hard truth: something in our s...

Nov 29, 2025 2 mins read 1,291 views
Regulatory reforms must be matched with a mindset shift

The government’s commitment to address regulatory barriers that have choked business growth deserves recognition and sup...

Nov 28, 2025 2 mins read 741 views
The classic egg and chicken situation

The price of an egg in the capital has soared to a staggering Nu 20, pushing a standard tray of 30 to Nu 520. While it feels like a crisis, there's no pandemic to blame this time and despite common belief, the cold weather is not t...

Nov 27, 2025 2 mins read 1,302 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 2,980 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

Aug 26, 2025 2 mins read 7,226 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 4,234 views
Internalising our deeper values

The return of the Buddha’s sacred Piprahwa relics to India yesterday was more than a ceremonial farewell. It was a lesso...

Nov 26, 2025 2 mins read 567 views
Leveraging our carbon-negative status

Bhutan’s environmental stewardship, which has resulted in the country's rich biodiversity, is finally translating into c...

Nov 25, 2025 2 mins read 782 views
Solving the crisis before it deepens

The exodus of qualified and seasoned health professionals and its impact on the quality of services is an issue of natio...

Nov 24, 2025 2 mins read 1,155 views
The hydropower vision is crystal clear

The potential is vast, the scope is immense, and the market is as monumental as the Himalayas. As Bhutan and India explo...

Nov 22, 2025 2 mins read 713 views
The BEAST Bhutan needs

While we continue to prioritise sports development in the country, our presence in international competitions so far has...

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Recents

Why we must invest in Research & Development

Bhutan is not short of ideas, intellect or institutions. What it lacks is a strong, working bridge between research, policy, and industry. This was one of the key issues discussed during the recently concluded third Australian–Bhutan Research Conference.

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Bhutan–ICIMOD partnership strengthens mountain futures

Senior Bhutanese officials and delegates from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) convened for the second session of the Bhutan–ICIMOD Coordination Committee (BICC), reaffirming partnership to enhance climate resilience, strengthen livelihoods, and improve disaster preparedness across Bhutan’s Himalayan landscapes.

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