May of 2014

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Accident kills three

Accident

May 30, 2014 1 mins read 454 views
Life & Death from the Himalaya to Factory Floors

Perspective

May 30, 2014 5 mins read 441 views
Airlines register growth in passenger traffic

Aviation

May 30, 2014 2 mins read 432 views
On the last leg

Highway

May 30, 2014 4 mins read 426 views
Getting their heads around number crunching

Agriculture

May 30, 2014 2 mins read 409 views
Wangchu advisory

Weather

May 30, 2014 1 mins read 436 views
Hydromet monsoon forecast

Weather

May 30, 2014 0 mins read 420 views
Farm road blacktopping in 16 gewogs to begin from June

National Assembly

May 30, 2014 2 mins read 456 views
New `resignation' provision added to amendment

National Assembly

May 30, 2014 2 mins read 435 views
Dagana town to be facilitated with urban infrastructure

Township

May 30, 2014 1 mins read 411 views
Misusing authority?

Letter to the editor

May 30, 2014 1 mins read 465 views
Balking at an alcohol bill?

Editorial

May 30, 2014 2 mins read 445 views
PM defends BOIC's establishment

National Council (NC)

May 30, 2014 3 mins read 439 views
The cost of pay hike

Salary

May 30, 2014 4 mins read 659 views
PM and cabinet ministers take the biggest cut

Salary

May 30, 2014 4 mins read 440 views
World No Tobacco Day

Tobacco Day

May 30, 2014 0 mins read 480 views
Sources of the pay raise

National Assembly

May 29, 2014 2 mins read 425 views
Community contract project thrives in Trashigang

Gewog development grant (GDG)

May 29, 2014 2 mins read 451 views
Principal released on bail in student suicide case

Crime

May 29, 2014 2 mins read 444 views
No compensation for land lost to farm roads

National Assembly

May 29, 2014 1 mins read 416 views
Council asks govt. to withdraw RTI bill

Parliament

May 29, 2014 3 mins read 402 views
An impressive music concert by the youth

Letter to the editor

May 29, 2014 1 mins read 428 views
Pay hike proposals challenged

Editorial

May 29, 2014 2 mins read 407 views
Recommended allowances

Salary

May 29, 2014 4 mins read 445 views
Proposed pay hike

National Assembly

May 29, 2014 3 mins read 430 views
Parliament agenda

Parliament

May 29, 2014 0 mins read 0 views
Boosting tourism in Eastern Bhutan

National Assembly

May 28, 2014 1 mins read 444 views
Knowledge not legislation is key to alcohol issue

Parliament

May 28, 2014 2 mins read 405 views
Sampheling poultry farmers pan Karma Feeds

Poultry

May 28, 2014 3 mins read 437 views
First hearing on wife murder case

Crime

May 28, 2014 2 mins read 392 views
NA decides not to increase land tax

Parliament

May 28, 2014 1 mins read 390 views
No weighing machines at bus terminals

Letter to the editor

May 28, 2014 1 mins read 456 views
After Shingkhar-Gorgan road

Editorial

May 28, 2014 2 mins read 458 views
Education loan at 5 percent interest from July

National Assembly

May 28, 2014 2 mins read 443 views
The tables are turned

Parliament

May 28, 2014 2 mins read 477 views
Land issues hold up new township development

Land

May 28, 2014 1 mins read 379 views
A successful visit: PM

PM visits

May 28, 2014 2 mins read 445 views
Shingkhar-Gorgan road makes it into 11th Plan

National Assembly

May 28, 2014 3 mins read 462 views
NA rejects ACC surveillance during elections

National Assembly

May 27, 2014 2 mins read 402 views
Four Tsangkhar households denied access to drinking water

Resource

May 27, 2014 3 mins read 441 views
Amochu project status - down but not out

Hydropower projects

May 27, 2014 2 mins read 470 views
Bhutan needs well-integrated regional air connectivity

Letter to the editor

May 27, 2014 2 mins read 451 views
Supervision of electoral processes

Editorial

May 27, 2014 2 mins read 379 views
Lack of power for the want of a mule track

Electricity

May 27, 2014 1 mins read 405 views
Autonomous schools await financial autonomy

Education

May 27, 2014 2 mins read 421 views
Two more bodies of boat victims recovered

Accident

May 27, 2014 1 mins read 403 views
Govt.'s first loan of USD 87.8M

National Assembly

May 27, 2014 2 mins read 431 views
PM Modi assures unflinching support

PM visits

May 27, 2014 2 mins read 404 views
Meat ban on

Meat ban

May 27, 2014 0 mins read 440 views
S/J forest division too stretched to tackle poaching

Poaching

May 26, 2014 3 mins read 420 views
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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...

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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 1,180 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...

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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 3,021 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...

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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 1,569 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 1,494 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 916 views
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....

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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 3,755 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

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Aug 18, 2025 2 mins read 5,141 views
Building inclusive sports

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Dec 23, 2025 2 mins read 1,134 views
Punatsangchhu-I restarts, but at a heavy price

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Dec 22, 2025 2 mins read 1,818 views
Cost of complacent breathing

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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...

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A common destiny, a collective future

The 118th National Day of Bhutan, celebrated in the sacred Bumthang Valley at the historic Wangduechoeling Palace ground...

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