May of 2014

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Accident kills three

Accident

May 30, 2014 1 mins read 252 views
Life & Death from the Himalaya to Factory Floors

Perspective

May 30, 2014 5 mins read 242 views
Airlines register growth in passenger traffic

Aviation

May 30, 2014 2 mins read 231 views
On the last leg

Highway

May 30, 2014 4 mins read 227 views
Getting their heads around number crunching

Agriculture

May 30, 2014 2 mins read 215 views
Wangchu advisory

Weather

May 30, 2014 1 mins read 245 views
Hydromet monsoon forecast

Weather

May 30, 2014 0 mins read 220 views
Farm road blacktopping in 16 gewogs to begin from June

National Assembly

May 30, 2014 2 mins read 222 views
New `resignation' provision added to amendment

National Assembly

May 30, 2014 2 mins read 234 views
Dagana town to be facilitated with urban infrastructure

Township

May 30, 2014 1 mins read 224 views
Misusing authority?

Letter to the editor

May 30, 2014 1 mins read 247 views
Balking at an alcohol bill?

Editorial

May 30, 2014 2 mins read 241 views
PM defends BOIC's establishment

National Council (NC)

May 30, 2014 3 mins read 228 views
The cost of pay hike

Salary

May 30, 2014 4 mins read 318 views
PM and cabinet ministers take the biggest cut

Salary

May 30, 2014 4 mins read 245 views
World No Tobacco Day

Tobacco Day

May 30, 2014 0 mins read 234 views
Sources of the pay raise

National Assembly

May 29, 2014 2 mins read 222 views
Community contract project thrives in Trashigang

Gewog development grant (GDG)

May 29, 2014 2 mins read 239 views
Principal released on bail in student suicide case

Crime

May 29, 2014 2 mins read 259 views
No compensation for land lost to farm roads

National Assembly

May 29, 2014 1 mins read 221 views
Council asks govt. to withdraw RTI bill

Parliament

May 29, 2014 3 mins read 206 views
An impressive music concert by the youth

Letter to the editor

May 29, 2014 1 mins read 221 views
Pay hike proposals challenged

Editorial

May 29, 2014 2 mins read 217 views
Recommended allowances

Salary

May 29, 2014 4 mins read 233 views
Proposed pay hike

National Assembly

May 29, 2014 3 mins read 218 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 217 views
Knowledge not legislation is key to alcohol issue

Parliament

May 28, 2014 2 mins read 228 views
Sampheling poultry farmers pan Karma Feeds

Poultry

May 28, 2014 3 mins read 228 views
First hearing on wife murder case

Crime

May 28, 2014 2 mins read 207 views
NA decides not to increase land tax

Parliament

May 28, 2014 1 mins read 206 views
No weighing machines at bus terminals

Letter to the editor

May 28, 2014 1 mins read 233 views
After Shingkhar-Gorgan road

Editorial

May 28, 2014 2 mins read 262 views
Education loan at 5 percent interest from July

National Assembly

May 28, 2014 2 mins read 249 views
The tables are turned

Parliament

May 28, 2014 2 mins read 254 views
Land issues hold up new township development

Land

May 28, 2014 1 mins read 214 views
A successful visit: PM

PM visits

May 28, 2014 2 mins read 237 views
Shingkhar-Gorgan road makes it into 11th Plan

National Assembly

May 28, 2014 3 mins read 268 views
NA rejects ACC surveillance during elections

National Assembly

May 27, 2014 2 mins read 219 views
Four Tsangkhar households denied access to drinking water

Resource

May 27, 2014 3 mins read 248 views
Amochu project status - down but not out

Hydropower projects

May 27, 2014 2 mins read 250 views
Bhutan needs well-integrated regional air connectivity

Letter to the editor

May 27, 2014 2 mins read 247 views
Supervision of electoral processes

Editorial

May 27, 2014 2 mins read 203 views
Lack of power for the want of a mule track

Electricity

May 27, 2014 1 mins read 205 views
Autonomous schools await financial autonomy

Education

May 27, 2014 2 mins read 213 views
Two more bodies of boat victims recovered

Accident

May 27, 2014 1 mins read 204 views
Govt.'s first loan of USD 87.8M

National Assembly

May 27, 2014 2 mins read 223 views
PM Modi assures unflinching support

PM visits

May 27, 2014 2 mins read 208 views
Meat ban on

Meat ban

May 27, 2014 0 mins read 225 views
S/J forest division too stretched to tackle poaching

Poaching

May 26, 2014 3 mins read 223 views
Browse Archives
Lungo Extended BHU to open this year

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Urban households outspend rural on non-food essentials

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Punakha-Gasa highway open to traffic

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New organic outlet to boost organic farmers, expand value chain

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From survival to sustainability

Trashigang—In Rizoryerchiilo chiwog, Udzorong gewog in Trashigang Dzongkhag, life for farmers was once an endless struggle between hope and hardship.

Jun 23, 2025 2 mins read 1,146 views
Blending Yoga and Sowa Rigpa for holistic well-being

This year, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) spearheaded the celebration of International Day of Yoga, underlining the...

Jun 23, 2025 2 mins read 960 views
HM graces GCIT’s Capstone Tech showcase

His Majesty the King, Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen, and Their Royal Highnesses Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel and Gyalsey Ugyen Wangchuck graced Gyalpozhing College of Information Technology’s (GCIT) 2025 Capstone Tech Innovation Showcase on June 18.

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Bhutan’s young rape victims face uphill battle for survival

Choden (name changed), a bright fifth-grader, saw her childhood abruptly halted when she was forced to drop out of schoo...

Jun 21, 2025 9 mins read 9,906 views
Foreign ministry advises illegal Bhutanese immigrants in US to return

In a notification issued yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (MoFAET) urged undocumented Bhuta...

Jun 21, 2025 4 mins read 4,578 views
Consumption report highlights sharp urban-rural divide

Urban households in Bhutan spend nearly 46 percent more each month than their rural counterparts, according to the House...

Jun 21, 2025 2 mins read 1,259 views
When the forest burns and no one knows why

More than 70,000 acres of forestland have been lost to fire in the country in just five years. This is not merely a stat...

Apr 21, 2025 2 mins read 7,749 views
In search of quality

As Thimphu Thromde undergoes a flurry of repairs and maintenance in preparation for an upcoming VIP visit, the city’s tr...

Apr 19, 2025 2 mins read 7,358 views
Life after kidney transplant

For a person diagnosed with kidney failure, a transplant gives a new lease of life. However, a study published in the Bh...

Apr 18, 2025 2 mins read 7,560 views
Inflation may be easing, but the pain still lingers

The Asian Development Bank forecasts that inflation in Bhutan will cool to 4.2 percent this year. That is welcome news....

Apr 17, 2025 2 mins read 6,587 views
A knockout triumph

Bhutanese boxers, over the weekend, not only excited spectators at the clock tower square, but also made the country pro...

Apr 16, 2025 2 mins read 6,177 views

Recents

Learning from the Tading experience

While much of the country debates taxes on fixed deposit interests, GST, and the legality of certain parliamentary decisions, something more quietly transformational is happening in Tading, Samtse. There, residents are reaping the benefits, modest it may be,of smart infrastructure planning and decisive execution.

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