May of 2024

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Not letting Thursdays go to waste

Environment

May 12, 2024 2 mins read 323 views
Jigme Pelden Dorji aims to summit Everest by May 19

Award

May 12, 2024 2 mins read 272 views
Is Johkasou tank the future of sewage treatment?

Environment

May 10, 2024 5 mins read 393 views
Phongmey gup gets 11-year term in prison

Crime

May 10, 2024 2 mins read 371 views
BCTA to take strict actions against taxi fare violations

Transport

May 10, 2024 1 mins read 293 views
Preserving Tradition: Legacy of Bumthang Swiss Cheese

Feature Story

May 10, 2024 3 mins read 1,093 views
Money flows, but businesses wait

Trade

May 10, 2024 4 mins read 302 views
Reintegrating, not isolating, youth battling substance abuse

Letter to the Editor

May 10, 2024 3 mins read 302 views
Back to square one?

Editorial

May 10, 2024 2 mins read 294 views
Tourism boom fails to benefit service providers

Tourism

May 10, 2024 3 mins read 288 views
Australia raises minimum savings requirement for student visa

Foreign Affairs

May 10, 2024 3 mins read 299 views
Bhutan gears up for 2024 Snowman Race

Sports

May 09, 2024 4 mins read 299 views
Rural entrepreneurship thrives into profitable business

Entrepreneurs

May 09, 2024 2 mins read 318 views
Tackling online fraud through collective action

Letter to the Editor

May 09, 2024 1 mins read 282 views
Lenders to the rescue of borrowers?

Editorial

May 09, 2024 2 mins read 281 views
Tang residents call for additional health worker

Health

May 09, 2024 2 mins read 0 views
Tang residents call for additional health worker

Health

May 09, 2024 2 mins read 0 views
Tang residents call for additional health worker

Health

May 09, 2024 1 mins read 0 views
Tang residents call for additional health worker

Health

May 09, 2024 1 mins read 277 views
Importance of skill-based courses for

Letter to the Editor

May 08, 2024 1 mins read 322 views
Lure of easy money

Editorial

May 08, 2024 2 mins read 278 views
Unseasonal frost damage potatoes in Tang

Agriculture

May 08, 2024 1 mins read 331 views
Loan deferment could be extended up to a year: FIs

Banks

May 08, 2024 2 mins read 333 views
"Puth Group" is an illegal pyramid scheme

Trade

May 08, 2024 2 mins read 308 views
Three newcomers to join National Women's League Qualifiers

Sports

May 07, 2024 2 mins read 282 views
Green tea over Green Card

Agriculture

May 07, 2024 2 mins read 330 views
Graduates skipping teacher selection interviews in dzongkhags?

Letter to the Editor

May 07, 2024 1 mins read 296 views
All is well in tourism?

Editorial

May 07, 2024 2 mins read 298 views
Bhutan receives more than 41,000 tourists within four months

Tourism

May 07, 2024 1 mins read 294 views
Bhutan to host second edition of Snowman Race in October this year

Sports

May 07, 2024 2 mins read 289 views
Milking benefits from each other

Feature Story

May 06, 2024 2 mins read 1,040 views
Concern regarding stray dogs in Babesa

Letter to the Editor

May 06, 2024 1 mins read 317 views
This is our own journalism

Editorial

May 06, 2024 2 mins read 287 views
Journey to Jangbi: Into Monpa village

Dzongkhag

May 06, 2024 3 mins read 367 views
Bhutan to host 1st Agrifood Trade and Investment Forum

Agriculture

May 06, 2024 2 mins read 315 views
Ten companies declare dividends and bonus shares

Finance

May 06, 2024 3 mins read 368 views
Rigsar win 2024 JDW national archery tournament

Sports

May 05, 2024 1 mins read 310 views
"Green Oscars" for Kuenzang Dorji

Award

May 05, 2024 2 mins read 311 views
For better education quality

Letter to the Editor

May 05, 2024 1 mins read 327 views
Good Monday!

Editorial

May 05, 2024 2 mins read 279 views
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Businesses seek transitional relief before new tax implementation

Business sectors are appealing to the government for transitional relief to prevent financial disruptions ahead of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Excise Tax rollout on January 1, 2026.

Dec 13, 2025 3 mins read 1,264 views
Family calls for third-party investigation into custodial death

The widow of Biren Kumar Kafley has called for an independent, third-party investigation into her husband’s death, even...

Dec 13, 2025 2 mins read 3,919 views
NC report reveals deepening health sector crisis

The country spent Nu 730 million on patient referrals between 2024 and 2025, more than three times the Nu 214 million sp...

Dec 13, 2025 4 mins read 1,332 views
Govt. rules out review of cost-sharing scheme until end of 13th Plan

The government will not review the Cost-Sharing Mechanism (CSM) for agriculture until the end of the 13th Plan, the Mini...

Dec 13, 2025 3 mins read 978 views
New AG pledges carrot-and-stick auditing, faster enforcement

What’s your first thought on being appointed as the 4th Constitutional Auditor General of Bhutan? I was humbled, dumbfou...

Dec 13, 2025 4 mins read 4,098 views
Education ministry defers Class X cut-off point ahead of Cambridge curriculum roll out

The Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) has deferred the Class X cut-off point for this academic year a...

Dec 13, 2025 3 mins read 1,384 views
Twenty visits to Bhutan, and counting

When Australian travel specialist James Irving first landed in Paro on a cold, snowy afternoon in January 2003, he had no idea that a brief 18-hour stopover would set the course for a lifelong bond and eventually a business dedicat...

Dec 13, 2025 3 mins read 2,648 views
Norbugang’s livestock farmers struggle as prices plunge

Samtse—Poultry and piggery farmers in Norbugang, Samtse, are facing one of their most difficult seasons in recent years....

Dec 13, 2025 2 mins read 1,178 views
Bhutan’s biggest solar project finally powers up

Punakha—After months of delays caused by incessant rain and prolonged monsoon, Phase II  of Bhutan’s first utility-scale...

Dec 13, 2025 2 mins read 3,401 views
Global impact investors commit support to Bhutanese entrepreneurs

Three global investors have pledged new financing commitments for Bhutanese entrepreneurs at the Bhutan SDG Impact Finan...

Dec 13, 2025 2 mins read 988 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Happiness can be described in countless ways, yet it is always experienced as one. Even if we fail to put it into words, we still recognise it. Sometimes, only when old words fade from the tongue do new ones spring from the heart. My earnest prayer through these columns is that happiness may someday become a natural and central part of our daily language and living.

Dec 16, 2025 4 mins read 159 views
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....

Nov 19, 2025 1 mins read 474 views
The true measure of public service

The civil service is the backbone of our nation’s development. From remote gewogs to the capital, civil servants have played a key role in keeping the government running and serving citizens every day. The Royal Civil Service Award has been instituted to honour the long and faithful service of civil servants, not only in terms of longevity but also quality and impact upon the lives of citizens.

Dec 16, 2025 2 mins read 270 views
Impact Finance Forum: A promising start

The recently concluded SDG Impact Finance Forum showed the potential for global investments in the country.

Dec 15, 2025 2 mins read 408 views
Restore or lose it altogether

The country’s plan to restore 50,000 hectares of degraded forests, farmlands, and urban lands is not simply an environmental initiative. It is a national ultimatum. We are standing at a point where the land...

Dec 13, 2025 2 mins read 714 views
Zero tolerance for online crimes

This week, Australia enforced the ban on social media access for children under 16. This is unprecedented and bold. While some critics have labelled the ban harsh and even draconian, this new law is anchored in the p...

Dec 12, 2025 2 mins read 834 views
Will our education transformation be equitable?

The government’s allocation of Nu 30 billion for education transformation in the 13th Plan, second only to the economic...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 574 views
The never-ending tourism debate

The discussion on tourism policy is like Atsara Phentho’s chham. In other words, a lot of motion without progress. On Monday, members of Parliament demanded accountability for the reforms they recommended after re...

Dec 10, 2025 2 mins read 1,108 views
Ready to take off from GMC

The launch of the Gelephu–Kolkata international air route marks far more than the addition of a new flight on the country’s aviation map. It is a statement of intent – a signal of where we are heade...

Dec 09, 2025 2 mins read 458 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, pol...

Dec 08, 2025 2 mins read 792 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 1,151 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 572 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 call...

Oct 16, 2025 2 mins read 2,098 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 3,038 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 4,277 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...

Dec 04, 2025 2 mins read 814 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....

Dec 03, 2025 2 mins read 984 views
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 835 views
Addressing teacher shortage and quality

In some schools, especially in urban centres, there are more teachers than timetables demand. In others, often remote sc...

Dec 01, 2025 2 mins read 1,895 views
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 1,394 views

Recents

The true measure of public service

The civil service is the backbone of our nation’s development. From remote gewogs to the capital, civil servants have played a key role in keeping the government running and serving citizens every day. The Royal Civil Service Award has been instituted to honour the long and faithful service of civil servants, not only in terms of longevity but also quality and impact upon the lives of citizens.

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When the yaks died in Merak

A warming winter, shifting migrations, and unknown illnesses swept through Merak last year, killing hundreds of yaks, zo, and zomu, leaving this semi-nomadic community fighting for its future.

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