November of 2012

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Improve banking services

Letter to the editor

Nov 03, 2012 1 mins read 368 views
Launched two books

Book

Nov 30, 2012 0 mins read 368 views
Druk PNB opens 5th branch in Paro

Druk Punjab National Bank (DPNB)

Nov 30, 2012 1 mins read 418 views
HIV testing critical to ending AIDS

Perspective

Nov 30, 2012 3 mins read 379 views
Civil Service: Toppers of 2012

RCSC

Nov 30, 2012 2 mins read 417 views
Tour Guide Scam Case: Conmen car sellers sentenced

Crime

Nov 30, 2012 2 mins read 414 views
Radhi-Sakteng: Some constituents want speaker to re-contest

Election

Nov 30, 2012 2 mins read 411 views
The Making of the Constitution

Perspective

Nov 30, 2012 5 mins read 0 views
Where do the boys go for further studies?

Education

Nov 30, 2012 4 mins read 445 views
Law And Order: A place in dire need of a police outpost

Lingzhi

Nov 30, 2012 2 mins read 455 views
Jumotsangkha Bazaar: Six nabbed with ten bags of grass

Crime

Nov 30, 2012 1 mins read 458 views
Regional Revenue & Customs Office: Importers lose scruples to gain Rupees

Revenue & Customs

Nov 30, 2012 2 mins read 371 views
The first `iron oxen': A farming transformer

Agriculture

Nov 30, 2012 2 mins read 455 views
Waste Management: If unchecked, could lead to catastrophe

Waste

Nov 30, 2012 3 mins read 383 views
Hear the youth

Letter to the editor

Nov 30, 2012 1 mins read 377 views
One more test case

Editorial

Nov 30, 2012 2 mins read 374 views
New Political Parties: Two await ECB response, one yet to apply

Election

Nov 30, 2012 2 mins read 369 views
Financing Agreement

Signing

Nov 30, 2012 1 mins read 367 views
High Court's restraining order holds

Gyalpoizhing Case

Nov 30, 2012 2 mins read 368 views
Still missing

Missing

Nov 30, 2012 0 mins read 389 views
Pedestrian Sunday

Pedestrians' day

Nov 30, 2012 0 mins read 0 views
Tingtibi, Zhemgang: Adding value to turmeric crop

Agriculture

Nov 29, 2012 2 mins read 347 views
Stinking drains in an exotic country

Letter to the editor

Nov 29, 2012 0 mins read 356 views
The BOD blot on the landscape

Editorial

Nov 29, 2012 2 mins read 390 views
Satsam, Paro: 19-year-old stabbed to death by 55-year-old

Crime

Nov 29, 2012 1 mins read 395 views
HM in Gelephu, Dagana

HM Tour

Nov 29, 2012 1 mins read 365 views
Traditional Drumming Festival: Beats of five nations

Festival

Nov 29, 2012 1 mins read 403 views
Whose land is it anyway?

Land

Nov 29, 2012 3 mins read 371 views
Bridge

Bridge

Nov 28, 2012 0 mins read 0 views
Crafting better bamboo and cane products

Handicraft

Nov 28, 2012 2 mins read 396 views
Friends of Bhutan: Seventh meeting, first ever in Bhutan

Visitors

Nov 28, 2012 1 mins read 381 views
The Hindu temple of Daifam town

Monasteries

Nov 28, 2012 2 mins read 366 views
Rupee Crunch: Ngultrum back to legal tender in Jaigaon

Rupee crunch

Nov 28, 2012 3 mins read 349 views
The ones that fall through the (RCSC) cracks

Letter to the editor

Nov 28, 2012 2 mins read 422 views
Hitting where it hurts

Editorial

Nov 28, 2012 2 mins read 365 views
Pasakha Industrial Estate: Fined for flouting mandated safety measures

Industries

Nov 28, 2012 2 mins read 369 views
Educationist steps in as a choice for Trashiyangtse

National Council

Nov 28, 2012 2 mins read 333 views
75-year-old gets nine years for rape

Crime

Nov 28, 2012 2 mins read 401 views
Bjoka, Zhemgang : Return of the natives

Road

Nov 28, 2012 1 mins read 375 views
New Guidelines And Policy: Compensation axed due to fund crunch

Government

Nov 28, 2012 2 mins read 406 views
The Making of the Constitution

Perspective

Nov 27, 2012 2 mins read 0 views
Many roads built, many to go still

PM

Nov 27, 2012 1 mins read 385 views
Dance Khoray Dance : Two-year bar on reality TV producer

The Bhutan Infocomm and Media Authority (BICMA)

Nov 27, 2012 1 mins read 395 views
Browse Archives
NA revisits disability rights after international objections

The National Assembly’s (NA) Women, Children and Youth Committee will review and present an amendment to Bhutan’s reservations on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) for its third reading on December 5.

Dec 01, 2025 1 mins read 999 views
MP questions uneven implementation of Road’s Right of Way

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Dramedtse-Ngatshang, Mongar, Kinzang Wangchuk, highlighted growing public concerns ove...

Dec 01, 2025 2 mins read 1,443 views
TV outage sparks outrage in Punakha

Punakha—When the Global Peace Prayer and the Kalachakra empowerment ceremonies began in Thimphu earlier this month, Norbu Wangdi of Dapchegang in Guma Gewog, Punakha hoped to watch the historic event from home. Instead, his t...

Dec 01, 2025 2 mins read 1,875 views
ITEC benefits 1,200 Bhutanese professionals over five years

Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme has benefited about 1,200 Bhutanese professionals and officia...

Dec 01, 2025 2 mins read 1,063 views
BTFEC and Acción Andina receive Jigme Singye Wangchuck Outstanding Environmental Stewardship Award

The Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation (BTFEC) and Acción Andina were conferred the Jigme Singye Wangchuck...

Dec 01, 2025 2 mins read 1,341 views
YŪM by RENEW redefines fashion as tool for empowerment

Under the patronage of Her Majesty Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck, Respect Educate Nurture and Empower Women (RENEW) ha...

Dec 01, 2025 2 mins read 836 views
Millions paid to hotels for quarantine use spark questions on relief requests

While many hoteliers continue to report low occupancy and severe business setbacks from the pandemic years, government r...

Nov 29, 2025 2 mins read 3,251 views
Fuel stations to adopt UPI payment gateway for Indian customers

Gelephu—Despite decades of cross-border trade between Bhutan and India, most transactions along the border are in cash,...

Nov 29, 2025 4 mins read 1,699 views
DRC crackdowns on arbitrary price hikes

The Department of Revenue and Customs (DRC) is preparing to impose penalties on retailers and suppliers who raised prices on cigarettes, pan masala, and beer without justification, following a nationwide inspection prompted by growing pu...

Nov 29, 2025 2 mins read 3,422 views
Small farmers dominate ESP loans as fairness questions surface

The Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) loan scheme has largely benefited smallholder farmers, with 1,864 loans, mostly un...

Nov 29, 2025 3 mins read 1,796 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 calling for a flood protection system after recent floods caused extensive damage, with losses estimated in the billions.

Oct 16, 2025 2 mins read 1,991 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. 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 378 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 national aspiration rests, from economic transformation to social cohesion, from innovation to good governance.

Dec 04, 2025 2 mins read 375 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...

Dec 03, 2025 2 mins read 773 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 690 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.

Dec 01, 2025 2 mins read 1,695 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 1,227 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 695 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 1,245 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 lesson in how nations should conduct themselves at a time when the world seems determined to spira...

Nov 26, 2025 2 mins read 532 views
Leveraging our carbon-negative status

Bhutan’s environmental stewardship, which has resulted in the country's rich biodiversity, is finally translating into concrete economic gains. The first-of-its-kind carbon credit agreement with Singapore allows Bhutan to monetise...

Nov 25, 2025 2 mins read 743 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 national importance. In the last five years, 936 trained health professionals left the sector. The current crisis...

Nov 24, 2025 2 mins read 1,123 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 2,962 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

Aug 26, 2025 2 mins read 7,094 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 4,206 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 678 views
The BEAST Bhutan needs

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

Nov 21, 2025 2 mins read 717 views
A hard, but not a new question

We are producing what can be called our most educated generation, but are offering them some of the most limited and lea...

Nov 20, 2025 2 mins read 817 views
A gift to farmers

If the past week was one of festivals and celebrations, Bhutan's farmers received a precious gift with the launch of the...

Nov 19, 2025 2 mins read 556 views
Restoring the wing that was lost

The sacred ceremony happening at Tshaligoenba in Thimphu this week carries a weight far older than the moment itself. Wh...

Nov 18, 2025 2 mins read 782 views

Recents

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 national aspiration rests, from economic transformation to social cohesion, from innovation to good governance.

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Water Policy hits a snag in National Council

The National Council (NC) endorsed three out of six recommendations on climate-resilient watershed management presented yesterday by the Natural Resources and Environment Committee, sending the remaining three back for further review after extensive debate.

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