November of 2012

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Of language and clarity

Letter to the editor

Nov 02, 2012 2 mins read 189 views
To fill up LG posts

Editorial

Nov 02, 2012 2 mins read 201 views
Attempting to leap from service, tourism industry to house of review

National Council

Nov 02, 2012 2 mins read 189 views
Druk Green Power Corporation: Lean season power import will triple

Druk Green Power Corporation

Nov 02, 2012 2 mins read 176 views
Elections 2013: ECB Projections : Of votes to come

Election

Nov 02, 2012 2 mins read 164 views
Coronation Shield : Zimdra or NTTC, winner will be decided today

Archery

Nov 01, 2012 1 mins read 142 views
Cable TV disconnection cancelled

Television

Nov 01, 2012 1 mins read 178 views
Article 1: The making of the Constitution

Perspective

Nov 01, 2012 6 mins read 177 views
Toktawoma, Bongo, Chukha: Potato plantation gets a new lease of life

Potatoes

Nov 01, 2012 2 mins read 177 views
Whose responsibility is the youth?

Letter to the editor

Nov 01, 2012 1 mins read 157 views
Injurious to health (service)

Editorial

Nov 01, 2012 2 mins read 174 views
Community Police: Centres to curb crime

RBP

Nov 01, 2012 1 mins read 198 views
Bhutan Development Bank Limited: Welcome news for Wamrong fire victims

Bhutan Development Bank (BDB)

Nov 01, 2012 1 mins read 208 views
Pedling foundation to support monks and nuns

Religion

Nov 01, 2012 1 mins read 187 views
Bhutan-India Direct Flights: Air India cases out market

Aviation

Nov 01, 2012 1 mins read 175 views
Health: When healing hands do harm

Health

Nov 01, 2012 4 mins read 194 views
Coronation Anniversary in Punakha

Coronation Anniversary

Nov 01, 2012 0 mins read 176 views
Browse Archives
Gelephu–Kokrajhar railway project awaits final go-ahead

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Rising temperatures, rising toll: Drownings spike along Punakha rivers

As temperatures soar this summer, rivers in Punakha have become a popular retreat for residents seeking relief from the...

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 4,936 views
Goods and services costlier by 3.84 percent in May

Rising costs in food and non-food categories fuelled a jump in the country’s inflation rate, which reached 3.84 percent...

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 1,478 views
Bhutan strengthens HIV response amid rising cases and regional inequities

Bhutan’s growing response to the HIV epidemic is taking shape against a shifting regional landscape, where progress and...

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 1,335 views
Crime declines, offence severity rises

Fewer crimes are happening in Bhutan, but those that do are more severe, according to the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)’s Statistical Yearbook 2024 report.

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 880 views
Sarpang Strikers win Women’s T20 Smash 2025

The Sarpang Strikers were crowned champions of the Bhutan Tourism Corporation Limited Women’s T20 Smash 2025 yesterday,...

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 1,286 views
Symbol of friendship: His Majesty gifts takins to Thai Royals

As a royal gift from His Majesty The King of Bhutan, a pair of takins (one female and one male) are being gifted to Thei...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 6,813 views
Applicants unhappy with ESP loan rejections

Dissatisfaction is growing among loan applicants of the economic stimulus programme (ESP) over the high rate of rejectio...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 2,557 views
Education ministry launches Education Technology Framework

The Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and UNICEF, yest...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 2,001 views
Man sentenced for forging census documents in Trashigang

A 48-year-old man from Radhi, Kuenzang Wangdue, has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison by the Trashiga...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 11,347 views
Help private sector drive the national economic vision

At a glance, tourist arrivals in the first six months of 2025 look promising. A total of 100,675 tourists visited Bhutan—an increase of over 25,000 compared to the same period last year. More than half were from neighbouring India, categorised in the industry as non-dollar-paying tourists.

Jul 17, 2025 2 mins read 476 views
Caution first in face of rising health threat

The outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Assam is not just a neighbouring country’s problem—it is an urgent public...

Jul 16, 2025 2 mins read 672 views
Fraud uncovered, but questions about accountability remains

Coming to light after reports of fraudulent practices, the Department of Civil Registration and Census, in January this...

Jul 15, 2025 2 mins read 3,178 views
A promising start, but the real test lies ahead

Bhutan’s recent efforts to step up its HIV response reflect a welcome sense of urgency and commitment. The introduction...

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 552 views
A sound problem!

“Sound check, sound check!” If you’ve attended a meeting, seminar, or workshop lately, you have likely heard this familiar phrase, usually followed by screeching micro...

Jul 12, 2025 2 mins read 2,177 views
Energising Bhutan

It was no mere coincidence that as Bhutan launched its National Energy Policy (NEP) 2025, flash floods from glacial lake outbursts and excessive rainfall were wreaking hav...

Jul 11, 2025 2 mins read 700 views
A moment of reckoning, a future in the making

As bulldozers break the quiet earth of Gelephu, this daring nation crosses the threshold into a future shaped not by hes...

Jul 10, 2025 2 mins read 635 views
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 reapin...

Jul 09, 2025 2 mins read 960 views
Inclusion in agriculture must be more than policy dream

Bhutan’s ambition to make its agriculture sector more inclusive by involving persons with disabilities (PWDs) is a welco...

Jul 08, 2025 2 mins read 501 views
Drug smuggling—A threat far deeper than we admit

The recent sentencing of an Indian national caught smuggling over 4.6 kilograms of heroin into Bhutan is not an isolated...

Jul 07, 2025 2 mins read 951 views
US tariff policy and supply chain shift: Limited direct impact

The ongoing United States–China trade war is redrawing global supply chains, prompting companies to shift operations fro...

May 12, 2025 3 mins read 11,483 views
Bhutan’s trade with Thailand hits record high

Bhutan’s imports from Thailand surged to Nu 2.67 billion in 2024, making the Southeast Asian country the third-largest s...

Apr 23, 2025 2 mins read 14,979 views
New vegetable market under construction in Samtse

Samtse—For many years, farmers in Samtse have sold vegetables from under makeshift tents, battling monsoon rains and bla...

Apr 17, 2025 2 mins read 13,991 views
Organic vegetables provide new livelihoods for Kochin farmers

Tashichoeling, Samtse — For 78-year-old Kamala Tamang of Kochin in Tendruk, saving money in a bank had been unimaginable...

Apr 16, 2025 2 mins read 13,948 views
Major financial sector reforms crucial to realising 13th Plan goals

Sweeping reforms in the financial sector are essential for the country to achieve the ambitious goals of its 13th Plan,...

Apr 14, 2025 3 mins read 13,949 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

In a world that first instills fear in us, only to sell us a product or service to eliminate that fear, we find ourselve...

May 10, 2025 3 mins read 10,926 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

As a collective, humanity has never been richer, more connected, more informed, and more protected from all cause diseas...

Apr 12, 2025 2 mins read 12,867 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

A significant portion of our youth’s challenges stems from our shortcomings as responsible, patient, and mindful elders....

Mar 22, 2025 1 mins read 12,969 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Mar 15, 2025 4 mins read 14,456 views
Civic sense, infrastructure can end capital’s woes

The brief yet heavy downpours have exposed more than just blocked drains. They revealed the lack of civic sense among re...

Jul 05, 2025 2 mins read 701 views
Leave the US with dignity

Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay yesterday urged Bhutanese overstaying their visas in the United States to return home vol...

Jul 04, 2025 2 mins read 1,843 views
When silence becomes a risk

The recent outbreak of leptospirosis among de-suung trainees in Dewathang has left the nation in grief and shock. Three...

Jul 03, 2025 2 mins read 556 views
70% seek jobs abroad?

After immense pressure and numerous tutorials, Sonam cleared her Royal Civil Service Commission entry exam last year. Sh...

Jul 02, 2025 2 mins read 6,824 views
Billions from abroad, but what lies ahead?

Remittances are pouring into the country. Our people, especially in places like Australia, are sending money home. This...

Jul 01, 2025 2 mins read 3,881 views

Recents

Gelephu’s Tabab Choeten nears completion

Gelephu—The Tabab Choeten, a spiritual landmark within the ambitious Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC), is nearing completion, with artisans currently crafting sacred clay statues for its relic chambers following the completion of the main structure.

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