October of 2012

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College Guesthouse In-Charge : Cause of caretaker's death as yet unknown

Diseased Personalities

Oct 26, 2012 1 mins read 289 views
Women's Participation In 2011 LG Elections: 10 reasons why not

Election

Oct 26, 2012 2 mins read 254 views
Punatsangchu I & II: Hydropower projects seek to reduce impact

Hydropower Project

Oct 26, 2012 3 mins read 283 views
Lingzhi Dzong: Reconstruction likely to begin in the next plan

Lingzhi Dzong

Oct 26, 2012 2 mins read 298 views
The disease called unemployment

Letter to the editor

Oct 26, 2012 1 mins read 246 views
Up in the air

Editorial

Oct 26, 2012 2 mins read 0 views
Gelephu, Sarpang: Still no trace of taxi driver

Missing

Oct 26, 2012 1 mins read 276 views
Liquidity Constraint: Builders hit a brick wall

Rupee crunch

Oct 26, 2012 3 mins read 244 views
NC : Conditions To Re-contest: Still in the grey

National Council

Oct 26, 2012 3 mins read 291 views
Commercial Gas : Two weeks to make the switch

Cylinder Shortage

Oct 25, 2012 2 mins read 286 views
Man detained for stealing copper

Crime

Oct 25, 2012 0 mins read 240 views
First Buddhist Film Festival starts today

Festival

Oct 25, 2012 1 mins read 255 views
Indian Scientist's 6-Day : Thimphu gets top priority

NEC

Oct 25, 2012 2 mins read 232 views
Gelephu's promise

Editorial

Oct 25, 2012 2 mins read 251 views
Gelephu, Sarpang : Still no news of taxi driver

Missing

Oct 25, 2012 1 mins read 528 views
Visitor

Visitors

Oct 25, 2012 0 mins read 0 views
National Accounts Statistics : Debt to GDP ratio is 89 percent

Economic Development

Oct 25, 2012 2 mins read 260 views
Exacavation Work : 70m-deep hole is spadework .

Hydropower Project

Oct 25, 2012 2 mins read 258 views
Gelephu Airport : A successful inaugural flight

Gelephu Airport

Oct 25, 2012 2 mins read 256 views
Donation

Bhutan-Japan

Oct 23, 2012 0 mins read 0 views
Dignifying labour practically

Labour Ministry

Oct 23, 2012 1 mins read 275 views
Six years for molesting a six-year-old

Crime

Oct 23, 2012 1 mins read 317 views
Wangduechhoeling Palace, Bumthang: US fund for documentation phase of project

Wangduechhoeling Palace, Bumthang

Oct 23, 2012 2 mins read 296 views
Chungkha, Bongo, Chukha: Money grows on beanstalks

Agriculture

Oct 23, 2012 2 mins read 272 views
Threat from above

Editorial

Oct 23, 2012 2 mins read 286 views
Nancy J Powell: US ambassador donates books

Book

Oct 23, 2012 1 mins read 280 views
2nd Asian Ministerial Conference: The quick and the fed

Conference

Oct 23, 2012 1 mins read 261 views
Ambassador of USA to India Nancy Powell

Ambassador

Oct 23, 2012 0 mins read 258 views
The Thimphu Affirmative: Nine-point action agenda on tiger conservation

Conference

Oct 23, 2012 1 mins read 277 views
Gelephu-Sarpang Highway: The mystery of the missing taxi driver

Missing

Oct 23, 2012 2 mins read 311 views
Kyichu Lhakhang, Paro : A butter lamp that lives up to its name

Religion

Oct 24, 2012 1 mins read 293 views
Vijayadasami

Festival

Oct 24, 2012 0 mins read 273 views
Tsirang Sonam Yargye Association : Farmers hopeful about future

Agriculture

Oct 24, 2012 2 mins read 253 views
New Township, T/Yangtse : Some landowners given thumbs-up to build

Trashiyangtse

Oct 24, 2012 2 mins read 297 views
Reinstate Punakha-Thimphu bus service

Letter to the editor

Oct 24, 2012 0 mins read 288 views
Pedestrian Sunday?

Letter to the editor

Oct 24, 2012 1 mins read 510 views
Drilling home the dignity of labour

Editorial

Oct 24, 2012 2 mins read 286 views
Ease of Doing Business Report : Bhutan drops by six points

Business

Oct 24, 2012 1 mins read 298 views
Oriental Bay Owl: The 686th bird species

Owl

Oct 24, 2012 2 mins read 237 views
Missing: Gelephu-Sarpang Highway : No trace yet of taxi driver

Missing

Oct 24, 2012 1 mins read 303 views
New RSPN office building

RSPN

Oct 24, 2012 0 mins read 242 views
Speed, unlicenced driving kills two

Accident

Oct 22, 2012 1 mins read 257 views
Silver Jubilee: Yabrang School turns 25

Yabrang School

Oct 22, 2012 2 mins read 284 views
Jigmechholing: Student goes missing

Missing

Oct 22, 2012 1 mins read 300 views
Work-Related Mishaps: Second worksite accident in two weeks

Construction

Oct 22, 2012 2 mins read 267 views
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Third Australia–Bhutan Research Conference bridges knowledge and innovation

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NA proposes single digital platform to seal corruption loopholes

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NA adopts Co-operatives Bill to enhance market access and community empowerment

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Conference highlights missing links between research, industry, and government

Researchers, innovators, and policymakers highlighted the urgent need to strengthen collaboration among Bhutan’s researc...

Dec 05, 2025 3 mins read 592 views
132kV substation to end Panbang’s power woes

Zhemgang—Residents of Panbang in Zhemgang can finally rest easy, as a new substation will end the long-standing problem...

Dec 05, 2025 2 mins read 675 views
Dra=Nyam: Country’s first dedicated outlet for products made by PwDs

In an encouraging initiative for persons with disabilities (PwDs), the Bhutan Foundation and the Disabled People’s Organ...

Dec 05, 2025 1 mins read 957 views
AI will shape education’s future, say educators

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a key tool in higher education, helping students and teachers enhance learning,...

Dec 05, 2025 2 mins read 1,398 views
Bhutan to host 16th South Asian Bodybuilding Championship

Bhutan will host the 16th South Asian Bodybuilding Championship in the capital, Thimphu from June 30 to July 4 next year...

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National Assembly passes Livestock Bill after fierce debate

The National Assembly yesterday adopted the Livestock Bill of Bhutan 2025 after three days of intense debate that expose...

Dec 04, 2025 3 mins read 3,130 views
Water Policy hits a snag in National Council

The National Council (NC) endorsed three out of six recommendations on climate-resilient watershed management presented...

Dec 04, 2025 3 mins read 754 views
NC questions government on disaster preparedness gaps

The National Council pressed the government on the country’s preparedness for natural disasters yesterday, questioning w...

Dec 04, 2025 4 mins read 1,042 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 1,999 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 386 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 strategy for protecting lives, livelihoods, and development gains.

Dec 05, 2025 2 mins read 426 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...

Dec 04, 2025 2 mins read 558 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 824 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 720 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 1,728 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 1,255 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 720 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 1,266 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 539 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 749 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 2,966 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

Aug 26, 2025 2 mins read 7,137 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 4,211 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 natio...

Nov 24, 2025 2 mins read 1,133 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 685 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 737 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 825 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 567 views

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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 strategy for protecting lives, livelihoods, and development gains.

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