October of 2012

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Superficial preservation of Bhutanese architecture

Letter to the editor

Oct 22, 2012 1 mins read 194 views
Nerves before the next (election)

Editorial

Oct 22, 2012 2 mins read 140 views
ICT: IDA Singapore to help build Bhutanese capacity

ICT

Oct 22, 2012 2 mins read 166 views
Second Asian Ministerial Conference: Tiger meet to review 2020 pledge

Conservation

Oct 22, 2012 3 mins read 162 views
GLOF: Taming of Lake Thorthormi

Lake

Oct 22, 2012 4 mins read 164 views
Football

Bhutan-Japan

Oct 21, 2012 0 mins read 0 views
Vocational Education: Curriculum to be revamped

Vocational Education

Oct 21, 2012 1 mins read 172 views
Soenam Cheten Tshogpa: Ramatay's vegetable venture

Agriculture

Oct 21, 2012 2 mins read 150 views
Dongsep Tshogpa: Earning while training to weave

Training

Oct 21, 2012 3 mins read 153 views
Bus service starts from Kamichu - P/ling

RSTA

Oct 21, 2012 1 mins read 159 views
Save our land to be food secure

Letter to the editor

Oct 11, 2012 1 mins read 147 views
The ball is in the people's court

Editorial

Oct 21, 2012 2 mins read 183 views
Jengkana School: New hostel houses 155 girls

Jengkana School

Oct 21, 2012 1 mins read 134 views
Manage your own waste

Waste

Oct 21, 2012 2 mins read 174 views
People's Democratic Party: Keeping its options open

Election

Oct 21, 2012 2 mins read 170 views
Health: DPT Campaign Promises: Racing against time

Health

Oct 21, 2012 4 mins read 138 views
Duksum, Trashiyangtse: Move to Khitsang gets a move on at last

Relocation

Oct 19, 2012 2 mins read 126 views
Hardware Goods: Quality control from next January

Imports

Oct 19, 2012 2 mins read 176 views
Centenary Farmers' Market : Approach road to be realigned

Centenary Farmers' Market

Oct 19, 2012 1 mins read 123 views
Bhutan+10 Conference: Action plan for gender transformative change

Conference

Oct 19, 2012 2 mins read 165 views
Financial Institutions: Spread largesse to dole out liquidity

Financial Institutions

Oct 19, 2012 1 mins read 134 views
World Statistics Day: First producer price index (PPI) released

Statistic

Oct 19, 2012 2 mins read 164 views
Durga Puja begins in Thimphu

Festival

Oct 19, 2012 1 mins read 123 views
Temple imperiled by diverted river, claims owner

Monasteries

Oct 19, 2012 1 mins read 115 views
Langchenphu, Daifam: First electric fences, next insurance

Wildlife

Oct 19, 2012 2 mins read 143 views
Tango Buddhist College: Labour contractor and 54 workers abscond

Labour Ministry

Oct 19, 2012 2 mins read 137 views
Chumdu, Yangtse: Villagers say no to quarry

Mines

Oct 19, 2012 3 mins read 123 views
Public Transport: Tsirang needs proper terminal

RSTA

Oct 19, 2012 2 mins read 132 views
Double-digit inflation stretches into 3rd quarter

Statistic

Oct 19, 2012 2 mins read 178 views
Rural Trongsa: Villagers thrive on telecom facility

Telecom

Oct 19, 2012 2 mins read 158 views
Gyalpoizhing Land Case: What next? Wait and watch!

Land

Oct 19, 2012 3 mins read 157 views
A shocking blunder

Letter to the editor

Oct 19, 2012 1 mins read 157 views
A shallow pool of eligibles

Editorial

Oct 19, 2012 2 mins read 140 views
National Environment Commission: Something rotten in the estate

Environment

Oct 19, 2012 3 mins read 135 views
RSPN turns 25

RSPN

Oct 19, 2012 0 mins read 140 views
Japan week

Bhutan-Japan

Oct 19, 2012 0 mins read 156 views
Gold medallists felicitated

Award

Oct 18, 2012 1 mins read 135 views
Clock Tower Square: A performance in appreciation

Bhutan-Japan

Oct 18, 2012 1 mins read 156 views
Bird Flu: 28 poultry culled following outbreak

Bird Flu

Oct 18, 2012 1 mins read 148 views
A reminder on street light timings

Letter to the editor

Oct 18, 2012 0 mins read 160 views
Architecture: Breaking with tradition

Editorial

Oct 18, 2012 2 mins read 157 views
CEES to ease computation

Computer

Oct 18, 2012 2 mins read 136 views
S Korea wins UN Council seat

UN

Oct 18, 2012 1 mins read 139 views
Browse Archives
Draft Competition Bill finalised, awaits Cabinet approval

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25-year-old wins Nu 20 million lottery jackpot

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Jul 10, 2025 1 mins read 7,828 views
Bhutan and Switzerland mark 40 years of friendship

Bhutan and Switzerland yesterday marked a significant milestone, celebrating the 40th anniversary of formal diplomatic r...

Jul 10, 2025 3 mins read 892 views
Bhutan NDI launches advanced security features to combat digital fraud

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Jul 10, 2025 2 mins read 1,676 views
His Majesty’s Address to the Nation On the Commencement of Construction Work for Gelephu International Airport

Today, as we gather to start the construction works for the Gelephu International Airport, we are laying the foundations...

Jul 10, 2025 3 mins read 1,829 views
Phobjikha valley faces pressures amid growing conservation concerns

Phobjikha-Although Phobjikha is a Ramsar-designated wetland, the valley is experiencing increasing environmental pressur...

Jul 10, 2025 3 mins read 809 views
Construction of Gelephu International Airport begins

His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen, accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel and Gyal...

Jul 09, 2025 2 mins read 2,120 views
Local importers claim unlawful Indian GST charges on zero-rated exports

Despite trade agreements ensuring zero-rated status for exports from India to Bhutan, local importers are increasingly r...

Jul 09, 2025 2 mins read 1,622 views
Gangtey-Phobjikha residents urge road widening as safety concerns grow

Phobjikha Gewog, famed for its sweeping valley, sacred heritage sites, and the graceful winter presence of the endangere...

Jul 09, 2025 2 mins read 1,855 views
NCOA puts more effort into promotion of quinoa cultivation

Once an unfamiliar grain in Bhutanese farming circles, quinoa is fast emerging as a promising staple in the country’s ev...

Jul 09, 2025 2 mins read 732 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 microphones, echoing sound systems, or a projector refusing to cooperate.

Jul 12, 2025 2 mins read 1,231 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 491 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 549 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 850 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 439 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 886 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 629 views
Leave the US with dignity

Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay yesterday urged Bhutanese overstaying their visas in the United States to return home voluntarily. While presenting the State of the Nation Report, Lyonchhen remind...

Jul 04, 2025 2 mins read 1,777 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 young lives have been lost, and many continue to recover from a preventable illne...

Jul 03, 2025 2 mins read 498 views
70% seek jobs abroad?

After immense pressure and numerous tutorials, Sonam cleared her Royal Civil Service Commission entry exam last year. She was set to become a civil servant, earning around Nu 41,000 a...

Jul 02, 2025 2 mins read 6,679 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 11,415 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 14,927 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 13,933 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 13,888 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 13,888 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 10,866 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 12,820 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 12,919 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Mar 15, 2025 4 mins read 14,407 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

The rise in youth crimes in Bhutan stems from various causes, requiring a multifaceted solution. My experiences living i...

Feb 08, 2025 1 mins read 13,269 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 3,817 views
Heed the warnings of the rain

As the early rains of the monsoon settle into Bhutan’s valleys and mountains, the land is already showing signs of strai...

Jun 30, 2025 2 mins read 1,050 views
If CDG is illegal, so is PDF

The National Assembly has passed the 2025-26 budget, approving a Nu 94 million Priority Development Fund (PDF) meant sol...

Jun 28, 2025 2 mins read 665 views
Hot springs are boiling over, and we’re not watching

Public spaces are mirrors of a society’s soul. When they begin to show cracks—when disorder, crime, and neglect creep in...

Jun 27, 2025 2 mins read 1,322 views
Clear and present dangers

It may be a coincidence, but the World Bank’s warning that Bhutan could lose a significant share of its Gross Domestic P...

Jun 26, 2025 2 mins read 895 views

Recents

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 Their Majesties The King and Queen of Thailand. The translocation of the two takins from Bhutan to Thailand is expected around January 2026, pending royal approval, according to the Acting Chairman of the Board of the Zoological Park Organisation of Thailand, Jade Donavanik.

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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 microphones, echoing sound systems, or a projector refusing to cooperate.

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Justice sector must fast track before His Majesty’s 10-year vision goes up in smoke

His Majesty's pace on GMC Airport construction must be taken as an example to reform the justice sector's sluggish progress on the 10-year transformation goals outlined in December 2024. Seven months have passed since His Majesty the King delivered his transformative Royal Address on December 17, 2024, during the 117th National Day celebrations. In that pivotal address, His Majesty articulated a c

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