September of 2012

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Selection camp for U-14 boys football team

Football

Sep 18, 2012 1 mins read 270 views
Optimising building amenities

Housing

Sep 18, 2012 2 mins read 274 views
Sengdhyen LSS: School faces perennial shortfall in winter

Water

Sep 18, 2012 2 mins read 274 views
Anthrax kills calf

Animal Diseases

Sep 18, 2012 1 mins read 261 views
36-year-old caught with tobacco

Crime

Sep 18, 2012 1 mins read 287 views
Commercial Banks: When liquidity is a liability

Commercial Banks

Sep 18, 2012 2 mins read 258 views
Final Examinations 2012: 1,036 graduates for 597 jobs

Graduates

Sep 18, 2012 1 mins read 267 views
The private clinic proscription

Editorial

Sep 18, 2012 2 mins read 286 views
Speeding car kills 23 year old

Accident

Sep 18, 2012 1 mins read 319 views
Taxi set ablaze

Fire

Sep 18, 2012 1 mins read 298 views
Dept. of Hydro-met Services: More rain predicted

Monsoon

Sep 18, 2012 1 mins read 255 views
Pedestrian Tuesday: A disservice to businesses

Pedestrians' day

Sep 18, 2012 1 mins read 242 views
Democracy - Up Close: What happened then, why .

Democracy

Sep 18, 2012 2 mins read 284 views
Thimphu Dromchoe

Tshechu

Sep 18, 2012 0 mins read 276 views
Charity scamster arrested

Crime

Sep 17, 2012 1 mins read 287 views
A' Division Thimphu League tournament: Last match ends in draw

Football

Sep 17, 2012 1 mins read 279 views
Dagana high school turns 50

School

Sep 17, 2012 1 mins read 271 views
Reducing crime by raising awareness

RBP

Sep 17, 2012 1 mins read 335 views
Dzong Conservation Ptoject: New dhukhang consecrated

Wangduephodrang

Sep 17, 2012 1 mins read 295 views
A feeder road that has not benefitted

Letter to the editor

Sep 17, 2012 1 mins read 289 views
A weaning process

Editorial

Sep 17, 2012 2 mins read 274 views
More than 90 percent of emergency calls are hoax

Health Policy

Sep 17, 2012 2 mins read 263 views
Four caught for illegal trading

Crime

Sep 17, 2012 1 mins read 330 views
Livestock-Rearing Program: Schools give up pigs for GNH

Education

Sep 17, 2012 2 mins read 276 views
Rupee Crunch: Private sector proposes solutions...

Rupee crunch

Sep 17, 2012 3 mins read 264 views
Chukha schools: Celebrating Sherig century through Taekwondo

Taekwondo

Sep 16, 2012 1 mins read 334 views
Lift suspension again?

Letter to the editor

Sep 16, 2012 1 mins read 261 views
Chali, Mongar: 'Phallus fest'

Festival

Sep 16, 2012 2 mins read 269 views
A more accessible ballot

Editorial

Sep 16, 2012 2 mins read 271 views
Sherubtse College, Kanglung: Is suspension and expulsion an answer?

Sherubtse College

Sep 16, 2012 2 mins read 257 views
Voters not aware about their responsibilities

Democracy

Sep 16, 2012 2 mins read 278 views
Falling tree damages four vehicles

Roadblock

Sep 16, 2012 1 mins read 268 views
Bhutan Development Bank: Rural and Commercial

Bhutan Development Bank

Sep 16, 2012 1 mins read 295 views
ACC investigates Nganglam allegations

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Sep 16, 2012 2 mins read 291 views
Soe Jangothang : Residents fear glacial lake outburst

Glacier

Sep 14, 2012 2 mins read 250 views
Top-class chef prepares for Bhutan

Chef

Sep 14, 2012 2 mins read 265 views
Meat prices go up

Meat

Sep 14, 2012 2 mins read 0 views
Quality Control: Centre deregistered

Quality Control

Sep 14, 2012 1 mins read 286 views
Nu 18.4M tax not collected

Tax

Sep 14, 2012 1 mins read 265 views
Police Youth partnership: Youth choose to be `smart'

Police Youth partnership

Sep 14, 2012 1 mins read 255 views
Continuous rain block roads again

Roadblock

Sep 14, 2012 1 mins read 409 views
Lamperi, Punakha: Mudslide crushes land cruiser

Landslide

Sep 14, 2012 1 mins read 238 views
Motithang children's park to get new eco-friendly concept

Park

Sep 14, 2012 1 mins read 317 views
Dorokha, Samtse: Weaving empowers women

Weaving

Sep 14, 2012 2 mins read 250 views
The grass is not always greener

Perspective

Sep 14, 2012 4 mins read 289 views
Campaign

Hydropower

Sep 14, 2012 0 mins read 0 views
Predator returns, attacks two more cows

Wildlife

Sep 14, 2012 1 mins read 232 views
Gewog Counter Cell: Lhops to grow and sell vegetables

Agriculture

Sep 14, 2012 2 mins read 277 views
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NC ratifies BIMSTEC Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters

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Restore Bhutan begins landscape revival across forest, farms, and urban areas

Bhutan has launched a nationwide drive to restore 50,000 hectares of degraded forests, farmlands, and urban areas over t...

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MoENR to compensate landowners affected by power transmission lines

The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MoENR) will begin compensating landowners affected by the right-of-way of...

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Police launch internal investigation into alleged custodial death

The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has launched an internal investigation into the alleged custodial death of 33-year-old Bir...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 5,321 views
MoICE moves to enforce zero tolerance on pornographic and violent online content

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment (MoICE) is moving to strengthen regulatory action against pornographic...

Dec 11, 2025 3 mins read 1,123 views
Bhutan hosts first SDG Impact Finance Forum

The SDG Impact Finance Forum kicks off in Thimphu today, a pivotal step for investment-driven development following the...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 782 views
NA endorses nine crime prevention recommendations

The government has installed a total of 896 CCTV cameras across the country as part of its crime prevention strategy, th...

Dec 11, 2025 3 mins read 733 views
A village woven in wool: Shingdreygang’s enduring mat tradition

Samtse—Upon entering homes in Shingdreygang, locally known as Jamirkot in Pemaling, guests are welcomed in a manner that...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 1,055 views
Infrastructure and transport ministry to review three-storey building limit

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MoIT) will form a Joint Technical Committee to review Section 8 of the Bhu...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 1,022 views
NA endorses courteous communication training for frontline public services

The National Assembly endorsed a set of measures to institutionalise courteous communication and respectful interaction...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 727 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 460 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 that defines our identity is weakening under our watch.

Dec 13, 2025 2 mins read 587 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 792 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 549 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 1,050 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 429 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 763 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 1,125 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 555 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 788 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 971 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 2,090 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 3,019 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 4,267 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 821 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 1,871 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 1,376 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 796 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 f...

Nov 27, 2025 2 mins read 1,348 views

Recents

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 that defines our identity is weakening under our watch.

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Bumthang ready to host historic National Day

Bumthang—Across Bumthang, homes and shops have been draped in national flags, while streets glow with festive lights. Roads have been swept and public spaces prepared. Bumthang is all poised to host the 118th National Day celebrations at the national level for the first time.

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