September of 2017

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Save our children

Editorial

Sep 08, 2017 2 mins read 263 views
WHO presents citation to Bhutan for eliminating measles

WHO

Sep 08, 2017 1 mins read 392 views
Official credit card to ease foreign payments

Official credit card

Sep 08, 2017 2 mins read 417 views
NC members to complete term on May 9

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Sep 08, 2017 3 mins read 269 views
Vague environment study stalls Shingkhar - Gorgan road

Roads

Sep 08, 2017 4 mins read 290 views
Take a minute, Change a life

World Suicide Prevention Day

Sep 08, 2017 0 mins read 331 views
Bhutan beats the Maldives in SABA basketball championship

Basketball

Sep 07, 2017 1 mins read 384 views
Green tea plantation brews good business in Samcholing

Green tea plantation

Sep 07, 2017 2 mins read 322 views
Chukha court orders man to pay thrimthue for SP+

Drugs

Sep 07, 2017 1 mins read 291 views
Trashigang BoBL staff alleged of embezzling Nu 1.5M

Bank of Bhutan Limited (BoBL)

Sep 07, 2017 2 mins read 306 views
A SMU graduate's experience

Letter to the editor

Sep 07, 2017 1 mins read 294 views
Target the dealers

Editorial

Sep 07, 2017 2 mins read 293 views
Gelephu distillery, a potential market for maize growers

Bhutan Centennial Distillery (BCD)

Sep 07, 2017 2 mins read 434 views
Flood destroys crops and drinking water source in Sarpang

Disaster

Sep 07, 2017 1 mins read 274 views
NRDCL objects private landowners from trading sand

Natural Resources Development Corporation Limited (NRDCL)

Sep 07, 2017 2 mins read 288 views
Mangdechhu project gears for commissioning

Hydro projects

Sep 07, 2017 2 mins read 314 views
Community mapping

Seminar

Sep 07, 2017 0 mins read 0 views
U-16 in first basketball int'l championship

Basketball

Sep 06, 2017 1 mins read 349 views
Paro cabbages fetch good price

Cabbages

Sep 06, 2017 1 mins read 275 views
Power Training Institute launches three courses

Power

Sep 06, 2017 2 mins read 332 views
"We may have changed but not the society": A recovering addict

Drugs

Sep 06, 2017 2 mins read 313 views
RCSC's S&S Reforms

Letter to the editor

Sep 06, 2017 2 mins read 305 views
So it has been still?

Editorial

Sep 06, 2017 1 mins read 260 views
ELM to improve children's maths and literacy skills

Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)

Sep 06, 2017 1 mins read 308 views
WHO calls on ministers to strengthen investment in health

WHO

Sep 06, 2017 2 mins read 274 views
Accident kills one

Accident

Sep 06, 2017 0 mins read 0 views
Minor commits suicide in Thimphu

Accident

Sep 06, 2017 0 mins read 240 views
Amendment of fiscal incentives laws not urgent, say legislators

Fiscal Incentives

Sep 06, 2017 3 mins read 326 views
20 percent of children exposed to digital pornography, finds study

Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)

Sep 06, 2017 2 mins read 274 views
Trongsa-Zhemgang highway closed until Sept 11

Roads

Sep 06, 2017 0 mins read 285 views
Palestine humbles Bhutan 2:0

Football

Sep 05, 2017 2 mins read 315 views
Online auction for potatoes goes live

Potatoes

Sep 05, 2017 2 mins read 451 views
Only 12 percent of children fed acceptable diet

Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)

Sep 05, 2017 1 mins read 312 views
Refining Kanjyur text going Kuenselphodrang

Religion

Sep 05, 2017 2 mins read 348 views
RCSC should prioritise the need

Letter to the editor

Sep 05, 2017 1 mins read 290 views
Performance matters

Editorial

Sep 05, 2017 2 mins read 312 views
WHO's RC meeting focuses on health and climate change

WHO

Sep 05, 2017 2 mins read 238 views
CSOs need more visibility, finds study

Civil society organisations (CSO)

Sep 05, 2017 2 mins read 229 views
Malfunctioned sensor causes Drukair flight to return

Drukair

Sep 05, 2017 1 mins read 251 views
PM visits flood damage site in Sarpang

PM visits

Sep 05, 2017 1 mins read 286 views
NC recommends RCSC to revisit S&S reforms

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Sep 05, 2017 5 mins read 306 views
GNH and leadership

GNH

Sep 05, 2017 0 mins read 270 views
Feeder road blacktop a priority for Shemagangkha

Roads

Sep 04, 2017 2 mins read 323 views
Bhutan will face Palestine at 6PM today

Football

Sep 04, 2017 2 mins read 257 views
People still not aware about NWFP rules

Non-wood forest product (NWFP)

Sep 04, 2017 2 mins read 240 views
Keep supporting our youth

Letter to the editor

Sep 04, 2017 1 mins read 291 views
Healthy debate is necessary

Editorial

Sep 04, 2017 2 mins read 306 views
Himalayan black bears rescued and released

Nature conservation division (NCD)

Sep 04, 2017 2 mins read 304 views
Woman sentenced to 25 years for Olakha murder

Crime

Sep 04, 2017 1 mins read 294 views
Browse Archives
MP seeks answers for Samdrupjongkhar Thromde expansion amid land shortage

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Dewathang-Gomdar raised concerns in the National Assembly yesterday about acute land shortages in Samdrupjongkhar Thromde, which is constraining the town’s long-term urban and economic development.

Dec 10, 2025 3 mins read 1,532 views
Agricultural exports reach 31,800 MT in first 11 months

The country exported 31, 869.7 metric tonnes (MT) of fresh agricultural produce between January and November this year,...

Dec 10, 2025 1 mins read 1,062 views
NA adopts amendments to UN disabilities convention

The National Assembly (NA) adopted amendments to reservations on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons...

Dec 10, 2025 2 mins read 767 views
NA demands accountability on tourism policy reforms as concerns mount

The National Assembly yesterday directed the government to submit a detailed follow-up report on the implementation of n...

Dec 09, 2025 4 mins read 1,569 views
Gyalyum Tseyring Pem Wangchuck launches biodiversity collection

The country’s effort to transform ecological challenges into sustainable opportunities was a key highlight at the Youth...

Dec 09, 2025 2 mins read 864 views
Are Bhutanese entrepreneurs ready for alternative financing?

As Bhutan looks beyond traditional bank lending and donor-driven grants, new financing avenues, such as blended finance,...

Dec 09, 2025 4 mins read 1,279 views
NC review flags narrow export base, market struggles for farmers

The National Council (NC) yesterday deliberated on a review report on key economic sectors presented by the Special Comm...

Dec 09, 2025 3 mins read 1,058 views
NA adopts International Big Cat Alliance

The National Assembly (NA) unanimously adopted the framework agreement for establishing the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) yesterday, paving the way for Bhutan to become a member.

Dec 09, 2025 1 mins read 1,098 views
Disrupted connectivity in Denchukha impacts livelihoods and local economy

Dorokha, Samtse—What should have been a routine journey turned into an ordeal when a group of teachers recently travelli...

Dec 09, 2025 4 mins read 864 views
Drukair launches Gelephu –Kolkata flight, boosting connectivity for GMC

Drukair has launched a new international air service route connecting Gelephu and Kolkata, India, which is expected to i...

Dec 08, 2025 2 mins read 2,108 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 455 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 premise that the government must protect children from harmful content that undermines their physical and mental well-being.

Dec 12, 2025 2 mins read 625 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 520 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 990 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 417 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 741 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 1,102 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 548 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 770 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 958 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 805 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 2,078 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 3,007 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 4,261 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 1,861 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 1,356 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 785 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 1,340 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 lesso...

Nov 26, 2025 2 mins read 607 views

Recents

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 premise that the government must protect children from harmful content that undermines their physical and mental well-being.

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Network divide unacceptable: NA Good Governance Committee

Some 252 locations across the country still lack access to mobile network services. Member of Parliament (MP) for Bongo-Chapcha and member of the Good Governance Committee of the National Assembly, Pemba, highlighted this while presenting a follow-up report on the poor mobile network and telecommunication services in the highlands.

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ICIMOD honours three champions of cryosphere and rangeland reform

Kathmandu, Nepal — The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has honoured three individuals from Bhutan and China with the Dr Andreas Schild Memorial Mountain Prize 2025 for their contributions to protecting fragile mountain ecosystems and strengthening resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH).

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