September of 2012

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Meat price may rise

Meat

Sep 11, 2012 2 mins read 232 views
Building bridges in South Asia

Conference

Sep 11, 2012 1 mins read 275 views
Government Reserved Forest Land: Gidaphu clearances questioned

Land

Sep 11, 2012 3 mins read 228 views
Pedestrian's Day: More than 60 mothers "work" from home

Pedestrians' day

Sep 11, 2012 2 mins read 225 views
PM returned

PM

Sep 10, 2012 0 mins read 276 views
To form a national compound bow team

Archery

Sep 10, 2012 1 mins read 254 views
New Veterinary Hospital: An "ani-mall"

Veterinary Hospital

Sep 10, 2012 2 mins read 221 views
Update: Forest officials pack up

Forest

Sep 10, 2012 1 mins read 248 views
Gewog Budget: The unbearable burden of post-monsoon maintenance

Road

Sep 10, 2012 2 mins read 243 views
The Land Act 2007 far from pragmatism

Letter to the editor

Sep 10, 2012 1 mins read 281 views
An elephant in the room called poverty

Editorial

Sep 10, 2012 2 mins read 234 views
Nine motor vehicle mishaps in three days

Accident

Sep 10, 2012 1 mins read 246 views
Forest fire draft rules: How practical are the penalties?

Forest

Sep 10, 2012 2 mins read 251 views
Jamdo, Mewang, Thimphu: Widow murdered, suspect at large

Crime

Sep 10, 2012 1 mins read 229 views
Hoax Kidnapping : `Abducted' man held for extortion

Crime

Sep 10, 2012 1 mins read 246 views
Wangduephodrang Reconstruction Fund: A donation from Japan

Wangduephodrang Dzong Fire

Sep 10, 2012 2 mins read 226 views
Punatshangchu I and II: Quarry suspension hits projects hard

Hydropower Project

Sep 10, 2012 3 mins read 222 views
Bhutan Oil Corporation: Thromde proposes moving fuel station to safer location

Bhutan Oil Corporation

Sep 09, 2012 2 mins read 385 views
A pond for winter

Agriculture

Sep 09, 2012 2 mins read 249 views
Song & Dance Halls: Drayangs get more organised

Drayangs

Sep 09, 2012 4 mins read 223 views
Transparency on donation received

Letter to the editor

Sep 09, 2012 1 mins read 251 views
Toll free

Editorial

Sep 09, 2012 2 mins read 294 views
PM

Award

Sep 09, 2012 0 mins read 454 views
Bajothang: Night walk in Bajo could get painful

Wangduephodrang

Sep 09, 2012 1 mins read 213 views
TashiCell goes nationwide

Tashi Cell

Sep 09, 2012 1 mins read 265 views
Monkey troubles in Trongsa Dzong

Wildlife

Sep 09, 2012 1 mins read 253 views
JDWNR Hospital: Why the hospital hasn't transformed?

JDWNR Hospital

Sep 09, 2012 4 mins read 241 views
No goods on pavements from September 15

Shops

Sep 07, 2012 1 mins read 248 views
Woman dies in car crash

Accident

Sep 07, 2012 1 mins read 290 views
Controlled Substance: Two boys detained for marijuana abuse

Crime

Sep 07, 2012 1 mins read 258 views
Wangdue-Trongsa Highway: A bypass for a bridge

Bridge

Sep 07, 2012 1 mins read 273 views
Kalapang Leopard: Trap falls short, literally

Wildlife

Sep 07, 2012 2 mins read 232 views
Extended Thromde: Landowners loth to transfer thram

Township

Sep 07, 2012 2 mins read 294 views
The Making of the Constitution and Democracy in Bhutan

Perspective

Sep 07, 2012 7 mins read 0 views
Changbangdu, Thimphu: Two little sisters in the big city

Poverty

Sep 07, 2012 2 mins read 299 views
3rd Thromde Tshogde: S/Jongkhar wants to open up

Tourism

Sep 07, 2012 1 mins read 218 views
Walking: Not such a pedestrian activity [Part II of a three-part meander]

Perspective

Sep 07, 2012 4 mins read 264 views
School-Leavers/Graduates: Not interested in being their own boss

Employment

Sep 07, 2012 2 mins read 225 views
Dechencholing, Thimphu: The displaced might have to wait a little longer

Construction

Sep 07, 2012 2 mins read 299 views
Shaun Communication: IT Park sees its first occupant

IT Park

Sep 07, 2012 2 mins read 292 views
Meeting

Health Policy

Sep 07, 2012 0 mins read 0 views
Emergency Number: The 113-control room

RBP

Sep 07, 2012 3 mins read 351 views
Everyone matters, as do their views

Letter to the editor

Sep 07, 2012 1 mins read 274 views
The bigger picture

Editorial

Sep 07, 2012 2 mins read 0 views
National Geographic: Explorer of the week

Wildlife

Sep 07, 2012 2 mins read 236 views
Samtse Mining Case: Two reimbursed, two yet to be

Samtse Mining Case

Sep 07, 2012 2 mins read 292 views
Draft Social Media Policy: `Free and fair' online: Can it be done?

Election

Sep 07, 2012 2 mins read 276 views
Analysis : Tenth Parliamentary Session: Will pending bills be in limbo .

Parliament

Sep 07, 2012 3 mins read 251 views
Tashi Cell

Tashi Cell

Sep 07, 2012 0 mins read 259 views
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Gyalyum Tseyring Pem Wangchuck graces soft launch of biodiversity-based collection

Her Majesty Gyalyum Tseyring Pem Wangchuck graced the exclusive soft launch of a biodiversity-based collection in Thimphu yesterday, held in tribute to the 70th Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo.

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Thimphu City FC wins BIFA Open Football Tournament title in extra time

Thimphu City FC emerged champions of the Bhutan–India Friendship Association (BIFA) Open Football Tournament in Samdrupj...

Dec 08, 2025 1 mins read 1,426 views
Sarpang land market cools from two-year high

Gelephu—After more than two years of surging prices, Sarpang’s land market has begun to cool, with prices falling sharpl...

Dec 06, 2025 3 mins read 3,262 views
Biren Kafley’s death: Custodial death or negligence?

The death of 33-year-old Biren Kumar Kafley after he allegedly fell from a police van while trying to escape during a dr...

Dec 06, 2025 3 mins read 12,710 views
NC review exposes major barriers to Bhutan’s trade and export sectors

The country’s export, manufacturing, and trade sectors continue to face persistent structural and logistical hurdles tha...

Dec 06, 2025 3 mins read 995 views
Construction freeze worsens housing shortage in Gomtu

Samtse—Gomtu is facing a severe housing shortage as a long-running construction freeze continues to restrict the number...

Dec 06, 2025 2 mins read 1,515 views
BIRMS–mPay integration launched to streamline tax and revenue payments

The Department of Revenue and Customs (DRC) and the Bhutan National Bank (BNB) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understa...

Dec 06, 2025 2 mins read 3,225 views
GoI disburses over Nu 12 billion for 13th Plan projects

The Government of India (GoI) has released more than Nu 12 billion to Bhutan for projects under the 13th Plan, according...

Dec 06, 2025 2 mins read 1,101 views
NA’s Social and Culture Committee raises concerns over cultural appropriateness in national events

The National Assembly’s (NA) Social and Culture Committee questioned the government yesterday on its responsibility for...

Dec 06, 2025 2 mins read 1,507 views
Viral clip sparks outcry, but gewog and contractor defend road quality

Punakha—A viral video showing cracks and loose bitumen on the newly constructed six-kilometer Jawakha–Sewla Chiwog farm...

Dec 06, 2025 2 mins read 2,603 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 430 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 reviewing the Tourism Policy Review Report.

Dec 10, 2025 2 mins read 468 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 355 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 662 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 1,049 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 522 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 712 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 918 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 781 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 1,826 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 1,318 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 2,046 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 2,993 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

Aug 26, 2025 2 mins read 7,288 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 4,250 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 763 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 1,324 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 586 views
Leveraging our carbon-negative status

Bhutan’s environmental stewardship, which has resulted in the country's rich biodiversity, is finally translating into c...

Nov 25, 2025 2 mins read 805 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 1,171 views

Recents

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 reviewing the Tourism Policy Review Report.

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