September of 2017

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Save our children

Editorial

Sep 08, 2017 2 mins read 415 views
WHO presents citation to Bhutan for eliminating measles

WHO

Sep 08, 2017 1 mins read 569 views
Official credit card to ease foreign payments

Official credit card

Sep 08, 2017 2 mins read 639 views
NC members to complete term on May 9

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Sep 08, 2017 3 mins read 410 views
Vague environment study stalls Shingkhar - Gorgan road

Roads

Sep 08, 2017 4 mins read 436 views
Take a minute, Change a life

World Suicide Prevention Day

Sep 08, 2017 0 mins read 459 views
Bhutan beats the Maldives in SABA basketball championship

Basketball

Sep 07, 2017 1 mins read 587 views
Green tea plantation brews good business in Samcholing

Green tea plantation

Sep 07, 2017 2 mins read 524 views
Chukha court orders man to pay thrimthue for SP+

Drugs

Sep 07, 2017 1 mins read 428 views
Trashigang BoBL staff alleged of embezzling Nu 1.5M

Bank of Bhutan Limited (BoBL)

Sep 07, 2017 2 mins read 429 views
A SMU graduate's experience

Letter to the editor

Sep 07, 2017 1 mins read 432 views
Target the dealers

Editorial

Sep 07, 2017 2 mins read 427 views
Gelephu distillery, a potential market for maize growers

Bhutan Centennial Distillery (BCD)

Sep 07, 2017 2 mins read 598 views
Flood destroys crops and drinking water source in Sarpang

Disaster

Sep 07, 2017 1 mins read 393 views
NRDCL objects private landowners from trading sand

Natural Resources Development Corporation Limited (NRDCL)

Sep 07, 2017 2 mins read 415 views
Mangdechhu project gears for commissioning

Hydro projects

Sep 07, 2017 2 mins read 451 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 473 views
Paro cabbages fetch good price

Cabbages

Sep 06, 2017 1 mins read 415 views
Power Training Institute launches three courses

Power

Sep 06, 2017 2 mins read 459 views
"We may have changed but not the society": A recovering addict

Drugs

Sep 06, 2017 2 mins read 448 views
RCSC's S&S Reforms

Letter to the editor

Sep 06, 2017 2 mins read 442 views
So it has been still?

Editorial

Sep 06, 2017 1 mins read 416 views
ELM to improve children's maths and literacy skills

Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)

Sep 06, 2017 1 mins read 449 views
WHO calls on ministers to strengthen investment in health

WHO

Sep 06, 2017 2 mins read 419 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 380 views
Amendment of fiscal incentives laws not urgent, say legislators

Fiscal Incentives

Sep 06, 2017 3 mins read 503 views
20 percent of children exposed to digital pornography, finds study

Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)

Sep 06, 2017 2 mins read 403 views
Trongsa-Zhemgang highway closed until Sept 11

Roads

Sep 06, 2017 0 mins read 420 views
Palestine humbles Bhutan 2:0

Football

Sep 05, 2017 2 mins read 448 views
Online auction for potatoes goes live

Potatoes

Sep 05, 2017 2 mins read 641 views
Only 12 percent of children fed acceptable diet

Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)

Sep 05, 2017 1 mins read 451 views
Refining Kanjyur text going Kuenselphodrang

Religion

Sep 05, 2017 2 mins read 504 views
RCSC should prioritise the need

Letter to the editor

Sep 05, 2017 1 mins read 402 views
Performance matters

Editorial

Sep 05, 2017 2 mins read 496 views
WHO's RC meeting focuses on health and climate change

WHO

Sep 05, 2017 2 mins read 368 views
CSOs need more visibility, finds study

Civil society organisations (CSO)

Sep 05, 2017 2 mins read 368 views
Malfunctioned sensor causes Drukair flight to return

Drukair

Sep 05, 2017 1 mins read 373 views
PM visits flood damage site in Sarpang

PM visits

Sep 05, 2017 1 mins read 391 views
NC recommends RCSC to revisit S&S reforms

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Sep 05, 2017 5 mins read 446 views
GNH and leadership

GNH

Sep 05, 2017 0 mins read 414 views
Feeder road blacktop a priority for Shemagangkha

Roads

Sep 04, 2017 2 mins read 442 views
Bhutan will face Palestine at 6PM today

Football

Sep 04, 2017 2 mins read 394 views
People still not aware about NWFP rules

Non-wood forest product (NWFP)

Sep 04, 2017 2 mins read 352 views
Keep supporting our youth

Letter to the editor

Sep 04, 2017 1 mins read 416 views
Healthy debate is necessary

Editorial

Sep 04, 2017 2 mins read 470 views
Himalayan black bears rescued and released

Nature conservation division (NCD)

Sep 04, 2017 2 mins read 449 views
Woman sentenced to 25 years for Olakha murder

Crime

Sep 04, 2017 1 mins read 450 views
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Borrowers refund Nu 240 million ESP funds after ACC review

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MoESD moves to rebalance teacher distribution across schools

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Finance Minister proposes tax breaks until 2040 to achieve 25GW renewable energy target

The National Assembly yesterday tabled the Renewable Energy Tax Exemption Bill of Bhutan 2026, proposing time-bound and...

May 16, 2026 2 mins read 3,489 views
Triple demographic crisis could undermine 10X national economic vision

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May 16, 2026 7 mins read 3,488 views
MPs question long-term costs of Bhutan’s commitment to big cat conservation

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Bhutan Cancer Society strengthens rural outreach and patient-centred care

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Great Yeti Quest festival draws thousands, boosts Sakteng’s economy

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Govt. scraps Pongchola airport project after feasibility review

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May 16, 2026 3 mins read 2,363 views
Govt. proposes Nu 153.3B budget for FY 2026-27

The government has proposed a budget of Nu 153.3 billion for the fiscal year 2026–27, representing 30 percent of the 13t...

May 16, 2026 7 mins read 2,201 views
NC reviews progress on healthcare system recommendations

May 15, 2026 4 mins read 3,163 views
Startups call for support beyond seed funding

The country’s startup ecosystem has helped many young entrepreneurs launch their businesses, but founders say support beyond seed funding remains limited, making it difficult for existing startups to scale and sustain operations.

Mar 21, 2026 3 mins read 5,381 views
Whose face are you wearing?

The desire for happiness is universal, and beauty, prestige, and wealth have always been seen as pathways to achieve it. In that sense, this is nothing new.

May 16, 2026 4 mins read 903 views
A memoir of hustle and heartache

May 11, 2026 3 mins read 1,445 views
From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

May 11, 2026 4 mins read 1,225 views
Café by the waterfall

About six kilometres before Trongsa town, just past the Bjee Zam Bridge, a traditional one-storey house appears on the left of the highway. It is not easy to miss. This modest structure...

May 02, 2026 2 mins read 1,935 views
Where tradition meets treatment

In Bhutan, healing is not a choice between past and present but a collaboration between the two. Across the country, patients move between modern clinics and traditional medicine units with ease, guided as much by...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 1,626 views
Between Homes

When I first arrived in Australia last year, I thought I was prepared. I had spoken to people, watched videos, and tried to imagine what life would be like. Bu...

May 02, 2026 1 mins read 5,842 views
The true wealth of Dzambhala

The name Dzambhala — from the Sanskrit Jambhala — is traditionally associated with wealth and prosperity, reflecting his role as a symbol of abundance and generosity. There are five principal forms of the...

May 02, 2026 4 mins read 1,584 views
No amount of money can replace you

The early years — roughly birth to five — are critical for emotional development. While a child raised with consistency and warmth by devoted grandparents can fare well, separation from parents at this age generally causes...

Apr 25, 2026 4 mins read 3,937 views
You’re not what you think you are

You are not alone in your confusion — and much of it arises from the word itself. Emptiness can sound like nothingness, which is precisely what it does not mean. A more precise term might be: empty of inherent existence.

Apr 18, 2026 4 mins read 2,987 views
Sundays at Le Méridien

The monthly Sunday brunch at Le Méridien has become a special experience that goes beyond dining, offering guests a relaxed four-hour setting to reconnect with family and friends.

Apr 13, 2026 3 mins read 2,874 views
Insolvency law, a long overdue

Bhutan’s economy has changed dramatically since the Bankruptcy Act of 1999 was enacted. Back then, the private sector was small, cross-border trade was limited, and the financial system was far less complex.

May 20, 2026 3 mins read 494 views
GMC was a masterstroke

The conflict in the Middle East, which has disrupted the global economy and fueled uncertainties, has led investors to question whether oil-rich nations remain a safe haven. As the confl...

May 16, 2026 2 mins read 3,530 views
Fighting online scams

The digital age has transformed Bhutanese society in ways unimaginable in just a decade or two. Social media and online platforms have opened enormous opportunities for communication,...

May 13, 2026 2 mins read 1,057 views
ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ཁྲོམ་སྡེ་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་མ་ལང་མི་དེ་ སྲིད་བྱུས་དང་ ཁྱིམ་བཟོ་ག་གི་འཐུས་ཤོར་ཨིན་ན།

༉ ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ ལུང་ཕྱོགས་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་ལངམ་སྦེ་མེད་པའི་ དཀའ་ངལ་ལུ་བརྟེན་ འབྲུག་པའི་མི་ཁུངས་མང་ཤོས་ཅིག་ ས་མཚམས་ཕྱི་ཁ...

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When will we feed ourselves?

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,506 views
Fuel crisis demands more than subsidies

Recent developments in the Middle East crisis suggest that a return to normalcy is still far away. Even if the war ends and the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly one-quarter of the world’s oil flows to markets, reopens, the discuss...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 2,436 views
Demographic crisis demands bold reforms

Bhutan is facing a “national crisis” as birth rates plunge by 62.9 percent. If current trends continue, the country could see as few as 2,000 births by 2028.

Apr 29, 2026 2 mins read 5,165 views
A bumper harvest shouldn’t brew a bumper crisis

This summer, the mountain slopes above Lunana are expected to offer a bumper yield of cordyceps, or Yartsa Goenbub. But...

Apr 25, 2026 2 mins read 2,880 views
Unshackling the state

Apr 22, 2026 2 mins read 2,914 views
National debt to rise by 26%, reaching Nu 380 billion in June

The country’s national debt is expected to rise by nearly 26 percent this June compared to June last year.

Feb 25, 2026 2 mins read 6,571 views
Economy uncoils for strongest growth in years

The Year of the Snake became a defining moment for the country’s economy, as growth accelerated sharply following severa...

Feb 18, 2026 4 mins read 6,514 views
Tax system sees major changes and initiatives

The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 202...

Feb 18, 2026 2 mins read 6,913 views
Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

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Dorjilung hydropower to raise GDP by 2.4%, generate 5,000 jobs

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Jan 31, 2026 3 mins read 10,237 views
The trap of spiritual materialism

Apr 13, 2026 4 mins read 3,293 views
Compassion in practice: Building a win-win healthcare system

Taking care of all members of society is a characteristic of a mature and compassionate nation; therefore, I strongly ad...

Apr 04, 2026 4 mins read 2,735 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Studies and end of life accounts consistently show that many of us leave this world with the same stinging regrets: not...

Apr 01, 2026 4 mins read 3,698 views
When Words Create Worlds

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Where to find the best momos in Thimphu

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The environmental toll of wars

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Apr 18, 2026 2 mins read 2,563 views
A costly fiasco

Apr 11, 2026 2 mins read 3,916 views
Living hand to mouth

Apr 08, 2026 2 mins read 3,253 views
A call for shared responsibility

The government’s directive to prudently use scarce public resources, fossil fuels (petrol and diesel) is a timely interv...

Apr 04, 2026 2 mins read 3,899 views
When the watchdog has no teeth

The Bhutan Media Forum concluded yesterday, bringing together media professionals, policymakers, and civil society membe...

Apr 01, 2026 2 mins read 3,503 views

Recents

GST debate intensifies as inflation rises, government proposes expanded exemptions

Just five months into the new 5 percent GST regime, food inflation has soared to 6.83 percent, leaving consumers asking: where are the promised savings? While lawmakers push to exempt 22 new essential items like cooking oil and rice to protect the poor , tax officials warn that adding more exemptions will only invite massive tax evasion. Who is really winning here? The consumers or the businesses?

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Insolvency law, a long overdue

Bhutan’s economy has changed dramatically since the Bankruptcy Act of 1999 was enacted. Back then, the private sector was small, cross-border trade was limited, and the financial system was far less complex.

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