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 393 views
Official credit card to ease foreign payments

Official credit card

Sep 08, 2017 2 mins read 421 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 385 views
Green tea plantation brews good business in Samcholing

Green tea plantation

Sep 07, 2017 2 mins read 326 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 307 views
A SMU graduate's experience

Letter to the editor

Sep 07, 2017 1 mins read 296 views
Target the dealers

Editorial

Sep 07, 2017 2 mins read 296 views
Gelephu distillery, a potential market for maize growers

Bhutan Centennial Distillery (BCD)

Sep 07, 2017 2 mins read 436 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 289 views
Mangdechhu project gears for commissioning

Hydro projects

Sep 07, 2017 2 mins read 316 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 276 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 263 views
ELM to improve children's maths and literacy skills

Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)

Sep 06, 2017 1 mins read 311 views
WHO calls on ministers to strengthen investment in health

WHO

Sep 06, 2017 2 mins read 275 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 327 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 349 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 239 views
CSOs need more visibility, finds study

Civil society organisations (CSO)

Sep 05, 2017 2 mins read 231 views
Malfunctioned sensor causes Drukair flight to return

Drukair

Sep 05, 2017 1 mins read 253 views
PM visits flood damage site in Sarpang

PM visits

Sep 05, 2017 1 mins read 287 views
NC recommends RCSC to revisit S&S reforms

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Sep 05, 2017 5 mins read 307 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 324 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 292 views
Healthy debate is necessary

Editorial

Sep 04, 2017 2 mins read 307 views
Himalayan black bears rescued and released

Nature conservation division (NCD)

Sep 04, 2017 2 mins read 305 views
Woman sentenced to 25 years for Olakha murder

Crime

Sep 04, 2017 1 mins read 297 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

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Dec 11, 2025 3 mins read 1,630 views
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 5,374 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 1,153 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 795 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 741 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 1,069 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 1,048 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 733 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 466 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 645 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 805 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 558 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 1,060 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 435 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 778 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 1,132 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 561 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 793 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 975 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 2,093 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 3,023 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 4,270 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 826 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 1,883 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 1,386 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 801 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 1,353 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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