November of 1972

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Handloom Centre at Lumigompa

Handicraft

Nov 25, 1972 0 mins read 533 views
Industrial Study Tour of India

Industries (A-Z)

Nov 25, 1972 0 mins read 507 views
Planning Commission Meeting

Planning Ministry

Nov 25, 1972 2 mins read 504 views
Bhutan accedes to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations

International Convention

Nov 25, 1972 1 mins read 574 views
PLANNING TEAM FOR DELHI LEAVING ON DECEMBER 3

Planning Ministry

Nov 25, 1972 1 mins read 777 views
Colombo Plan Press Communique

Bhutan-Colombo

Nov 18, 1972 6 mins read 656 views
Compensation to Patients Dying in Foreign Countries

Health Policy

Nov 18, 1972 1 mins read 503 views
DASHO SHINGKHAR LAMA ON INDIA VISIT

Visitors

Nov 18, 1972 0 mins read 530 views
Colombo Plan meeting Opens

Bhutan-Colombo

Nov 11, 1972 1 mins read 647 views
Sri Aurobindo Society Secretary Visits Bhutan

Visitors

Nov 11, 1972 1 mins read 560 views
Khenpa Village Foregoes "Tika"

Festival (A-Z)

Nov 11, 1972 0 mins read 500 views
Rai Community Offers Prayers

His Majesty

Nov 11, 1972 1 mins read 545 views
Prayer meetings held for His Late Majesty

His Majesty

Nov 11, 1972 1 mins read 499 views
W.H.O. Meet On Small-Pox Eradication

Health Disease

Nov 11, 1972 1 mins read 578 views
Special Issue of Kuensel On Cremation Ceremony

His Majesty

Nov 11, 1972 0 mins read 580 views
His Majesty The King Jigme Singye Wangchuck is Seventeen

His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, reached the age of 17 on November 11. (His Majesty was born on November 1...

Nov 12, 1972 0 mins read 518 views
Veterinary Dispensary At Wangdiphodrang

Animal Husbandry Institution

Nov 04, 1972 0 mins read 477 views
Export of Potato Seeds

Agriculture/Horticulture

Nov 04, 1972 1 mins read 493 views
Mr. Tshering Returns from New Zealand

Training/Workshop/Seminar/Country

Nov 04, 1972 0 mins read 510 views
New General Hospital at Thimphu

Health-Hospital/JDWNRH

Nov 04, 1972 0 mins read 501 views
Bhutan participates in Asia "72

Bhutan - Trade

Nov 04, 1972 1 mins read 411 views
Mrs. Indira Gandhi Pays Tribute to the Late King and Greets the New King

His Majesty

Nov 04, 1972 1 mins read 448 views
Browse Archives
CCAA warns public against alleged “TikTok Shop” scam

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May 09, 2026 2 mins read 7,901 views
Over 200 intruders enter Lunana cordyceps sites

Over 200 intruders have swarmed the cordyceps sites of Lunana, sparked by a permit loophole that left local residents wa...

May 09, 2026 3 mins read 2,927 views
Multidisciplinary Super-Speciality Hospital project moving ahead as planned: Health Minister

The Multidisciplinary Super-Speciality Hospital (MDSSH) will be constructed as a flagship project under the 13th Five-Ye...

May 09, 2026 1 mins read 1,782 views
Airborne geophysical survey maps 40% of country’s land for minerals

Bhutan’s first-ever Airborne Geophysical Survey is on track for completion by June this year, with the most technically...

May 09, 2026 4 mins read 2,150 views
Flood-damaged Dagachhu hydropower plant to resume operations on May 16

The Department of Energy announced that restoration work at the flood-damaged Dagachhu hydropower plant is nearing compl...

May 09, 2026 1 mins read 1,650 views
Where the Migoi still roams

Trashigang —In the high valleys of Sakteng Gewog, the legend of the Migoi, the mythical yeti, has never truly disappeared.

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,804 views
Family problems major driver behind rise in youth substance abuse: Education Minister

Family problems and weak support systems at home remain among the main drivers behind the rise in substance abuse among...

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 2,007 views
Agriculture Ministry moves to shield 2026 cropping season amid concerns

As global climate forecasts warn of a possible “Super El Niño” this summer; raising fears of record-breaking temperature...

May 08, 2026 3 mins read 1,779 views
Foreign workers now require Bhutanese bank accounts for work permit approval

All foreign workers employed in the country for more than a month are required to open Bhutanese bank accounts.

May 08, 2026 1 mins read 2,709 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 4,992 views
A memoir of hustle and heartache

May 11, 2026 3 mins read 1,064 views
From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

May 11, 2026 4 mins read 877 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 1,649 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 1,327 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 5,553 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 1,292 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 3,526 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 2,632 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 2,559 views
The trap of spiritual materialism

Apr 13, 2026 4 mins read 2,957 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, business, education, entertainment, and entrepreneurship.

May 13, 2026 2 mins read 574 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...

May 11, 2026 6 mins read 714 views
When will we feed ourselves?

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,150 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 2,045 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 4,570 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 2,514 views
Unshackling the state

Apr 22, 2026 2 mins read 2,492 views
The environmental toll of wars

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Apr 18, 2026 2 mins read 2,226 views
A costly fiasco

Apr 11, 2026 2 mins read 3,601 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 6,255 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 6,183 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 6,581 views
Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

Jan 31, 2026 2 mins read 13,292 views
Dorjilung hydropower to raise GDP by 2.4%, generate 5,000 jobs

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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 2,454 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...

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When Words Create Worlds

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Where to find the best momos in Thimphu

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Living hand to mouth

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A call for shared responsibility

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When the watchdog has no teeth

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Apr 01, 2026 2 mins read 3,195 views
Culture under threat?

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Promises and performance

As the government undertakes the mid-term review (MTR) of 13th Plan activities across dzongkhags, its performance must b...

Mar 25, 2026 2 mins read 3,725 views

Recents

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, business, education, entertainment, and entrepreneurship.

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