December of 1998

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RBA heroes

Letters to the Editor

Dec 25, 1998 1 mins read 674 views
What to do with stray dogs

Letters to the Editor

Dec 25, 1998 3 mins read 702 views
Auction not fair

Letters to the Editor

Dec 25, 1998 1 mins read 610 views
Not real fur

Letters to the Editor

Dec 11, 1998 0 mins read 623 views
Why no name?

Letters to the Editor

Dec 11, 1998 1 mins read 754 views
Bhutan : too expensive for Aussies

Tourism

Dec 25, 1998 2 mins read 612 views
An easy guide to Bhutan

Books

Dec 25, 1998 2 mins read 684 views
A burglar like none other

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Dec 25, 1998 3 mins read 555 views
Survey generates vital information

Health Activities

Dec 25, 1998 1 mins read 634 views
Bhutan to get 42 million ATS from Austria

Bhuta- Austria

Dec 25, 1998 1 mins read 619 views
Health campaigns population control

Health Activities

Dec 25, 1998 1 mins read 643 views
Global challenges, local solutions

UNCDF

Dec 25, 1998 2 mins read 569 views
Forest fires : people responsible

Forest Fire

Dec 25, 1998 2 mins read 645 views
Income tax... necessary

Editorial

Dec 25, 1998 2 mins read 644 views
Private nurseries pick up in the east

Forest Social/Project/ Afforestation

Dec 25, 1998 2 mins read 681 views
Trashigang cleans up

Dzongkhags

Dec 25, 1998 1 mins read 544 views
Sports for youth

Sport

Dec 25, 1998 1 mins read 672 views
Lights on in Chuba geog

Power

Dec 25, 1998 1 mins read 498 views
Bhutan introduces income tax

Revenue and Custom

Dec 25, 1998 3 mins read 582 views
Too many accidents

Government Department

Dec 25, 1998 1 mins read 556 views
BHU

Health/ BHU/ Dispensary/ ORC

Dec 25, 1998 0 mins read 712 views
Income meets expense

Revenue and Custom

Dec 25, 1998 3 mins read 609 views
The employment challenge

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Dec 25, 1998 3 mins read 582 views
Electrocuted

Accident

Dec 25, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Fire

Accident

Dec 25, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Rural credit

Bhutan Development Finance Corporation (BDFC)

Dec 25, 1998 0 mins read 607 views
High on "mountain fever"

UNDP

Dec 18, 1998 4 mins read 528 views
A rare flower spotted near Haa Damthang

Forest Natural Conservation

Dec 18, 1998 1 mins read 570 views
A myth inside a hole

Construction Development Board (CDB)

Dec 18, 1998 2 mins read 560 views
Motorola walkie talkie:what next?

Communication Ministry

Dec 18, 1998 1 mins read 569 views
Trashigang students to represent at Convention

Education- Student

Dec 18, 1998 1 mins read 579 views
25 operated during eye camp

Health Activities

Dec 18, 1998 1 mins read 600 views
More Capacity 21 activities identified

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Dec 18, 1998 1 mins read 555 views
Schools collect over 3,000 kgs of plastics

Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN)

Dec 18, 1998 1 mins read 543 views
Bumper lemon grass production in the east

Private Sector

Dec 18, 1998 1 mins read 541 views
Establishing links between wild life areas

Forest Natural Conservation

Dec 18, 1998 1 mins read 570 views
Stray dogs should be castrated, not killed

Letters to the Editor

Dec 18, 1998 2 mins read 558 views
Economics, culture, environment & GNH

Viewpoints

Dec 18, 1998 3 mins read 559 views
Training : imbalances

Editorial

Dec 18, 1998 3 mins read 599 views
Druk Seed takes over project

Agriculture Institutions

Dec 18, 1998 2 mins read 616 views
19 killed, 30 injured in truck accident

Accident

Dec 18, 1998 1 mins read 663 views
Fire displaces 10 Changzamtog households

Accident

Dec 18, 1998 1 mins read 551 views
Taekwondo: Bhutanese fighters outclassed at the Asian Games

Sport

Dec 18, 1998 1 mins read 571 views
Donor assistance to close budget gap in forestry sector

Forest Planning/Policy Conference/Meeting

Dec 18, 1998 2 mins read 564 views
National Day: the Bhutanese family celebrates nationhood

ON THE 91st National Day of Bhutan His Majesty King Jigme Singye Wangchuck shared with the nation his aspirations for the soc...

Dec 19, 1998 6 mins read 569 views
Pits dug

City Corporation

Dec 18, 1998 0 mins read 595 views
Archery

Sport

Dec 18, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Asian Games

South Asian Federation Games (SAFG)

Dec 18, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Kurims

Monasteries

Dec 18, 1998 0 mins read 642 views
Forest fire

Forest Fire

Dec 18, 1998 0 mins read 0 views
Browse Archives
The house that must never be empty

It has been less than a month since Rinchen Yangzom moved into the Bjarpa community house beside Ngangla Lhakhang in Ngangla Trong. For the next three years, this is her home. She cannot leave it for a single day.

Jun 10, 2026 3 mins read 3,186 views
Empowering women through waste upcycling

After receiving training from Women’s Self-Support Group on Waste Management in 2023 on crafting new products from plastic waste, Jamyang Choden, 44, from Lhuentse, decided to give it a try.

Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 2,283 views
Educated Tshogpa paves way for younger highlanders

An educated youth has shattered traditional age boundaries to get elected as Tshogpa, completely rewriting what leadersh...

Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 2,529 views
NA directs talks on reducing high lending rates to ease burden

Banks in the country maintain high lending rates and low returns on deposits, which continue to strain businesses, parti...

Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 5,895 views
BLDCL at loggerheads with private retail outlets and distributors

Private livestock dealers claim a state-owned corporation lured them into investing, only to turn around and aggressivel...

Jun 10, 2026 5 mins read 3,031 views
DoT spends 85 percent of budget, but key infrastructure projects lag behind

The Department of Tourism spent over 85 per cent of its budget, yet critical tourism infrastructure is still lagging. Wh...

Jun 10, 2026 4 mins read 4,519 views
NC supports Renewable Energy Tax Exemption Bill

Are we giving away massive corporate tax exemptions until 2040 without a fallback plan? While the government pushes forw...

Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 2,044 views
Finance minister rules out flexible, instalment-based property tax system

The Ministry of Finance rejected a proposal to allow property taxpayers to make payments throughout the fiscal year as a...

Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 1,784 views
Safety gaps expose industrial workers to occupational cancers

As the country’s industrial sector expands, workers are increasingly being exposed to cancer-causing substances amid low...

Jun 10, 2026 4 mins read 1,652 views
SMCL restores paddy field damaged by mine-related erosion in Samdrupjongkhar

The State Mining Corporation Limited (SMCL) has restored a paddy field in Phuntshothang Gewog, Samdrupjongkhar, that was...

Jun 10, 2026 1 mins read 1,669 views
NC endorses annual budget as per NA

The National Council yesterday deliberated on the National Budget Report for FY 2026–27, the Budget Appropriation Bill for FY 2026–27, and the Supplementary Budget Appropriation Bill for FY 2025–26.

Jun 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,674 views
Bhutan to pilot green finance taxonomy from June

Bhutan will begin testing its expanded Green Finance Taxonomy 2026 with a six-month pilot from June to November, before...

May 30, 2026 3 mins read 4,106 views
Stop recording, start living

Like television, the internet, and AI, TikTok can be a force for good or bad. It entirely depends on how it is used.

Jun 13, 2026 4 mins read 480 views
Stop recording, start living

Like television, the internet, and AI, TikTok can be a force for good or bad. It entirely depends on how it is used.

Jun 06, 2026 4 mins read 784 views
Ask Mr Bhutan: “Money can’t buy happiness.” Is it true, when everything is dependent on money?

Once born into a physical body, there are certain absolute necessities without which most of us are incapable of experie...

May 30, 2026 2 mins read 1,374 views
Duchen Nga Zom: What a butter lamp and a few flower petals can teach us

Duchen Nga Zom is a duzom—an auspicious convergence of sacred time within the Buddhist calendar, marked by the meeting o...

May 30, 2026 4 mins read 1,210 views
The virus, the fear, and the freedom beyond both

Hantavirus is not a single virus but a family of rodent-borne viruses that occasionally spill over into humans, sometime...

May 24, 2026 4 mins read 1,542 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 1,965 views
A memoir of hustle and heartache

May 11, 2026 3 mins read 2,555 views
From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

May 11, 2026 4 mins read 2,309 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 2,958 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 2,716 views
Reform or stay shut

The closure of drayangs (entertainment centres) is an issue that most sensible Bhutanese, except perhaps the operators, have supported. While the current government may have pledged during the campaign to review the previous government’s decision to shut them down, any sane government should not back down from that closure.

Jun 13, 2026 2 mins read 860 views
Overseas employment isn’t the solution

The conflict in the Middle East has once again exposed our dependence on overseas employment as a pressure valve for domestic unemployment.

Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 1,340 views
United for Project 108

Bhutanese, friends of Bhutan, and our well-wishers are willingly answering the call to fulfill the Royal vision of erecting 108 Jangchub Choetens along the Mao Chhu in Gelephu Mindfulnes...

Jun 06, 2026 2 mins read 732 views
Banks can unlock growth through affordable credit

Financial institutions are the lifeblood of any modern economy. They mobilise savings, allocate capital, manage risk, an...

Jun 03, 2026 3 mins read 2,028 views
A missed opportunity

The Thromde election process has begun, with the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) notifying registered voters in Thimphu and Phuentsholing thromdes who are eligible for postal v...

May 30, 2026 2 mins read 1,748 views
Chain-link fencing: somebody’s gain, another’s loss

Chain-link fencing is perhaps one of the most viable solutions policymakers have managed to narrow down in the long and...

May 27, 2026 2 mins read 1,942 views
Fixing and fine-tuning GST regime

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime was never going to be an easy transition. Major tax reforms rarely are. Introduced in January this year, GST was envisioned as a modern tax system, replacing an outdated framework...

May 23, 2026 2 mins read 2,349 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 2,256 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 4,844 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 2,332 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 be...

Mar 21, 2026 3 mins read 6,693 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 8,100 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 8,291 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 8,702 views
Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

Jan 31, 2026 2 mins read 15,956 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...

May 02, 2026 1 mins read 6,922 views
The true wealth of Dzambhala

The name Dzambhala — from the Sanskrit Jambhala — is traditionally associated with wealth and prosperity, reflecting his...

May 02, 2026 4 mins read 2,638 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...

Apr 25, 2026 4 mins read 5,193 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,...

Apr 18, 2026 4 mins read 4,204 views
Sundays at Le Méridien

The monthly Sunday brunch at Le Méridien has become a special experience that goes beyond dining, offering guests a rela...

Apr 13, 2026 3 mins read 3,884 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 2,937 views
When will we feed ourselves?

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 2,791 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...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 3,820 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 coul...

Apr 29, 2026 2 mins read 6,965 views

Recents

RAA uncovers major procurement lapses in the Nu 610M BITS projects

A Special Audit Report by the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) has identified significant procurement, planning, and governance failures in the Bhutan Integrated Taxation System (BITS 1.0), concluding that the project failed to achieve its intended objectives and resulted in substantial wasteful and avoidable expenditure of public funds.

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What solutions for Amochu project?

Phuentsholing—Erratic climatic conditions combined with changing geological patterns have turned the developing Amochu township area into a recurring flood-prone zone in recent years, with the latest disruption occurring even before the onset of the monsoon.

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RCSC faces growing ‘missing middle’ amid exodus

A widening shortage of mid-career civil servants is creating what officials describe as a “missing middle” across government agencies, raising concerns about leadership succession, institutional continuity and the long-term resilience of the country’s public sector workforce.

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Reform or stay shut

The closure of drayangs (entertainment centres) is an issue that most sensible Bhutanese, except perhaps the operators, have supported. While the current government may have pledged during the campaign to review the previous government’s decision to shut them down, any sane government should not back down from that closure.

Read More