April of 2000

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A bridge too far ?

Editorial

Apr 28, 2000 1 mins read 519 views
Snow leopard to be surveyed

The endangered snow leopard may have enshrouded itself with its elusive behaviour but when the 15-member team of the Jigme Dorji National Park (JDNP), led by Dr. Rodney Jackson of the International Snow Leopard T...

Apr 01, 2000 1 mins read 370 views
Voluntary blood donors hard to get: hospital

Volunteers

Apr 07, 2000 2 mins read 563 views
Man encashes twice by forging signature

Crime

Apr 07, 2000 1 mins read 501 views
Dutch assistance for feeder roads

Roads

Apr 07, 2000 1 mins read 443 views
RSTA brings out driving manual

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Apr 07, 2000 1 mins read 507 views
School sees brighter times ahead

Education- Schools

Apr 07, 2000 2 mins read 517 views
Man donates blood with a sense of mission

Health-Hospital/JDWNRH

Apr 07, 2000 2 mins read 499 views
122 KM of feeder roads to be constructed in next five years

Roads

Apr 07, 2000 2 mins read 527 views
Bhutanese textiles exhibited

Handicraft

Apr 07, 2000 2 mins read 471 views
A help for the dogs

Animal Husbandry Activities

Apr 07, 2000 2 mins read 472 views
Farm businesses to aid food security, provide employment

Agriculture Institutions

Apr 07, 2000 2 mins read 476 views
Strategy proposed for childhood care

Health Mother and Child Programme

Apr 07, 2000 2 mins read 492 views
The comic duo: a toothsome twosome

Drama

Apr 07, 2000 4 mins read 485 views
Gene bank to be set up under SDA fund

Bhutan - Netherlands

Apr 07, 2000 2 mins read 496 views
Dantak prepares against monsoon onslaught

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

Apr 07, 2000 1 mins read 492 views
Car, truck sale brings STCB record business turnover

State Trading Corporation of Bhutan (STCB)

Apr 07, 2000 2 mins read 411 views
BFAL is back on its feet

Bhutan Ferro Alloys Ltd (BFAL)

Apr 07, 2000 2 mins read 522 views
Roads constructed under given specification

Letters to the Editor

Apr 07, 2000 1 mins read 468 views
Debating at a distance - the changing face of postgraduate education

Viewpoints

Apr 07, 2000 4 mins read 423 views
The visual media

Editorial

Apr 07, 2000 3 mins read 452 views
World Health Day: focus on "Safe blood"

WHO (World Health Organisation)

Apr 07, 2000 2 mins read 439 views
Thimphu population survey

City Corporation

Apr 07, 2000 2 mins read 451 views
Nawaz Sharif's lawyers to appeal

Bhutan and other Countries

Apr 07, 2000 1 mins read 455 views
Fire guts four houses in Toeb Loemjakha village

Accident

Apr 07, 2000 1 mins read 458 views
Cyclists

Bhutan-Bangladesh

Apr 07, 2000 0 mins read 439 views
Tennis

Tennis

Apr 07, 2000 0 mins read 607 views
Telegraph services

Telecommunication Department

Apr 07, 2000 0 mins read 472 views
Emission

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Apr 07, 2000 0 mins read 463 views
Taekwondo

Sport

Apr 07, 2000 0 mins read 585 views
Monpas to preserve craft and environment

Handicraft

Apr 14, 2000 1 mins read 425 views
Two caught sniffing dendrite

Narcotics/Drugs

Apr 14, 2000 1 mins read 450 views
Split shares to increase trading: RSEB

Royal Stock Exchange Of Bhutan(RSEB)

Apr 14, 2000 1 mins read 447 views
A visit from Western Australia

Bhutan-Australia

Apr 14, 2000 2 mins read 454 views
Traditional boot-making craft preserved

National Technical Training Authority (NTTA)

Apr 14, 2000 1 mins read 507 views
Livestock farming may be more lucrative

Animal Husbandry Livestock

Apr 14, 2000 1 mins read 453 views
"Mountain Spring Water" back

Bhuatn Agro-Industries

Apr 14, 2000 1 mins read 440 views
Fern and oak leaves cause tumours in cattle: a study finds

Animal Husbandry Disease

Apr 14, 2000 3 mins read 405 views
NRTI introduces computer education

Natural Resources Training Institute (NRTI)

Apr 14, 2000 1 mins read 452 views
Consistent training behind Taekwondo success: coach

Sport

Apr 14, 2000 2 mins read 425 views
Bhutanese textile designs unprotected

Handicraft

Apr 14, 2000 2 mins read 456 views
Chang Jiji housing delayed

Housing

Apr 14, 2000 2 mins read 497 views
Food Summit: Bhutan in comfortable position

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

Apr 14, 2000 2 mins read 433 views
Water must be cleaned, but the right way

Letters to the Editor

Apr 14, 2000 0 mins read 431 views
Rash drivers need to be punished

Letters to the Editor

Apr 14, 2000 1 mins read 483 views
Occupational safety is an important requirement in industry

Letters to the Editor

Apr 14, 2000 3 mins read 409 views
Enhancing transparency

Editorial

Apr 14, 2000 3 mins read 428 views
Forgery victim will be compensated : BNB

Bhutan National Bank (BNB)

Apr 14, 2000 1 mins read 423 views
Men arrested for impersonation, deceit

Crime

Apr 14, 2000 1 mins read 438 views
Roads to become eco-friendly

Roads

Apr 14, 2000 2 mins read 418 views
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Teacher who stayed

Punakha—In Lunana, one of Bhutan’s most remote and physically exacting regions, education is less a public service than a tenuous lifeline. Snowbound passes sever the valley for months at a time. Reaching the village can still mean weeks of trekking across unforgiving terrain. Winter arrives early and stays late. Life here is measured by endurance.

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Climate losses drain nearly 7 percent of Bhutan’s GDP each year, new study finds

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Feb 11, 2026 3 mins read 1,396 views
Black-necked Crane Farewell Festival celebrates tradition and conservation

Trashiyangtse—In the quiet wetlands of Bumdeling, where winter mornings are often broken by the calls of migratory birds...

Feb 11, 2026 2 mins read 898 views
Best Class X results of the past three years

The Class X results declared today are the best of the past five years. This is the first time in five years that the p...

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Majority of industries in Dhamdara have not begun relocation despite approaching deadline

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Start small, but be consistent

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How Miss Bhutan 2026 is shifting the meaning of beauty

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Taxes our forefathers paid

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Gym that asks you to grow, not just train

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Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Happiness can be described in countless ways, yet it is always experienced as one. Even if we fail to put it into words, we still recognise it. Sometimes, only when old words fade from the ton...

Dec 18, 2025 4 mins read 2,673 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Happiness can be described in countless ways, yet it is always experienced as one. Even if we fail to put it into words, we still recognise it. Sometimes, only when old words fade from the ton...

Dec 16, 2025 4 mins read 1,990 views
What about moral and ethical accountability?

The Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) investigation into the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) loan was meant to settle a controversy that had raged on for months. In some narrow legal sense, it does. The ACC found no criminal intent, no bribery, no quid pro quo that meets legally defined thresholds for corruption.

Dec 27, 2025 2 mins read 3,957 views
Citizens building a nation’s future

The fourth round of the Gelephu Mindfulness City volunteer programme, which drew a record 10,000 participants, pushing total participation beyond 22,500, must be celebrated as a national moment. The overwhelming number of volunteer...

Dec 26, 2025 2 mins read 3,691 views
The promise of Bhutan-Thailand Free Trade Agreement

The parliamentary endorsement of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Thailand marks a watershed moment in Bhutan’s econo...

Dec 25, 2025 2 mins read 3,688 views
Time to open farms to foreign labour

The shortage of farm labour is a real problem faced by farming households across the country.  Over the years, this has undermined productivity, escalated food prices, and led to a steady increase in fallow land. Against this ba...

Dec 24, 2025 2 mins read 2,708 views
Building inclusive sports

For 15-year-old Nima Dema, a student from Tendruk Central School in Samtse, the opportunity to take part in the ongoing National Unified Sports Competition has been special. Despite living with a...

Dec 23, 2025 2 mins read 2,915 views
Punatsangchhu-I restarts, but at a heavy price

The resumption of works on the 1,200-megawatt Punatsangchhu Hydropower Project I offers a flicker of hope. After all, th...

Dec 22, 2025 2 mins read 3,392 views
Cost of complacent breathing

Bhutan’s clean air is becoming a comforting myth—pleasant to repeat, dangerous to believe. For years, we have worn the reputation for pristine air like a badge of honour. Snow-fed rivers, forested hills,...

Dec 20, 2025 2 mins read 2,646 views
Entrepreneurs need support, not slogans

We love to talk about innovation, entrepreneurship, and self-reliance. In fact, we use these words in excess in policy documents, speeches, and conferences. Yet, on the ground, the conditions required for innovative ideas to take root an...

Dec 19, 2025 2 mins read 2,541 views
A common destiny, a collective future

The 118th National Day of Bhutan, celebrated in the sacred Bumthang Valley at the historic Wangduechoeling Palace grounds, was more than a commemoration of nationhood. It was a moment of collective reflection and renewed purpose, s...

Dec 18, 2025 3 mins read 3,016 views
A historic National Day

Some historic events are planned, others unfold as if by destiny, arriving at the opportune time for a profound reason. Today, as His Majesty the King addresses the nation from the Wangduec...

Dec 17, 2025 2 mins read 2,255 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....

Nov 19, 2025 1 mins read 1,962 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 5,589 views
The true measure of public service

The civil service is the backbone of our nation’s development. From remote gewogs to the capital, civil servants have pl...

Dec 16, 2025 2 mins read 2,163 views
Impact Finance Forum: A promising start

The recently concluded SDG Impact Finance Forum showed the potential for global investments in the country.

Dec 15, 2025 2 mins read 2,178 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 environme...

Dec 13, 2025 2 mins read 2,417 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. Whil...

Dec 12, 2025 2 mins read 2,581 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 2,150 views

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