October of 2000

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Building future athletes

Athletic (A-Z)

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 438 views
Druk Satair's business soars while Polymers' takes a plunge

Companies

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 459 views
Haa mela: strengthening the bond

Festival (A-Z)

Oct 06, 2000 2 mins read 520 views
Zhemgang again in the dark

Dzongkhags

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 493 views
A simple technique to produce power

Power

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 465 views
Love through service: college's contribution to the Kanglung community

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Oct 06, 2000 3 mins read 474 views
Druk Air coping with one plane

Druk Air

Oct 06, 2000 2 mins read 445 views
Tourism: quality over quantity

Tourism

Oct 06, 2000 2 mins read 474 views
Ideas explored to improve the Bhutanese film industry

Feature Film

Oct 06, 2000 2 mins read 764 views
Survey technology to make road construction cheaper, easier

Survey

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 515 views
A month of festivity in western dzongkhags

Tshechu

Oct 06, 2000 3 mins read 465 views
Work begun to transfer Tala power to India

Hydro Project

Oct 06, 2000 2 mins read 593 views
RSTA rules are followed

Letters to the Editor

Oct 06, 2000 0 mins read 424 views
A clarification from ROOTS

Letters to the Editor

Oct 06, 2000 2 mins read 566 views
Physical abuse of children must be banned

Letters to the Editor

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 517 views
Corporal punishment exaggerated

Letters to the Editor

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 452 views
Post literacy

Education- NFE

Oct 06, 2000 0 mins read 427 views
Crops and technology

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Oct 06, 2000 0 mins read 439 views
Sports

Sport

Oct 06, 2000 0 mins read 0 views
Convocation

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Oct 06, 2000 0 mins read 636 views
Quiz show

Competition (A-Z)

Oct 06, 2000 0 mins read 514 views
Mid-term review

Planning

Oct 06, 2000 0 mins read 516 views
Norway, US foundations contribute US $ 3 m to Health trust Fund

Health Trust Fund

Oct 06, 2000 2 mins read 457 views
Fuel prices soar

Bhutan Oil Distributor (BOD)

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 465 views
Bhutan contributes Nu 20 million to flood relief efforts in West Bengal

Landslides and Floods

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 452 views
What rights for tenants?

Editorial

Oct 06, 2000 3 mins read 460 views
Disease affects apple export

Agriculture/Horticulture

Oct 06, 2000 1 mins read 402 views
Admission pressure on for schools and parents

Education

Oct 06, 2000 3 mins read 446 views
Chinese ambassador in Bhutan on goodwill visit

Bhutan-China

Oct 13, 2000 1 mins read 420 views
Family planning in the Brokpa community

Health Family Planning

Oct 13, 2000 1 mins read 388 views
Foul play ruled out in man's death

Accident

Oct 13, 2000 1 mins read 520 views
Swiss-funded handed over to Dagana people

International Assistance

Oct 13, 2000 1 mins read 407 views
Tshechu evolves with changing times

Tshechu

Oct 13, 2000 2 mins read 444 views
Bhutan Polymers will "catch up": management

Companies

Oct 13, 2000 1 mins read 409 views
Trongsa dzong: preserving a part of Bhutanese history

Dzongs

Oct 13, 2000 6 mins read 495 views
Bhutan: fourth best tourist destination

Tourism

Oct 13, 2000 1 mins read 423 views
25 years of Bhutan-Swiss cooperation

Bhutan-Switzerland

Oct 13, 2000 6 mins read 470 views
His Majesty meets Trongsa students, discusses national issues

Developing the rural communities was an important government objective for which students could make a worthy...

Oct 14, 2000 2 mins read 409 views
Wild boar or crops ?

Letters to the Editor

Oct 13, 2000 3 mins read 385 views
Deal with students in a positive way

Letters to the Editor

Oct 13, 2000 2 mins read 410 views
Cleaner Gedu

Education- Student

Oct 13, 2000 0 mins read 419 views
Graduates contribute

Institutions

Oct 13, 2000 0 mins read 434 views
snv.org.bt

Bhutan - Netherlands

Oct 13, 2000 0 mins read 394 views
BBS distributes radio sets

BBS (Bhutan Broadcasting Service)

Oct 13, 2000 0 mins read 490 views
Bhutan will gain by developing food standards, says minister

Agriculture Policy

Oct 13, 2000 2 mins read 438 views
Information gap ?

Editorial

Oct 13, 2000 3 mins read 454 views
Denmark-Bhutan cooperation is flawless, says Danida Chairman

Bhutan - Foreign Relation

Oct 13, 2000 2 mins read 435 views
Trongsa dzongkhag reviews eighth plan activities, prepares for the ninth plan

Decentralization was taken to the grassroots when the dzongkha...

Oct 14, 2000 4 mins read 464 views
Director General of border roads visits Bhutan

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

Oct 20, 2000 1 mins read 517 views
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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 tongue do new ones spring from the heart. My earnest prayer through these columns is that happiness may someday become a natural and central part of our daily language and living.

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Making GST work past early hiccups

The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a major fiscal reform in recent years. These new reforms are part of a broader effort to modernise the country’s tax system to make taxation fairer, more efficient, and more business-friendly, while also increasing the tax base.

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The cost of delay

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A new chapter for Kuensel

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Strengthening the third sector

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Why selective privatisation in healthcare makes sense

The debate on private sector participation in healthcare has reached an unhelpful impasse. This is mainly because it is...

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Agencies must be held accountable for financial irregularities

The Royal Audit Authority’s (RAA) latest annual report is disturbing, to say the least. Financial irregularities reached...

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What about moral and ethical accountability?

The Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) investigation into the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) loan was meant to settle...

Dec 27, 2025 2 mins read 1,862 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 1,512 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 1,424 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...

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Amochu quarriers call for flood walls after millions in losses

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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....

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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...

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Ask Mr Bhutan

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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...

Dec 23, 2025 2 mins read 1,074 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...

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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 r...

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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 d...

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A common destiny, a collective future

The 118th National Day of Bhutan, celebrated in the sacred Bumthang Valley at the historic Wangduechoeling Palace ground...

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Recents

Lower taxes, stubborn prices: What GST means for car buyers

Vehicle prices in Bhutan continue to be a point of contention, especially when compared with those in neighbouring India. With the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on January 1, 2026, the debate has shifted from why vehicles are expensive to whether recent tax reforms are actually reducing prices, and whether those benefits are reaching consumers.

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New income tax law puts more money in taxpayers’ pockets

When the Goods and Services Tax (GST) came into force on January 1, public attention largely centred on prices, compliance, and the cost of living. Less clearly understood, however, is that alongside GST, income tax reforms were also introduced, which leaves more money in people’s hands.

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