February of 2001

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Bhutanese people must safeguard their nation’s security

The continued presence of the ULFA and Bodo militants has become an increasingly serious threat to the security and sovere...

Feb 10, 2001 4 mins read 545 views
A lottery win?

Lottery

Feb 16, 2001 1 mins read 416 views
Temporary jobs for students

Education- Student

Feb 23, 2001 1 mins read 0 views
Club rejuvenates after a slow start

Sport

Feb 23, 2001 2 mins read 416 views
Magsars trained and recruited into the RBP

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Feb 23, 2001 2 mins read 425 views
Guidelines framed to preserve historical monuments

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

Feb 23, 2001 2 mins read 437 views
Transportation dilemma

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Feb 23, 2001 1 mins read 425 views
Prostitution : whose responsibility to address it ?

Social Problem (Bhutan)

Feb 23, 2001 5 mins read 462 views
PU courses to be removed from Sherubtse College

Sherubtse College and Graduates

Feb 23, 2001 2 mins read 436 views
SAARC delegates call for collective action in environmental preservation

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Feb 23, 2001 3 mins read 455 views
Bhutan must reduce fuel-wood consumption : report

Energy (Solar, Water, Wind)

Feb 23, 2001 2 mins read 484 views
Towards an efficient civil service

Viewpoints

Feb 23, 2001 4 mins read 0 views
A year of issues

Editorial

Feb 23, 2001 3 mins read 474 views
The year ahead

Astrological College

Feb 23, 2001 1 mins read 434 views
The year of the Dragon a flashback

Wrap Up News

Feb 23, 2001 8 mins read 506 views
Agriculture in schools

Institutions

Feb 23, 2001 1 mins read 510 views
Tala work awarded

Hydro Project

Feb 23, 2001 1 mins read 399 views
Phuentsholing police investigate murder

Crime

Feb 26, 2001 1 mins read 395 views
Telecom tariffs to be revised

Telecommunication Department

Feb 16, 2001 1 mins read 404 views
Wang Watershed Project to benefit rural people in four dzongkhags

Water Supply Scheme

Feb 16, 2001 2 mins read 372 views
Bleak employment scenario

National Employment Board (NEB)

Feb 16, 2001 2 mins read 392 views
A breakthrough at Basochu project

Hydro Project

Feb 16, 2001 2 mins read 368 views
A subtle form of gender inequality exists in Bhutan

Education- NFE

Feb 16, 2001 3 mins read 506 views
The people of Mongar support strong action against the militants

The people of Mongar are fully prepared to support military action against the militants from Assam t...

Feb 17, 2001 5 mins read 333 views
More archery medals for Bhutan

Archery

Feb 16, 2001 1 mins read 361 views
Prayers for the earthquake victims in Gujarat

Bhutan- India

Feb 16, 2001 1 mins read 441 views
Traffic picks up on the lateral route

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Feb 16, 2001 2 mins read 357 views
About conclusions and speculation

Letters to the Editor

Feb 16, 2001 1 mins read 367 views
Bhutan's Internet Future - a clarification

Letters to the Editor

Feb 16, 2001 3 mins read 405 views
What cost ?

Editorial

Feb 16, 2001 3 mins read 429 views
Bhutan is running out of options on militant problem

If Bhutan takes military action against the ULFA and NDFB militants who are camped illegally in the country, the people will face serious...

Feb 17, 2001 5 mins read 369 views
Kurichu project promises unprecedented development for Mongar dzongkhag

The people of Mongar should tap the huge power resource from the Kurichu hydroel...

Feb 17, 2001 7 mins read 422 views
The people of Kurtoe look forward to greater progress and prosperity

Lhuentse dzongkhag’s long-drawn search for a suitable site for township is finally over w...

Feb 17, 2001 6 mins read 429 views
SAARC committee

SAARC Countries

Feb 16, 2001 0 mins read 385 views
Holiday declared

Home Affairs

Feb 16, 2001 0 mins read 381 views
BFF scholarship

Sport

Feb 16, 2001 0 mins read 407 views
Trashiyangtse achieves impressive progress as a new dzongkhag

The creation of Trashiyangtse as a separate dzongkhag by His Majesty the King, who inaugurated the new dzongkh...

Feb 10, 2001 5 mins read 701 views
Bhutan can contribute to the spread of Buddhism worldwide: WFB

Buddhism

Feb 09, 2001 1 mins read 416 views
A closer look at the Brokpas of Merak-Sakten

Ethic Groups

Feb 09, 2001 8 mins read 456 views
Students, juveniles gain work experience

Education- Student

Feb 09, 2001 2 mins read 394 views
A "vision" for the education sector

Education- Institutions

Feb 09, 2001 6 mins read 708 views
Setting vehicle emission standards for Bhutan

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Feb 09, 2001 3 mins read 464 views
Privatisation: a little contradiction

Letters to the Editor

Feb 09, 2001 1 mins read 437 views
Buses need to be identified

Letters to the Editor

Feb 09, 2001 1 mins read 458 views
The Bhutanese family

Editorial

Feb 09, 2001 3 mins read 518 views
People of Trashigang express their concern over the militant problem

Arrangements are being made to ensure regular supply of essential food items to the peopl...

Feb 10, 2001 4 mins read 425 views
Bhutanese people must safeguard their nation's security

Planning

Feb 09, 2001 4 mins read 416 views
Trashigang completes 69 percent of Eighth Plan activities

Even as they confidently approach the remaining one and half years of the Eighth Five-Year Plan with more than two-third o...

Feb 10, 2001 6 mins read 414 views
Bhutan's Internet Future

Letters to the Editor

Feb 09, 2001 2 mins read 377 views
Agriculture

Agriculture Activities

Feb 09, 2001 0 mins read 469 views
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Former BIG regional manager sentenced to nine years for embezzlement

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Dzongkhags rally to attract local tourists

Jan 08, 2026 4 mins read 1,710 views
First Pelsung cohort showcases 74 innovative ideas

Jan 08, 2026 2 mins read 2,754 views
STCBL to supply fuel to Project DANTAK

Jan 07, 2026 2 mins read 2,233 views
Rising arrivals, shrinking returns for tourism industry

Jan 07, 2026 3 mins read 3,027 views
Reflecting on access to information

Jan 07, 2026 5 mins read 1,674 views
New FDI regime offers wider access to foreign investors in agriculture

The agriculture and livestock sector is seeing an increased investor interest following major reforms in foreign direct investment (FDI) policy that liberalised ownership rules and eased approvals.

Jan 03, 2026 3 mins read 2,087 views
BCCI submits 35 business ideas to govt. for private sector engagement

The Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has submitted 35 business proposals from 12 sector associations to th...

Dec 20, 2025 2 mins read 2,499 views
Bhutan attracts major impact finance commitments at SDG forum

During the two-day Bhutan SDG Impact Finance Forum held last week in Thimphu, international and high-level participants...

Dec 20, 2025 3 mins read 1,202 views
Businesses propose action oriented public-private forum to address private sector woes

The Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has proposed the government to re-establish the high-level Private Se...

Dec 20, 2025 2 mins read 1,422 views
Taxes our forefathers paid

Jan 13, 2026 2 mins read 755 views
Gym that asks you to grow, not just train

Jan 10, 2026 2 mins read 496 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 18, 2025 4 mins read 1,059 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 746 views
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.

Jan 10, 2026 2 mins read 785 views
The cost of delay

Jan 07, 2026 2 mins read 1,162 views
A new chapter for Kuensel

Two decades ago, in February 2005, Kuensel increased its publication frequency to twice a week. This move was a direct response to our readers’ growing needs and a conscious preparation for the n...

Jan 03, 2026 2 mins read 897 views
Strengthening the third sector

Over the years, the civil society sector has quietly assumed a critical role in bridging policy and people. Often referred to as the third sector, CSOs have emerged as indispensable partners in Bhutan’s pursuit...

Dec 31, 2025 2 mins read 1,172 views
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...

Dec 30, 2025 2 mins read 1,532 views
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...

Dec 29, 2025 2 mins read 3,013 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...

Dec 27, 2025 2 mins read 1,910 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 1,562 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 1,487 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 909 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 2,525 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 858 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 3,747 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 5,133 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...

Dec 23, 2025 2 mins read 1,125 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 1,810 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 r...

Dec 20, 2025 2 mins read 1,121 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 d...

Dec 19, 2025 2 mins read 1,157 views
A common destiny, a collective future

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

Dec 18, 2025 3 mins read 1,585 views

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