October of 2001

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Poverty and technology

UNDP

Oct 19, 2001 2 mins read 0 views
Building coordination among water sectors

Water Supply Scheme

Oct 26, 2001 1 mins read 485 views
Career: making a start somewhere

Competition (A-Z)

Oct 26, 2001 4 mins read 496 views
Perceptions of Security

Centre For Bhutan Studies (CBS)

Oct 26, 2001 6 mins read 0 views
Cable operator ties up with local company to start BCTV

Television (TV)

Oct 26, 2001 1 mins read 493 views
ADB to invest in infrastructure to spur commerce in South Asia

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Oct 26, 2001 3 mins read 476 views
Supply short as more farmers want to mechanise their farms

Agriculture Activities

Oct 26, 2001 2 mins read 395 views
University waives off fees for Bhutanese students

Bhutan-Canada

Oct 26, 2001 1 mins read 424 views
Bhutan marks the UN Day

Bhutan - UN

Oct 26, 2001 2 mins read 366 views
Bhutan joins UNESCO convention on culture

UN Agencies

Oct 26, 2001 2 mins read 557 views
Fire guts house in Trashigang town

Accident

Oct 26, 2001 1 mins read 417 views
Computer prices fall with entry of Pentium 4

Computer/Internet

Oct 26, 2001 1 mins read 436 views
Archery tournament organised after TDSA's revival

Sport

Oct 26, 2001 1 mins read 393 views
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Kuensel

Oct 26, 2001 1 mins read 0 views
All civil servants are equal

Letters to the Editor

Oct 26, 2001 2 mins read 543 views
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Kuensel

Oct 26, 2001 0 mins read 0 views
Defining priorities

Editorial

Oct 26, 2001 2 mins read 362 views
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Kuensel

Oct 26, 2001 2 mins read 537 views
Bilateral ties are strong, says foreign minister

Bhutan- India

Oct 26, 2001 2 mins read 306 views
Eastern transmission grid nearing deadline

Power

Oct 26, 2001 2 mins read 338 views
Drought takes toll on food crops in the east

Agriculture/Insecticide/Disease

Oct 26, 2001 2 mins read 389 views
ADB & Bhutan embark on partnership to fight poverty

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Oct 26, 2001 3 mins read 398 views
Body recovered

Accident

Oct 26, 2001 0 mins read 0 views
Taekwondo

Sport

Oct 26, 2001 0 mins read 0 views
Forgery

Crime

Oct 26, 2001 0 mins read 0 views
Je on tour

Personalities

Oct 26, 2001 0 mins read 378 views
Verdict expected soon

Judiciary

Oct 19, 2001 0 mins read 423 views
Driver killed, eight injured

Accident

Oct 19, 2001 0 mins read 383 views
Frontiers Defence in the 19th Century

Centre For Bhutan Studies (CBS)

Oct 19, 2001 5 mins read 379 views
Employment discussed in open forum

National Employment Board (NEB)

Oct 19, 2001 2 mins read 372 views
180 households to receive power under Austrian fund

Power

Oct 19, 2001 1 mins read 385 views
Hunger and poverty : intricate connection

WFP (World Food Program)

Oct 19, 2001 2 mins read 456 views
FIFA asks BFF to make a modest proposal

Sport

Oct 19, 2001 2 mins read 339 views
South India: a potential market for Bhutan's apples

Exports

Oct 19, 2001 1 mins read 415 views
A sharp decline on road maintenance budget

Roads

Oct 19, 2001 1 mins read 378 views
Poverty and technology

UNDP

Oct 19, 2001 0 mins read 570 views
In pursuit of adventure

Visitors

Oct 19, 2001 2 mins read 386 views
A new location for automobile workshops

Private Sector

Oct 19, 2001 1 mins read 415 views
Theft suspect arrested

Crime

Oct 19, 2001 1 mins read 395 views
Time to update civil service rules

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Oct 19, 2001 1 mins read 401 views
The Haa mela

Festival (A-Z)

Oct 19, 2001 1 mins read 463 views
A farm road for Uzorong

Roads

Oct 19, 2001 1 mins read 403 views
"Cyber squatters" occupy Bhutan sites

Computer/Internet

Oct 19, 2001 2 mins read 375 views
Car versus housing loans

Kuensel

Oct 19, 2001 0 mins read 453 views
Private sector offers greater opportunities

Letters to the Editor

Oct 19, 2001 1 mins read 400 views
Opening up

Editorial

Oct 19, 2001 3 mins read 411 views
Comments from kuenselonline.com

Kuensel

Oct 19, 2001 3 mins read 0 views
Ninth Plan budget projected at Nu 70 b

Planning Ministry

Oct 19, 2001 1 mins read 342 views
Bhutan exhibition opens in New Delhi

Exhibition

Oct 19, 2001 3 mins read 440 views
Government makes labour concession for mining industry

Government Department

Oct 19, 2001 3 mins read 350 views
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Taxes our forefathers paid

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Happiness with Mr Bhutan

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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...

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Citizens building a nation’s future

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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...

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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

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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

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Punatsangchhu-I restarts, but at a heavy price

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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...

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...

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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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