August of 2002

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"Mt. Everest is next"

Personalities

Aug 30, 2002 1 mins read 386 views
Import licensing procedure improved

Bhutan - Trade

Aug 30, 2002 2 mins read 459 views
Dasho Dorji Tenzing passes away

Diseased Personalities

Aug 30, 2002 1 mins read 403 views
Driver missing

Accident

Aug 30, 2002 0 mins read 0 views
PM to address summit on September 3

Lhengye Zhungtsho

Aug 30, 2002 1 mins read 386 views
Water for Semtokha, Babesa

Water Supply Scheme

Aug 30, 2002 1 mins read 380 views
Health & education minister to visit Thailand

Visitors

Aug 30, 2002 1 mins read 381 views
Food inspectors trained

Agriculture Activities

Aug 30, 2002 1 mins read 352 views
Standardisation of mask dances underway

Tshechu

Aug 30, 2002 1 mins read 423 views
Another film rejected by board

Feature Film

Aug 30, 2002 1 mins read 408 views
Machinery unit "centralised" in Bumthang

Agriculture Activities

Aug 30, 2002 1 mins read 365 views
GE loan increased to 1,00,000

Bhutan National Bank (BNB)

Aug 30, 2002 2 mins read 400 views
BNB updates banking software

Bhutan National Bank (BNB)

Aug 30, 2002 1 mins read 453 views
Archer sets record

Sport

Aug 30, 2002 1 mins read 435 views
New rice varieties: bigger yield, higher income

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Aug 30, 2002 3 mins read 441 views
Honey producers told to improve quality

Bee-Keeping

Aug 30, 2002 2 mins read 342 views
The new Wangdue town: at what cost?

Dzongkhags

Aug 30, 2002 2 mins read 361 views
Garbage lead to cattle death in suburban Thimphu

Dzongkhags

Aug 30, 2002 2 mins read 374 views
Fungicide to combat apple leaf fall identified

Agriculture/Horticulture

Aug 30, 2002 2 mins read 337 views
Decentralising

Editorial

Aug 30, 2002 3 mins read 305 views
Tshechus and Atsaras

Kuensel

Aug 30, 2002 1 mins read 351 views
Addiction and alcoholism - what parents can do

Letters to the Editor

Aug 30, 2002 5 mins read 339 views
Salt: no problem

WFP (World Food Program)

Aug 30, 2002 2 mins read 335 views
SAARC to form regional police body

SAARC Activities

Aug 30, 2002 2 mins read 358 views
His Majesty emphasises the important role of the judiciary

His Majesty the King reminded the drangpons (judges), rabjams, and the dungpas of the Bhutanese judicial system that th...

Aug 31, 2002 4 mins read 0 views
Ministerial visit strengthens bilateral ties

Bhutan-Sri Lanka

Aug 30, 2002 1 mins read 362 views
Burimari closed, apples stranded

Exports

Aug 30, 2002 1 mins read 362 views
Ap Namgay Wangchuk: a village genius

Personalities

Aug 23, 2002 3 mins read 368 views
Are pre-school teachers paid less ?

Education-Teacher

Aug 23, 2002 1 mins read 349 views
Cyclists in Bhutan

Visitors

Aug 23, 2002 1 mins read 339 views
Bad potato seeds, poor yield

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Aug 23, 2002 2 mins read 351 views
Inching closer to insouciant reality

Bhutan - History

Aug 23, 2002 2 mins read 342 views
SAARC follow up meet

SAARC Activities

Aug 23, 2002 1 mins read 365 views
Biography of Phajo Drugom published

Books

Aug 23, 2002 1 mins read 354 views
Viewers to lose in cable TV row

Television (TV)

Aug 23, 2002 2 mins read 319 views
Audio visuals: "cultural bridge maker"

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

Aug 23, 2002 2 mins read 329 views
Volunteerism: "selflessness, not cheap labour"

Volunteers

Aug 23, 2002 1 mins read 336 views
Phuentsholing Thrimkhang

Judiciary

Aug 23, 2002 0 mins read 329 views
Chang Jiji: yet another delay

Housing

Aug 23, 2002 1 mins read 377 views
"Health walk" raises Nu 10 million

Health Activities

Aug 23, 2002 1 mins read 340 views
Farmer pioneers Punakha's vegetable boom

Agriculture Activities

Aug 23, 2002 3 mins read 394 views
Kuenselonline sees drastic surge in viewership

Kuensel

Aug 23, 2002 2 mins read 357 views
The same old story

Editorial

Aug 23, 2002 2 mins read 348 views
Private rental buildings ignored

Letters to the Editor

Aug 23, 2002 1 mins read 387 views
Of yawning drains and potholes

Kuensel

Aug 23, 2002 2 mins read 328 views
Dzongkhag restructuring: Wasn't it a mad rush?

Kuensel

Aug 23, 2002 3 mins read 378 views
School children buried in Tsirang landslide

Landslides and Floods

Aug 23, 2002 1 mins read 664 views
Bhutan's national flag designed during first Asian Conference

Centre For Bhutan Studies (CBS)

Aug 23, 2002 1 mins read 438 views
Is the tenancy act finally coming?

Act

Aug 23, 2002 4 mins read 355 views
Bhutan contributes to Nepal's flood relief

Landslides and Floods

Aug 23, 2002 1 mins read 371 views
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Livestock Bill sparks debate over meat, faith, and animal welfare

The third reading of the Livestock Bill of Bhutan 2025 at the National Assembly yesterday ignited a heated debate over meat production and consumption vis-à-vis the country’s Buddhist ethos of protecting the welfare of all sentient beings, including animals.

Dec 02, 2025 4 mins read 2,648 views
NC seeks clarity on improved corruption score amid public distrust

National Council members questioned Bhutan’s improved score on the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Ind...

Dec 02, 2025 3 mins read 1,153 views
Opposition MP quizzes government on high youth unemployment

The government is intensifying efforts to tackle youth unemployment by focusing on workforce preparation, creating more...

Dec 02, 2025 2 mins read 1,223 views
Govt. encourages private sector as harvester demand outpaces supply

The Farm Machinery Corporation Limited (FMCL) has increased combine harvesters deployment to meet growing demand for eff...

Dec 02, 2025 2 mins read 895 views
In Zhemgang, even the forest has a voice

Needless to say, Zhemgang is Bhutan’s true eco-tourism capital, a district where 93.87 percent forest cover turns the landscape into a living, breathing wilderness.

Dec 02, 2025 4 mins read 1,155 views
Lhak-Sam marks World AIDS Day in Genekha

World AIDS Day, observed yesterday, did not take place in a grand hall or under bright lights. Instead, it took place in the cool, shaded forest of Genekha, Thimphu at Lhak-Sam’s Community-Based Care and Livelihood Centre, a place many peop...

Dec 02, 2025 3 mins read 1,133 views
Denchukha road reopens after two-month closure

Dorokha, Samtse—Road connectivity has been temporarily restored in Denchukha after the gewog remained cut-off for nearly...

Dec 01, 2025 2 mins read 1,068 views
NA revisits disability rights after international objections

The National Assembly’s (NA) Women, Children and Youth Committee will review and present an amendment to Bhutan’s reserv...

Dec 01, 2025 1 mins read 1,053 views
MP questions uneven implementation of Road’s Right of Way

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Dramedtse-Ngatshang, Mongar, Kinzang Wangchuk, highlighted growing public concerns ove...

Dec 01, 2025 2 mins read 1,508 views
TV outage sparks outrage in Punakha

Punakha—When the Global Peace Prayer and the Kalachakra empowerment ceremonies began in Thimphu earlier this month, Norbu Wangdi of Dapchegang in Guma Gewog, Punakha hoped to watch the historic event from home. Instead, his t...

Dec 01, 2025 2 mins read 1,980 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 calling for a flood protection system after recent floods caused extensive damage, with losses estimated in the billions.

Oct 16, 2025 2 mins read 2,024 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. Your family, friends, school, city, country, social media accounts, television and news channels, habits, and heroes are all shaping you into replicas of the admired, the powerful, and the majority around you.

Nov 19, 2025 1 mins read 403 views
To eat meat or not!

In passing the Livestock Bill of Bhutan,  2025, National Assembly members engaged in a good debate, a meaty one, even if it missed the core issue. The Bill was not about advocating slaughter houses in the country to meet the increasing demand, but on improving service delivery, setting standards and ensuring quality.

Dec 06, 2025 2 mins read 935 views
Disaster preparedness is our best defence

The National Council this week questioned the government on the country’s disaster preparedness. This is a pertinent issue, especially when extreme weather events are frequent and more intense. Preparedness is therefore the most effective stra...

Dec 05, 2025 2 mins read 489 views
Equity in education merits discourse

During a recent Question Hour session in the National Assembly, Members of Parliament (MP) called for an open debate on education quality and budget allocation. And rightly so. Education is the foundation upon which every other...

Dec 04, 2025 2 mins read 648 views
Deeper than HIV/AIDS

Far from the bustling capital, the community of Genekha observed an important global day. December 1 was World AIDS Day. They chose to mark the occasion at what they called the “fi...

Dec 03, 2025 2 mins read 877 views
Solving youth unemployment before it’s too late

Youth unemployment has become one of Bhutan’s most persistent national challenges. And it endures despite successive gov...

Dec 02, 2025 2 mins read 755 views
Addressing teacher shortage and quality

In some schools, especially in urban centres, there are more teachers than timetables demand. In others, often remote schools, the absence of teachers in key subjects has become chronic.

Dec 01, 2025 2 mins read 1,780 views
When rising corruption reports tell a deeper story

The growing number of corruption reports in the past year forces the nation to confront a hard truth: something in our s...

Nov 29, 2025 2 mins read 1,285 views
Regulatory reforms must be matched with a mindset shift

The government’s commitment to address regulatory barriers that have choked business growth deserves recognition and sup...

Nov 28, 2025 2 mins read 734 views
The classic egg and chicken situation

The price of an egg in the capital has soared to a staggering Nu 20, pushing a standard tray of 30 to Nu 520. While it feels like a crisis, there's no pandemic to blame this time and despite common belief, the cold weather is not t...

Nov 27, 2025 2 mins read 1,296 views
Internalising our deeper values

The return of the Buddha’s sacred Piprahwa relics to India yesterday was more than a ceremonial farewell. It was a lesson in how nations should conduct themselves at a time when the world seems determined to spira...

Nov 26, 2025 2 mins read 564 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 2,977 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

Aug 26, 2025 2 mins read 7,206 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 4,229 views
Leveraging our carbon-negative status

Bhutan’s environmental stewardship, which has resulted in the country's rich biodiversity, is finally translating into c...

Nov 25, 2025 2 mins read 777 views
Solving the crisis before it deepens

The exodus of qualified and seasoned health professionals and its impact on the quality of services is an issue of natio...

Nov 24, 2025 2 mins read 1,149 views
The hydropower vision is crystal clear

The potential is vast, the scope is immense, and the market is as monumental as the Himalayas. As Bhutan and India explo...

Nov 22, 2025 2 mins read 707 views
The BEAST Bhutan needs

While we continue to prioritise sports development in the country, our presence in international competitions so far has...

Nov 21, 2025 2 mins read 767 views
A hard, but not a new question

We are producing what can be called our most educated generation, but are offering them some of the most limited and lea...

Nov 20, 2025 2 mins read 844 views

Recents

Biren Kafley’s death: Custodial death or negligence?

The death of 33-year-old Biren Kumar Kafley after he allegedly fell from a police van while trying to escape during a drug investigation has raised serious questions about police procedures, custodial safety, and whether the incident constitutes negligence or a custodial death.

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