July of 2004

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State of environment presented to Assembly

National Environment Commission (NEC)

Jul 16, 2004 3 mins read 433 views
Eastern highways open

Roads

Jul 30, 2004 2 mins read 386 views
Bhutan expands economic cooperation with EU

Bhutan-European Countries

Jul 30, 2004 2 mins read 465 views
Retirement benefits for lams and lopons to be studied

National Assembly

Jul 30, 2004 5 mins read 540 views
New geogs proposed

National Assembly

Jul 30, 2004 1 mins read 579 views
Committee to maintain and renovate religious monuments

National Assembly

Jul 30, 2004 2 mins read 469 views
Youth need more job opportunities

National Assembly

Jul 30, 2004 3 mins read 416 views
New dungkhag for Silambi and Gongdue geogs

National Assembly

Jul 30, 2004 1 mins read 408 views
Exploring new markets for cash crops

National Assembly

Jul 30, 2004 3 mins read 368 views
Leopards kill domestic animals in Trashigang

Accident

Jul 30, 2004 1 mins read 366 views
Excess land in Chang and Kawang, Thimphu

National Assembly

Jul 30, 2004 4 mins read 399 views
Inflation 1.2 percent in first half of 2004

Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)

Jul 30, 2004 1 mins read 421 views
Land Act to be amended

National Assembly

Jul 30, 2004 3 mins read 395 views
Bhutan Telecom revises tariffs

Telecommunication Department

Jul 30, 2004 1 mins read 0 views
Dengue on the decline

Health Disease

Jul 30, 2004 2 mins read 479 views
Wife stabs husband

Crime

Jul 30, 2004 1 mins read 339 views
Bhutanese vegetables identified for export to Bangladesh

Exports

Jul 30, 2004 1 mins read 330 views
Allowances for rural leaders

National Assembly

Jul 30, 2004 3 mins read 356 views
From treatment to prevention

WHO (World Health Organisation)

Jul 30, 2004 2 mins read 353 views
Watching TV : what happens to you

Letters to the Editor

Jul 30, 2004 2 mins read 496 views
The problem with our roads

Letters to the Editor

Jul 30, 2004 2 mins read 367 views
Discussing land

Editorial

Jul 30, 2004 3 mins read 347 views
HIV mostly spread through sex workers

Health-HIV/AIDS

Jul 30, 2004 2 mins read 338 views
RICBL reprimanded

Judiciary

Jul 30, 2004 2 mins read 375 views
Acquisition of land

National Assembly

Jul 30, 2004 5 mins read 377 views
No revision in land compensation rates

National Assembly

Jul 30, 2004 2 mins read 482 views
Steps needed to check misuse of power

National Assembly

Jul 30, 2004 2 mins read 360 views
Dantak has played an important role

DANTAK/IMTRAT/BRTF

Jul 30, 2004 2 mins read 402 views
Dzongkha is vital, English has an important role

National Assembly

Jul 23, 2004 8 mins read 378 views
Check and balance needed at the geog level

National Assembly

Jul 23, 2004 2 mins read 362 views
Wai Chharo breaks new ground

Feature Film

Jul 23, 2004 1 mins read 345 views
Amo chhu changes course, worries residents

Landslides and Floods

Jul 23, 2004 2 mins read 383 views
Helping Bhutanese unemployed to make the right choice

Education-Youth/Counselling/Deliquesce

Jul 23, 2004 3 mins read 369 views
Ashi Tshering Pem Wangchuck visits U.S., Switzerland: 100,000 SF for YDF

International Convention

Jul 23, 2004 2 mins read 396 views
Timber approval to remain with ministry

National Assembly

Jul 23, 2004 2 mins read 381 views
Assembly discusses driglam namzha

National Assembly

Jul 23, 2004 3 mins read 368 views
Shifting of dzongkhag headquarters to be studied

National Assembly

Jul 23, 2004 1 mins read 334 views
SAARC ministers in Islamabad

SAARC Countries

Jul 23, 2004 1 mins read 349 views
Admissions in Delhi

Education- Student

Jul 23, 2004 2 mins read 358 views
Cooperation to extend beyond health

Bhutan-Thailand

Jul 23, 2004 2 mins read 357 views
Removing barriers to effective auditing

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Jul 23, 2004 2 mins read 339 views
Acts should be publicised

Kuensel

Jul 23, 2004 1 mins read 343 views
Control Dengue

Letters to the Editor

Jul 23, 2004 1 mins read 375 views
New images bring new values to Bhutan

Letters to the Editor

Jul 23, 2004 2 mins read 367 views
Wronged ?

Editorial

Jul 23, 2004 3 mins read 341 views
National Assembly to meet twice a year

National Assembly

Jul 23, 2004 2 mins read 414 views
Bhutan at BIMST-EC

Bhutan-Thailand

Jul 23, 2004 1 mins read 415 views
Resettlement to remain a priority

National Assembly

Jul 23, 2004 2 mins read 373 views
Does the law discriminate against fathers?

National Assembly

Jul 23, 2004 3 mins read 404 views
Necessities running out

Landslides and Floods

Jul 23, 2004 3 mins read 351 views
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NA adopts amendments to UN disabilities convention

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NC review flags narrow export base, market struggles for farmers

The National Council (NC) yesterday deliberated on a review report on key economic sectors presented by the Special Comm...

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NA adopts International Big Cat Alliance

The National Assembly (NA) unanimously adopted the framework agreement for establishing the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) yesterday, paving the way for Bhutan to become a member.

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Disrupted connectivity in Denchukha impacts livelihoods and local economy

Dorokha, Samtse—What should have been a routine journey turned into an ordeal when a group of teachers recently travelli...

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Drukair launches Gelephu –Kolkata flight, boosting connectivity for GMC

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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. 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.

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Zero tolerance for online crimes

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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 475 views
The never-ending tourism debate

The discussion on tourism policy is like Atsara Phentho’s chham. In other words, a lot of motion without progress. On Monday, members of Parliament demanded accountability for the reforms they recommended after re...

Dec 10, 2025 2 mins read 968 views
Ready to take off from GMC

The launch of the Gelephu–Kolkata international air route marks far more than the addition of a new flight on the country’s aviation map. It is a statement of intent – a signal of where we are heade...

Dec 09, 2025 2 mins read 405 views
Why we must invest in Research & Development

Bhutan is not short of ideas, intellect or institutions. What it lacks is a strong, working bridge between research, pol...

Dec 08, 2025 2 mins read 726 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 advocat...

Dec 06, 2025 2 mins read 1,093 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 544 views
Equity in education merits discourse

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Dec 04, 2025 2 mins read 760 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 954 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 800 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 2,068 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 3,004 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 4,258 views
Addressing teacher shortage and quality

In some schools, especially in urban centres, there are more teachers than timetables demand. In others, often remote sc...

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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 1,344 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 780 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 f...

Nov 27, 2025 2 mins read 1,337 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 lesso...

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Recents

Zero tolerance for online crimes

This week, Australia enforced the ban on social media access for children under 16. This is unprecedented and bold. While some critics have labelled the ban harsh and even draconian, this new law is anchored in the premise that the government must protect children from harmful content that undermines their physical and mental well-being.

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Network divide unacceptable: NA Good Governance Committee

Some 252 locations across the country still lack access to mobile network services. Member of Parliament (MP) for Bongo-Chapcha and member of the Good Governance Committee of the National Assembly, Pemba, highlighted this while presenting a follow-up report on the poor mobile network and telecommunication services in the highlands.

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ICIMOD honours three champions of cryosphere and rangeland reform

Kathmandu, Nepal — The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has honoured three individuals from Bhutan and China with the Dr Andreas Schild Memorial Mountain Prize 2025 for their contributions to protecting fragile mountain ecosystems and strengthening resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH).

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