October of 2005

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Poster competition

Competition (A-Z)

Oct 28, 2005 0 mins read 592 views
Environmental auditing

Royal Audit Authority (RAA)

Oct 28, 2005 0 mins read 654 views
Credentials

Bhutan- Singapore

Oct 28, 2005 0 mins read 0 views
Special education

Disabled

Oct 28, 2005 0 mins read 739 views
Asia-Pacific art forum

South Asian Federation Games (SAFG)

Oct 28, 2005 0 mins read 667 views
Jigme Losel reachs U-12 finals

Sport

Oct 28, 2005 1 mins read 711 views
United for children against HIV/Aids

Health-HIV/AIDS

Oct 28, 2005 2 mins read 604 views
A complex for RUB

Royal University of Bhutan

Oct 28, 2005 1 mins read 632 views
New lam for CHPCL Zangtopelri

Dratshang

Oct 28, 2005 0 mins read 658 views
Conserving timber

Forest Timber/ Firewood

Oct 28, 2005 1 mins read 635 views
Punakha gears up for gup elections

Dzongkhags

Oct 28, 2005 2 mins read 640 views
Gene bank to preserve exotic genetic resources

Science/ Technology

Oct 28, 2005 2 mins read 588 views
"Enjoy Gardening!"

National Park

Oct 28, 2005 2 mins read 0 views
Highlanders' choice

Dzongkhags

Oct 28, 2005 2 mins read 577 views
Clarification

Letters to the Editor

Oct 28, 2005 0 mins read 0 views
Wrong information

Letters to the Editor

Oct 28, 2005 1 mins read 0 views
One way

Letters to the Editor

Oct 28, 2005 0 mins read 633 views
Constitution: much to learn

Editorial

Oct 28, 2005 2 mins read 557 views
Foundation to bring Bhutan & India closer

Bhutan- India

Oct 28, 2005 1 mins read 539 views
Good governance crucial for parliamentary democracy

Government Department

Oct 28, 2005 3 mins read 581 views
A Constitution for the future of Bhutan

Overwhelmed by the magnitude of the implications symbolised by the kingdom's first written Constitution, the residents of the nation's capital entered a new chapter in Bhutanes...

Oct 29, 2005 11 mins read 584 views
A special connection

Visitors

Oct 25, 2005 2 mins read 619 views
A working visit

Bhutan- Norway

Oct 25, 2005 2 mins read 614 views
Fourth national textile festival opens

Exhibition

Oct 25, 2005 2 mins read 553 views
What is happening with PCS?

Letters to the Editor

Oct 25, 2005 2 mins read 653 views
Big at 19 months: abnormal?

Kuensel

Oct 25, 2005 1 mins read 548 views
The elections: wrong criteria?

Editorial

Oct 25, 2005 1 mins read 559 views
NCWC secretariat

National Commission for Women and Children

Oct 25, 2005 0 mins read 547 views
Gene bank

Forestry Institution

Oct 25, 2005 0 mins read 567 views
Field day

Dzongkhags

Oct 25, 2005 0 mins read 604 views
IBF meeting

Bhutan- India

Oct 25, 2005 0 mins read 588 views
Customer relations

Bhutan - Trade

Oct 25, 2005 0 mins read 591 views
Under-12 football begins

Sport

Oct 25, 2005 1 mins read 697 views
Food prices increases

Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)

Oct 25, 2005 1 mins read 688 views
Bhutanese dance troupe in Europe

Special Commission For Cultural Affairs/ Bhutan Music/ RAPA

Oct 25, 2005 1 mins read 593 views
Reaching the unreached

Bhutan- Telecom

Oct 25, 2005 2 mins read 614 views
Owning and managing forest resources

Forest Planning/Policy Conference/Meeting

Oct 25, 2005 3 mins read 598 views
RUB to develop tourism study programmes

Royal University of Bhutan

Oct 25, 2005 2 mins read 565 views
Potato prices hit a new high

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Oct 25, 2005 3 mins read 589 views
Mother and child missing in accident

Accident

Oct 25, 2005 1 mins read 574 views
Bumper harvest in Bumthang

Agriculture/Crops/Mushroom

Oct 25, 2005 1 mins read 564 views
An offer he could refuse

Dzongkhags

Oct 25, 2005 2 mins read 611 views
Every vote counts

Dzongkhags

Oct 25, 2005 3 mins read 895 views
Commemorating 60th UN anniversary

International Day

Oct 25, 2005 2 mins read 625 views
School quiz

Competition (A-Z)

Oct 21, 2005 0 mins read 695 views
Honorary Consul

Visitors

Oct 21, 2005 0 mins read 0 views
Road to TUNIS

Communication Ministry

Oct 21, 2005 0 mins read 623 views
UN Day

International Day

Oct 21, 2005 0 mins read 0 views
JICA volunteers

JICA

Oct 21, 2005 0 mins read 574 views
Chukha elects new gup

Dzongkhags

Oct 21, 2005 1 mins read 503 views
Browse Archives
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The National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM), in partnership with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), has installed the country’s first high-altitude black carbon monitoring station near the benchmarked Shodug Glacier in the headwaters of  Thim Chu.

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NC forwards Co-operatives and Farmers Groups Bill 2025 to National Assembly

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The gift of children

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Transforming cancer care: Bhutan Cancer Society’s decade of impact

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Tasha Int. News and members raise Nu 17 million for 108 Jangchub Choeten Project

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NC endorses annual budget as per NA

The National Council yesterday deliberated on the National Budget Report for FY 2026–27, the Budget Appropriation Bill for FY 2026–27, and the Supplementary Budget Appropriation Bill for FY 2025–26.

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Stop recording, start living

Like television, the internet, and AI, TikTok can be a force for good or bad. It entirely depends on how it is used.

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Ask Mr Bhutan: “Money can’t buy happiness.” Is it true, when everything is dependent on money?

Once born into a physical body, there are certain absolute necessities without which most of us are incapable of experie...

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Duchen Nga Zom: What a butter lamp and a few flower petals can teach us

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The virus, the fear, and the freedom beyond both

Hantavirus is not a single virus but a family of rodent-borne viruses that occasionally spill over into humans, sometime...

May 24, 2026 4 mins read 1,390 views
Whose face are you wearing?

The desire for happiness is universal, and beauty, prestige, and wealth have always been seen as pathways to achieve it. In that sense, this is nothing new.

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A memoir of hustle and heartache

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From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

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Café by the waterfall

About six kilometres before Trongsa town, just past the Bjee Zam Bridge, a traditional one-storey house appears on the left of the highway. It is not easy to miss. This modest structure...

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Where tradition meets treatment

In Bhutan, healing is not a choice between past and present but a collaboration between the two. Across the country, patients move between modern clinics and traditional medicine units with ease, guided as much by...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 2,566 views
Between Homes

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Overseas employment isn’t the solution

The conflict in the Middle East has once again exposed our dependence on overseas employment as a pressure valve for domestic unemployment.

Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 993 views
United for Project 108

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Banks can unlock growth through affordable credit

Financial institutions are the lifeblood of any modern economy. They mobilise savings, allocate capital, manage risk, an...

Jun 03, 2026 3 mins read 1,807 views
A missed opportunity

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May 30, 2026 2 mins read 1,545 views
Chain-link fencing: somebody’s gain, another’s loss

Chain-link fencing is perhaps one of the most viable solutions policymakers have managed to narrow down in the long and...

May 27, 2026 2 mins read 1,715 views
Fixing and fine-tuning GST regime

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May 23, 2026 2 mins read 2,143 views
Insolvency law, a long overdue

Bhutan’s economy has changed dramatically since the Bankruptcy Act of 1999 was enacted. Back then, the private sector was small, cross-border trade was limited, and the financial system was far less complex.

May 20, 2026 3 mins read 2,069 views
GMC was a masterstroke

The conflict in the Middle East, which has disrupted the global economy and fueled uncertainties, has led investors to question whether oil-rich nations remain a safe haven. As the confl...

May 16, 2026 2 mins read 4,663 views
Fighting online scams

The digital age has transformed Bhutanese society in ways unimaginable in just a decade or two. Social media and online platforms have opened enormous opportunities for communication,...

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ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ཁྲོམ་སྡེ་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་མ་ལང་མི་དེ་ སྲིད་བྱུས་དང་ ཁྱིམ་བཟོ་ག་གི་འཐུས་ཤོར་ཨིན་ན།

༉ ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ ལུང་ཕྱོགས་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་ལངམ་སྦེ་མེད་པའི་ དཀའ་ངལ་ལུ་བརྟེན་ འབྲུག་པའི་མི་ཁུངས་མང་ཤོས་ཅིག་ ས་མཚམས་ཕྱི་ཁ...

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Startups call for support beyond seed funding

The country’s startup ecosystem has helped many young entrepreneurs launch their businesses, but founders say support be...

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National debt to rise by 26%, reaching Nu 380 billion in June

The country’s national debt is expected to rise by nearly 26 percent this June compared to June last year.

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Economy uncoils for strongest growth in years

The Year of the Snake became a defining moment for the country’s economy, as growth accelerated sharply following severa...

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Tax system sees major changes and initiatives

The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 202...

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Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

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The true wealth of Dzambhala

The name Dzambhala — from the Sanskrit Jambhala — is traditionally associated with wealth and prosperity, reflecting his...

May 02, 2026 4 mins read 2,483 views
No amount of money can replace you

The early years — roughly birth to five — are critical for emotional development. While a child raised with consistency...

Apr 25, 2026 4 mins read 5,007 views
You’re not what you think you are

You are not alone in your confusion — and much of it arises from the word itself. Emptiness can sound like nothingness,...

Apr 18, 2026 4 mins read 4,030 views
Sundays at Le Méridien

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The trap of spiritual materialism

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When will we feed ourselves?

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Fuel crisis demands more than subsidies

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Demographic crisis demands bold reforms

Bhutan is facing a “national crisis” as birth rates plunge by 62.9 percent. If current trends continue, the country coul...

Apr 29, 2026 2 mins read 6,729 views
A bumper harvest shouldn’t brew a bumper crisis

This summer, the mountain slopes above Lunana are expected to offer a bumper yield of cordyceps, or Yartsa Goenbub. But...

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Recents

Fourth thromde elections set for July 15

The dhamngoi zomdu (candidate selection meetings) for Thrompon candidates will begin for the fourth local government elections of Thimphu and Phuentsholing Thromde Tshogdes, scheduled for July 15, according to the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB).

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Drayang closure to remain permanent

More than two years after promising to review the closure of drayangs, the government has ruled out the possibility of reviving the entertainment venues, signalling a definitive end to an industry that once formed a significant part of the country’s nightlife economy.

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