September of 2006

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PCAL and Thuenpa Puenzhee in the semis

Sport

Sep 29, 2006 1 mins read 424 views
Encouraging basketball

Sport

Sep 29, 2006 1 mins read 414 views
Australia donates to school feeding programme

Bhuta- Austria

Sep 29, 2006 1 mins read 364 views
Government budget deficit Nu. 2.6 billion

Royal Monetary Authority (RMA)

Sep 29, 2006 1 mins read 518 views
Bumthang to receive more tourists

Tourism

Sep 29, 2006 1 mins read 473 views
Heard it on the radio

Private Sector

Sep 29, 2006 4 mins read 444 views
Gyalpoizhing's bar man

Business

Sep 29, 2006 2 mins read 368 views
Chorten robbed

Crime

Sep 29, 2006 1 mins read 0 views
Bear-mauled victim recuperating

Accident

Sep 29, 2006 1 mins read 406 views
Unclaimed dead body buried

Diseased Personalities

Sep 29, 2006 1 mins read 417 views
Running out of rooms

Tshechu

Sep 29, 2006 3 mins read 434 views
Tshechu on TV

Kuensel

Sep 29, 2006 1 mins read 503 views
Right person, right job?

Kuensel

Sep 29, 2006 2 mins read 413 views
City schools: a new concept?

Editorial

Sep 29, 2006 2 mins read 533 views
Contractor versus dzongkhag

Dzongkhags

Sep 29, 2006 3 mins read 499 views
Attorney General office prepares charges on Gelephu land case

Attorney

Sep 29, 2006 1 mins read 412 views
Thimphu Domchoe

Festival (A-Z)

Sep 29, 2006 0 mins read 0 views
Traditional standards needed

Government Department

Sep 29, 2006 2 mins read 402 views
Bombs found in Phuen-tsholing

Explosives (Bomb)

Sep 29, 2006 1 mins read 399 views
Choden lifts U-14 Cup

Sport

Sep 26, 2006 1 mins read 356 views
Friend of Bhutan dies in crash

Accident

Sep 26, 2006 1 mins read 377 views
Trongsa's auto repair woes

Dzongkhags

Sep 26, 2006 1 mins read 368 views
Change of approach

WTO (World Trade Organisation)

Sep 26, 2006 1 mins read 382 views
Paddy gains prominence in Bumthang

Agriculture

Sep 26, 2006 1 mins read 426 views
Bhutan Post trims

Bhutan- Post

Sep 26, 2006 1 mins read 359 views
The changing realities of the job market

Companies

Sep 26, 2006 3 mins read 368 views
The wheel of comfort

Monasteries

Sep 26, 2006 2 mins read 399 views
Inauguration

Attorney

Sep 26, 2006 0 mins read 0 views
PM back

Lhengye Zhungtsho

Sep 26, 2006 0 mins read 386 views
Families asked to vacate (government) homes

Housing

Sep 26, 2006 2 mins read 367 views
Thimphu domchoe

Festival (A-Z)

Sep 26, 2006 0 mins read 470 views
WiFi Lhuentse

Computer/Internet

Sep 26, 2006 1 mins read 413 views
South Asian businessmen participate in WTO forum

WTO (World Trade Organisation)

Sep 26, 2006 1 mins read 347 views
Too less a compensation

Kuensel

Sep 26, 2006 0 mins read 400 views
Too steep for safety

Kuensel

Sep 26, 2006 0 mins read 414 views
More ghost employees

Kuensel

Sep 26, 2006 1 mins read 392 views
Disheartened

Kuensel

Sep 26, 2006 1 mins read 342 views
Lhuentse online

Letters to the Editor

Sep 26, 2006 1 mins read 397 views
When will we swim again?

Kuensel

Sep 26, 2006 0 mins read 379 views
No surprises

Editorial

Sep 26, 2006 2 mins read 402 views
In good hands

Crime

Sep 26, 2006 2 mins read 378 views
Election

Election Commission

Sep 26, 2006 0 mins read 432 views
One killed in bus accident

Accident

Sep 26, 2006 1 mins read 413 views
Eight officials to face admini-strative action

Crime

Sep 26, 2006 1 mins read 340 views
No accomodation, no football

Sport

Sep 22, 2006 1 mins read 416 views
Training

Election Commission

Sep 22, 2006 0 mins read 0 views
Royal visit

Royalties

Sep 22, 2006 0 mins read 0 views
Apple export to India increase

Exports

Sep 22, 2006 2 mins read 375 views
Wengkhar RNR: making a difference

Agriculture Institutions

Sep 22, 2006 2 mins read 393 views
Women also drink (alcohol)

Alcohol

Sep 22, 2006 4 mins read 359 views
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Taxes our forefathers paid

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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...

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Tying the loose ends of GST reform

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Making GST work past early hiccups

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The cost of delay

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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...

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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...

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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...

Dec 30, 2025 2 mins read 2,036 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 3,546 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 2,339 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...

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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...

Sep 22, 2025 4 mins read 4,287 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 5,680 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 1,999 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...

Dec 24, 2025 2 mins read 1,350 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 1,565 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 2,220 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...

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