December of 2011

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Police Statistics: Incidence of crime almost halved

Crime

Dec 30, 2011 2 mins read 452 views
Blue Pine Forest Fire: Under control after razing 500 acres

Forest Fire

Dec 30, 2011 1 mins read 409 views
Taekwondo Championship kicked off

Taekwondo

Dec 30, 2011 1 mins read 444 views
Thimphu Open League: 8 Eleven set up final date with Highlanders

Football

Dec 30, 2011 1 mins read 441 views
The Tobacco Act: A controversial law and its consequences

Crime

Dec 30, 2011 2 mins read 451 views
The snap `n crackle's in pop no more [Part Two]

Perspectives-Music

Dec 30, 2011 4 mins read 533 views
Glacier districts in Bhutan

Environment

Dec 30, 2011 3 mins read 445 views
Online Utility Bill Payment System: Clearing bills with a click

Telecom

Dec 30, 2011 1 mins read 464 views
Thrung Thrung Karm: Urban expansion will crowd out cranes

Wildlife

Dec 30, 2011 3 mins read 461 views
Health official `wins' vacant apartment

NPPF

Dec 30, 2011 1 mins read 412 views
Corruption: CSOs sign up for campaign for corruption

ACC

Dec 30, 2011 1 mins read 0 views
Dewathang Community Centre: A quiet start, to say the least

G2C

Dec 30, 2011 1 mins read 539 views
Corruption: CSOs sign up for campaign for corruption

ACC

Dec 30, 2011 1 mins read 472 views
Dzongkhags to transfer CPS and PS principals

Education

Dec 30, 2011 1 mins read 400 views
Service Industry: Website for hotels without one

Tourism

Dec 30, 2011 1 mins read 353 views
February 2011 Windstorm: DSO accused of making partial payments

Compensation

Dec 30, 2011 2 mins read 380 views
18 media house and counting?

My Say

Dec 30, 2011 1 mins read 473 views
The New Year season

Editorial

Dec 30, 2011 2 mins read 425 views
Brussels ambassador recalled

Diplomacy

Dec 30, 2011 1 mins read 459 views
Samtse Mining Case: SC upholds HC judgment

Judiciary

Dec 30, 2011 3 mins read 405 views
Meet The Press: Expenditure is unavoidable

Finance

Dec 30, 2011 2 mins read 413 views
Parliamentary Elections: Ex-chimi mulls over new party

Politics

Dec 30, 2011 2 mins read 481 views
Vitamin deficiency confirmed

Health

Dec 28, 2011 3 mins read 402 views
15 percent pay hike for govt. corporations

Emolument

Dec 28, 2011 3 mins read 496 views
Community centre inauguration

G2C

Dec 28, 2011 1 mins read 415 views
Food for thought

Editorial

Dec 28, 2011 2 mins read 0 views
Do not tinker with Constitution

My Say

Dec 28, 2011 1 mins read 433 views
Stipend increased for scholarship students in India

Education

Dec 28, 2011 2 mins read 394 views
Contact Centre: A `talking phone' to take your call

Telecom

Dec 28, 2011 2 mins read 340 views
Controlled Substances: Indian caught with a pot of pot

Crime

Dec 28, 2011 1 mins read 420 views
Woodcraft Centre: Moving into a major league

Industry

Dec 28, 2011 2 mins read 366 views
Numbers slumps further

Wildlife

Dec 28, 2011 1 mins read 377 views
Ugyen Academy: FIFA grassroots course underway

Football

Dec 28, 2011 1 mins read 393 views
Thimphu Open League: Highlanders scrape past Thimphu Utd to finals

Football

Dec 29, 2011 1 mins read 385 views
Land Commission: Land transactions go online

Land

Dec 29, 2011 2 mins read 430 views
A long-term solution to an immediate problem?

My Say

Dec 29, 2011 1 mins read 419 views
On separation of powers

Editorial

Dec 29, 2011 2 mins read 448 views
Gelephu Airport: Deadline to be met despite overheads

Aviation

Dec 29, 2011 1 mins read 455 views
Irregularities due to technical glitch: RSTA

RSTA

Dec 29, 2011 2 mins read 392 views
Monetary & Fiscal Policy: Getting by with a begging bowl?

RMA

Dec 29, 2011 3 mins read 389 views
G2C : Community Centre: Services @ speed of thought

G2C

Dec 29, 2011 2 mins read 367 views
Thimphu Open League: Highlanders squeeze past Zion Lions to semis

Football

Dec 25, 2011 1 mins read 382 views
Water Treatment Plant: Municipality takes contractor to court

Municipality

Dec 25, 2011 1 mins read 415 views
Dagana: Former gup held for alleged murder

Crime

Dec 25, 2011 1 mins read 384 views
Boy killed in fire

Fire

Dec 25, 2011 0 mins read 0 views
Media Nomads: A youthful take on hot button topics

Workshop

Dec 25, 2011 2 mins read 378 views
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Happiness with Mr Bhutan

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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

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Dec 30, 2025 2 mins read 1,964 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 3,473 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 2,288 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

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Ask Mr Bhutan

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Aug 18, 2025 2 mins read 5,612 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 1,927 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 1,298 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 1,505 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 2,168 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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