December of 2012

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Marked drop in BCSE performance

RCSC

Dec 05, 2012 3 mins read 572 views
ACC recognised for integrity

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Dec 31, 2012 3 mins read 693 views
Denchukha, Samtse: Bridge to end gewog's long isolation

Bridge

Dec 31, 2012 2 mins read 740 views
Chali, Mongar: A part-time mask-maker

Occupation

Dec 31, 2012 2 mins read 656 views
Tshongdue, Paro: Small restaurants seek exemption

Cylinder

Dec 31, 2012 2 mins read 548 views
Water service charges need reviewing

Letter to the editor

Dec 31, 2012 2 mins read 623 views
Another year older

Editorial

Dec 31, 2012 2 mins read 604 views
Changyul, Punakha: BAFRA switches off Mochhu water supply

Wang

Dec 31, 2012 1 mins read 588 views
Assault & Battery: Student injured, two detained

Crime

Dec 31, 2012 1 mins read 578 views
Consultant recommendations: Ways to cut down on waiting time

JDWNR Hospital

Dec 31, 2012 3 mins read 739 views
New Political Parties: The merger game plan?

Politics

Dec 31, 2012 3 mins read 672 views
Coca-Cola Tournament: Ugyen Academy, Yeedzin draw

Football

Dec 30, 2012 1 mins read 629 views
Artificial Turf: Hired out for 14 hours a day, 5 days a week

Football

Dec 30, 2012 2 mins read 681 views
The Making of the Constitution

Perspective

Dec 30, 2012 5 mins read 0 views
Tourists in Trashigang: Benefits not trickling down to grassroots

Tourism

Dec 30, 2012 2 mins read 539 views
What is the discharge into Doti Khola ?

Letter to the editor

Dec 30, 2012 0 mins read 492 views
The excesses of the eve

Editorial

Dec 30, 2012 2 mins read 598 views
Optical Fibre Connectivity: To-the-home service to be made available

Internet

Dec 30, 2012 2 mins read 577 views
Pralang: Rice for water

Irrigation

Dec 30, 2012 2 mins read 642 views
Health: Poor planning cause doctor shortage

Health

Dec 30, 2012 4 mins read 568 views
Joint Venture Projects: Of land they'd require, families they'd affect

Hydropower Project

Dec 28, 2012 2 mins read 613 views
Learning to visualise first and paint later

Art

Dec 28, 2012 1 mins read 581 views
215 youth sign up for winter progam

Youth

Dec 28, 2012 1 mins read 594 views
Sleep - Salubrious spell of suspended animation

Perspective

Dec 28, 2012 4 mins read 568 views
Phuentsholing Thromde: Going round in circulars

Attic

Dec 28, 2012 2 mins read 616 views
Why Bhutan? A GNH Perspective

Perspective

Dec 28, 2012 12 mins read 537 views
No response yet for Dewathang hospital

Health

Dec 28, 2012 1 mins read 581 views
Srirampur, West Bengal, India: Driver killed in car crash

Accident

Dec 28, 2012 1 mins read 547 views
Businessman deceives five sisters

Judiciary

Dec 28, 2012 2 mins read 565 views
Special Educational Needs: To merge with the mainstream

Education

Dec 28, 2012 2 mins read 610 views
Why everyone loses when banks stop lending

Perspective

Dec 28, 2012 4 mins read 562 views
Cabinet says new alcohol industries be permitted

Alcohol

Dec 28, 2012 1 mins read 565 views
Punakha's Bridges: Lifelines to the blessing venue

Wang

Dec 28, 2012 1 mins read 529 views
Elections 2013: So far, a pale shadow of the first edition

Politics

Dec 28, 2012 3 mins read 564 views
Math teacher should teach Math

Letter to the editor

Dec 28, 2012 1 mins read 575 views
Elections.2

Editorial

Dec 28, 2012 2 mins read 530 views
Man killed in a brawl

Crime

Dec 28, 2012 1 mins read 636 views
Short circuit causes fire

Accident

Dec 28, 2012 0 mins read 532 views
Centre for Bhutan Studies: Gender bias in health findings

CBS

Dec 28, 2012 4 mins read 554 views
The Making of the Constitution

Perspective

Dec 27, 2012 9 mins read 0 views
Illicit Liquor : Seizure to come hot on the heels of raid

Revenue & Customs

Dec 27, 2012 2 mins read 502 views
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Multidisciplinary Super-Speciality Hospital project moving ahead as planned: Health Minister

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Where the Migoi still roams

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Agriculture Ministry moves to shield 2026 cropping season amid concerns

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Foreign workers now require Bhutanese bank accounts for work permit approval

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Startups call for support beyond seed funding

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A memoir of hustle and heartache

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Café by the waterfall

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Where tradition meets treatment

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May 02, 2026 3 mins read 1,297 views
Between Homes

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May 02, 2026 1 mins read 5,525 views
The true wealth of Dzambhala

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May 02, 2026 4 mins read 1,261 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 and warmth by devoted grandparents can fare well, separation from parents at this age generally causes...

Apr 25, 2026 4 mins read 3,496 views
You’re not what you think you are

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Apr 18, 2026 4 mins read 2,602 views
Sundays at Le Méridien

The monthly Sunday brunch at Le Méridien has become a special experience that goes beyond dining, offering guests a relaxed four-hour setting to reconnect with family and friends.

Apr 13, 2026 3 mins read 2,525 views
The trap of spiritual materialism

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Fighting online scams

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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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When will we feed ourselves?

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,106 views
Fuel crisis demands more than subsidies

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May 02, 2026 3 mins read 1,996 views
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 could see as few as 2,000 births by 2028.

Apr 29, 2026 2 mins read 4,518 views
A bumper harvest shouldn’t brew a bumper crisis

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Apr 25, 2026 2 mins read 2,474 views
Unshackling the state

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The environmental toll of wars

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A costly fiasco

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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.

Feb 25, 2026 2 mins read 6,226 views
Economy uncoils for strongest growth in years

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Feb 18, 2026 4 mins read 6,152 views
Tax system sees major changes and initiatives

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Feb 18, 2026 2 mins read 6,543 views
Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

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Dorjilung hydropower to raise GDP by 2.4%, generate 5,000 jobs

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Jan 31, 2026 3 mins read 9,597 views
Compassion in practice: Building a win-win healthcare system

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Happiness with Mr Bhutan

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Apr 01, 2026 4 mins read 3,390 views
When Words Create Worlds

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Where to find the best momos in Thimphu

Mar 16, 2026 1 mins read 4,352 views
Living hand to mouth

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A call for shared responsibility

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When the watchdog has no teeth

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Culture under threat?

Mar 28, 2026 2 mins read 4,586 views
Promises and performance

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Mar 25, 2026 2 mins read 3,696 views

Recents

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, business, education, entertainment, and entrepreneurship.

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