June of 2012

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New initiative too restrictive

RMA

Jun 20, 2012 3 mins read 502 views
KNOW YOUR CANDIDATE

Zhemgang

Jun 14, 2012 7 mins read 0 views
Why can't post ballot registration be extended?

My Say

Jun 14, 2012 1 mins read 513 views
Green Tea: Long-term horticultural plan pays off at last

Samcholing, Trongsa Green Tea

Jun 29, 2012 2 mins read 439 views
Vehicle Imports: Plunging Rupee equals costlier cars

Trade

Jun 29, 2012 2 mins read 442 views
Food Safety: Using street theatre to get the message across

BAFRA

Jun 29, 2012 1 mins read 405 views
Chengkhar, Nganglam: Sleepless nights over a raging Korongchu

Dungsam Cement

Jun 29, 2012 2 mins read 472 views
Major fires to national monuments in the last century

Monument Fire

Jun 29, 2012 1 mins read 434 views
City Bus Services: Private operators lay bare their conditions

City Bus Service

Jun 29, 2012 2 mins read 394 views
Pedestrian Day: A step in the right direction

Padestrian Day

Jun 29, 2012 3 mins read 426 views
Right of Way: Dungkhag to demolish houses

Jigmecholing House Demolish

Jun 29, 2012 4 mins read 437 views
Bhutan Standards Bureau: Streamlining the wholesale business

Trade

Jun 29, 2012 2 mins read 442 views
Regional Revenue And Customs Office: To shift the jam-causing weighbridge .

RRCO Phuentsholing

Jun 29, 2012 2 mins read 447 views
Qualified Gases Private Limited: Making money out of thin air

Pasakha Factory

Jun 29, 2012 4 mins read 393 views
Domestic Air Services: A Nu 48M runway resurfacing bill

Civil Aviation

Jun 29, 2012 2 mins read 321 views
Veterinary Hospital: Up gradation held up

Thimphu Vetenary Hospital

Jun 29, 2012 2 mins read 334 views
Putting Wangduephodrang before Pemagatshel dzong

My Say

Jun 29, 2012 2 mins read 384 views
Debt-ridden democracy

Editorial

Jun 29, 2012 2 mins read 381 views
Petrol price drops by Nu 2.60 starting last night

Petrol Price

Jun 29, 2012 1 mins read 346 views
Financial Liabilities: Deadline over!

Party Politics

Jun 29, 2012 3 mins read 384 views
Wangduephodrang dzong fire: What happened that Sunday afternoon?

Wangduephodrang dzong fire

Jun 29, 2012 4 mins read 376 views
Happiness Day

UN

Jun 29, 2012 0 mins read 429 views
heavy landslides on the Phuentsholing-Thimphu highway

Road block

Jun 28, 2012 0 mins read 426 views
Wangduephodrang Dzong: New `fortress' to be blueprint for future

Wangduephodrang Dzong

Jun 28, 2012 2 mins read 342 views
Guru Rinpoche's Birthday: Nation Marks an Auspicious Occassion

Religion

Jun 28, 2012 2 mins read 401 views
Medical Equipment: Chemistry analyser down for a month

Health - Medical Equipment

Jun 28, 2012 2 mins read 442 views
Suicide Update: Police find no case against principal

Suicide Kamji School

Jun 28, 2012 2 mins read 436 views
Disaster Management Bill: Joint sitting to see it through

Parliament - Joint sitting

Jun 28, 2012 1 mins read 367 views
Incorrect content

My Say

Jun 27, 2012 3 mins read 328 views
Religion and politics

Editorial

Jun 28, 2012 2 mins read 356 views
Education City finally gets its Act

Education City Act

Jun 28, 2012 2 mins read 409 views
RENEW withdraws paternity suits

RENEW

Jun 28, 2012 3 mins read 391 views
Yeshey Dorji appointed foreign secretary

Appointment - Foreign Secretary

Jun 28, 2012 0 mins read 411 views
Special Land Committee: Assembly decides to leave it out

Assembly - Land act

Jun 28, 2012 2 mins read 359 views
Tax Bill: The escape of alcohol .

Tax bill - Assembly

Jun 28, 2012 2 mins read 350 views
Keeping the religion out of politics

ECB and Dratshang

Jun 27, 2012 2 mins read 384 views
Outcome although criticised, resolution's a success: PM

Rio+ 20

Jun 27, 2012 1 mins read 337 views
Khorongchu River: Part of Nganglam-Gyalpoizhing highway washed away

Road Block

Jun 27, 2012 2 mins read 442 views
Income Tax: Raising PIT ceiling

Council - PIT

Jun 27, 2012 1 mins read 388 views
Wangduephodrang Fire Update: To start from scratch

Wangduephodrang Dzong

Jun 27, 2012 2 mins read 351 views
Less happy, more hype

Perspective

Jun 27, 2012 2 mins read 386 views
Tax proposals unceremoniously dropped

Editorial

Jun 27, 2012 2 mins read 487 views
Parent-Teacher Meet: Delinquent students risk being blacklisted

Education

Jun 27, 2012 2 mins read 511 views
Right To Information: Council dithers over its introduction

RTI Bill

Jun 27, 2012 2 mins read 359 views
Tax Bill: Green tax slashed to 20% by NA

Tax - Assembly

Jun 27, 2012 3 mins read 383 views
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NC review flags narrow export base, market struggles for farmers

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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

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Drukair launches Gelephu –Kolkata flight, boosting connectivity for GMC

Drukair has launched a new international air service route connecting Gelephu and Kolkata, India, which is expected to i...

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New Rural Life Insurance scheme to roll out before June 2026: Finance Minister

Growing public unease is mounting over delays to the government’s expansion of the Rural Life Insurance Scheme (RLIS), a...

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Fiscal risks must be assessed before next pay revision, says Finance Minister

The issue of a pay hike for civil servants was discussed during the Question Hour session of the National Assembly on De...

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Universities must shape identity and purpose: Educators

Universities are evolving beyond being mere centres of academic pursuit, emerging as transformative spaces that shape id...

Dec 08, 2025 3 mins read 1,322 views
Bhutan–ICIMOD partnership strengthens mountain futures

Senior Bhutanese officials and delegates from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) conv...

Dec 08, 2025 3 mins read 1,284 views
BDB to close gewog offices, transition to agency-banking model

The Bhutan Development Bank Limited (BDB) is phasing out its gewog field offices (GFOs) and shifting toward a more susta...

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Gyalyum Tseyring Pem Wangchuck graces soft launch of biodiversity-based collection

Her Majesty Gyalyum Tseyring Pem Wangchuck graced the exclusive soft launch of a biodiversity-based collection in Thimph...

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Safe spaces, unsafe realities

The opening of three new Safe Spaces for Women and Girls in Mongar, Pemagatshel, and Samdrupjongkhar marks a significant step forward in our effort to protect women and children from violence.

Nov 05, 2025 2 mins read 849 views
A small kingdom’s great prayer for the world

Beginning today, the Changlimithang ground in Thimphu will be transformed into a sanctuary of peace and hope as the Glob...

Nov 04, 2025 2 mins read 993 views
Why agile governance and policy innovation matter

Public policy is often imagined as a fixed compass, steady and unbending. But in a rapidly changing world, governance mu...

Nov 03, 2025 2 mins read 955 views
One health, one future

Our greatest strength has always been our capacity to look beyond the moment and plan for balanced progress. The recent national workshop on integrating livestock production with environ...

Nov 01, 2025 2 mins read 905 views
Preparing Bhutan for the AI era

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept. It is rapidly becoming a key component of organisational life, transforming how businesses operate, governments function, and societies interact. In...

Oct 31, 2025 2 mins read 1,273 views
Bhutanese youth must prepare for GMC jobs

The Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is beginning to take shape in tangible ways, creating opportunities and opening new career pathways. The recently held GMC Career Fair in Thimphu provided a glimpse into that future. More than a dozen compani...

Oct 30, 2025 2 mins read 3,362 views
Making ESP education loan more accessible

The goal of the Economic Stimulus Programme’s (ESP) education loan is, at its core, both forward-looking and noble. It has been initiated to provide opportunities for children from poor, low-income families to pursue higher or technical educat...

Oct 29, 2025 2 mins read 1,538 views
A teacher’s gift to the nation

It is not often that a Bhutanese citizen receives a prestigious award from abroad. Yet, a teacher from Samtse, Chimi Dema, became Bhutan’s first recipient of the Princess Maha Chakri Award in Thailand, one of the mos...

Oct 28, 2025 2 mins read 2,178 views
Walking for those who cannot walk

There are journeys that test strength, and there are those that reveal the heart. Ani Pema Deki’s 400-kilometre walk across the Trans-Bhutan Trail is both.

Oct 27, 2025 2 mins read 998 views
Are we hoarding alcohol and cigarettes?

To make up for slow business, a shopkeeper in Changzamtog, Thimphu, sacrificed her puja holidays to stay open. If business is not buzzing, she is suddenly noticing some reluctancy in her suppliers. She claims that tobacco and alcohol, so...

Oct 25, 2025 2 mins read 1,112 views
A responsibility we cannot leave to the police alone

Crime and drug abuse are no longer problems that exist in the shadows. They are creeping into our homes, schools, and ne...

Oct 24, 2025 2 mins read 1,365 views
Understanding the importance of the festival itself

In the far north, where the wind hums against snowy cliffs and yaks graze under a blue, unbroken sky, the Royal Highland...

Oct 23, 2025 2 mins read 789 views
Adding colours to life

Students of Draktsho East  held an art exhibition titled “Colours of Ability” in the courtyard of the Tarayana Centre in...

Oct 22, 2025 2 mins read 943 views
The silent killer we can no longer ignore

Cancer is among the leading causes of death in the country today, quietly claiming lives in every village, town, and fam...

Oct 21, 2025 2 mins read 2,467 views
Building our human capital for the digital future

The world is undergoing rapid transformation unlike any in human history. Artificial intelligence, automation, robotics,...

Oct 20, 2025 2 mins read 1,136 views

Recents

Restore or lose it altogether

The country’s plan to restore 50,000 hectares of degraded forests, farmlands, and urban lands is not simply an environmental initiative. It is a national ultimatum. We are standing at a point where the land that defines our identity is weakening under our watch.

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Bumthang ready to host historic National Day

Bumthang—Across Bumthang, homes and shops have been draped in national flags, while streets glow with festive lights. Roads have been swept and public spaces prepared. Bumthang is all poised to host the 118th National Day celebrations at the national level for the first time.

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