January of 2016

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Will fuel price drop further?

Fuel

Jan 18, 2016 2 mins read 552 views
41,300 students read 390,000 books in six months

Education

Jan 18, 2016 2 mins read 555 views
Friendship offer

Friendship offer

Jan 18, 2016 0 mins read 591 views
Decline of black-necked crane arrivals specific to habitat

Conservation

Jan 17, 2016 2 mins read 585 views
Former Indian politician speaks on grassroots democracy

Democracy

Jan 17, 2016 3 mins read 595 views
Nanong villagers question PM

Government

Jan 17, 2016 2 mins read 545 views
Whole picture not presented on BFF investment story

Letter to the editor

Jan 17, 2016 2 mins read 519 views
De-isolating Lunana by air

Editorial

Jan 17, 2016 2 mins read 607 views
Villagers decry decision to downgrade gewog's only school

Education

Jan 17, 2016 2 mins read 599 views
Implementation of alcohol policy will need adequate resources

Alcohol

Jan 17, 2016 2 mins read 510 views
Desuups collect 10 metric tonnes of waste

Waste

Jan 17, 2016 2 mins read 549 views
Dungsam almost doubles its revenue

Dungsam Cement Corporation Limited (DCCL)

Jan 17, 2016 2 mins read 543 views
Fuel price drops

Fuel

Jan 17, 2016 0 mins read 0 views
Archery, taekwondo and boxing, Bhutan's best chances at SAG

South Asian Games (SAG)

Jan 15, 2016 2 mins read 550 views
Zhiwa Ling lays off 22 employees

Employment

Jan 15, 2016 2 mins read 546 views
The Raven Crown-History of the symbol of Bhutan's monarch

Raven Crown

Jan 15, 2016 5 mins read 828 views
Decreasing black-necked cranes concern villagers

Black-necked crane (BNC)

Jan 15, 2016 3 mins read 580 views
Full adult literacy by 2020 achievable: MoE

Education

Jan 15, 2016 1 mins read 511 views
Lyonchoen assures electric fencing and power tillers in Thrimshing

PM visits

Jan 15, 2016 2 mins read 551 views
Tashi inheritance case in Supreme Court

Judiciary

Jan 15, 2016 2 mins read 732 views
Labour minister defends employment agents

Employment

Jan 15, 2016 3 mins read 562 views
Separating bar and other businesses to control alcohol

Alcohol

Jan 15, 2016 3 mins read 554 views
"Affiliation" certificates granted in larger interests of Hindu community

Letter to the editor

Jan 15, 2016 2 mins read 544 views
Go out en masse and pick the right leader

Editorial

Jan 15, 2016 2 mins read 532 views
Urban voters apathetic to common forums

Election

Jan 15, 2016 2 mins read 558 views
HRH Gyaltshab inaugurates farmers' market shed

Inauguration

Jan 15, 2016 0 mins read 579 views
Camp Raven concludes

Camp

Jan 15, 2016 1 mins read 0 views
Lunaps hire chopper to return home

Aviation

Jan 15, 2016 2 mins read 596 views
Rumours are the biggest fear in a small country: OL

Visit

Jan 15, 2016 2 mins read 549 views
Injured crane gets care at the centre

Crane

Jan 14, 2016 1 mins read 527 views
Comic book based on Garpa Lungi Khorlo launched

Comic book

Jan 14, 2016 2 mins read 547 views
Japanese team in Bhutan to gauge power tiller requirements

Power tillers

Jan 14, 2016 2 mins read 624 views
Painted taxis not a pleasant sight

Letter to the editor

Jan 14, 2016 1 mins read 583 views
New thromdes, new uncertainties

Editorial

Jan 14, 2016 2 mins read 635 views
Thousands expected to attend Terdz†wang

Religion

Jan 14, 2016 1 mins read 528 views
ADB to finance Nyera-Amari projects with USD 320M

Hydropower

Jan 14, 2016 2 mins read 598 views
Radhi needs irrigation water to augment rice production

PM visits

Jan 14, 2016 1 mins read 554 views
GoI releases Nu 1.99B

Government of India (GoI)

Jan 14, 2016 2 mins read 581 views
Who is electing Thimphu thrompon?

Election

Jan 14, 2016 4 mins read 549 views
Entrepreneurship training underway

Entrepreneur

Jan 14, 2016 0 mins read 541 views
16 dzongkhag thromdes need at least 280 additional people

Election

Jan 13, 2016 3 mins read 505 views
Changlimithang ground remains open far into the night

Football

Jan 13, 2016 1 mins read 591 views
Depots go dry without suppliers

Export

Jan 13, 2016 1 mins read 582 views
What time is the city bus coming?

Letter to the editor

Jan 13, 2016 1 mins read 548 views
Grass not always greener abroad

Editorial

Jan 13, 2016 2 mins read 579 views
Tiger kills five cattle in Bumthang

Tiger

Jan 13, 2016 1 mins read 527 views
Bridges top Phongmey's priority list

Bridge

Jan 13, 2016 1 mins read 592 views
RCSC transfers nine executives

Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC)

Jan 13, 2016 1 mins read 603 views
Bhutan Post messenger implicated in Nu 5.106M embezzlement case

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Jan 13, 2016 2 mins read 626 views
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Recents

Removing children is not discipline but systemic failure

Recent events involving two students from Sonamthang Central School raise a concern extending well beyond one school, one discipline committee or controversy. The issue is whether a school confronted with an adolescent relationship responds as an institution of education and child protection, or as one that removes a perceived problem from its premises.

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All's well when it ends fairly

It is not often that students expelled from school, for whatever reason, make it to the media or a national newspaper. However, when the parents of two students, who have now been relocated to a new school, approached Kuensel seeking help, they hoped that a story going public through the media would help them get some justice and make decision-makers rethink.

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