December of 2017

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Water sample results to determine cause of illness in Khempagang

Health diseases

Dec 19, 2017 1 mins read 191 views
Diabetes, a growing health challenge

Health diseases

Dec 19, 2017 2 mins read 228 views
No govt. interference in REDCL: CEO

Rural Enterprise Development Corporation Limited (REDCL)

Dec 19, 2017 3 mins read 192 views
Second building for IT Park

IT Park

Dec 19, 2017 0 mins read 211 views
Legal education workshop underway in P/ling

Judiciary

Dec 18, 2017 1 mins read 244 views
Pemathang gewog opts to replace plastics with areca nut products

Inauguration

Dec 18, 2017 2 mins read 221 views
Businessman from Paro to contest for NC

National Council

Dec 18, 2017 1 mins read 257 views
Poverty rate higher among elderly and uneducated

Poverty

Dec 18, 2017 2 mins read 218 views
Teachers, it's all in your hands!

Letter to the editor

Dec 18, 2017 1 mins read 215 views
Of national dreams and aspirations

Editorial

Dec 18, 2017 2 mins read 229 views
BICMA suspends issuance of new licenses for entertainment places in T/phu

Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA)

Dec 18, 2017 1 mins read 244 views
National Day celebrated in New York

National Day

Dec 18, 2017 0 mins read 228 views
2,892 civil servants receive Royal Civil Service Award

Award

Dec 18, 2017 1 mins read 217 views
Haa halts new resorts to boost homestay business

Business

Dec 18, 2017 3 mins read 267 views
The mental health patients of Darchhargang

Mental health

Dec 18, 2017 3 mins read 218 views
14th National School Games

Games

Dec 18, 2017 0 mins read 272 views
Bodybuilder bags strongman title

Bodybuilder

Dec 17, 2017 2 mins read 238 views
App to curb fare overcharge and ensures passenger safety

Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

Dec 17, 2017 1 mins read 210 views
ToT for hospitality trainers

Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB)

Dec 17, 2017 2 mins read 237 views
"I am contesting to provide people a choice"

National Council

Dec 17, 2017 1 mins read 195 views
Dojanchey farm road construction to resume

Road

Dec 17, 2017 1 mins read 203 views
29.1 percent of male children not interested in education

Education

Dec 17, 2017 2 mins read 238 views
12 lottery prizes won on National Day

National Day

Dec 17, 2017 1 mins read 244 views
National day celebrated in Belgium

National Day

Dec 17, 2017 1 mins read 222 views
Bhutanese in Perth celebrate National Day

National Day

Dec 17, 2017 1 mins read 237 views
110th National Day

Letter to the editor

Dec 17, 2017 1 mins read 214 views
A memorable national day

Editorial

Dec 17, 2017 2 mins read 214 views
110th National Day Awardees

National Day

Dec 17, 2017 4 mins read 193 views
HM awards three Druk Thuksey, 86 National Order of Merit

National Day

Dec 17, 2017 6 mins read 211 views
National Day: Haa gleams in pride and joy

National Day

Dec 17, 2017 3 mins read 201 views
His Majesty's National Day Address in Haa

His Majesty The King Address

Dec 17, 2017 7 mins read 225 views
"Bhutanese footballers can't be underestimated"

Football

Dec 15, 2017 2 mins read 223 views
Hebji fire rages on, damages more than 1,500 acres of forestland

Forest fire

Dec 15, 2017 1 mins read 389 views
Monastic community prepares for disasters

Department of Disaster Management (DDM)

Dec 15, 2017 1 mins read 226 views
Hoentey, the New-Year delicacy for Haa

Festival

Dec 15, 2017 3 mins read 183 views
Businessman aspires to contest for NC from T/yangtse

National Council

Dec 15, 2017 1 mins read 192 views
Entrepreneur aspires to contest from Thimphu Thromde for NC

National Council

Dec 15, 2017 1 mins read 191 views
BICMA cancels Druk Yoezer's license

Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA)

Dec 15, 2017 1 mins read 243 views
Japan, Bhutan to sign four grant projects

Bhutan-Japan

Dec 15, 2017 1 mins read 223 views
Yangchen Gatshel LSS enrolls special needs students

Schools

Dec 15, 2017 1 mins read 219 views
On Zangmo's views in the December 13 issue of Kuensel

Letter to the editor

Dec 15, 2017 0 mins read 225 views
Poverty: Looking beyond reports

Editorial

Dec 15, 2017 1 mins read 239 views
Health ministry to activate specialist retention strategy

Health

Dec 15, 2017 4 mins read 218 views
Labour ministry to publish labour force survey report 2016

Labour Force Survey Report (LFSR)

Dec 15, 2017 3 mins read 193 views
Haa ready to host National Day celebrations

National Day

Dec 15, 2017 3 mins read 234 views
Pepsi B-League begins

Basketball

Dec 15, 2017 0 mins read 196 views
Bhutan out of ACC U-16 eastern tournament

Cricket

Dec 14, 2017 1 mins read 184 views
Poor yield worries mandarin exporters

Oranges

Dec 14, 2017 2 mins read 222 views
Health ministry starts work to improve patient meals

Health

Dec 14, 2017 3 mins read 218 views
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The ESP Imbroglio

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When the monsoon turns unforgiving

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Navigating Bhutan’s migration challenge

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The Bhutanese identity transcends borders

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Recents

Honouring the legacy of the Great Fourth

The story of His Majesty the Fourth King is an extraordinary one in our history. At 16, His Majesty became King, following the untimely passing of his father, the Third Druk Gyalpo. His Majesty inherited a nation in transition, a country taking its first steps toward modernisation, while gradually coming out from years of isolation. Geo-politically, it was a time of turmoil and uncertainty.

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The selfless Warrior-King

The winter of 2003 would forever be etched in Bhutan’s history as the time when a King walked into the jungles of the south, especially in Samdrupjongkhar, not as a ruler commanding from afar, but as a warrior leading from the front. The air was cold, heavy with mist, and beneath the thick canopy of trees lay the sound of tension.  A nation’s patience was stretched to its limit.

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Tribute to His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth Druk Gyalpo

Throughout history, the world has seen countless leaders, yet only a few have embodied the rare harmony of wisdom, compassion, and courage that defines true greatness. Bhutan is fortunate to have been blessed by such a leader in His Majesty King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, a visionary Monarch whose reign ushered the nation into an era of peace, progress, and profound transforma

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King who sacrificed his youth to build a future for us

Among the many extraordinary acts of greatness that define the reign of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, what moves the heart most profoundly is something far more silent, far less seen: the quiet, invisible sacrifice of his own youth. It is a story etched deeply in the soul of the nation, for in giving up his own, he gifted a future to us.

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The Vajrayana King

As Bhutan reflects on its journey as the world’s last Vajrayana kingdom, it becomes ever more evident that the reign of His Majesty King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, marks one of the most sacred and transformative eras in our history.

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