February of 2017

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Traffic restrictions on Wangdue bridge

Infrastructures

Feb 19, 2017 1 mins read 266 views
BBS a step closer towards becoming a public service broadcaster

Media

Feb 19, 2017 4 mins read 234 views
Building productive capacity in Bhutan for LDC graduation

Perspective

Feb 17, 2017 13 mins read 281 views
Conference on responsible entrepreneurship underway

Rotary

Feb 17, 2017 2 mins read 234 views
Training conducted to promote media sector

Media

Feb 17, 2017 1 mins read 261 views
New measures to improve services at Paro airport

Paro airport

Feb 17, 2017 2 mins read 246 views
News in brief

Award

Feb 17, 2017 0 mins read 0 views
Bumthang sees less Black-necked cranes

Conservation

Feb 17, 2017 1 mins read 244 views
No bridge over Zangthi river until 12th Plan

Infrastructures

Feb 17, 2017 2 mins read 239 views
More than 1,000 kilogrammes of chillies seized in four days

Vegetables

Feb 17, 2017 2 mins read 229 views
Suspect confesses to murder

Crime

Feb 17, 2017 2 mins read 0 views
Closing hearing on counterfeit US dollar case held

Legal

Feb 17, 2017 2 mins read 231 views
Clarification on Hema Hema

Letter to the editor

Feb 17, 2017 2 mins read 240 views
Sober and slow

Editorial

Feb 17, 2017 1 mins read 223 views
Telcos under pressure with increasing demand for data

ICT (Information and communications technology)

Feb 17, 2017 3 mins read 218 views
Shingkhar-Gorgan road clearance under review

Environment

Feb 17, 2017 2 mins read 230 views
Chudzom farmers shocked after cardamom taxed

Agriculture

Feb 17, 2017 2 mins read 230 views
Power outage

Power

Feb 17, 2017 0 mins read 239 views
Voice of the Thunder Dragon in the US

Exhibition

Feb 16, 2017 1 mins read 327 views
Health officials learn efficient infection control

Health

Feb 16, 2017 1 mins read 236 views
A giant citrus management orchard in Dagana

Agriculture

Feb 16, 2017 1 mins read 199 views
A costly traffic diversion

Letter to the editor

Feb 16, 2017 1 mins read 251 views
Keep it civil

Editorial

Feb 16, 2017 2 mins read 271 views
Signboards along Ura-Nangar bypass inappropriate: commuters

Forest

Feb 16, 2017 1 mins read 230 views
Murderer sentenced to life

Verdict

Feb 16, 2017 2 mins read 298 views
Firefighters save Tango Monastery

Fire accident

Feb 16, 2017 2 mins read 235 views
Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship

Feb 16, 2017 0 mins read 226 views
Chilli ban boosts business for Brongteri vegetable group

Business

Feb 15, 2017 2 mins read 277 views
PM attends World Government Summit in Dubai

PM visits

Feb 15, 2017 1 mins read 224 views
Respect our privacy

Letter to the editor

Feb 15, 2017 1 mins read 235 views
Addressing challenges facing the RNR sector

Editorial

Feb 15, 2017 2 mins read 248 views
Remit Bhutan launched in Perth

Financial

Feb 15, 2017 1 mins read 262 views
RCSC introduces MaX online system

ICT (Information and communications technology)

Feb 15, 2017 2 mins read 296 views
Road at Kamji restored, opened to traffic

Road

Feb 15, 2017 2 mins read 204 views
Govt. implementing alcohol policy

Alcohol

Feb 15, 2017 3 mins read 258 views
His Majesty The King grants dhar

Dhar

Feb 15, 2017 0 mins read 656 views
Keeping the weaving culture alive

k2

Feb 03, 2017 3 mins read 254 views
Khathun - daily prayers

k2

Feb 10, 2017 2 mins read 306 views
Finding an inspiration during the cold season

k2

Feb 10, 2017 2 mins read 0 views
Doing the job with passion

k2

Feb 10, 2017 3 mins read 210 views
Strengthening local government's capacity on public health

Health

Feb 14, 2017 1 mins read 259 views
RICB

RICB

Feb 14, 2017 0 mins read 233 views
A buckwheat house serving indigenous organic food in Bumthang

Business

Feb 14, 2017 2 mins read 285 views
Air Services Agreement signed with UAE

Aviation

Feb 14, 2017 2 mins read 235 views
Fixing potholes

Letter to the editor

Feb 14, 2017 1 mins read 265 views
Dangerous beliefs

Editorial

Feb 14, 2017 2 mins read 303 views
Gyalpoizhing-Nganglam highway almost connected

Road

Feb 14, 2017 2 mins read 267 views
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Honouring the legacy of the Great Fourth

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The urgency of civil service transformation

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Should we control social media?

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Need bold reforms to advance women in leadership roles

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Fraudulent businesses must be punished

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Safe spaces, unsafe realities

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A small kingdom’s great prayer for the world

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Happiness with Mr Bhutan

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Ask Mr Bhutan

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Making ESP education loan more accessible

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Walking for those who cannot walk

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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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