July of 2017

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Business people in Gelephu need about 248 workers

Immigration

Jul 05, 2017 2 mins read 234 views
Climate change, a challenge to water, energy and food nexus

SAARC

Jul 05, 2017 2 mins read 294 views
Mangdechu project to restore bridge at Dzongkhalum

Bridge

Jul 05, 2017 1 mins read 257 views
Panelists recommend solutions to Bhutan's WEF challenges

SAARC

Jul 05, 2017 2 mins read 216 views
Bill allows journalists to work for foreign media

Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA)

Jul 05, 2017 2 mins read 243 views
Be selective while consuming information online

Letter to the editor

Jul 05, 2017 1 mins read 227 views
Flying high

Editorial

Jul 05, 2017 2 mins read 273 views
Report finds investment in ECCD cost effective

Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)

Jul 05, 2017 4 mins read 262 views
Pilot and flight attendants grounded

Drugs

Jul 05, 2017 1 mins read 241 views
Import prices to drop post-GST

Goods and services tax (GST)

Jul 05, 2017 3 mins read 240 views
Mani Dungdrub concludes in Chukha

Religion

Jul 05, 2017 0 mins read 234 views
Joining WTO may hinder access to health technologies and medicines

World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Jul 04, 2017 2 mins read 262 views
Yangtse's model town breaches two-storey building rule

Trashiyangtse

Jul 04, 2017 2 mins read 250 views
Kidney awareness walk raises Nu 6.4M

Kidney awareness walk

Jul 04, 2017 1 mins read 240 views
TechPark's expansion not possible in the 11th Plan

IT Park

Jul 04, 2017 2 mins read 255 views
Drukpol FC's sad demise from the league

Letter to the editor

Jul 04, 2017 1 mins read 236 views
Ban has not worked. Now what?

Editorial

Jul 04, 2017 1 mins read 254 views
Three Samdrupjongkhar community centres without Internet

Internet

Jul 04, 2017 2 mins read 251 views
Entry fee for monuments to go nationwide

Entry fee

Jul 04, 2017 2 mins read 302 views
Broken gearbox hits PCAL cement production

Penden Cement Authority Limited (PCAL)

Jul 04, 2017 4 mins read 248 views
Three crewmembers allegedly test positive for controlled substances

Bhutan Narcotics Control Authority (BNCA)

Jul 04, 2017 1 mins read 264 views
ECCD report launch today

ECCD

Jul 04, 2017 0 mins read 236 views
Using software to make Mathematics easy

Training

Jul 03, 2017 2 mins read 267 views
BoB upgrades five extension branch offices

Bank of Bhutan Limited (BoBL)

Jul 03, 2017 1 mins read 290 views
BPC celebrates its 15 years of service in Mongar

Power

Jul 03, 2017 1 mins read 255 views
BKP's view on the stabilization fund

Perspective

Jul 03, 2017 4 mins read 235 views
Too early for politicking: PDP GS

Politic

Jul 03, 2017 4 mins read 235 views
Extend health service to rural residents

Letter to the editor

Jul 03, 2017 1 mins read 257 views
The unemployment business

Editorial

Jul 03, 2017 2 mins read 267 views
Low agriculture production leads to increased trade deficit

Agriculture

Jul 03, 2017 3 mins read 270 views
First law school opens in Taba

Schools

Jul 03, 2017 1 mins read 252 views
SAARC consultation on Water-Energy-Food nexus begins

SAARC

Jul 03, 2017 1 mins read 250 views
Bhutan tops tobacco and marijuana users in South East Asia

Tobacco

Jul 03, 2017 2 mins read 235 views
Oppn. questions govt.'s proposal to endorse 12th Plan

Government

Jul 03, 2017 3 mins read 238 views
Kidney awareness walk concludes

Kidney awareness walk

Jul 03, 2017 0 mins read 216 views
Gyalsey Futsal League begins

Futsal

Jul 02, 2017 1 mins read 257 views
Defending champion starts with a win

Basketball

Jul 02, 2017 1 mins read 242 views
The unpredictable Serkang stream

Stream

Jul 02, 2017 2 mins read 208 views
Gelephu thromde executes local area plan V

Local area plans (LAP)

Jul 02, 2017 1 mins read 251 views
First batch of CE students graduate from Royal Thimphu College

Continuing education (CE)

Jul 02, 2017 2 mins read 236 views
Hacking of WeChat accounts worry users

Social media

Jul 02, 2017 2 mins read 307 views
Cladding works in the construction sector

Letter to the editor

Jul 02, 2017 1 mins read 262 views
Water scarcity in water rich Bhutan

Editorial

Jul 02, 2017 2 mins read 274 views
31 students prepared for studying abroad

Students

Jul 02, 2017 1 mins read 335 views
PM to look into incentives for local dancers

PM visits

Jul 02, 2017 1 mins read 235 views
Repatriation of students in Malaysia on hold

Education

Jul 02, 2017 3 mins read 268 views
Ministry withholds latest Labour Force Survey Report

Labour force survey report (LFSR)

Jul 02, 2017 3 mins read 260 views
Assam strike today

Border

Jul 02, 2017 0 mins read 308 views
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Parliament to deliberate five bills in winter session

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Court judgements still out of public reach

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Nov 08, 2025 3 mins read 1,637 views
Study records over 200 native fodder species in highland rangelands

Paro—A recent study found that Bhutan’s high-altitude rangelands support about 212 native fodder species, including gras...

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World off target in meeting Paris climate goals, warns UNEP report

As world leaders prepare to convene in Belém, Brazil, for the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) this coming Monday,...

Nov 08, 2025 4 mins read 741 views
Gedu college targets 100 percent internship placement by December

The Gedu College of Business Studies launched a major internship drive yesterday, aiming for 100 percent placement for t...

Nov 08, 2025 2 mins read 3,070 views
Sacred Buddha relics from India to arrive for Global Peace Prayer Festival

The sacred relics of Lord Buddha, presently enshrined at the National Museum in New Delhi, will arrive today with the gr...

Nov 08, 2025 3 mins read 887 views
Youth, gender and sport steer Bhutan’s SDG momentum at Sherubtse

For three days, Sherubtse College transformed into Bhutan’s epicenter of ideas, dialogue, movement, creativity, and coll...

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Drukair: History of Bhutan’s national airline

The story of Bhutan’s national airline begins in 1968, when His Majesty the Third Druk Gyalpo sent Prince Namgyal Wangch...

Nov 08, 2025 7 mins read 2,386 views
Devotion knows no bounds

As the sun sets and darkness descends, a faint chill settles over Thimphu. Amid the bustle of the bus terminal, soft chants fill the night. Here, wrapped in a thick blanket beside the Mani Dun...

Nov 08, 2025 2 mins read 2,641 views
National symposium explores AI as catalyst for 10X growth

The Royal Thimphu College (RTC) organised a national symposium yesterday, gathering the nation’s leading educators, poli...

Nov 08, 2025 2 mins read 1,247 views
Amochu quarriers call for flood walls after millions in losses

Phuentsholing—Businesses involved in extracting and exporting boulders, gravel, and sand along the Amochu river are calling for a flood protection system after recent floods caused extensive damage, with losses estimated in the billions.

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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.

Nov 11, 2025 2 mins read 589 views
The urgency of civil service transformation

none existed, electrified homes, and carried the nation through crises, including the recent Covid-19 pandemic. These ac...

Nov 10, 2025 3 mins read 2,483 views
Should we control social media?

The news of Australia passing a social media ban for children under 16 has sent ripples across the globe, igniting similiar conversations amongf Bhutanese parents. Some are talking if Bhutan should follow suit.

Nov 08, 2025 2 mins read 1,297 views
Need bold reforms to advance women in leadership roles

Bhutan has always taken pride in being a fairly egalitarian society. In many communities, women are heads of households,...

Nov 07, 2025 3 mins read 598 views
Fraudulent businesses must be punished

The Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority is on high alert, not only investigating complaints but also penalising businesses that try to make easy money at the expense of consumers.

Nov 06, 2025 2 mins read 2,171 views
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 529 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 685 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 682 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 653 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 934 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Our global culture has conditioned us to spend the best of ourselves in the pursuit of a “decent living” whatever that m...

Sep 22, 2025 4 mins read 2,728 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

Aug 26, 2025 2 mins read 6,920 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

In a world that constantly advertises, applauds, and sells consumption, acquisition and growth at all costs, cultivating...

Aug 18, 2025 2 mins read 4,038 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 c...

Oct 30, 2025 2 mins read 2,957 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 h...

Oct 29, 2025 2 mins read 1,253 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 Dem...

Oct 28, 2025 2 mins read 1,873 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 acr...

Oct 27, 2025 2 mins read 777 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 busine...

Oct 25, 2025 2 mins read 840 views

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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