October of 2017

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Schools oriented on catering to children with special needs

Schools

Oct 18, 2017 2 mins read 186 views
Kagongphursum Drupchen ends today

Religion

Oct 18, 2017 3 mins read 217 views
Policy for rehabilitation of migrant workers required

Letter to the editor

Oct 18, 2017 1 mins read 211 views
Invest in agriculture

Editorial

Oct 18, 2017 2 mins read 220 views
Six arrested for distributing obscene video clip

Crime

Oct 18, 2017 1 mins read 221 views
Domestic credit at Nu 97B

Royal Monetary Authority (RMA)

Oct 18, 2017 2 mins read 217 views
Dagana farmers await replacement for felled citrus trees

Citrus trees

Oct 18, 2017 2 mins read 238 views
Highlanders raise livelihood issues

Highlanders

Oct 18, 2017 5 mins read 257 views
UNDOKAI festival in Haa

Festival

Oct 18, 2017 0 mins read 199 views
DRA cautions public of Oxy-99 and creams having steroids

Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA)

Oct 17, 2017 2 mins read 214 views
Phuentsholing town gets a facelift

Phuentsholing

Oct 17, 2017 2 mins read 237 views
Sewerage leakage irks Trashigang residents

Sewerage

Oct 17, 2017 2 mins read 223 views
What about dogs and rabies?

Letter to the editor

Oct 17, 2017 1 mins read 225 views
Some good developments

Editorial

Oct 17, 2017 2 mins read 225 views
LPG counter in Babesa closed

LPG cylinder

Oct 17, 2017 1 mins read 244 views
Risks of fire hazards increasing in Thimphu

Fire accident

Oct 17, 2017 2 mins read 233 views
Boost innovation in agribusiness: WB

Agriculture

Oct 17, 2017 2 mins read 250 views
Local training firms decry competition from Indian firms

Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR)

Oct 17, 2017 5 mins read 268 views
No selling and using firecrackers

Firecrackers

Oct 17, 2017 0 mins read 212 views
Public toilet in Trashigang under lock and key

Toilet

Oct 16, 2017 1 mins read 202 views
Collaborative approach necessary to develop disaster management plan

Disaster

Oct 16, 2017 2 mins read 245 views
Pemagatshel tries winter chilli cultivation

Chillies

Oct 16, 2017 1 mins read 225 views
Housing policy under review

Housing

Oct 16, 2017 1 mins read 276 views
The Next Guardian, a story of changing times

Film

Oct 16, 2017 3 mins read 237 views
Fire destroys makeshift house in Kadam

Fire accident

Oct 16, 2017 0 mins read 247 views
Govt.'s responsibility to bring back jobseekers from India

Letter to the editor

Oct 16, 2017 1 mins read 251 views
We fear what we don't know.

Editorial

Oct 16, 2017 2 mins read 232 views
Teenager electrocuted in Tsirang

Accident

Oct 16, 2017 0 mins read 207 views
Contractors say blueprint necessary to mechanise industry

Construction

Oct 16, 2017 2 mins read 220 views
Bhutan receives ASOCIO Digital government award

Award

Oct 16, 2017 1 mins read 264 views
ICT conference for digital inclusive Bhutan

ICT

Oct 16, 2017 1 mins read 233 views
No EVS examination, clarifies education ministry

Education

Oct 16, 2017 2 mins read 234 views
More than 3,000 youth return to villages to take up farming

Farming

Oct 16, 2017 3 mins read 216 views
Plastic and Restorative Surgical Camp

Health

Oct 16, 2017 0 mins read 244 views
Rabies outbreak contained in Pangang

Rabies

Oct 15, 2017 2 mins read 232 views
Gaeddu College celebrates 9th Foundation Day

Colleges

Oct 15, 2017 2 mins read 198 views
Better business council never operationalised

Business

Oct 15, 2017 2 mins read 214 views
Bridge inventory to complete this December

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Oct 15, 2017 2 mins read 215 views
Align lessons and outcomes for active student learning experience

Education

Oct 15, 2017 1 mins read 276 views
DCCL's former head of finance petitions for reduced sentence

Dungsam Cement Corporation Limited (DCCL)

Oct 15, 2017 2 mins read 236 views
Need to do more for people with disabilities

Letter to the editor

Oct 15, 2017 1 mins read 212 views
Wake up to the task

Editorial

Oct 15, 2017 1 mins read 252 views
First spring paddy cultivation yields 77MT

Paddy

Oct 15, 2017 2 mins read 247 views
Drukair to receive subsidy of Nu 0.30 million per domestic flight

Drukair

Oct 15, 2017 2 mins read 289 views
Our Hands, Our future

Global Handwashing Day

Oct 15, 2017 2 mins read 231 views
Govt. will not pursue BBIN agreement: PM

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN)

Oct 15, 2017 1 mins read 217 views
KGUMS to start MBBS programme

Education

Oct 15, 2017 3 mins read 299 views
Royal Highland Festival

Royal Highland Festival

Oct 15, 2017 0 mins read 279 views
Browse Archives
RCSC’s increased medical intake based on national need

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Entrepreneurial culture key to reforming civil service: PM

Speaking at the launch of Zhiyog Droezom yesterday, Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay proposed an annual competition within...

Nov 04, 2025 2 mins read 1,380 views
P-I right bank stabilisation design nears completion

A joint technical assessment is underway for the 1,200MW Punatsangchhu-I Hydroelectric Project (PHEP-I) to finalise the...

Nov 04, 2025 2 mins read 1,989 views
Investigation underway after child dies at Tashicholing Hospital, Samtse

Samtse—The death of a class PP student at Tashicholing Hospital on October 20 has raised concerns about rural health ser...

Nov 04, 2025 1 mins read 9,795 views
CCAA recovers over Nu 1 million in refunds, fines businesses for unfair practices

The Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (CCAA) facilitated refunds of over Nu 1.1 million and levied fines on bus...

Nov 04, 2025 2 mins read 1,941 views
RENEW and UNICEF open three more safe spaces for women and girls

Expanding access to critical protection services for survivors of violence, RENEW and UNICEF inaugurated the Women and G...

Nov 04, 2025 2 mins read 716 views
NCHM expands permafrost monitoring

The National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM), in collaboration with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), has installed a network of sensors in the headwaters of the Mo Chhu to...

Nov 04, 2025 2 mins read 621 views
Dairy, poultry, and aquaculture show growth in first year of 13th Plan

The Department of Livestock (DoL) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has reported progress in dairy, poultr...

Nov 04, 2025 3 mins read 1,753 views
Their Majesties receive Hadrian Award for heritage leadership

His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen were honoured at the World Monuments Fund (WMF) Gala with the Hadrian...

Nov 03, 2025 1 mins read 1,293 views
Global Peace Prayer Festival kicks off tomorrow

Thousands of devotees from Bhutan and around the world are set to converge in Thimphu tomorrow as the Global Peace Praye...

Nov 03, 2025 4 mins read 2,165 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.

Oct 16, 2025 2 mins read 1,664 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, inheriting property and managing family affairs. These cultural practices distinguish Bhutan from many other countries where women face far greater structural barriers.

Nov 07, 2025 3 mins read 363 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 1,999 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 440 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 574 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 605 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 575 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 836 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 2,827 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 1,194 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 1,776 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 2,637 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

Aug 26, 2025 2 mins read 6,883 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 3,999 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 735 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 761 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 1,089 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 490 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 623 views

Recents

Gold entering a bear market?

Gelephu—As gold prices continue to retreat after hitting new records, putting pressure on the gold tourism market and domestic gold traders, the downturn may signal the beginning of the end of the rally.

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As glaciers melt, highland taps run dry

Laya, Gasa-The tap outside Phento’s home in Laya is a barometer of a growing crisis. Once reliable, its flow has dwindled to a trickle, dictating the daily rhythm of her life and that of her neighbours. The 25-year-old now plans her chores, her hygiene, and even her peace of mind around the sporadic water supply.

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