August of 2018

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DPT hopes to pull a surprise in Sombaykha

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Aug 28, 2018 2 mins read 495 views
Most cultural events on during election period

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Aug 28, 2018 2 mins read 572 views
Ubiquitous economy pledges

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Aug 28, 2018 7 mins read 506 views
Thomangdrak roadblock cleared

Road

Aug 28, 2018 0 mins read 495 views
Bhutanese athletes exit Asian Games without a medal

Asian Games

Aug 27, 2018 1 mins read 539 views
Vote from your mind, not your heart: DNT President

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Aug 27, 2018 1 mins read 512 views
TCB lodges complaint with police on fake notification

Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB)

Aug 27, 2018 1 mins read 496 views
All parties pledge to construct Shingkhar-Gorgan road

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Aug 27, 2018 1 mins read 624 views
Make Dzongkha easier

Letter to the editor

Aug 27, 2018 1 mins read 578 views
With what dreams are you taking the nation to the polls?

Editorial

Aug 27, 2018 1 mins read 525 views
Parties pledge professional development of journalists

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Aug 27, 2018 2 mins read 541 views
Who is right?

Politics

Aug 27, 2018 3 mins read 575 views
Chengmari residents know party symbols, not the candidates

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Aug 27, 2018 2 mins read 526 views
How the parties pledge to address unemployment?

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Aug 27, 2018 6 mins read 594 views
SAFF Suzuki Cup championship

South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)

Aug 27, 2018 0 mins read 524 views
Last Bhutanese athlete to compete in the Asian Games today

Asian Games

Aug 26, 2018 2 mins read 519 views
Gelephu Thromde urges residents to keep a storage tank

Water

Aug 26, 2018 2 mins read 595 views
Politics is not fear mongering

Letter to the editor

Aug 26, 2018 1 mins read 510 views
The problem of distrust

Editorial

Aug 26, 2018 2 mins read 544 views
BKP pledges an inclusive government

Politics

Aug 26, 2018 4 mins read 548 views
Yeti and myth surrounding its existence

Mountain echoes festival

Aug 26, 2018 2 mins read 593 views
Party workers slog in Samtse

Politics

Aug 26, 2018 2 mins read 518 views
Dzongkha is difficult because of the spelling, says Prof van Driem

Mountain echoes festival

Aug 26, 2018 3 mins read 630 views
The party presidents debate

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Aug 26, 2018 3 mins read 0 views
The party presidents debate

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Aug 26, 2018 2 mins read 0 views
The party presidents debate

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Aug 26, 2018 2 mins read 0 views
The party presidents debate

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Aug 26, 2018 2 mins read 605 views
Common forum begins

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Aug 26, 2018 0 mins read 457 views
Gullibility

Perspective

Aug 24, 2018 4 mins read 607 views
Jackson Drukpa withdraws his case from SC

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Aug 24, 2018 1 mins read 603 views
Bhutan-India relations at Litfest

Mountain echoes festival

Aug 24, 2018 2 mins read 732 views
DPT pledges

Politics

Aug 24, 2018 5 mins read 530 views
PDP is its biggest competitor

Politics

Aug 24, 2018 2 mins read 563 views
We hold all parties in equal esteem: DPT

Politics

Aug 24, 2018 2 mins read 546 views
If money factor is out of the equation, DNT should win

Politics

Aug 24, 2018 2 mins read 516 views
BKP's challenge is changing people's mindset

Politics

Aug 24, 2018 2 mins read 528 views
PDP woos voters in Tsirang and Dagana

Politics

Aug 24, 2018 2 mins read 488 views
DNT in Punakha and Gasa

Politics

Aug 24, 2018 3 mins read 500 views
DPT president visits Haa

Politics

Aug 24, 2018 3 mins read 565 views
Economic necessity drive women into business

Business

Aug 24, 2018 2 mins read 537 views
Youth issues should be received well

Letter to the editor

Aug 24, 2018 1 mins read 540 views
Convincing the voters

Editorial

Aug 24, 2018 2 mins read 518 views
6,582 graduates could not sit main examination since 2015

Graduates

Aug 24, 2018 1 mins read 472 views
Money in politics, an open secret

Politics

Aug 24, 2018 4 mins read 570 views
Postal ballots dispatch begins

Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)

Aug 24, 2018 4 mins read 511 views
Presidents' public debate

Politics

Aug 24, 2018 0 mins read 474 views
Bhutanese boxers to compete in the preliminaries of the Asian Games today

Asian Games

Aug 23, 2018 2 mins read 521 views
Brongshung residents face difficulty in transporting milk

Milk

Aug 23, 2018 2 mins read 595 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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