January of 2019

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The strongest and the fastest at the foothills festival

Festival

Jan 30, 2019 3 mins read 510 views
BAFRA seizes 11MT of banned vegetables since July 2016

Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA)

Jan 30, 2019 1 mins read 425 views
A country boy of Sha Khothakha

Priority Sector Lending (PSL)

Jan 30, 2019 2 mins read 434 views
Turning a blind eye on illegal import of vegetables?

Letter to the editor

Jan 30, 2019 1 mins read 510 views
Need to raise hygiene and patient care standards

Editorial

Jan 30, 2019 2 mins read 0 views
Need to raise hygiene and patient care standards

Editorial

Jan 30, 2019 2 mins read 512 views
HC orders JPLP owner to pay Nu 126.879M for tax evasion

Tax

Jan 30, 2019 3 mins read 397 views
LG given budgetary flexibility in 12th Plan

Local Government (LG)

Jan 30, 2019 3 mins read 406 views
Cut off point for Class X is off

Education

Jan 30, 2019 3 mins read 615 views
Meet the Opposition

Meet the Press

Jan 30, 2019 0 mins read 0 views
Celebrating diversity at the Foothills Festival

Festival

Jan 29, 2019 3 mins read 431 views
Study finds poor hand hygiene compliance at JDWNRH's wards

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)

Jan 29, 2019 3 mins read 489 views
Who is responsible for short circuits, the main cause of fire incidents?

Letter to the editor

Jan 29, 2019 1 mins read 686 views
Making graduates employable

Editorial

Jan 29, 2019 2 mins read 498 views
BIABPO targets 3,000 jobs by 2023

Bhutan Industry Association for Business Process Outsourcing (BIABPO)

Jan 29, 2019 2 mins read 376 views
Bhutan moves a rank up in Corruption Perceptions Index

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Jan 29, 2019 3 mins read 425 views
Runaway prisoners arrested in Arong

Prison

Jan 29, 2019 1 mins read 416 views
MHPA readies to be commissioned

Hydropower

Jan 29, 2019 1 mins read 436 views
Students perform poorly in Commerce and Economics subjects

Bhutan Council of School Examination and Assessment (BCSEA)

Jan 29, 2019 3 mins read 362 views
Plastics to be banned again

Ban

Jan 29, 2019 0 mins read 417 views
9-year-old completes cross-country cycling race

Cycling race

Jan 31, 2019 1 mins read 337 views
Exchange programme to support table tennis players

Table Tennis

Jan 31, 2019 1 mins read 383 views
Opposition questions govt's vision and plans

Press conference

Jan 31, 2019 3 mins read 384 views
How about concrete electric fencing posts?

Letter to the editor

Jan 31, 2019 1 mins read 379 views
Plastic ban must be taken seriously

Editorial

Jan 31, 2019 1 mins read 395 views
Japan donates medical equipment to JDWNRH

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH)

Jan 31, 2019 2 mins read 376 views
Government confused on wage rate

Government

Jan 31, 2019 2 mins read 430 views
Admission to Class XI on merit basis

Education

Jan 31, 2019 2 mins read 389 views
Free education up to Class XII may breach the Constitution: Opposition

Education

Jan 31, 2019 3 mins read 319 views
Schools reopen today

Schools

Jan 31, 2019 0 mins read 327 views
TT teams from Japan to visit Bhutan

Table Tennis

Jan 28, 2019 1 mins read 350 views
U-18 air rifle championship witnesses over 25 participants

Air rifle

Jan 28, 2019 1 mins read 380 views
Mandarin export records slight increase this season

Mandarin

Jan 28, 2019 1 mins read 339 views
Works on to expand Gelephu thromde

Gelephu thromde

Jan 28, 2019 2 mins read 382 views
BizAP to support entrepreneurs

Business Acceleration Programme (BizAP)

Jan 28, 2019 2 mins read 349 views
All well with first NA session

National Assembly

Jan 28, 2019 3 mins read 333 views
Where is the garbage collection truck?

Letter to the editor

Jan 28, 2019 1 mins read 353 views
Strengthen local governments first

Editorial

Jan 28, 2019 2 mins read 370 views
Nima and Dawa Palden to return home next month

Conjoined twins

Jan 28, 2019 1 mins read 359 views
Safety practices poor at workplace

Seminar

Jan 28, 2019 2 mins read 394 views
Pedestrians too are causing traffic jams

Traffic jams

Jan 28, 2019 1 mins read 356 views
Two inmates escape from Lungzor prison

Prison

Jan 28, 2019 2 mins read 356 views
Creation of new SOEs expensive for the state

State-owned enterprises (SOEs)

Jan 28, 2019 2 mins read 332 views
Class 12 results

Education

Jan 28, 2019 0 mins read 376 views
Ugyen Academy crowned champions of Samtse Championship

Football

Jan 27, 2019 2 mins read 380 views
Preparation in full swing for foothills festival

Festival

Jan 27, 2019 2 mins read 384 views
Goede and Tharpei Lam pedestrianised

Road

Jan 27, 2019 1 mins read 341 views
Seven years without a Tshogpa

Tshogpa

Jan 27, 2019 2 mins read 370 views
Don't raise your hand

National Assembly

Jan 27, 2019 2 mins read 343 views
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NC review flags narrow export base, market struggles for farmers

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NA adopts International Big Cat Alliance

The National Assembly (NA) unanimously adopted the framework agreement for establishing the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) yesterday, paving the way for Bhutan to become a member.

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Disrupted connectivity in Denchukha impacts livelihoods and local economy

Dorokha, Samtse—What should have been a routine journey turned into an ordeal when a group of teachers recently travelli...

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Drukair launches Gelephu –Kolkata flight, boosting connectivity for GMC

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Sir, your advice to the younger generation?

Choose your environment Your environment is the invisible hand that constantly shapes the way you think, feel, and act. Your family, friends, school, city, country, social media accounts, television and news channels, habits, and heroes are all shaping you into replicas of the admired, the powerful, and the majority around you.

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Zero tolerance for online crimes

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Will our education transformation be equitable?

The government’s allocation of Nu 30 billion for education transformation in the 13th Plan, second only to the economic...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 468 views
The never-ending tourism debate

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Dec 10, 2025 2 mins read 967 views
Ready to take off from GMC

The launch of the Gelephu–Kolkata international air route marks far more than the addition of a new flight on the country’s aviation map. It is a statement of intent – a signal of where we are heade...

Dec 09, 2025 2 mins read 405 views
Why we must invest in Research & Development

Bhutan is not short of ideas, intellect or institutions. What it lacks is a strong, working bridge between research, pol...

Dec 08, 2025 2 mins read 726 views
To eat meat or not!

In passing the Livestock Bill of Bhutan,  2025, National Assembly members engaged in a good debate, a meaty one, even if it missed the core issue. The Bill was not about advocat...

Dec 06, 2025 2 mins read 1,093 views
Disaster preparedness is our best defence

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Dec 05, 2025 2 mins read 544 views
Equity in education merits discourse

During a recent Question Hour session in the National Assembly, Members of Parliament (MP) called for an open debate on education quality and budget allocation. And rightly so. Education is the foundation upon which every other...

Dec 04, 2025 2 mins read 759 views
Deeper than HIV/AIDS

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Solving youth unemployment before it’s too late

Youth unemployment has become one of Bhutan’s most persistent national challenges. And it endures despite successive gov...

Dec 02, 2025 2 mins read 799 views
Amochu quarriers call for flood walls after millions in losses

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Oct 16, 2025 2 mins read 2,067 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 3,004 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

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Aug 18, 2025 2 mins read 4,257 views
Addressing teacher shortage and quality

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When rising corruption reports tell a deeper story

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Nov 29, 2025 2 mins read 1,344 views
Regulatory reforms must be matched with a mindset shift

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Nov 28, 2025 2 mins read 780 views
The classic egg and chicken situation

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Nov 27, 2025 2 mins read 1,337 views
Internalising our deeper values

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Recents

Zero tolerance for online crimes

This week, Australia enforced the ban on social media access for children under 16. This is unprecedented and bold. While some critics have labelled the ban harsh and even draconian, this new law is anchored in the premise that the government must protect children from harmful content that undermines their physical and mental well-being.

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Network divide unacceptable: NA Good Governance Committee

Some 252 locations across the country still lack access to mobile network services. Member of Parliament (MP) for Bongo-Chapcha and member of the Good Governance Committee of the National Assembly, Pemba, highlighted this while presenting a follow-up report on the poor mobile network and telecommunication services in the highlands.

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ICIMOD honours three champions of cryosphere and rangeland reform

Kathmandu, Nepal — The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has honoured three individuals from Bhutan and China with the Dr Andreas Schild Memorial Mountain Prize 2025 for their contributions to protecting fragile mountain ecosystems and strengthening resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH).

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