September of 2019

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Fixing accountability

Editorial

Sep 02, 2019 2 mins read 0 views
RCSC yet to deliver on DG's suspension

Crime

Sep 02, 2019 2 mins read 396 views
Cross-border collaboration crucial for malaria elimination

Health

Sep 02, 2019 2 mins read 386 views
Pap smear coverage improvement essential to reduce cervical cancer

Health

Sep 02, 2019 4 mins read 538 views
PM suggests a re-look at non-hydro loan cap

Annual performance agreement (APA)

Sep 02, 2019 3 mins read 446 views
Five years imprisonment for 35 tablets of nitrazepam

Briefly

Sep 02, 2019 0 mins read 383 views
A football league of a different kind

Sports

Sep 01, 2019 2 mins read 411 views
Parliamentarians to discuss ensuring rights for all children

Foreign Affairs

Sep 01, 2019 2 mins read 433 views
Fuel price down by a few Chhetrums

Fuel

Sep 01, 2019 2 mins read 418 views
Mongar referral hospital in need of specialist

Health

Sep 01, 2019 2 mins read 425 views
Extra Nu 1 on every data voucher

Letter to the Editor

Sep 01, 2019 1 mins read 430 views
Social well-being is a shared responsibility

Editorial

Sep 01, 2019 2 mins read 468 views
Local manufacturers feeling the heat

Industry

Sep 01, 2019 4 mins read 410 views
Pressure on trees from smoke offering

Religious

Sep 01, 2019 3 mins read 518 views
Incidence of cervical cancer high in Bhutan

Health

Sep 01, 2019 4 mins read 385 views
Spacecraft landing

Briefly

Sep 01, 2019 0 mins read 415 views
Browse Archives
Children celebrate International Day of Play through football

More than 200 children and adolescents, including nuns, monks, and children with disabilities, celebrated the International Day of Play at Changlimithang Stadium today.

Jun 11, 2026 2 mins read 1,283 views
Fourth thromde elections set for July 15

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International review puts country’s forest carbon credits within reach

Bhutan has taken a step closer to joining international forest carbon markets with the launch of an independent assessme...

Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 2,830 views
Drayang closure to remain permanent

More than two years after promising to review the closure of drayangs, the government has ruled out the possibility of reviving the entertainment venues, signalling a definitive end to an industry that once formed a significa...

Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 3,122 views
The house that must never be empty

It has been less than a month since Rinchen Yangzom moved into the Bjarpa community house beside Ngangla Lhakhang in Ngangla Trong. For the next three years, this is her home. She cannot leave it for a single day.

Jun 10, 2026 3 mins read 3,390 views
Empowering women through waste upcycling

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Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 2,467 views
Educated Tshogpa paves way for younger highlanders

An educated youth has shattered traditional age boundaries to get elected as Tshogpa, completely rewriting what leadersh...

Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 2,594 views
NA directs talks on reducing high lending rates to ease burden

Banks in the country maintain high lending rates and low returns on deposits, which continue to strain businesses, parti...

Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 6,100 views
BLDCL at loggerheads with private retail outlets and distributors

Private livestock dealers claim a state-owned corporation lured them into investing, only to turn around and aggressivel...

Jun 10, 2026 5 mins read 3,220 views
DoT spends 85 percent of budget, but key infrastructure projects lag behind

The Department of Tourism spent over 85 per cent of its budget, yet critical tourism infrastructure is still lagging. Wh...

Jun 10, 2026 4 mins read 4,722 views
NC endorses annual budget as per NA

The National Council yesterday deliberated on the National Budget Report for FY 2026–27, the Budget Appropriation Bill for FY 2026–27, and the Supplementary Budget Appropriation Bill for FY 2025–26.

Jun 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,730 views
Bhutan to pilot green finance taxonomy from June

Bhutan will begin testing its expanded Green Finance Taxonomy 2026 with a six-month pilot from June to November, before...

May 30, 2026 3 mins read 4,163 views
Stop recording, start living

Like television, the internet, and AI, TikTok can be a force for good or bad. It entirely depends on how it is used.

Jun 13, 2026 4 mins read 575 views
Stop recording, start living

Like television, the internet, and AI, TikTok can be a force for good or bad. It entirely depends on how it is used.

Jun 06, 2026 4 mins read 824 views
Ask Mr Bhutan: “Money can’t buy happiness.” Is it true, when everything is dependent on money?

Once born into a physical body, there are certain absolute necessities without which most of us are incapable of experie...

May 30, 2026 2 mins read 1,406 views
Duchen Nga Zom: What a butter lamp and a few flower petals can teach us

Duchen Nga Zom is a duzom—an auspicious convergence of sacred time within the Buddhist calendar, marked by the meeting o...

May 30, 2026 4 mins read 1,243 views
The virus, the fear, and the freedom beyond both

Hantavirus is not a single virus but a family of rodent-borne viruses that occasionally spill over into humans, sometime...

May 24, 2026 4 mins read 1,580 views
Whose face are you wearing?

The desire for happiness is universal, and beauty, prestige, and wealth have always been seen as pathways to achieve it. In that sense, this is nothing new.

May 16, 2026 4 mins read 2,000 views
A memoir of hustle and heartache

May 11, 2026 3 mins read 2,596 views
From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

May 11, 2026 4 mins read 2,347 views
Café by the waterfall

About six kilometres before Trongsa town, just past the Bjee Zam Bridge, a traditional one-storey house appears on the left of the highway. It is not easy to miss. This modest structure...

May 02, 2026 2 mins read 2,995 views
Where tradition meets treatment

In Bhutan, healing is not a choice between past and present but a collaboration between the two. Across the country, patients move between modern clinics and traditional medicine units with ease, guided as much by...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 2,752 views
Reform or stay shut

The closure of drayangs (entertainment centres) is an issue that most sensible Bhutanese, except perhaps the operators, have supported. While the current government may have pledged during the campaign to review the previous government’s decision to shut them down, any sane government should not back down from that closure.

Jun 13, 2026 2 mins read 984 views
Overseas employment isn’t the solution

The conflict in the Middle East has once again exposed our dependence on overseas employment as a pressure valve for domestic unemployment.

Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 1,380 views
United for Project 108

Bhutanese, friends of Bhutan, and our well-wishers are willingly answering the call to fulfill the Royal vision of erecting 108 Jangchub Choetens along the Mao Chhu in Gelephu Mindfulnes...

Jun 06, 2026 2 mins read 773 views
Banks can unlock growth through affordable credit

Financial institutions are the lifeblood of any modern economy. They mobilise savings, allocate capital, manage risk, an...

Jun 03, 2026 3 mins read 2,064 views
A missed opportunity

The Thromde election process has begun, with the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) notifying registered voters in Thimphu and Phuentsholing thromdes who are eligible for postal v...

May 30, 2026 2 mins read 1,787 views
Chain-link fencing: somebody’s gain, another’s loss

Chain-link fencing is perhaps one of the most viable solutions policymakers have managed to narrow down in the long and...

May 27, 2026 2 mins read 1,975 views
Fixing and fine-tuning GST regime

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime was never going to be an easy transition. Major tax reforms rarely are. Introduced in January this year, GST was envisioned as a modern tax system, replacing an outdated framework...

May 23, 2026 2 mins read 2,390 views
Insolvency law, a long overdue

Bhutan’s economy has changed dramatically since the Bankruptcy Act of 1999 was enacted. Back then, the private sector was small, cross-border trade was limited, and the financial system was far less complex.

May 20, 2026 3 mins read 2,293 views
GMC was a masterstroke

The conflict in the Middle East, which has disrupted the global economy and fueled uncertainties, has led investors to question whether oil-rich nations remain a safe haven. As the confl...

May 16, 2026 2 mins read 4,884 views
Fighting online scams

The digital age has transformed Bhutanese society in ways unimaginable in just a decade or two. Social media and online platforms have opened enormous opportunities for communication,...

May 13, 2026 2 mins read 2,370 views
Startups call for support beyond seed funding

The country’s startup ecosystem has helped many young entrepreneurs launch their businesses, but founders say support be...

Mar 21, 2026 3 mins read 6,726 views
National debt to rise by 26%, reaching Nu 380 billion in June

The country’s national debt is expected to rise by nearly 26 percent this June compared to June last year.

Feb 25, 2026 2 mins read 8,158 views
Economy uncoils for strongest growth in years

The Year of the Snake became a defining moment for the country’s economy, as growth accelerated sharply following severa...

Feb 18, 2026 4 mins read 8,350 views
Tax system sees major changes and initiatives

The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 202...

Feb 18, 2026 2 mins read 8,763 views
Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

Jan 31, 2026 2 mins read 16,019 views
Between Homes

When I first arrived in Australia last year, I thought I was prepared. I had spoken to people, watched videos, and tried...

May 02, 2026 1 mins read 6,959 views
The true wealth of Dzambhala

The name Dzambhala — from the Sanskrit Jambhala — is traditionally associated with wealth and prosperity, reflecting his...

May 02, 2026 4 mins read 2,675 views
No amount of money can replace you

The early years — roughly birth to five — are critical for emotional development. While a child raised with consistency...

Apr 25, 2026 4 mins read 5,229 views
You’re not what you think you are

You are not alone in your confusion — and much of it arises from the word itself. Emptiness can sound like nothingness,...

Apr 18, 2026 4 mins read 4,244 views
Sundays at Le Méridien

The monthly Sunday brunch at Le Méridien has become a special experience that goes beyond dining, offering guests a rela...

Apr 13, 2026 3 mins read 3,916 views
ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ཁྲོམ་སྡེ་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་མ་ལང་མི་དེ་ སྲིད་བྱུས་དང་ ཁྱིམ་བཟོ་ག་གི་འཐུས་ཤོར་ཨིན་ན།

༉ ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ ལུང་ཕྱོགས་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་ལངམ་སྦེ་མེད་པའི་ དཀའ་ངལ་ལུ་བརྟེན་ འབྲུག་པའི་མི་ཁུངས་མང་ཤོས་ཅིག་ ས་མཚམས་ཕྱི་ཁ...

May 11, 2026 6 mins read 2,980 views
When will we feed ourselves?

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 2,828 views
Fuel crisis demands more than subsidies

Recent developments in the Middle East crisis suggest that a return to normalcy is still far away. Even if the war ends...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 3,863 views
Demographic crisis demands bold reforms

Bhutan is facing a “national crisis” as birth rates plunge by 62.9 percent. If current trends continue, the country coul...

Apr 29, 2026 2 mins read 7,014 views

Recents

RAA uncovers major procurement lapses in the Nu 610M BITS projects

A Special Audit Report by the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) has identified significant procurement, planning, and governance failures in the Bhutan Integrated Taxation System (BITS 1.0), concluding that the project failed to achieve its intended objectives and resulted in substantial wasteful and avoidable expenditure of public funds.

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