January of 2020

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Labour shortage impedes orange export in Gelephu

Labour

Jan 05, 2020 2 mins read 275 views
Construction works could continue in lockdown

Letter to the editor

Jan 05, 2020 1 mins read 292 views
Sharing the burden

Editorial

Jan 05, 2020 3 mins read 0 views
Lockdown challenges in Paro and Haa

Health

Jan 05, 2020 1 mins read 240 views
Unlocking begins in Trashiyangte and Trashigang

Health

Jan 05, 2020 2 mins read 253 views
Couple found dead in a water storage tank

Accident

Jan 05, 2020 1 mins read 332 views
Salary revision doubles pension and provident fund contribution

Finance

Jan 05, 2020 2 mins read 283 views
Kinley Wangmo sweeps three titles

Sports

Jan 31, 2020 2 mins read 253 views
NC to deliberate Income Tax Bill

Parliament

Jan 31, 2020 2 mins read 273 views
My aha moments from WWF Bhutan camp

Perspective

Jan 31, 2020 3 mins read 249 views
Emerging infectious diseases and Bhutan: the case of 2019-nCoV

Perspective

Jan 31, 2020 5 mins read 274 views
There is a lot in a name!

Health

Jan 31, 2020 2 mins read 307 views
Bhutan to observe first Space week

Technology

Jan 31, 2020 1 mins read 257 views
Pharmacies in Thimphu run out of face masks

Trade

Jan 31, 2020 1 mins read 278 views
Rectification of cracks at Kuengarabten begins

Disaster

Jan 31, 2020 1 mins read 257 views
Youth prepare to tackle climate change

Youth

Jan 31, 2020 3 mins read 229 views
Kuengarabten cracks under the watch

Disaster

Jan 31, 2020 2 mins read 224 views
NA dumping two Bills passed by NC is a waste of time and resource

Letter to the editor

Jan 31, 2020 2 mins read 251 views
Let's not panic, but be concerned

Editorial

Jan 31, 2020 2 mins read 211 views
Discontinuing import quota for public officials include MPs

Parliament

Jan 31, 2020 2 mins read 258 views
Bhutan fully prepared for coronavirus: PM

Parliament

Jan 31, 2020 2 mins read 241 views
Tax reforms will recoup more than revenue forgone: PM

Parliament

Jan 31, 2020 4 mins read 196 views
Open and porous border stretches about 700km

Health

Jan 30, 2020 3 mins read 189 views
Users complain of poor road condition

Infra-settlement

Jan 30, 2020 1 mins read 228 views
New 20-bedded hospital for Tashichholing

Health

Jan 30, 2020 1 mins read 217 views
Gasa BHU will have a doctor next month

Health

Jan 30, 2020 1 mins read 222 views
Layaps and the bears

Wild life

Jan 30, 2020 1 mins read 219 views
ADB donates medical equipment to MoH

Assist-grant

Jan 30, 2020 1 mins read 225 views
Compensation has to be sustainable: Agriculture Minister

Parliament

Jan 30, 2020 2 mins read 219 views
Travel safety

Letter to the editor

Jan 30, 2020 1 mins read 216 views
Tax reforms is more than granting exemptions

Editorial

Jan 30, 2020 2 mins read 211 views
Restoration of Autsho fuel depot to be complete soon

Fuel

Jan 30, 2020 1 mins read 222 views
Gelephu prepares to stop the entry of coronavirus

Health

Jan 30, 2020 4 mins read 216 views
NA passes Mines and Minerals Bill

Parliament

Jan 30, 2020 2 mins read 252 views
What's driving the economy?

Parliament

Jan 30, 2020 4 mins read 233 views
Parliament agenda today

Briefly

Jan 30, 2020 0 mins read 0 views
Away goal advantage takes Paro FC to next round

Sports

Jan 29, 2020 2 mins read 220 views
No demand for animal feed in Trashigang

Economy

Jan 29, 2020 1 mins read 203 views
Public clearance must for mines near settlements

Letter to the editor

Jan 29, 2020 1 mins read 201 views
How Bhutan is looking at tackling coronavirus

Editorial

Jan 29, 2020 2 mins read 220 views
Shingkhar-Gorgan road discussion is stale: minister

Parliament

Jan 29, 2020 2 mins read 239 views
NC recommends doing away with vehicle import quota

Parliament

Jan 29, 2020 2 mins read 236 views
Local manufactures plead for intervention

Trade

Jan 29, 2020 4 mins read 249 views
Health minister assures all in place to tackle coronavirus

Health

Jan 29, 2020 5 mins read 183 views
RMA annual report

Briefly

Jan 29, 2020 0 mins read 218 views
Paro FC to take home advantage

Sports

Jan 28, 2020 2 mins read 201 views
In the service of their folks

Gender

Jan 28, 2020 2 mins read 204 views
Assembly proposes reserving 30% mining job to communities

Parliament

Jan 28, 2020 2 mins read 227 views
Support Paro FC

Letter to the editor

Jan 28, 2020 1 mins read 221 views
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A sound problem!

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Energising Bhutan

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A moment of reckoning, a future in the making

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Learning from the Tading experience

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Inclusion in agriculture must be more than policy dream

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Jul 08, 2025 2 mins read 448 views
Drug smuggling—A threat far deeper than we admit

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Civic sense, infrastructure can end capital’s woes

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Leave the US with dignity

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When silence becomes a risk

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Major financial sector reforms crucial to realising 13th Plan goals

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Ask Mr Bhutan

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Ask Mr Bhutan

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Ask Mr Bhutan

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Billions from abroad, but what lies ahead?

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Heed the warnings of the rain

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If CDG is illegal, so is PDF

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Clear and present dangers

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Recents

Symbol of friendship: His Majesty gifts takins to Thai Royals

As a royal gift from His Majesty The King of Bhutan, a pair of takins (one female and one male) are being gifted to Their Majesties The King and Queen of Thailand. The translocation of the two takins from Bhutan to Thailand is expected around January 2026, pending royal approval, according to the Acting Chairman of the Board of the Zoological Park Organisation of Thailand, Jade Donavanik.

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A sound problem!

“Sound check, sound check!” If you’ve attended a meeting, seminar, or workshop lately, you have likely heard this familiar phrase, usually followed by screeching microphones, echoing sound systems, or a projector refusing to cooperate.

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Justice sector must fast track before His Majesty’s 10-year vision goes up in smoke

His Majesty's pace on GMC Airport construction must be taken as an example to reform the justice sector's sluggish progress on the 10-year transformation goals outlined in December 2024. Seven months have passed since His Majesty the King delivered his transformative Royal Address on December 17, 2024, during the 117th National Day celebrations. In that pivotal address, His Majesty articulated a c

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