May of 2020

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MPs' identification cards to be reprinted after executive's objection

National Assembly

May 31, 2020 2 mins read 428 views
S/jongkhar makes tobacco import easier

Trade

May 31, 2020 2 mins read 435 views
New lifeline for Janphutse villagers

Infra-settlement

May 31, 2020 2 mins read 464 views
Confusion over use of face masks

Letter to the editor

May 31, 2020 2 mins read 424 views
Youth tobacco survey: we need to learn more, and act

Editorial

May 31, 2020 2 mins read 487 views
Popular TashiCell data plans to get more data

Technology

May 31, 2020 1 mins read 462 views
31,257 apply for Druk Gyalpo's Relief Kidu

Kidu

May 31, 2020 3 mins read 455 views
Semester-end exams to be held before September

Education

May 31, 2020 2 mins read 542 views
Tobacco use among youth remains high

Health

May 31, 2020 4 mins read 396 views
Hailstorm leaves farmers distressed

Disaster

May 29, 2020 1 mins read 448 views
Covid-19 and my 24 years of teaching experience

Perspective

May 29, 2020 2 mins read 469 views
Shumar farmers see potential in onions

Agriculture

May 29, 2020 1 mins read 468 views
Watermelon cultivation grows

Agriculture

May 29, 2020 2 mins read 488 views
Needy students get feeding take-home ration

Education

May 29, 2020 2 mins read 437 views
Thrimshing's longest farm road in need of maintenance

Infra-settlement

May 29, 2020 1 mins read 419 views
Resurfacing of Sunkosh-Dagapela road to begin in August

Infra-settlement

May 29, 2020 2 mins read 443 views
Better hand-washing stations at CFM

Health

May 29, 2020 1 mins read 413 views
Four years on, Jigmeling Industrial Estate not ready

Industries

May 29, 2020 2 mins read 451 views
Public service agencies do not have impunity for negligence

Letter to the editor

May 29, 2020 2 mins read 425 views
Time to change gears

Editorial

May 29, 2020 2 mins read 473 views
Finance minister to unveil new budget on Monday

Finance

May 29, 2020 3 mins read 392 views
Covid-19: Health ministry prepared to handle birth and death

Health

May 29, 2020 2 mins read 416 views
Govt. won't meddle in private school fee issue: Education minister

Education

May 29, 2020 3 mins read 487 views
Tax reforms applicable retrospectively from Jan 16

Finance

May 29, 2020 3 mins read 453 views
Covid-19, a blessing for a poultry farmer in Tsaenkhar

Farming

May 28, 2020 1 mins read 439 views
Bark beetle ravage trees along Chelela bypass

Disaster

May 28, 2020 2 mins read 470 views
Robed community observes Red Dot

Health

May 28, 2020 3 mins read 460 views
Gasa PS gets a new female changing room

Education

May 28, 2020 1 mins read 462 views
Why do we feel shy or embarrassed?

Perspective

May 28, 2020 4 mins read 451 views
Local economy bounces back in Phuentsholing

Trade

May 28, 2020 2 mins read 453 views
The university for the 21st century Bhutan

Letter to the editor

May 28, 2020 1 mins read 431 views
Re-opening the schools is dangerous

Editorial

May 28, 2020 2 mins read 469 views
Cleaner's wife alleges drangpon's wife of assault

Crime

May 28, 2020 2 mins read 420 views
Amphan increases Bhutan's energy production

Hydro power

May 28, 2020 3 mins read 390 views
Thimphu highlanders lose 23 animals to Amphan

Disaster

May 28, 2020 1 mins read 434 views
Illegal entry across the International border

Crime

May 28, 2020 1 mins read 437 views
May sees a huge spike in Covid-19 cases

Health

May 28, 2020 3 mins read 405 views
Differences in opinion hold work at the PHPA I

Hydro power

May 28, 2020 2 mins read 411 views
Rainfall and temperature forecast for 2020 summer

Briefly

May 27, 2020 0 mins read 462 views
Demand for Bumthang honey declines

Farming

May 27, 2020 1 mins read 441 views
Civil servants in farming as they maintain physical distancing

Agriculture

May 27, 2020 1 mins read 428 views
`Green' menstruation in Bhutan: for health, climate and beyond

Perspective

May 27, 2020 5 mins read 482 views
DAMC is dissolved for duplication of roles

Royal Civil service Commission

May 27, 2020 2 mins read 485 views
Farmers lose maize to a windstorm in Khaling

Disaster

May 27, 2020 1 mins read 413 views
Identifying systemic loopholes

Letter to the editor

May 27, 2020 1 mins read 432 views
More than dietary and nutritional needs

Editorial

May 27, 2020 2 mins read 390 views
Industrial service centre in Gelephu taking shape

Industries

May 27, 2020 1 mins read 400 views
Man sentenced for voluntary manslaughter

Crime

May 27, 2020 1 mins read 479 views
RUB students confused about semester end exam

Education

May 27, 2020 1 mins read 418 views
Japan and Bhutan sign grant worth 174 million Japanese Yen

Award-Grant

May 27, 2020 0 mins read 444 views
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Taxes our forefathers paid

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Gym that asks you to grow, not just train

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Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Happiness can be described in countless ways, yet it is always experienced as one. Even if we fail to put it into words, we still recognise it. Sometimes, only when old words fade from the ton...

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Happiness with Mr Bhutan

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Making GST work past early hiccups

The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a major fiscal reform in recent years. These new reforms are part of a broader effort to modernise the country’s tax system to make taxation fairer, more efficient, and more business-friendly, while also increasing the tax base.

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The cost of delay

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A new chapter for Kuensel

Two decades ago, in February 2005, Kuensel increased its publication frequency to twice a week. This move was a direct response to our readers’ growing needs and a conscious preparation for the n...

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Strengthening the third sector

Over the years, the civil society sector has quietly assumed a critical role in bridging policy and people. Often referred to as the third sector, CSOs have emerged as indispensable partners in Bhutan’s pursuit...

Dec 31, 2025 2 mins read 1,184 views
Why selective privatisation in healthcare makes sense

The debate on private sector participation in healthcare has reached an unhelpful impasse. This is mainly because it is...

Dec 30, 2025 2 mins read 1,546 views
Agencies must be held accountable for financial irregularities

The Royal Audit Authority’s (RAA) latest annual report is disturbing, to say the least. Financial irregularities reached...

Dec 29, 2025 2 mins read 3,025 views
What about moral and ethical accountability?

The Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) investigation into the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) loan was meant to settle...

Dec 27, 2025 2 mins read 1,924 views
Citizens building a nation’s future

The fourth round of the Gelephu Mindfulness City volunteer programme, which drew a record 10,000 participants, pushing total participation beyond 22,500, must be celebrated as a national moment. The overwhelming number of volunteer...

Dec 26, 2025 2 mins read 1,573 views
The promise of Bhutan-Thailand Free Trade Agreement

The parliamentary endorsement of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Thailand marks a watershed moment in Bhutan’s econo...

Dec 25, 2025 2 mins read 1,500 views
Time to open farms to foreign labour

The shortage of farm labour is a real problem faced by farming households across the country.  Over the years, this has undermined productivity, escalated food prices, and led to a steady increase in fallow land. Against this ba...

Dec 24, 2025 2 mins read 920 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 call...

Oct 16, 2025 2 mins read 2,536 views
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....

Nov 19, 2025 1 mins read 868 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 3,761 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 5,147 views
Building inclusive sports

For 15-year-old Nima Dema, a student from Tendruk Central School in Samtse, the opportunity to take part in the ongoing...

Dec 23, 2025 2 mins read 1,138 views
Punatsangchhu-I restarts, but at a heavy price

The resumption of works on the 1,200-megawatt Punatsangchhu Hydropower Project I offers a flicker of hope. After all, th...

Dec 22, 2025 2 mins read 1,822 views
Cost of complacent breathing

Bhutan’s clean air is becoming a comforting myth—pleasant to repeat, dangerous to believe. For years, we have worn the r...

Dec 20, 2025 2 mins read 1,131 views
Entrepreneurs need support, not slogans

We love to talk about innovation, entrepreneurship, and self-reliance. In fact, we use these words in excess in policy d...

Dec 19, 2025 2 mins read 1,169 views
A common destiny, a collective future

The 118th National Day of Bhutan, celebrated in the sacred Bumthang Valley at the historic Wangduechoeling Palace ground...

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