November of 2020

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Bhutan's electricity export grows but fossil fuel import rises

Trade

Nov 17, 2020 2 mins read 440 views
Three-year-old girl dies of rabies in Samtse

Health

Nov 17, 2020 1 mins read 448 views
MoF to amend TA/DA notice for clarity

Finance

Nov 17, 2020 3 mins read 413 views
Ministry ready to adopt NEAF to access health of school education

Education

Nov 17, 2020 2 mins read 397 views
Danger of wrathful waters in Lhuentse

Perspective

Nov 16, 2020 4 mins read 375 views
MoAF clarifies on hazelnut issues

Letter to the editor

Nov 16, 2020 3 mins read 446 views
Change, the way forward for drayangs

Editorial

Nov 16, 2020 2 mins read 371 views
Local tourists keeping homestay afloat

Tourism

Nov 16, 2020 2 mins read 430 views
Wangdicholing hospital might have to expand

Health

Nov 16, 2020 2 mins read 387 views
Merak women embrace Yathra weaving for self-reliance

Dzongkhag

Nov 16, 2020 1 mins read 409 views
Drayang could open but with reforms

Entertainment

Nov 16, 2020 2 mins read 339 views
Mines and minerals Bill to harmonise conflicting provisions

Mining

Nov 16, 2020 2 mins read 367 views
Thimphu City FC bags 2020 Premier League

Sports

Nov 15, 2020 1 mins read 401 views
Sephu farmers benefit from electric fencing

Agriculture

Nov 15, 2020 1 mins read 365 views
Income opportunities glue people in Merak

Dzongkhag

Nov 15, 2020 1 mins read 325 views
On the Mountain Hazelnut issue

Letter to the editor

Nov 15, 2020 1 mins read 355 views
A lesson

Editorial

Nov 15, 2020 2 mins read 0 views
Farmers running short of seedlings in Shompangkha

Agriculture

Nov 15, 2020 1 mins read 301 views
National Assembly finalises winter session agenda

National Assembly

Nov 15, 2020 1 mins read 367 views
Two quarantined in Gelephu for allegedly border crossing

Crime

Nov 15, 2020 1 mins read 428 views
Domestic flight to Yonphula picking up

Transport

Nov 15, 2020 1 mins read 339 views
National credit guarantee scheme yet to pick up

Banks

Nov 15, 2020 3 mins read 383 views
Cracks, slides force Kuengarabten nuns to shift

Disaster

Nov 13, 2020 2 mins read 374 views
Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck honoured

Award-Grant

Nov 13, 2020 1 mins read 333 views
Cardamoms wait in store for price to improve

Agriculture

Nov 13, 2020 1 mins read 322 views
Ugly road to beautiful Phobjikha

Road

Nov 13, 2020 2 mins read 319 views
Yak cooperative in Haa focuses on income diversification

Farming

Nov 13, 2020 2 mins read 366 views
Flood mitigation structures construction at Maochhu begins

Disaster

Nov 13, 2020 2 mins read 325 views
108: Pictures of Bhutan in many spectral lights

Exhibition

Nov 13, 2020 2 mins read 388 views
New technology can solve wastewater crisis

Perspective

Nov 13, 2020 3 mins read 359 views
Bhutan comes to Calcutta

Perspective

Nov 13, 2020 6 mins read 382 views
Fire leaves four families homeless

Disaster

Nov 13, 2020 1 mins read 0 views
Dagapela-Dalbari road to complete next month

Road

Nov 13, 2020 1 mins read 307 views
Reaching out to women with disabilities

Crime

Nov 13, 2020 2 mins read 329 views
Stringent laws alone can neither prevent nor justify any crime

Letter to the editor

Nov 13, 2020 2 mins read 333 views
Clear and present danger

Editorial

Nov 13, 2020 2 mins read 401 views
Police investigating mandatory quarantine protocol breach

Crime

Nov 13, 2020 1 mins read 381 views
Safety protocols in place to reopen schools: MoE

Education

Nov 13, 2020 3 mins read 358 views
Shortage of specialists impede health ministry's plans

Politics

Nov 13, 2020 3 mins read 365 views
Glaciers retreating at an alarming rate

Disaster

Nov 13, 2020 3 mins read 374 views
DAHE urges students to check status of consultancy firms

Education

Nov 12, 2020 2 mins read 357 views
DNT president assures all pledges will be fulfilled

Politics

Nov 12, 2020 2 mins read 376 views
Samdrupjongkhar MSS out of containment mode

Health

Nov 12, 2020 2 mins read 343 views
Thanking women's household roles with cheese

Health

Nov 12, 2020 1 mins read 344 views
Wool processing centre encourages highlanders to rear sheep

Farming

Nov 12, 2020 1 mins read 361 views
Is joining the civil service the only option for graduates?

Letter to the editor

Nov 12, 2020 1 mins read 406 views
The consultancy business

Editorial

Nov 12, 2020 2 mins read 365 views
DeSuung National Service to bring water in Guma

Water

Nov 12, 2020 1 mins read 365 views
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The trap of spiritual materialism

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When Words Create Worlds

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Culture under threat?

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Recents

The environmental toll of wars

The deafening sounds of missiles and gunfire in the Middle East have briefly faded under a ceasefire, offering a much-needed respite that eases global anxieties over spiraling economic and geopolitical crises. However, as we pause to seek solutions, a far greater threat to humanity remains largely unspoken. What would be the environmental cost of the wars?

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Raising the bar for justice

With the recent appointment of Drangpon Ramjams, our judiciary stands fully constituted from the Drungkhag Courts to the Supreme Court. Senior Drangpons rise to higher benches. Younger judges step into their first posts in the lowest courts, an alignment and a constitutional moment.

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