April of 2021

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Phobji farmers wait for weedicide

Agriculture

Apr 30, 2021 1 mins read 491 views
RICBL and MoAF agree on tariff for a crop insurance scheme

Agriculture

Apr 30, 2021 1 mins read 553 views
ADB projects 3.7 percent GDP growth in FY 2022

Banks

Apr 30, 2021 2 mins read 469 views
Empowering mountain women farmers through agricultural mechanisation

Perspective

Apr 30, 2021 5 mins read 472 views
ADB recommends restructuring loan schemes

Banks

Apr 30, 2021 2 mins read 493 views
TCB to regulate non-certified hotels

Tourism

Apr 30, 2021 3 mins read 473 views
Rabtey farmers want separate farm road

Agriculture

Apr 30, 2021 2 mins read 447 views
New irrigation canal to resolve water issue in Tangsibji

Water

Apr 30, 2021 2 mins read 489 views
Scrap dealers opt to sell scraps waste within the country

City

Apr 30, 2021 2 mins read 450 views
A museum in a school

Feature Story

Apr 30, 2021 2 mins read 538 views
Uttar Kumar Rai won on more roads, bigger plans

Election

Apr 30, 2021 3 mins read 474 views
A biggest win for Tshering Norbu in Gelephu

Election

Apr 30, 2021 2 mins read 446 views
Public agencies must not get away negligently causing serious injury to any person

Letter to the editor

Apr 30, 2021 2 mins read 498 views
The Reality of Kidu

Editorial

Apr 30, 2021 3 mins read 501 views
Positive cases from community in Phuentsholing

Health

Apr 30, 2021 2 mins read 474 views
Was it change what Thimphu voters wanted?

Election

Apr 30, 2021 3 mins read 421 views
More than 25,000 apply for relief kidu in a week

Kidu

Apr 30, 2021 1 mins read 487 views
India assured support for second dose of vaccine: Foreign Minister

Health

Apr 30, 2021 3 mins read 408 views
Druk Lhayul to play 2021 BPL qualifiers

Sports

Apr 29, 2021 2 mins read 428 views
Tsirang local leaders worried about meeting recurrent expenditure

Local Government

Apr 29, 2021 2 mins read 430 views
Water project benefits 57 households in Dangdung

Desuup

Apr 29, 2021 2 mins read 418 views
Drying Tsangkha Tsho worries residents

Culture

Apr 29, 2021 3 mins read 398 views
RSTA needs to reconsider its order on vehicle ownership transfer

Letter to the editor

Apr 29, 2021 1 mins read 455 views
Credible information crucial in times of disaster

Editorial

Apr 29, 2021 2 mins read 465 views
Three detained for looting police OC's home

Crime

Apr 29, 2021 1 mins read 471 views
Bhutanese engineers build prototype of second satellite

Technology

Apr 29, 2021 2 mins read 459 views
Windstorm rips apart 60 structures in Zhemgang

Disaster

Apr 29, 2021 1 mins read 406 views
Photo exhibition opens at RTA today

Festival

Apr 29, 2021 1 mins read 481 views
Former Lyonpo Dago Tshering is first Bhutanese honoured by Japan

Foreign Affairs

Apr 29, 2021 1 mins read 562 views
Mass testing to decide fate of lockdown in Phuentsholing

Health

Apr 29, 2021 2 mins read 412 views
Bhutan evacuates Covid-19 patients from Delhi

Health

Apr 29, 2021 1 mins read 395 views
Thrompons have mandates

Letter to the editor

Apr 28, 2021 1 mins read 371 views
After the thromde elections

Editorial

Apr 28, 2021 2 mins read 439 views
Zhung Dratshang's auditors hone skills to detect shortfalls

ACC-RAA-OAG

Apr 28, 2021 2 mins read 424 views
Sarpang dzongkhag to promote Guru ney in Retey

Religious

Apr 28, 2021 2 mins read 512 views
Mendrelgang PHC in need of a female nurse

Health

Apr 28, 2021 2 mins read 409 views
Performance of senior civil servants to be assessed

RCSC

Apr 28, 2021 2 mins read 436 views
Earthquake causes structural damage

Disaster

Apr 28, 2021 3 mins read 387 views
Tshering Norbu sweeps all demkhongs in Gelephu

Election

Apr 28, 2021 2 mins read 418 views
P/ling goes for former thrompon

Election

Apr 28, 2021 2 mins read 425 views
Thromde elections

Election

Apr 28, 2021 2 mins read 0 views
Snowman Race, more than mere run

Feature Story

Apr 27, 2021 3 mins read 414 views
Details on the kidu needed

Letter to the editor

Apr 27, 2021 1 mins read 467 views
No, we don't need more bars

Editorial

Apr 27, 2021 2 mins read 521 views
TCB should be consulted for any tourism activities: DG

Tourism

Apr 27, 2021 2 mins read 437 views
NEC should collaborate with MoWHS and DGM: PM

Environment

Apr 27, 2021 2 mins read 422 views
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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...

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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...

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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...

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What about moral and ethical accountability?

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

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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...

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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 1,494 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 916 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...

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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....

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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 3,755 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

In a world that constantly advertises, applauds, and sells consumption, acquisition and growth at all costs, cultivating...

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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 1,134 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...

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Cost of complacent breathing

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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...

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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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