March of 2021

Archives

Archery ranges need more safety

Sports

Mar 31, 2021 1 mins read 473 views
Archers being trained in safe compound bow draw technique

Sports

Mar 31, 2021 1 mins read 486 views
Trouble for community company as SMCL denies extension

Mining

Mar 31, 2021 1 mins read 506 views
"We look forward to strengthening our partnership"

Foreign Affairs

Mar 31, 2021 2 mins read 501 views
No campaign funding support for thromde elections

Letter to the editor

Mar 31, 2021 1 mins read 457 views
Hear the heron's parting call?

Editorial

Mar 31, 2021 2 mins read 428 views
Bhutan records 567 glacial lakes, 17 potentially dangerous

Wild Life

Mar 31, 2021 2 mins read 463 views
Two Bhutanese test positive for Covid-19 during PM's visit to Bangladesh

Foreign Affairs

Mar 31, 2021 2 mins read 445 views
Parliamentarians draft gender scrutiny action plan

Parliament

Mar 31, 2021 2 mins read 395 views
Snowman race secretariat adopts saplings in Kuenselphodrang

Sports

Mar 31, 2021 2 mins read 462 views
Covid-19 increases public debt

Health

Mar 31, 2021 2 mins read 469 views
Three get double shots of Covidshield accidentally

Health

Mar 30, 2021 3 mins read 446 views
13 get the jab in Esuna

Health

Mar 30, 2021 1 mins read 529 views
Taking the vaccine to the furthest village in Lunana

Feature Story

Mar 30, 2021 2 mins read 486 views
A P/ling resident wishes

Letter to the editor

Mar 30, 2021 1 mins read 504 views
For women and children

Editorial

Mar 30, 2021 2 mins read 449 views
Three thromde tshogpa candidates disqualified

Election

Mar 30, 2021 2 mins read 420 views
Only 27 percent registered voters for third thromde election

Election

Mar 30, 2021 2 mins read 405 views
Upgrading and strengthening Deaf Education

Education

Mar 30, 2021 3 mins read 439 views
ECB spends more than a million for every bye-election

Election

Mar 30, 2021 2 mins read 399 views
No white-bellied herons sighted in Phochhu and Mochhu

Wild Life

Mar 30, 2021 2 mins read 440 views
Lhuentse dzongkhag resolves to fight GLOF and floods

Feature Story

Mar 29, 2021 4 mins read 401 views
Cabbies in Kanglung cry out for parking space

Traffic

Mar 29, 2021 1 mins read 396 views
Milk processing unit makes profit during pandemic

Industries

Mar 29, 2021 1 mins read 440 views
Cash rewards for dog catchers

Letter to the editor

Mar 29, 2021 1 mins read 416 views
Misinformation could derail vaccination programme

Editorial

Mar 29, 2021 2 mins read 426 views
Gembo and his family get help

Dzongkhag

Mar 29, 2021 1 mins read 426 views
Korphu GC road blacktopping behind schedule

Road

Mar 29, 2021 2 mins read 458 views
Bhutan to construct chancery in Dhaka

Foreign Affairs

Mar 29, 2021 1 mins read 484 views
NCWC shortchanged to look into women and child cases

NGO

Mar 29, 2021 3 mins read 408 views
56 percent of eligible recipients vaccinated in three days

Health

Mar 29, 2021 2 mins read 401 views
The road to reusing

Road

Mar 28, 2021 1 mins read 425 views
DeSuung water project to benefit 24 households of Tashicholing

Desuup

Mar 28, 2021 2 mins read 389 views
ECCD needs to be monitored strictly

Letter to the editor

Mar 28, 2021 1 mins read 393 views
Keeping health protocols tight

Editorial

Mar 28, 2021 1 mins read 388 views
First vaccine receivers say

Health

Mar 28, 2021 10 mins read 367 views
Task force suggests economic development board under PMO

Economy

Mar 28, 2021 3 mins read 406 views
Nearly 40 percent of eligible population vaccinated in two days

Health

Mar 28, 2021 3 mins read 400 views
Mongar and Lhuentse eager for vaccination

Health

Mar 26, 2021 1 mins read 388 views
Wangdue, Punakha and Gasa prepared for nationwide vaccination

Health

Mar 26, 2021 1 mins read 371 views
SDF project grant disbursement crosses USD 50 million

Finance

Mar 26, 2021 2 mins read 367 views
Bumthang and Trongsa all set for vaccination

Health

Mar 26, 2021 1 mins read 382 views
Bringing makeup services home

City

Mar 26, 2021 1 mins read 391 views
Business going well for new minor markets

City

Mar 26, 2021 2 mins read 398 views
Mom At School : Education and beyond

Feature Story

Mar 26, 2021 3 mins read 433 views
Trashiyangtse DT members to monitor house construction in gewogs

Dzongkhag

Mar 26, 2021 1 mins read 439 views
Dagapela town plot owners await land demarcation

Dzongkhag

Mar 26, 2021 3 mins read 383 views
No tenants for Taktse house owners

House

Mar 26, 2021 2 mins read 385 views
Shortage of commercial LPG

Fuel

Mar 26, 2021 2 mins read 422 views
Browse Archives
Only registered GST businesses can charge GST

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) should prevent retailers from facing a cascading price effect by allowing them to claim credit for taxes paid at earlier stages of the supply chain, according to officials.

Jan 10, 2026 2 mins read 2,034 views
GST hits farmers as feed and fertiliser costs ripple across food chain

The impact of Goods and Services Tax (GST) is being felt most immediately and viscerally in the agriculture and livestoc...

Jan 10, 2026 3 mins read 46,577 views
Where five percent hurts most

Prices in most shops have jumped five percent overnight. In Changzamtog, a couple sits at their tiny wooden table, counting what little money they have left. The husband, the sole breadwinner, earns Nu 17,0...

Jan 10, 2026 3 mins read 7,307 views
How excise tax reshapes prices of sin goods

The new excise tax (ET) framework, effective from January 1, has led to price increases for alcohol, tobacco, carbonated...

Jan 10, 2026 2 mins read 1,817 views
New income tax law widens relief for families and households

The government has introduced a range of tax relief measures for individuals under a new income tax framework rolled out...

Jan 10, 2026 2 mins read 3,199 views
GST drives shoppers across the border in Phuentsholing

Jan 10, 2026 3 mins read 5,722 views
No timeline yet for GST refunds to tourists leaving Bhutan

The government is yet to announce when the Goods and Services Tax (GST) refund mechanism for tourists and short-term vis...

Jan 10, 2026 1 mins read 1,460 views
Consumers foot the bill as double taxation bites during GST transition

Consumers are facing short-term price increases as the country transitions to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) system, w...

Jan 10, 2026 3 mins read 1,817 views
Second Bhutan International ESG Alliance forum kicks off

Jan 09, 2026 2 mins read 2,185 views
New FDI regime offers wider access to foreign investors in agriculture

The agriculture and livestock sector is seeing an increased investor interest following major reforms in foreign direct investment (FDI) policy that liberalised ownership rules and eased approvals.

Jan 03, 2026 3 mins read 2,140 views
BCCI submits 35 business ideas to govt. for private sector engagement

The Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has submitted 35 business proposals from 12 sector associations to th...

Dec 20, 2025 2 mins read 2,560 views
Bhutan attracts major impact finance commitments at SDG forum

During the two-day Bhutan SDG Impact Finance Forum held last week in Thimphu, international and high-level participants...

Dec 20, 2025 3 mins read 1,242 views
Businesses propose action oriented public-private forum to address private sector woes

The Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has proposed the government to re-establish the high-level Private Se...

Dec 20, 2025 2 mins read 1,477 views
Taxes our forefathers paid

Jan 13, 2026 2 mins read 1,097 views
Gym that asks you to grow, not just train

Jan 10, 2026 2 mins read 757 views
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...

Dec 18, 2025 4 mins read 1,105 views
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...

Dec 16, 2025 4 mins read 790 views
GST transition pains need urgent fixes

Jan 14, 2026 2 mins read 279 views
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, a...

Jan 10, 2026 2 mins read 849 views
The cost of delay

Jan 07, 2026 2 mins read 1,221 views
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...

Jan 03, 2026 2 mins read 949 views
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 1,229 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 1,589 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 3,070 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 1,955 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 1,614 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 1,547 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 2,576 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 897 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 3,805 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 5,195 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...

Dec 24, 2025 2 mins read 960 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 1,170 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 1,854 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 1,165 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 1,201 views

No data available