May of 2021

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10 Covid-19 cases recover in Mongar

Health

May 31, 2021 1 mins read 406 views
Pandemic affects dew-yangka sale

Trade

May 31, 2021 1 mins read 492 views
DoR plans to construct four check dams at Aieslip

Infrastructure

May 31, 2021 2 mins read 447 views
Joining the education debate

Letter to the editor

May 31, 2021 3 mins read 437 views
Looking before we jump

Editorial

May 31, 2021 2 mins read 435 views
Man dies after allegedly beaten by eight in Gelephu

Crime

May 31, 2021 1 mins read 472 views
New Indian variant likely behind current outbreak

Health

May 31, 2021 3 mins read 482 views
NC's environment committee recommends ratifying privileges and immunities of GFC

National Council

May 31, 2021 3 mins read 441 views
Govt. proposes deferring implementation of GST by a year

Parliament

May 31, 2021 2 mins read 529 views
NA to deliberate Police Bill in next session

National Assembly

May 31, 2021 3 mins read 493 views
The invisible enemy

Perspective

May 30, 2021 5 mins read 489 views
Tergola and Selela losing junipers

Forest

May 30, 2021 2 mins read 472 views
Another fleeting memory?

Letter to the editor

May 30, 2021 2 mins read 373 views
Addendum

Corrigendum

May 30, 2021 0 mins read 454 views
The rising Covid-19 cases

Editorial

May 30, 2021 1 mins read 372 views
LG can change cordyceps collection timing, says agriculture minister

Parliament

May 30, 2021 2 mins read 375 views
Govt. initiated network to improve internet connection

Technology

May 30, 2021 2 mins read 474 views
Isolation wards established for Covid-19 cases

Health

May 30, 2021 2 mins read 367 views
Instant measures commence after record Covid-19 cases

Health

May 30, 2021 1 mins read 365 views
Bhutan at the P4G Summit

Foreign Affairs

May 30, 2021 1 mins read 414 views
External debt projected to increase to Nu 225B by end of June

Parliament

May 30, 2021 2 mins read 410 views
Quarantine services cost Nu 610M so far

Health

May 28, 2021 2 mins read 373 views
Education reforms questioned in National Assembly

National Assembly

May 28, 2021 2 mins read 392 views
Never ending woes of vendors in Thimphu

City

May 28, 2021 2 mins read 341 views
Vegetable sheds in zones bound to fail: Thrompon

City

May 28, 2021 3 mins read 407 views
Chamgang changing

Feature Story

May 28, 2021 4 mins read 459 views
Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EbA) for Urban Systems

Perspective

May 28, 2021 3 mins read 391 views
The Startup Way of Thinking

Perspective

May 28, 2021 3 mins read 445 views
Bhutan at her best, and for good reasons.

Perspective

May 28, 2021 5 mins read 404 views
Rainfall damages roads in Mongar

Disaster

May 28, 2021 1 mins read 434 views
Wangphu Mangmi terminated for holding license

Judiciary

May 28, 2021 1 mins read 420 views
House owners in Mongar pay urban house tax

Dzongkhag

May 28, 2021 2 mins read 433 views
JPLP case sets new procedural precedent

Letter to the editor

May 28, 2021 2 mins read 414 views
Let's not neglect education

Editorial

May 28, 2021 2 mins read 442 views
Nu 3B budget earmarked for Covid-19 response

Health

May 28, 2021 2 mins read 427 views
Few weeks delay for second dose should not be an issue: NI-TAG

Health

May 28, 2021 3 mins read 482 views
237 reported cases of teenage pregnancy in 18 dzongkhags in 2020

Health

May 28, 2021 4 mins read 446 views
Budget focuses on sustaining economic activities

Parliament

May 28, 2021 4 mins read 418 views
Japan supports 10 more post-grad scholarships

Education

May 27, 2021 2 mins read 406 views
No irrigation canal in Wangling to cultivate paddy

Water

May 27, 2021 2 mins read 457 views
NA and NC deadlocked on Mines and Minerals Bill

Parliament

May 27, 2021 2 mins read 393 views
Involve more youth in impactful discussions

Letter to the editor

May 27, 2021 1 mins read 387 views
Getting at the source is the key

Editorial

May 27, 2021 1 mins read 415 views
Villagers want Covid-19 cases and their livestock isolated

Health

May 27, 2021 1 mins read 432 views
KAB contributes menstrual products to schools

Health

May 27, 2021 1 mins read 462 views
ECB extends postal ballot registration for three more days

Election

May 27, 2021 2 mins read 421 views
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Taxes our forefathers paid

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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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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...

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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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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...

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Ask Mr Bhutan

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

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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 2,001 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 1,351 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 1,567 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

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

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