August of 2022

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Kicking into saving habit

Economy

Aug 31, 2022 1 mins read 407 views
OCP cautions against QNET a pyramid scheme

Trade

Aug 31, 2022 2 mins read 569 views
Encourage more like Datta Ram Chamlagai

Letter to the Editor

Aug 31, 2022 1 mins read 409 views
Putting up a tough fight

Editorial

Aug 31, 2022 2 mins read 416 views
High Court dismisses Penjore's appeal in defamation case

Judiciary

Aug 31, 2022 2 mins read 469 views
New WFP country representative presents credentials

Foreign Affairs

Aug 31, 2022 1 mins read 423 views
Birds strike cost Drukair dearly

Transport

Aug 31, 2022 2 mins read 453 views
Covid-19 positive threat increasing

Health

Aug 31, 2022 1 mins read 418 views
Hoteliers recommend exempting SDF for all border towns

Tourism

Aug 05, 2022 3 mins read 449 views
Slipper-making business

Feature Story

Aug 30, 2022 2 mins read 377 views
Lack of public toilet in Paro town

Letter to the Editor

Aug 30, 2022 1 mins read 423 views
Talking about our language

Editorial

Aug 30, 2022 2 mins read 440 views
Heavy monsoon damage bridges in Dagana

Disaster

Aug 30, 2022 1 mins read 400 views
Innovative ICT-integrated classroom in two schools in Thimphu

Education

Aug 30, 2022 2 mins read 454 views
Sixth AFACI general assembly calls for stronger agricultural cooperation

Agriculture

Aug 30, 2022 2 mins read 385 views
A project to eliminate gastric cancer

Health

Aug 30, 2022 2 mins read 388 views
Aiming for non-hydro export growth with economic diversification

Trade

Aug 30, 2022 3 mins read 387 views
First men's U-18 baseball league underway

Sports

Aug 29, 2022 1 mins read 371 views
Protecting vulnerable bird species and empowering rural communities

Wild Life

Aug 29, 2022 4 mins read 374 views
Let's be mindful of sharing children's photos on social media sites

Letter to the Editor

Aug 29, 2022 1 mins read 396 views
For a safe national sport

Editorial

Aug 29, 2022 1 mins read 391 views
Bhutan to introduce new tomato varieties

Agriculture

Aug 29, 2022 2 mins read 407 views
Gewogs take desperate measures to avoid elephants

Wild Life

Aug 29, 2022 2 mins read 371 views
Trashigang LG leaders call for safe archery ranges

Local Government

Aug 29, 2022 2 mins read 353 views
Water project improves villagers' lives in Udzorong

Water

Aug 29, 2022 2 mins read 412 views
RBA team to leave for UN peacekeeping duty next month

Royal

Aug 29, 2022 1 mins read 399 views
Samtse Bazaar FC takes trophy, Kuchi Daina FC wins hearts

Sports

Aug 28, 2022 1 mins read 382 views
Is civilization in decline, clashing or rejuvenating?

Perspective

Aug 28, 2022 4 mins read 372 views
A question of choice and responsibility

Perspective

Aug 28, 2022 4 mins read 358 views
Schools should teach sex education

Letter to the Editor

Aug 28, 2022 1 mins read 387 views
Looking at the needs in schools

Editorial

Aug 28, 2022 2 mins read 466 views
BCCI to launch micro-finance loan scheme for SMEs

Trade

Aug 28, 2022 1 mins read 398 views
High altitude sickness cases rising

Highlander

Aug 28, 2022 2 mins read 400 views
DTT introduces three candidates

Politics

Aug 28, 2022 1 mins read 340 views
Export prices rise by 16 percent in first quarter

Trade

Aug 28, 2022 2 mins read 386 views
TCB board to approve draft tourism rules soon

Tourism

Aug 28, 2022 2 mins read 482 views
Ministries made to compensate could set bad precedence: MoIC and MoEA

Judiciary

Aug 26, 2022 3 mins read 412 views
Change brings down violence against children in monasteries

Gender

Aug 26, 2022 2 mins read 401 views
Lhuentse: An abode of divine experiences

Perspective

Aug 26, 2022 4 mins read 366 views
Violence against children goes often unreported

Gender

Aug 26, 2022 1 mins read 403 views
Most cases of violence against children in Samtse are sex offences

Gender

Aug 26, 2022 2 mins read 587 views
What is cyberbullying and what can you do about it?

Perspective

Aug 26, 2022 5 mins read 472 views
A race that must go on and on

Perspective

Aug 26, 2022 4 mins read 465 views
Domestic violence: Cause of violence against children in Pling

Gender

Aug 26, 2022 2 mins read 368 views
Of change and uncertainty

Letter to the Editor

Aug 26, 2022 2 mins read 395 views
A silent crime

Editorial

Aug 26, 2022 2 mins read 419 views
Male and female counsellors must in schools

Education

Aug 26, 2022 3 mins read 422 views
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NC ratifies BIMSTEC Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters

The National Council (NC) ratified the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters on December 10.

Dec 12, 2025 3 mins read 900 views
Restore Bhutan begins landscape revival across forest, farms, and urban areas

Bhutan has launched a nationwide drive to restore 50,000 hectares of degraded forests, farmlands, and urban areas over t...

Dec 12, 2025 3 mins read 995 views
MoENR to compensate landowners affected by power transmission lines

The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MoENR) will begin compensating landowners affected by the right-of-way of...

Dec 11, 2025 3 mins read 1,599 views
Police launch internal investigation into alleged custodial death

The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has launched an internal investigation into the alleged custodial death of 33-year-old Bir...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 5,322 views
MoICE moves to enforce zero tolerance on pornographic and violent online content

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment (MoICE) is moving to strengthen regulatory action against pornographic...

Dec 11, 2025 3 mins read 1,126 views
Bhutan hosts first SDG Impact Finance Forum

The SDG Impact Finance Forum kicks off in Thimphu today, a pivotal step for investment-driven development following the...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 784 views
NA endorses nine crime prevention recommendations

The government has installed a total of 896 CCTV cameras across the country as part of its crime prevention strategy, th...

Dec 11, 2025 3 mins read 733 views
A village woven in wool: Shingdreygang’s enduring mat tradition

Samtse—Upon entering homes in Shingdreygang, locally known as Jamirkot in Pemaling, guests are welcomed in a manner that...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 1,057 views
Infrastructure and transport ministry to review three-storey building limit

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MoIT) will form a Joint Technical Committee to review Section 8 of the Bhu...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 1,023 views
NA endorses courteous communication training for frontline public services

The National Assembly endorsed a set of measures to institutionalise courteous communication and respectful interaction...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 727 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. Your family, friends, school, city, country, social media accounts, television and news channels, habits, and heroes are all shaping you into replicas of the admired, the powerful, and the majority around you.

Nov 19, 2025 1 mins read 460 views
Restore or lose it altogether

The country’s plan to restore 50,000 hectares of degraded forests, farmlands, and urban lands is not simply an environmental initiative. It is a national ultimatum. We are standing at a point where the land that defines our identity is weakening under our watch.

Dec 13, 2025 2 mins read 595 views
Zero tolerance for online crimes

This week, Australia enforced the ban on social media access for children under 16. This is unprecedented and bold. While some critics have labelled the ban harsh and even draconian, this new law is anchored in the p...

Dec 12, 2025 2 mins read 794 views
Will our education transformation be equitable?

The government’s allocation of Nu 30 billion for education transformation in the 13th Plan, second only to the economic...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 550 views
The never-ending tourism debate

The discussion on tourism policy is like Atsara Phentho’s chham. In other words, a lot of motion without progress. On Monday, members of Parliament demanded accountability for the reforms they recommended after re...

Dec 10, 2025 2 mins read 1,050 views
Ready to take off from GMC

The launch of the Gelephu–Kolkata international air route marks far more than the addition of a new flight on the country’s aviation map. It is a statement of intent – a signal of where we are heade...

Dec 09, 2025 2 mins read 430 views
Why we must invest in Research & Development

Bhutan is not short of ideas, intellect or institutions. What it lacks is a strong, working bridge between research, pol...

Dec 08, 2025 2 mins read 764 views
To eat meat or not!

In passing the Livestock Bill of Bhutan,  2025, National Assembly members engaged in a good debate, a meaty one, even if it missed the core issue. The Bill was not about advocat...

Dec 06, 2025 2 mins read 1,125 views
Disaster preparedness is our best defence

The National Council this week questioned the government on the country’s disaster preparedness. This is a pertinent issue, especially when extreme weather events are frequent and more intense. Preparedness is therefore the most effective stra...

Dec 05, 2025 2 mins read 556 views
Equity in education merits discourse

During a recent Question Hour session in the National Assembly, Members of Parliament (MP) called for an open debate on education quality and budget allocation. And rightly so. Education is the foundation upon which every other...

Dec 04, 2025 2 mins read 788 views
Deeper than HIV/AIDS

Far from the bustling capital, the community of Genekha observed an important global day. December 1 was World AIDS Day. They chose to mark the occasion at what they called the “fi...

Dec 03, 2025 2 mins read 971 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 2,090 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 3,019 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 4,267 views
Solving youth unemployment before it’s too late

Youth unemployment has become one of Bhutan’s most persistent national challenges. And it endures despite successive gov...

Dec 02, 2025 2 mins read 821 views
Addressing teacher shortage and quality

In some schools, especially in urban centres, there are more teachers than timetables demand. In others, often remote sc...

Dec 01, 2025 2 mins read 1,872 views
When rising corruption reports tell a deeper story

The growing number of corruption reports in the past year forces the nation to confront a hard truth: something in our s...

Nov 29, 2025 2 mins read 1,376 views
Regulatory reforms must be matched with a mindset shift

The government’s commitment to address regulatory barriers that have choked business growth deserves recognition and sup...

Nov 28, 2025 2 mins read 796 views
The classic egg and chicken situation

The price of an egg in the capital has soared to a staggering Nu 20, pushing a standard tray of 30 to Nu 520. While it f...

Nov 27, 2025 2 mins read 1,348 views

Recents

Restore or lose it altogether

The country’s plan to restore 50,000 hectares of degraded forests, farmlands, and urban lands is not simply an environmental initiative. It is a national ultimatum. We are standing at a point where the land that defines our identity is weakening under our watch.

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Bumthang ready to host historic National Day

Bumthang—Across Bumthang, homes and shops have been draped in national flags, while streets glow with festive lights. Roads have been swept and public spaces prepared. Bumthang is all poised to host the 118th National Day celebrations at the national level for the first time.

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