January of 2022

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Challenges of living with tigers

Wild Life

Jan 31, 2022 1 mins read 438 views
Campaign ends for Khamdang-Ramjar bye-election

Election

Jan 31, 2022 2 mins read 419 views
Bhutan, Switzerland hold a consultation

Foreign Affairs

Jan 31, 2022 1 mins read 508 views
ACC reviews allegations of encroachment on State land in Paro

ACC-RAA-OAG

Jan 31, 2022 4 mins read 501 views
Helping our farmers

Letter to the Editor

Jan 31, 2022 1 mins read 440 views
Another shake up?

Editorial

Jan 31, 2022 2 mins read 488 views
Tala plant restoration work in progress

Hydro power

Jan 31, 2022 3 mins read 470 views
Lockdown's impact on daily wage earners

Health

Jan 31, 2022 2 mins read 532 views
Isolation centres identified as S/jongkhar sees more cases

Health

Jan 31, 2022 2 mins read 467 views
Lack of proper address hampers essentials supply in Gelephu

Trade

Jan 31, 2022 2 mins read 466 views
The jump of Bhutanese arts from print to NFTs

Economy

Jan 30, 2022 2 mins read 491 views
Agencies keep tab on GBV cases

Health

Jan 30, 2022 3 mins read 474 views
Coping with lockdown

Letter to the Editor

Jan 30, 2022 1 mins read 513 views
After mass testing

Editorial

Jan 30, 2022 2 mins read 440 views
Export of agricultural goods to India could see improvement

Trade

Jan 30, 2022 3 mins read 450 views
Nganglam under lockdown

Health

Jan 30, 2022 1 mins read 471 views
National taskforce eases lockdown

Health

Jan 30, 2022 3 mins read 467 views
50% of top civil servants fail RCSC's leadership assessment

RCSC

Jan 30, 2022 4 mins read 530 views
68 boarder students test positive in Kuendrup HSS

Education

Jan 28, 2022 3 mins read 395 views
Farm produce collection and escort modality initiated to help farmers

Agriculture

Jan 28, 2022 3 mins read 462 views
All well in isolation except boredom and homesickness

Health

Jan 28, 2022 4 mins read 444 views
The State must protect the rights of both infants and mothers

Letter to the Editor

Jan 28, 2022 2 mins read 474 views
What now?

Editorial

Jan 28, 2022 2 mins read 0 views
Govt. would ensure economic prosperity for people: FM

Finance

Jan 28, 2022 2 mins read 446 views
Source of community transmission undetermined in Tsirang

Health

Jan 28, 2022 1 mins read 423 views
Frontline workers in Phuentsholing bear the Omicron brunt

Health

Jan 28, 2022 2 mins read 457 views
Covid-19 claims fourth victim

Health

Jan 28, 2022 1 mins read 450 views
Experts warn against `easy money' online schemes

Trade

Jan 28, 2022 4 mins read 475 views
An option with Omicron

Letter to the Editor

Jan 27, 2022 1 mins read 438 views
As omicron comes forcing in

Editorial

Jan 27, 2022 1 mins read 425 views
Patients and attendants unhappy with price of essentials at JDWNRH

Health

Jan 27, 2022 1 mins read 432 views
Telcos to expand network capacity to resolve internet issue

Technology

Jan 27, 2022 3 mins read 430 views
Highlanders seek better quarantine facility standard

Highlander

Jan 27, 2022 2 mins read 522 views
Stranded students to take exams in dzongkhags they are in

Education

Jan 27, 2022 2 mins read 465 views
More Bhutanese increasingly test positive

Health

Jan 27, 2022 3 mins read 472 views
RIGSS report reveals pandemic's impact in Phuentsholing

Health

Jan 26, 2022 3 mins read 466 views
Drangmaling village to have a new temple

Dzongkhag

Jan 26, 2022 1 mins read 455 views
Cybersecurity leadership programme for non-technical senior officials

Technology

Jan 26, 2022 3 mins read 446 views
Safety requirements not adhered in the construction sites

Letter to the Editor

Jan 26, 2022 1 mins read 444 views
Laying off employees

Editorial

Jan 26, 2022 2 mins read 497 views
25 percent of capital budget spent in first half of fiscal year

Finance

Jan 26, 2022 2 mins read 439 views
Nganglam positive case not from community

Health

Jan 26, 2022 1 mins read 476 views
All gewogs in Sarpang under complete lockdown

Health

Jan 26, 2022 2 mins read 452 views
Tsirang reports first Covid-19 case

Health

Jan 26, 2022 1 mins read 480 views
Mongar residents and travellers await the opening of highway

Dzongkhag

Jan 25, 2022 3 mins read 502 views
Die with Omicron or live in solidarity

Letter to the Editor

Jan 25, 2022 1 mins read 421 views
Attention Phuentsholing

Editorial

Jan 25, 2022 2 mins read 455 views
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DPR work for Serpang–Autsho road begins

Farmers in remote Jaray Gewog are a step closer to gaining crucial market access, as work on the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Serpang–Autsho inter-dzongkhag road officially commenced yesterday in Yumchhey,Lhuentse.

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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...

Dec 18, 2025 4 mins read 1,436 views
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Tying the loose ends of GST reform

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GST transition pains need urgent fixes

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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...

Jan 03, 2026 2 mins read 1,221 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 1,535 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 1,918 views
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The Royal Audit Authority’s (RAA) latest annual report is disturbing, to say the least. Financial irregularities reached...

Dec 29, 2025 2 mins read 3,413 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 2,240 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 1,928 views
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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...

Aug 18, 2025 2 mins read 5,554 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 1,882 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 1,251 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 1,461 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 2,124 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...

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