January of 2023

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Nakulu, new home for man's best friend

Stray

Jan 31, 2023 2 mins read 530 views
Youth entrepreneurs need assistance

Letter to the Editor

Jan 31, 2023 1 mins read 447 views
There is no way for easy money

Editorial

Jan 31, 2023 2 mins read 544 views
Norbugang orange growers battle citrus greening

Agriculture

Jan 31, 2023 2 mins read 472 views
Criminal cases increase in 2022

Crime

Jan 31, 2023 3 mins read 477 views
Class XII performance increase by 5.80 percent

Education

Jan 31, 2023 2 mins read 499 views
One woman among 17 contestants in three dzongkhags

Election

Jan 30, 2023 3 mins read 484 views
National language at stake

Letter to the Editor

Jan 30, 2023 1 mins read 489 views
Listening to the people

Editorial

Jan 30, 2023 2 mins read 453 views
MoH and KGUMSB sign MOU for effective capacity-building

Health

Jan 30, 2023 1 mins read 508 views
BTP holds first General Assembly

Politics

Jan 30, 2023 1 mins read 476 views
Addressing system for service delivery in Thimphu

Thromde

Jan 30, 2023 3 mins read 471 views
Joining QNET ruined my life: victim

Trade

Jan 30, 2023 3 mins read 474 views
Policy fails to support private employees

Labour

Jan 30, 2023 2 mins read 385 views
Drale Namgyel are Punakha volleyball champions

Sports

Jan 29, 2023 1 mins read 433 views
Why the scarcity of women on the political horizon once again?

Perspective

Jan 29, 2023 5 mins read 481 views
Costly living or living costly?

Letter to the Editor

Jan 29, 2023 1 mins read 394 views
SML is critically important for Bhutan's economy

Editorial

Jan 29, 2023 2 mins read 420 views
OAG takes up 94 ACC cases last year

ACC-RAA-OAG

Jan 29, 2023 1 mins read 398 views
Dzongkha curriculum to be made more attractive

Education

Jan 29, 2023 1 mins read 401 views
Govt., RMA and experts could decide fate of CSI bank: Management

Banks

Jan 29, 2023 3 mins read 450 views
Addressing online scams remains difficult for law enforcers

Technology

Jan 29, 2023 2 mins read 613 views
Bhutan's first national baseball team

Sports

Jan 27, 2023 1 mins read 519 views
Sharing information to media is our responsibility: PM

Media

Jan 27, 2023 1 mins read 394 views
We need to focus on the quality of education

Question and Answer

Jan 27, 2023 6 mins read 393 views
Journey from Phuentsholing to Samdrupjongkhar through India

Feature Story

Jan 27, 2023 2 mins read 427 views
Our Cinema and its Future

Perspective

Jan 27, 2023 7 mins read 532 views
Bhutan Store in Perth facing difficulties

Trade

Jan 27, 2023 1 mins read 460 views
Sustainable land management critical to better agricultural production

Agriculture

Jan 27, 2023 2 mins read 425 views
Home is not a commodity, but a right

Editorial

Jan 27, 2023 2 mins read 392 views
No snow is poor winter

Editorial

Jan 27, 2023 2 mins read 402 views
Flash floods and landslides, Bhutan's common weather extreme events

Disaster

Jan 27, 2023 1 mins read 383 views
Easier commute between Wangdue and Dagana

Road

Jan 27, 2023 2 mins read 390 views
Water metre installation in Thimphu to be completed by March

Water

Jan 27, 2023 1 mins read 403 views
FM writes to RMA's board to reassess NPL cooling period

Finance

Jan 27, 2023 2 mins read 410 views
The fear of turning 20

RCSC

Jan 27, 2023 4 mins read 475 views
New taekwondo facility to be ready by 2025

Sports

Jan 24, 2023 2 mins read 508 views
Determination to succeed

Feature Story

Jan 24, 2023 2 mins read 391 views
A painful growth

Letter to the Editor

Jan 24, 2023 1 mins read 419 views
In the interest of the low-income group

Editorial

Jan 24, 2023 2 mins read 447 views
Mandatory Dzongkha insert did not serve the purpose: PM

Media

Jan 24, 2023 1 mins read 457 views
Court convicts couple for theft

Crime

Jan 24, 2023 1 mins read 433 views
Tackling unemployment through skills development

Labour

Jan 24, 2023 3 mins read 440 views
Finance ministry asks agencies to pay contractors on time

Finance

Jan 24, 2023 2 mins read 455 views
NHDCL increases rent of apartments

House

Jan 24, 2023 4 mins read 442 views
Tsirang Football Club prepares for national league

Sports

Jan 25, 2023 1 mins read 407 views
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Former BIG regional manager sentenced to nine years for embezzlement

Bumpa Wangmo, former regional manager of Bhutan Industrial Gas (BIG), has been sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment after being found guilty of embezzling company funds by the Phuentsholing Dungkhag Court on December 31.

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Dzongkhags rally to attract local tourists

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First Pelsung cohort showcases 74 innovative ideas

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STCBL to supply fuel to Project DANTAK

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Rising arrivals, shrinking returns for tourism industry

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Reflecting on access to information

Jan 07, 2026 5 mins read 1,674 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 2,087 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 2,499 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 1,202 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 1,422 views
Taxes our forefathers paid

Jan 13, 2026 2 mins read 748 views
Gym that asks you to grow, not just train

Jan 10, 2026 2 mins read 484 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 1,059 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 746 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, and more business-friendly, while also increasing the tax base.

Jan 10, 2026 2 mins read 785 views
The cost of delay

Jan 07, 2026 2 mins read 1,161 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 897 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 1,172 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 1,532 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 3,013 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 1,910 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 1,562 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 1,487 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 909 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 2,525 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 858 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 3,747 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 5,133 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 1,125 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 1,810 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 1,121 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 1,157 views
A common destiny, a collective future

The 118th National Day of Bhutan, celebrated in the sacred Bumthang Valley at the historic Wangduechoeling Palace ground...

Dec 18, 2025 3 mins read 1,585 views

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