May of 2023

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Fading traditions: The changing landscape of Dhue Sanyen

Feature Story

May 31, 2023 3 mins read 464 views
Thank you RCSC

Letter to the Editor

May 31, 2023 1 mins read 470 views
Falling fertility: Urgent policy responses needed

Editorial

May 31, 2023 2 mins read 478 views
Addressing climate impacts on water resources

Climate

May 31, 2023 1 mins read 502 views
City bus revenue spikes in 2 years

Transport

May 31, 2023 2 mins read 498 views
Man found dead at Chubachu bus stop

Grievance

May 31, 2023 1 mins read 443 views
A drier and hotter summer ahead

Climate

May 31, 2023 1 mins read 0 views
A drier and hotter summer ahead

Climate

May 31, 2023 1 mins read 481 views
Govt. approves incentives for long-stay tourists

Tourism

May 31, 2023 3 mins read 471 views
Passang Tobgay brings gold

Sports

May 30, 2023 2 mins read 550 views
Embracing opportunities for growth and service

Desuup

May 30, 2023 3 mins read 497 views
Climate change is a threat to our precious water

Letter to the Editor

May 30, 2023 1 mins read 477 views
Exporting our products

Editorial

May 30, 2023 2 mins read 530 views
Highlanders demand equitable compensation for livestock losses

Highlander

May 30, 2023 2 mins read 499 views
Japan approves billions in loan for economic recovery

Grant

May 30, 2023 1 mins read 522 views
Accident claims lives of a mother and her child

Accident

May 30, 2023 1 mins read 564 views
One in four poor is a child

GNH

May 30, 2023 3 mins read 478 views
Decline in cash crop production puts export target at risk

Agriculture

May 30, 2023 3 mins read 479 views
Water shortage improves with rain

Water

May 29, 2023 2 mins read 426 views
Bridging the info-gap in agriculture

Agriculture

May 29, 2023 2 mins read 506 views
CSOs aspire to do more

NGO

May 29, 2023 3 mins read 453 views
Of airfares

Letter to the Editor

May 29, 2023 1 mins read 482 views
Embracing sustainable habits

Editorial

May 29, 2023 2 mins read 437 views
Man found dead in Mochhu

Grievance

May 29, 2023 1 mins read 449 views
DTT announces three more candidates

Politics

May 29, 2023 2 mins read 0 views
Declining chilli production raises concerns

Agriculture

May 29, 2023 2 mins read 396 views
Govt. wants RMA to look into loan deferment and interest accrual

Banks

May 29, 2023 2 mins read 449 views
GNH study shows alarming gender disparity in literacy

GNH

May 29, 2023 2 mins read 483 views
Menstrual movement helps to break taboos

Health

May 22, 2023 4 mins read 421 views
The importance of advocating for menstrual hygiene

Letter to the Editor

May 22, 2023 1 mins read 426 views
Looking at our needs

Editorial

May 22, 2023 2 mins read 446 views
Bhutan Tendrel Party announces Kengkhar-Weringla candidate

Politics

May 22, 2023 1 mins read 594 views
Bhutan reaffirms commitment to conserving biodiversity

Environment

May 22, 2023 2 mins read 423 views
Man loses 32 decimal land in private money lending case

Judiciary

May 22, 2023 3 mins read 473 views
59 runners complete first stage of 200km race

Sports

May 28, 2023 1 mins read 403 views
Phongmey's vanishing Nagtshang

Feature Story

May 28, 2023 2 mins read 474 views
State of our traffic

Letter to the Editor

May 28, 2023 2 mins read 442 views
Invest in public transport

Editorial

May 28, 2023 2 mins read 469 views
Family on the run to save their land

Judiciary

May 28, 2023 2 mins read 413 views
SCE to offer B.Ed Secondary in IT for Class XII Arts graduates

Education

May 28, 2023 2 mins read 432 views
Bhutan getting hotter

Climate

May 28, 2023 2 mins read 405 views
Govt. to continue prohibiting import of non-essentials

Trade

May 28, 2023 2 mins read 517 views
Eco-friendly pads: an alternative to control menstrual waste

Environment

May 26, 2023 3 mins read 0 views
Eco-friendly pads: an alternative to control menstrual waste

Environment

May 26, 2023 3 mins read 432 views
The dilemma of managing menstrual waste

Health

May 26, 2023 3 mins read 412 views
GovTech enhances cybersecurity and safeguard personal data

Technology

May 26, 2023 2 mins read 401 views
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DPR work for Serpang–Autsho road begins

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New FDI regime offers wider access to foreign investors in agriculture

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BCCI submits 35 business ideas to govt. for private sector engagement

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

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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 1,742 views
Taxes our forefathers paid

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Gym that asks you to grow, not just train

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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 1,400 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 1,016 views
Tying the loose ends of GST reform

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GST transition pains need urgent fixes

Jan 14, 2026 2 mins read 860 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 1,118 views
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 1,191 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 1,501 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 1,888 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 3,382 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 2,210 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 1,896 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 2,861 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 1,140 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 4,120 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 5,517 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 1,857 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 1,221 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 1,431 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 2,097 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 1,411 views

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