Openness to work together will help both government and media
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Media freedom is important. Where press cannot be free, there will be corruption, lack of accountability and transparency. It is not for no reason that Edmund Burke said nearly...
View ArticleWork on Druk Bindu hydropower begins
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Energy: Works on the Detailed Project Report for Druk Bindu Hydroelectric Power Project in Tendu, Samtse kick-started on June 15. Druk Green Power Corporation is implementing...
View ArticlePunakha performs Kanjur-Lingkor for rain
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Religion: It is almost the end of the paddy transplantation season, but Khandu of Chubbu gewog in Punakha is yet to finish transplanting his two-acre paddy fields.
View ArticleMonitoring retention of health workers and transformative education
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : The key indicators to ensure free quality health care for all Bhutanese WHO: To ensure free quality healthcare for all Bhutanese, officials from various organisations met...
View ArticleCity wins Thimphu League
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Football: After four consecutive unsuccessful seasons, Thimphu City FC finally broke the curse and lifted their first Thimphu A-League title at the Changlimithang Stadium on...
View ArticlePicture story
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : The Bhutan Taekwondo Federation handed over Nu 185,000 worth of taekwondo gear to the Royal University Sports Federation of Bhutan in Thimphu yesterday. A cheque of Nu 54,000...
View ArticleGovt. rejects Opposition's proposals
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Central School: The government shot down the opposition's recommendations on Central Schools with the majority of parliamentarians voting against the proposals presented in the...
View ArticleOpposition questions PM and Cabinet ministers' travels abroad
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : At the National Assembly's question hour session yesterday Assembly: Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay made 18 trips or spent 103 days abroad in the past three years while the...
View ArticleWindstorm affects 52 households in Mongar
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : More than 11 acres of maize fields damaged Disaster: Heavy rain and windstorm that lasted for about an hour in Mongar yesterday damaged more than 11 acres of maize plantations...
View ArticleNC adopts recommendations on foreign workers and illegal immigration
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Council: The National Council has called upon the government to explain how the ceiling on foreign workers has been allowed to have been exceeded and to urgently review the...
View ArticleKidnappers to appear in court today
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Each of the four face up to 20 counts of criminal charges Judiciary: Four Indian citizens charged for the alleged kidnapping of three Bhutanese from Gelephu earlier this year...
View ArticleImproving the public transport system
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : The need of a proper public transport system for the major urban centres has become urgent. That the Bhutanese ego encourages ownership of vehicles and prevents one from...
View ArticleEmbassy official dies in Bangkok
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Accident: An official of the Royal Bhutanese embassy in Bangkok died after being electrocuted while attempting to cross over a fence in the premises of Bangkok Villa, a...
View ArticleMan killed in hit-and-run
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : RBP urges all road users to follow traffic rules and regulations Crime: Thimphu police arrested a man suspected to be involved in a hit-and-run incident that occurred at around...
View ArticleOvercoming all odds
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : A single parent finds refuge in tasseling Profile: After she got married to an alcoholic husband at the age of 16, life became difficult for Tshodhen Dema, now 38.
View ArticleShongphu farmers try cardamom
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Agriculture: Farmers of Shongphu village in Trashigang are trying out cardamom farming as an alternate source of income. In the last two years, 32 households in the village...
View ArticleAssembly passes BBIN agreement amid resistance
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : 28 vote in favour, 10 against, and 3 abstain BBIN: The Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal transport agreement passed its first parliamentary hurdle yesterday when the National...
View ArticleHealth minister quizzed on sustainability of herbal plant species
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : NC: Given the increasing rate of extraction and collection of herbal plant species annually for manufacturing traditional medicine in the country, the health minister was asked...
View ArticleGosarling's irrigation woes
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Agriculture: One of the rice growing gewogs, Gosarling in Tsirang is today in dire need of better irrigation channels.
View ArticleGovt. firm on decision to grant Tashi Air another extension
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Council: The government stands by its decision to grant Tashi Air a total extension of seven years to resume their domestic services in the country.
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