''Kuensel'' was first started in Thimphu as a government bulletin in 1965, and then became a national weekly in 1986 and was the only newspaper in Bhutan until 2006 when two other news papers namely, the ''Bhutan Times'' and ''Bhutan Observer'', were introduced. ''Kuensel'', which was initially government owned, became an autonomous corporation incorporating the Royal Government Press, in 1992. It publishes the newspaper ''Kuensel'' in English, Nepali and Dzongkha (Bhutanese) languages.