10X growth achievable but capital injection crucial: SOEs
Mar 17, 2025 5 mins read

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) aim to achieve a tenfold revenue expansion in line with the government’s 2050 economic growth target. However, they say that a substantial initial capital injection will be necessary.

Financial institutions disburse Nu 667 million under Reinvigoration Fund

Seven participating financial institutions (PFIs) have approved Nu 667.32 million in loans under the Economic Stimulus Programme’s (ESP) window-II Reinvigoration Fund.

Mar 20, 2025 2 mins read
Eastern hoteliers call for SDF waiver to boost tourism

Hoteliers in six eastern dzongkhags are urging the government to exempt tourists visiting the region from the Sustainable Development Fee (SDF).

Mar 20, 2025 2 mins read
PHPA-II commissions third unit, adding 170 MW to national grid

Wangdue—The third unit of Punatsangchhu-II hydropower project was commissioned yesterday, boosting the plant’s total generation capacity to 510 MW.

Mar 20, 2025 2 mins read
Manufacturing sector at a crossroads

The country’s economy, facing nearly three decades of premature de-industrialisation, requires a targeted industrial policy that prioritises specialised sectors to reverse this trend.

Mar 20, 2025 2 mins read
Sexuality education gains ground but cultural barriers persist

Despite efforts to integrate comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) into the school system, deep-rooted cultural taboos and logistical hurdles continue to hinder its effectiveness.

Mar 20, 2025 3 mins read
Plans underway to develop Khotokha into a model eco-tourism destination

Wangdue—Khotokha valley in Wangdue, which has seen little to no tourists, could soon become a model for sustainable tour...

Mar 20, 2025 3 mins read
LeadHership Policy-thon involves young changemakers to shape gender-inclusive policies

Young minds from across the country gathered in the capital for the LeadHership Policy-thon, a two-day policy sprint des...

Mar 20, 2025 2 mins read
Bhutanese climate activist cycles across Australia to warn of vanishing glaciers

Forty-two-year old Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk, a climate advocate, has embarked on a 4,332-kilometre (km) journey across A...

Mar 20, 2025 3 mins read
Huge cost of climate change

As climate change affects Bhutan’s mountainous landscape, entire communities are being forced to relocate. Last year, around 72 households from Thangza-Toenchoe chiwogs in Lunana, a remote glacial regi...

Mar 19, 2025 4 mins read
Investigation exposes unfair practices, hygiene issues, and vendor exploitation at Tsirang slaughterhouse

An investigation by the Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (CCAA) has revealed patterns of price manipulation, v...

Mar 19, 2025 3 mins read
Sacred Khurul Lake where devotees pray and elephants listen

Lhamoidzingkha, Dagana—As the conch shell’s haunting call reverberates through the dense forest, more than 7,000 devotees gather at the shores of Khurul Lake. Many have travelled from distant towns and across the border in India to celebrate Faguwa Purnima, better known as Holi.

Mar 17, 2025 2 mins read
Sacred relics of Dolung Monastery

Khotokha, Wangdue—Dolung Sherub Yoedsel Chhoeling Goenpa—commonly known as Dolung Monastery—is a sacred 17th century monument in Khotokha valley, Bjena gewog, Wangdue.

Feb 17, 2025 3 mins read
Dechen Draphug Nye: A sacred jewel hidden in Khotokha valley

Khotokha, Wangdue—Nestled in the serene valley of Khotokha in Bjena gewog, Dechen Draphug Nye is a sacred pilgrimage sit...

Feb 15, 2025 2 mins read
Restoring Changyuel Galem’s house

Punakha: Funding for a long-awaited Changyuel Galem’s house restoration project is finally expected to be disbursed by the end of the first quarter of 2025, with Euro 130,000 (approximately Nu 10 million) pledged by a donor a...

Jan 27, 2025 4 mins read
Monpas struggle to revive their long-lost tradition

Trongsa—Sixty-seven-year-old Nakari from Jangbi, Trongsa, is the last person in the Mon community to wear the ancestral...

Dec 16, 2024 4 mins read

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A village in Nepal faces the wrath of climate change

BHOJPUR – On a recent morning, Anita Rai made her way down the steep hill from Kattike Bisauni Chowk, in Hatuwagadhi Rur...

Feb 17, 2025 3 mins read