The worsening urban rental crisis is exposing the growing gap between policy promises on affordable housing and the lived reality of a workforce increasingly priced out of the cities it sustains.
The steady outflow of Bhutanese parents seeking opportunities abroad, particularly in Australia, has opened new economic pathways for families. But for the children left behind, it...
The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) has imposed a monetary penalty of Nu 228.46 million on the Bank of Bhutan (BoB) for multiple regulatory breaches, following a March incident in w...
Gelephu—Waive Diagnostics plans to establish its South Asia base in Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) by building a state-of-the-art genetic testing laboratory, positioning Bhutan as...
Fuel prices across the country have increased, even as the government continues to provide subsidies to cushion consumers.
The agriculture and livestock sector achieved 79.2 percent of its 13th Plan targets as of financial year 2025–26, recording strong gains in production, biodiversity, and market linkages.
There is a particular kind of silence that descends when a story is told well. Not the silence of boredom or polite endu...
While the recent Haa Spring Festival offered the community a platform to celebrate its culture and earn from local produ...
Haa—About an hour’s drive from Haa town, Tergola, which is home to the country’s largest recorded population of endanger...
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), h...
Phuentsholing—Growing risks of flooding, dust pollution, traffic disruption, and environmental degradation have begun to...
The BITM website will provide key event details, including venue, schedule, and registration information, with scope for...
Bella, a 10-year-old explosive detection dog of the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP), continues to serve with precision and discipline alongside her handler, Tendel Jamtsho.
Homestay owners across the Merak gewog have reported rising earnings and visitor numbers.
The Phuentsholing Thromde Enhancement Programme (PTEP) has been launched to revive Phuentsholing’s economy and urban act...
JDWNRH currently has 329 oxygen concentrators, but 308 have already been issued to patients for home use, leaving just 2...
On September 19, 2025, Sonam Tashi submitted a formal petition to the Gup of Phuntshothang Gewog, requesting an investig...
Gelephu—At 8:30 pm on March 28, the lights dimmed. The crowd at Gelephu Town Park switched on their flashlights, the only glow in the evening. From the stage, Sonam Wangchen sang, his voice rising and carrying across the crowd. Cars still moved in the distance, the world around them continuing with its usual energy, but for the people gathered there, the hour belonged to something else.
Gelephu—In Pelrithang, the monks at Pema Yoedling Dratsang, popularly known as Phurpa Lhakhang, begin their day much lik...
Unlike large operators that move tourists in groups, Breathe Bhutan works primarily with independent travellers—solo gue...
With Bhutan aiming for His Majesty’s Gelephu Mindfulness City and a tenfold GDP boost, the BOC says sports must evolve to match national ambitions.
