April of 2024

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Tshewang Tenzin's journey: Triumphing through challenges

Feature Story

Apr 30, 2024 2 mins read 1,482 views
Urgent attention needed to address poor internet services

Letter to the Editor

Apr 30, 2024 1 mins read 672 views
Water water, not everywhere

Editorial

Apr 30, 2024 2 mins read 720 views
Opposition calls for government accountability

Politics

Apr 30, 2024 2 mins read 638 views
48 knee replacements to save the govt. Nu 38M

Health

Apr 30, 2024 2 mins read 711 views
1M Euros for digitalisation of education

The European Union (EU) and UNICEF committed one million Euros to enhance student's learning experiences and skill development to boost employability and economic growth whi...

Apr 30, 2024 2 mins read 745 views
Transport United faces Tsirang FC in inaugural 2024 BPL clash

Sports

Apr 29, 2024 2 mins read 659 views
Letter from Bumthang: Empowering survivors and building communities

Dzongkhag

Apr 29, 2024 3 mins read 644 views
Bhutan's immunisation success

Letter to the Editor

Apr 29, 2024 1 mins read 0 views
Bhutan's immunisation success

Letter to the Editor

Apr 29, 2024 1 mins read 730 views
Revised taxes, services and expectations

Editorial

Apr 29, 2024 2 mins read 800 views
Asian Development Bank prioritises Climate Action

Banks

Apr 29, 2024 2 mins read 606 views
Residents in Changjiji colony can occupy homes until they resign

House

Apr 29, 2024 2 mins read 666 views
Industrial Transformation Map to be ready by June

Industries

Apr 29, 2024 2 mins read 693 views
Vaccinating every child, Bhutan achieves yet another milestone

Health

Apr 28, 2024 2 mins read 622 views
Government to use Yonphula'sKelki School as specialised school

Education

Apr 28, 2024 2 mins read 590 views
Prime Minister advocates collaborative progress through media support

Letter to the Editor

Apr 28, 2024 1 mins read 551 views
Well begun is half done

Editorial

Apr 28, 2024 2 mins read 0 views
Bhutan's white-bellied heron count declines

Wild Life

Apr 28, 2024 2 mins read 594 views
Bhutan Baccalaureate well on track: Education Minister

Education

Apr 28, 2024 2 mins read 754 views
Man sentenced for raping daughter: Court orders compensation

Crime

Apr 28, 2024 1 mins read 605 views
Malaria cases in Sarpang: Patient silence hinders investigation

Health

Apr 28, 2024 2 mins read 663 views
Govt. aims for FDI worth Nu 500 billion in next five years

Finance

Apr 28, 2024 2 mins read 578 views
Accident occurs as JDW memorial tournament heads to final

Accident

Apr 26, 2024 1 mins read 580 views
Why is copyright issue still big in Bhutan?

Nyema Zam, CEO of Samuh, said that in the past year and a half, over 50 cases of copyright infringement were filed, with movies being the primary target.
Most mo...

Apr 26, 2024 2 mins read 771 views
Kharungla to help the eastern Bhutan tourism circuit

Tourism

Apr 26, 2024 2 mins read 648 views
Yakchod, a festival celebrating tradition and spirituality

Feature Story

Apr 26, 2024 2 mins read 1,352 views
Leadership matters

Perspective

Apr 26, 2024 3 mins read 607 views
About tigers and much more

Perspective

Apr 26, 2024 3 mins read 642 views
Tradition of drumming in new comers on the wane

Festival

Apr 26, 2024 2 mins read 648 views
Govt. to invest in marketing to promote tourism

Tourism

Apr 26, 2024 3 mins read 582 views
Are we throttling press freedom

Letter to the Editor

Apr 26, 2024 2 mins read 633 views
Is Thimchhu dying?

Editorial

Apr 26, 2024 2 mins read 572 views
Matalungchu's journey from water scarcity to prosperity

Water

Apr 26, 2024 3 mins read 677 views
Government will support youth -cooperatives in agriculture: PM

Agriculture

Apr 26, 2024 2 mins read 839 views
No blanket loan deferment after June this year: FM

Finance

Apr 26, 2024 3 mins read 626 views
Govt. to establish special office for returning civil servants

RCSC

Apr 26, 2024 3 mins read 757 views
Mistakes of the West; rest should not repeat

Perspective

Apr 24, 2024 6 mins read 624 views
UN backs Bhutan's sustainable development with USD 35.57M in 2023

Foreign Affairs

Apr 25, 2024 2 mins read 775 views
Giving wings to the community while saving cranes

Wild Life

Apr 25, 2024 2 mins read 587 views
Human-wildlife conflict threatens Bhutan's food security

Letter to the Editor

Apr 25, 2024 1 mins read 678 views
A fiery issue

Editorial

Apr 25, 2024 2 mins read 0 views
Three Himalayan nations unite to preserve biodiversity and cultures

Culture

Apr 25, 2024 2 mins read 605 views
Haa aims to boost tourist arrivals

Tourism

Apr 25, 2024 2 mins read 640 views
Sarpang hospital renovation remains uncertain

Health

Apr 25, 2024 2 mins read 582 views
40% representatives in EDB from private sector

Economy

Apr 25, 2024 2 mins read 592 views
Human activity causing forest fires

Forest

Apr 24, 2024 3 mins read 602 views
Conversation of Tigers

Letter to the Editor

Apr 24, 2024 1 mins read 577 views
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Social media exposure of vulnerable groups raises concerns over ethics and dignity

The programme focused on strengthening ethical and responsible reporting on issues affecting marginalised groups, partic...

May 12, 2026 2 mins read 2,756 views
ASF outbreak deepens uncertainty for pig farmers

May 12, 2026 4 mins read 2,651 views
Poultry mismanagement fuels egg crisis, MoAL must stabilise supply chains immediately

The spike in egg prices is the result of deeper structural disruptions in the poultry sector, compounded by inflationary...

May 12, 2026 3 mins read 2,500 views
Parliament session to deliberate budget and critical national Bills

The Fifth Session of the Fourth Parliament of Bhutan will be held from May 14 to June 17, 2026, during which lawmakers w...

May 11, 2026 2 mins read 2,707 views
GMCA invites bids to redesign Gelephu Old Town

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 5,407 views
Through chemotherapy, lockdowns, and stigma

At just 32, Tseltrim Zangmo thought she was just tired; she ended up fighting Stage 3 breast cancer. Her message to the...

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 3,502 views
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom bridge in the sky

The bond between the two Kingdoms of Bhutan and Thailand has always been rooted in shared reverence and wisdom. This gai...

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 2,708 views
Bhutan’s rising suicides deepen economic and demographic strain

One life is lost every 84 hours. Bhutan’s rising suicide rate is no longer just a public health crisis. It is also a di...

May 09, 2026 8 mins read 4,692 views
Fuel subsidy unsustainable as annual cost could reach Nu 14.4B

With a price tag of Nu 14.4 billion annually, can Bhutan really afford to keep subsidizing your fuel?

May 09, 2026 4 mins read 3,290 views
Startups call for support beyond seed funding

The country’s startup ecosystem has helped many young entrepreneurs launch their businesses, but founders say support beyond seed funding remains limited, making it difficult for existing startups to scale and sustain operations.

Mar 21, 2026 3 mins read 5,112 views
Whose face are you wearing?

The desire for happiness is universal, and beauty, prestige, and wealth have always been seen as pathways to achieve it. In that sense, this is nothing new.

May 16, 2026 4 mins read 337 views
A memoir of hustle and heartache

May 11, 2026 3 mins read 1,209 views
From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

May 11, 2026 4 mins read 987 views
Café by the waterfall

About six kilometres before Trongsa town, just past the Bjee Zam Bridge, a traditional one-storey house appears on the left of the highway. It is not easy to miss. This modest structure...

May 02, 2026 2 mins read 1,742 views
Where tradition meets treatment

In Bhutan, healing is not a choice between past and present but a collaboration between the two. Across the country, patients move between modern clinics and traditional medicine units with ease, guided as much by...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 1,422 views
Between Homes

When I first arrived in Australia last year, I thought I was prepared. I had spoken to people, watched videos, and tried to imagine what life would be like. Bu...

May 02, 2026 1 mins read 5,644 views
The true wealth of Dzambhala

The name Dzambhala — from the Sanskrit Jambhala — is traditionally associated with wealth and prosperity, reflecting his role as a symbol of abundance and generosity. There are five principal forms of the...

May 02, 2026 4 mins read 1,386 views
No amount of money can replace you

The early years — roughly birth to five — are critical for emotional development. While a child raised with consistency and warmth by devoted grandparents can fare well, separation from parents at this age generally causes...

Apr 25, 2026 4 mins read 3,662 views
You’re not what you think you are

You are not alone in your confusion — and much of it arises from the word itself. Emptiness can sound like nothingness, which is precisely what it does not mean. A more precise term might be: empty of inherent existence.

Apr 18, 2026 4 mins read 2,749 views
Sundays at Le Méridien

The monthly Sunday brunch at Le Méridien has become a special experience that goes beyond dining, offering guests a relaxed four-hour setting to reconnect with family and friends.

Apr 13, 2026 3 mins read 2,662 views
GMC was a masterstroke

The conflict in the Middle East, which has disrupted the global economy and fueled uncertainties, has led investors to question whether oil-rich nations remain a safe haven. As the conflict drags on, investors are seeking to diversify away from Gulf nations, especially Dubai while navigating geopolitical tensions and global volatility.

May 16, 2026 2 mins read 1,459 views
Fighting online scams

The digital age has transformed Bhutanese society in ways unimaginable in just a decade or two. Social media and online platforms have opened enormous opportunities for communication,...

May 13, 2026 2 mins read 795 views
ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ཁྲོམ་སྡེ་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་མ་ལང་མི་དེ་ སྲིད་བྱུས་དང་ ཁྱིམ་བཟོ་ག་གི་འཐུས་ཤོར་ཨིན་ན།

༉ ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ ལུང་ཕྱོགས་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་ལངམ་སྦེ་མེད་པའི་ དཀའ་ངལ་ལུ་བརྟེན་ འབྲུག་པའི་མི་ཁུངས་མང་ཤོས་ཅིག་ ས་མཚམས་ཕྱི་ཁ...

May 11, 2026 6 mins read 861 views
When will we feed ourselves?

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,260 views
Fuel crisis demands more than subsidies

Recent developments in the Middle East crisis suggest that a return to normalcy is still far away. Even if the war ends and the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly one-quarter of the world’s oil flows to markets, reopens, the discuss...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 2,165 views
Demographic crisis demands bold reforms

Bhutan is facing a “national crisis” as birth rates plunge by 62.9 percent. If current trends continue, the country could see as few as 2,000 births by 2028.

Apr 29, 2026 2 mins read 4,756 views
A bumper harvest shouldn’t brew a bumper crisis

This summer, the mountain slopes above Lunana are expected to offer a bumper yield of cordyceps, or Yartsa Goenbub. But...

Apr 25, 2026 2 mins read 2,635 views
Unshackling the state

Apr 22, 2026 2 mins read 2,623 views
The environmental toll of wars

The deafening sounds of missiles and gunfire in the Middle East have briefly faded under a ceasefire, offering a much-needed respite that eases global anxieties over spiraling economic and geopolitical crises....

Apr 18, 2026 2 mins read 2,335 views
National debt to rise by 26%, reaching Nu 380 billion in June

The country’s national debt is expected to rise by nearly 26 percent this June compared to June last year.

Feb 25, 2026 2 mins read 6,355 views
Economy uncoils for strongest growth in years

The Year of the Snake became a defining moment for the country’s economy, as growth accelerated sharply following severa...

Feb 18, 2026 4 mins read 6,284 views
Tax system sees major changes and initiatives

The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 202...

Feb 18, 2026 2 mins read 6,683 views
Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

Jan 31, 2026 2 mins read 13,462 views
Dorjilung hydropower to raise GDP by 2.4%, generate 5,000 jobs

The 1,125MW Dorjilung Hydroelectric Power Project (DHPP) is expected to boost the country’s economy, raising gross domes...

Jan 31, 2026 3 mins read 9,838 views
The trap of spiritual materialism

Apr 13, 2026 4 mins read 3,071 views
Compassion in practice: Building a win-win healthcare system

Taking care of all members of society is a characteristic of a mature and compassionate nation; therefore, I strongly ad...

Apr 04, 2026 4 mins read 2,549 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Studies and end of life accounts consistently show that many of us leave this world with the same stinging regrets: not...

Apr 01, 2026 4 mins read 3,517 views
When Words Create Worlds

Mar 30, 2026 4 mins read 2,675 views
Where to find the best momos in Thimphu

Mar 16, 2026 1 mins read 4,493 views
A costly fiasco

Apr 11, 2026 2 mins read 3,713 views
Living hand to mouth

Apr 08, 2026 2 mins read 3,051 views
A call for shared responsibility

The government’s directive to prudently use scarce public resources, fossil fuels (petrol and diesel) is a timely interv...

Apr 04, 2026 2 mins read 3,690 views
When the watchdog has no teeth

The Bhutan Media Forum concluded yesterday, bringing together media professionals, policymakers, and civil society membe...

Apr 01, 2026 2 mins read 3,299 views
Culture under threat?

Mar 28, 2026 2 mins read 4,725 views

Recents

GMC was a masterstroke

The conflict in the Middle East, which has disrupted the global economy and fueled uncertainties, has led investors to question whether oil-rich nations remain a safe haven. As the conflict drags on, investors are seeking to diversify away from Gulf nations, especially Dubai while navigating geopolitical tensions and global volatility.

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