April of 2024

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Editorial

Apr 24, 2024 2 mins read 0 views
Tiger conference urges innovative financing for habitat protection

Wild Life

Apr 24, 2024 2 mins read 628 views
Takti bridge is open to traffic

The newly constructed Taktichhu bridge along the Thimphu-Phuenstholing highway is now open to traffic.

Apr 25, 2024 2 mins read 584 views
Thimphu Thromde implements vendor restrictions:

Thromde

Apr 24, 2024 0 mins read 510 views
Businesses request loan deferral and lower interest rates

Banks

Apr 24, 2024 3 mins read 490 views
Telcos invest to improve network in GeSAR region

Thromde

Apr 24, 2024 2 mins read 492 views
2024 Olympic Day focuses on Sports Science

Sports

Apr 23, 2024 2 mins read 539 views
Local handicraft sellers in Pelela feel the threat

Feature Story

Apr 23, 2024 3 mins read 1,197 views
Preventing forest fires requires robust awareness

Letter to the Editor

Apr 23, 2024 1 mins read 485 views
Balancing conservation dilemma

Editorial

Apr 23, 2024 2 mins read 491 views
WHO workshop to enhance routine health information systems

Health

Apr 23, 2024 2 mins read 554 views
Bhutan prepares for WorldSkills Asia

Labour

Apr 23, 2024 2 mins read 447 views
Punakha _Old capital's emerging issues

House

Apr 23, 2024 2 mins read 504 views
Community involvement crucial for tiger habitat conservation

Wild Life

Apr 23, 2024 3 mins read 505 views
Karma Dema, lone female BPL coach

Sports

Apr 22, 2024 2 mins read 563 views
Sarpang DT requests trade route for areca nut exports

Trade

Apr 22, 2024 2 mins read 592 views
Be aware of scam calls

Letter to the Editor

Apr 22, 2024 1 mins read 530 views
For Mother Earth

Editorial

Apr 22, 2024 2 mins read 530 views
Pay boost sparks dedication and relief amidst hardship

Finance

Apr 22, 2024 2 mins read 564 views
CRPs initiative boost nutrition and food security in villages

Food

Apr 22, 2024 2 mins read 454 views
Shortage of labourers behind fallowing land

Punakha-The absence of hands to till the land has left land to follow in the otherwise fertile agricultural land in Punakha.

Apr 22, 2024 2 mins read 608 views
Tiger conservation conference in Paro to raise USD 1 billion

Wild Life

Apr 22, 2024 3 mins read 524 views
Make tax filing easy

Letter to the Editor

Apr 21, 2024 2 mins read 576 views
Jadrung Lhakhang in urgent need of renovation

Religious

Apr 21, 2024 2 mins read 476 views
Hope for the big cats

Editorial

Apr 21, 2024 2 mins read 561 views
Bondey's cold storage to enhance shelf life of perishable goods

Agriculture

Apr 21, 2024 2 mins read 509 views
Bhutan now has nine species of wild cats

Wild Life

Apr 21, 2024 2 mins read 787 views
Battery remains the primary offence

Crime

Apr 21, 2024 1 mins read 515 views
179 trainers certified on SAR and SFF for Gyalsung

Gyalsung

Apr 21, 2024 2 mins read 529 views
Bhutan and EIB sign 150 million Euro loan for energy projects

Finance

Apr 19, 2024 2 mins read 498 views
Druk Ride includes new feature to donate

Transport

Apr 19, 2024 2 mins read 519 views
Vacant land without urban amenities can claim tax refund

Land

Apr 19, 2024 2 mins read 578 views
From mandarin monoculture to crop diversification

Agriculture

Apr 19, 2024 3 mins read 514 views
Revised tax rates are not burdensome, say senior citizens

Land

Apr 19, 2024 4 mins read 548 views
Bhutan's focus on land use zoning for sustainable future

Question and Answer

Apr 19, 2024 4 mins read 528 views
Greener Way to incentivise segregated waste

Environment

Apr 19, 2024 1 mins read 571 views
Second phase peri-urban and urban-farming launched

Thromde

Apr 19, 2024 1 mins read 562 views
Protecting Children or Perpetuating Injustice?

Letter to the Editor

Apr 19, 2024 2 mins read 542 views
Cashing in on waste?

Editorial

Apr 19, 2024 2 mins read 517 views
WWF will fund USD 30 million in conservation for next five year

Wild Life

Apr 19, 2024 2 mins read 564 views
As judiciary looks to open up

Judiciary

Apr 19, 2024 2 mins read 476 views
Skilled Bhutanese workers call for better regulation

Labour

Apr 19, 2024 3 mins read 775 views
Are Bhutanese profiting from TikTok?

Letter to the Editor

Apr 17, 2024 1 mins read 719 views
Regulating advertisements

Editorial

Apr 17, 2024 2 mins read 626 views
Uncertainty looms over Sarpang's development amid GeSAR plans

Technology

Apr 17, 2024 2 mins read 505 views
Japan supports Bhutan's digital topographic map development

Technology

Apr 17, 2024 2 mins read 599 views
Sarpang DT proposes gewog-based police in Chhudzom

Dzongkhag

Apr 17, 2024 2 mins read 472 views
Browse Archives
Finance Minister to present revised block grant guidelines in winter Parliament session

Finance Minister Lekey Dorji will present revised guidelines for the annual block grant for local governments during the upcoming winter session of Parliament.

Jun 08, 2026 2 mins read 2,398 views
New income tax regime reduces TDS deductions, increases take-home pay

Civil servants across all grade levels have seen a significant increase in take-home pay following recent tax reforms, a...

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Renovated immigration building to ease congestion at Phuentsholing terminal

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Jun 06, 2026 2 mins read 2,640 views
ACC drops cases against former JDWNRH president; family alleges wrongful implication

Family members of former President of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) Lhab Dorji have alleged...

Jun 06, 2026 5 mins read 3,195 views
The gift of children

Punakha—When Karma Namgay and Dechen Lhaden’s daughter turned four, the questions from relatives and friends became increasingly awkward to answer – why had they not had another ch...

Jun 06, 2026 3 mins read 2,455 views
Transforming cancer care: Bhutan Cancer Society’s decade of impact

For more than a decade, Bhutan Cancer Society (BCS) has steadily transformed cancer care in the country from a subject c...

Jun 06, 2026 4 mins read 1,798 views
Tasha Int. News and members raise Nu 17 million for 108 Jangchub Choeten Project

A Bhutanese based in New York, who runs Tasha International News, a Telegram- based unofficial news channel, has collect...

Jun 06, 2026 2 mins read 2,563 views
Geney Eco-Tourism Facility turns into costly white elephant

A Nu 43.7 million eco-tourism facility built to transform a local community has become a white elephant in the capital....

Jun 06, 2026 5 mins read 2,879 views
Drungpa, dzongrab posts lose appeal

Once coveted positions, local administrative posts such as drungpa and dzongrab have become less attractive to civil servants, leaving critical leadership roles vacant due to stagnant career progression.

Jun 06, 2026 3 mins read 1,299 views
PM directs Land Commission and local government to review Darla land lease concerns

The private leasing of 200 acres of state land at Darla Top has sparked massive local controversy, forcing the Prime Min...

Jun 06, 2026 3 mins read 1,162 views
Businesses propose action oriented public-private forum to address private sector woes

The Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has proposed the government to re-establish the high-level Private Se...

Dec 20, 2025 2 mins read 11,733 views
She Lives in the Mirror

Mar 16, 2026 2 mins read 6,523 views
When our pursuits for happiness become our chains

Mar 16, 2026 4 mins read 4,666 views
Pindarika: Myth, desire, and revenge on big screen

Mar 10, 2026 1 mins read 4,633 views
A night for silver screen in Punakha

For Bhutanese cinema, the National Film Awards have become something more than an annual ceremony. It is a barometer of...

Mar 02, 2026 2 mins read 4,444 views
What’s our contingency plan?

Mar 14, 2026 2 mins read 5,453 views
What an entrepreneurial bureaucracy must do

Mar 11, 2026 2 mins read 6,100 views
Urgent call to skill our youth

The key barriers identified in the report  - qualification mismatch, lack of experience, and inadequate training- are no...

Mar 07, 2026 2 mins read 6,639 views
Bracing for impacts of distant wars

Oil prices have already surged across major economies. If the blockade persists, the resulting supply shock will ripple...

Mar 04, 2026 2 mins read 5,666 views
Beyond the statistics

The rise in inflation may be termed moderate, but the average Bhutanese is experiencing that livelihood is becoming more...

Feb 28, 2026 2 mins read 5,705 views

Recents

RAA uncovers major procurement lapses in the Nu 610M BITS projects

A Special Audit Report by the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) has identified significant procurement, planning, and governance failures in the Bhutan Integrated Taxation System (BITS 1.0), concluding that the project failed to achieve its intended objectives and resulted in substantial wasteful and avoidable expenditure of public funds.

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