February of 2024

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Tongzhang Mangmi gets 10 years in prison for rape

Crime

Feb 15, 2024 2 mins read 674 views
Unemployment projected to stay above pre -pandemic level

Health

Feb 15, 2024 1 mins read 605 views
Rural dzongkhags bear the brunt of teacher shortage

Education

Feb 15, 2024 3 mins read 804 views
Anti-doping an ethical factor in sports world

Sports

Feb 14, 2024 2 mins read 422 views
dialogue: Crafting compassionate society

Question and Answer

Feb 14, 2024 2 mins read 673 views
Curb youth crime

Letter to the Editor

Feb 14, 2024 1 mins read 737 views
A wise decision

Editorial

Feb 14, 2024 2 mins read 0 views
Intrepid enhances Bhutan's tourism through training

Tourism

Feb 14, 2024 1 mins read 726 views
Missing man found dead

Grievance

Feb 14, 2024 1 mins read 0 views
EU funds empower Bhutanese CSO

NGO

Feb 14, 2024 2 mins read 698 views
Swiss investors show interest in FDI for gliding services

Foreign Affairs

Feb 14, 2024 2 mins read 645 views
Forward-thinking policy to empower aging population

Gender

Feb 14, 2024 2 mins read 699 views
Audit reports misuse of funds in Jamkhar

ACC-RAA-OAG

Feb 13, 2024 2 mins read 718 views
Watch out for human traffickers

Letter to the Editor

Feb 13, 2024 1 mins read 657 views
A Sight to Behold

Editorial

Feb 13, 2024 2 mins read 473 views
Wamrong court sentences man to 9 years for rape

Judiciary

Feb 13, 2024 1 mins read 742 views
Most procurement compliant with public procurement system: study

Economy

Feb 13, 2024 2 mins read 720 views
SAT (INS-2B) continues to provide data beyond initial mission duration

Technology

Feb 13, 2024 1 mins read 715 views
Which will prevail: 13th Plan or political commitment?

Politics

Feb 13, 2024 4 mins read 729 views
New govt needs to focus on the energy sector

Letter to the Editor

Feb 12, 2024 2 mins read 704 views
The roar of the Dragon

Editorial

Feb 12, 2024 2 mins read 488 views
Thimphu waters are still safe

Water

Feb 12, 2024 2 mins read 713 views
More young women looking for jobs

Youth

Feb 12, 2024 2 mins read 731 views
Thongrong's dry water taps

Water

Feb 12, 2024 2 mins read 708 views
BIT system incomplete two years after deadline

Finance

Feb 12, 2024 2 mins read 883 views
Bhutan's ambassador to Luxembourg

Foreign Affairs

Feb 09, 2024 1 mins read 716 views
RCSC overhauls selection process for chiefs

RCSC

Feb 09, 2024 2 mins read 711 views
Roadside resilience: Untold saga of Bhutan's highway heroes

Feature Story

Feb 09, 2024 2 mins read 478 views
Liberating the Bhutanese Consciousness

Perspective

Feb 09, 2024 5 mins read 505 views
GeSAR - The Mindfulness City

Perspective

Feb 09, 2024 6 mins read 489 views
Struggles persist for startups in Thimphu's Changzamtog centre

Trade

Feb 09, 2024 1 mins read 736 views
Responding to African Swine Fever outbreaks

Health

Feb 09, 2024 2 mins read 697 views
Relevance of Dzongkha as court language

Letter to the Editor

Feb 09, 2024 2 mins read 817 views
What a waste

Editorial

Feb 09, 2024 2 mins read 0 views
Gelephu landmark water project ends water scarcity

Thromde

Feb 09, 2024 4 mins read 740 views
Strengthening fundamentals of economy: FM

Finance

Feb 09, 2024 3 mins read 709 views
Incinerators lie underused and dysfunctional

Environment

Feb 09, 2024 5 mins read 641 views
Kabtey Menchu gets facelift

Water

Feb 08, 2024 2 mins read 723 views
Teachers prepare for Smart Eye Camera technology

Education

Feb 08, 2024 2 mins read 725 views
Did we kill more animals to prepare for holy month?

Letter to the Editor

Feb 08, 2024 1 mins read 664 views
About affordable housing

Editorial

Feb 08, 2024 2 mins read 549 views
RAA finds inflated bills claims

ACC-RAA-OAG

Feb 08, 2024 1 mins read 669 views
Public outcry as kerosene price spikes unchecked

Fuel

Feb 08, 2024 2 mins read 763 views
Shareholders unhappy with RNGPL performance

Mining

Feb 08, 2024 2 mins read 705 views
BTFEC to support million-dollar environmental projects

Environment

Feb 08, 2024 2 mins read 757 views
Public library gets a facelift

Culture

Feb 07, 2024 1 mins read 716 views
Arts education is important

Letter to the Editor

Feb 07, 2024 1 mins read 653 views
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Quarterly survey reveals shifting trends in agriculture and livestock sector

The agriculture sector is showing early signs of transition from subsistence-based farming towards more commercial production, supported by improved market access, better inputs and modern farming practices, according to the latest quarterly data.

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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 2,888 views
ASF outbreak deepens uncertainty for pig farmers

May 12, 2026 4 mins read 2,780 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 2,623 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 2,836 views
GMCA invites bids to redesign Gelephu Old Town

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 5,531 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 3,627 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 2,825 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 4,840 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 3,429 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 5,210 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 666 views
A memoir of hustle and heartache

May 11, 2026 3 mins read 1,299 views
From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

May 11, 2026 4 mins read 1,090 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 1,821 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 1,505 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 5,724 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 1,466 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 3,768 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 2,839 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 2,747 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 3,097 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 900 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 995 views
When will we feed ourselves?

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,358 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 2,266 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 4,920 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 2,733 views
Unshackling the state

Apr 22, 2026 2 mins read 2,735 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 2,419 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 6,434 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 6,362 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 6,764 views
Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

Jan 31, 2026 2 mins read 13,603 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 9,992 views
The trap of spiritual materialism

Apr 13, 2026 4 mins read 3,155 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 2,624 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 3,592 views
When Words Create Worlds

Mar 30, 2026 4 mins read 2,752 views
Where to find the best momos in Thimphu

Mar 16, 2026 1 mins read 4,581 views
A costly fiasco

Apr 11, 2026 2 mins read 3,791 views
Living hand to mouth

Apr 08, 2026 2 mins read 3,127 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 3,768 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 3,377 views
Culture under threat?

Mar 28, 2026 2 mins read 4,811 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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