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For decades, the measure of primary healthcare in Bhutan was, in large part, how close a person could get to a health facility.
The Asian Development Bank has maintained Bhutan’s 2026 growth forecast unchanged at 6.5 percent, even as it sharply rai...
Phuentsholing—Phuentsholing’s urban facelift is expanding next month with the launch of the 2.8-acre Kaja-Throm Changyul...
As a CSO working to reform, rehabilitate, and eventually reintegrate children who come in conflict with law, Nazhoen Lam...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has launched a six-year project to move smallholder farmers in the east from s...
Phuentsholing—What started as a small backyard poultry farm in Samphelling, Chukha, has grown into a community-based ent...
Lhuentse—More than 30 shops in Autsho town, Lhuentse, which operate from leased private land, are still waiting for plot...
The government has reintroduced the Annual Performance Agreements (APAs), with the Prime Minister vowing to personally r...
Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck, today inaugurated the newly constructed and renovated animal...
A 120-foot Bailey bridge over Chebju Khola at Gangatey in Pemaling gewog has ended the seasonal isolation of about 210 h...
Once born into a physical body, there are certain absolute necessities without which most of us are incapable of experie...
Duchen Nga Zom is a duzom—an auspicious convergence of sacred time within the Buddhist calendar, marked by the meeting o...
Hantavirus is not a single virus but a family of rodent-borne viruses that occasionally spill over into humans, sometime...
The desire for happiness is universal, and beauty, prestige, and wealth have always been seen as pathways to achieve it....
Homeownership in Bhutan, long understood as the most reliable pathway to financial security, is rapidly becoming an illu...
A common development paradox in Bhutan is the squandering of scarce resources on funding our projects, big or small.
The Royal Civil Service Commission has identified a concerning trend that deserves urgent attention. Our civil service,...
The closure of drayangs (entertainment centres) is an issue that most sensible Bhutanese, except perhaps the operators,...
The conflict in the Middle East has once again exposed our dependence on overseas employment as a pressure valve for dom...
Bhutan has achieved high coverage in its national cancer-screening programme, reaching 91.2 percent of the eligible population between 2020 and 2023. But many cancers are still diagnosed at terminal stages, highlighting the continuing importance of public awareness and early help-seeking.
Read MoreBhutan is losing its paddy land faster than it is protecting it. The country has recorded 868 cases of structures built on chhuzhing (wetland) without prior approval. Rice self-sufficiency has fallen to 25 percent, and the country spends billions of ngultrum each year importing the grain it once grew itself.
Read MoreI think the first year has validated Pelsung’s mandate of preparing the youth of Bhutan for GMC and 10X Bhutan, while also showing us where the model needs to evolve. We think about our work through two distinct pathways. Professional Readiness is for young people who need the skills and employability to work in GMC and emerging sectors.
Read MoreDraktsho started as one parent’s initiative in a garage with just eight students. Our founder, Rigzin Padma Tsogyal, began with basic flower making by persons with disabilities. In the process, she realised they had much more potential.
Read MoreSeen from the Wangdue–Tsirang highway near Kamichu, Jarogang Lhakhang sits on a hill across the river, overlooking the small village of Jarogang in Athang Gewog.
Read MoreFor a small business owner, the words Free Trade Agreement (FTA) may sound like something discussed in government offices, diplomatic meetings or international trade negotiations.
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