Bhutan-Japan partnership aims to promote arts education in schools
A former student, known as the Golden Boy, earned money by performing at school farewell events and concerts before taking his talent to the streets.
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His Majesty the King met with the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan yesterday.
I 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.
Draktsho started as one parent’s initiative in a garage with just eight students. Our founder, Rigzin Padma Tsogyal, beg...
Seen from the Wangdue–Tsirang highway near Kamichu, Jarogang Lhakhang sits on a hill across the river, overlooking the s...
Directed by award-winning filmmaker DD Kinley, Tunnel 26 takes Bhutanese cinema into new territory, with a story of horr...
Bhutan’s U17 women’s national football team began their AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup China 2027 qualifying campaign with a...
A former Bhutanese monk who went missing in France in February this year has still not been found, nearly eight months a...
Phuentsholing Thromde has extended the final relocation deadline for Dhamdara industries by three years, from June 2026...
On the banks of the Shetikhari river in Gelephu, Sarpang, the Shivalaya Yagyaswar Mahadev Mandir is being readied to shi...
Thimphu Police have recovered several sacred relics and artefacts stolen from 22 chortens and 13 lhakhangs in Thimphu, P...
Before solar-powered irrigation reached Tempakha village in Chubu Gewog, Punakha, 23-year-old Pema Zangmo and her father...
Phuentsholing and Jaigaon are twin border towns with a shared business ecosystem. They depend on each other for trade, employment, and services. At the same time, they also compete for the same customer base.
As a resource-strapped country, we cannot afford to waste public funds. Yet it keeps happening. Several projects built with scarce public funds and donor money are either sitting idle or falling apart. Wh...
The findings from the Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority’s (CCAA) latest study should worry anyone who cares about the future of Phuentsholing.
Recent reports of an airborne geophysical survey identifying significant anomalies of tungsten, copper, and other precio...
The drivers who keep Thimphu’s city buses running deserve more than gratitude. They deserve fair pay for the hours they put in. City bus drivers work more than 12 hours a day, clocking in 120 hours of overtime in...
An initiative worth pausing to reflect on this week is the collaboration among three key agencies to review Bhutan’s bus...
More than seventy percent of international visitors to Bhutan now enter the country by land rather than through Paro International Airport. Phuentsholing alone accounts for the overwhelming majority of those arrivals. One of the ob...
Sky-rocketing house rents are a grim reality haunting the capital city’s residents. While this was once a burden shouldered only by those at the lowest economic rung, it now strains civil and public servants wh...
Every single day, Bhutan adds 38 new petrol and diesel vehicles to its roads. In just the first six months of this year, we registered 6,921 fossil fuel cars. Electric vehicles?...
The Film Association of Bhutan (FAB) has lost its legal standing as a Civil Society Organisation following its deregistration by the CSO Authority in January, after prolonged non-c...
Bhutan will begin testing its expanded Green Finance Taxonomy 2026 with a six-month pilot from June to November, before...
The country’s startup ecosystem has helped many young entrepreneurs launch their businesses, but founders say support be...
The country’s national debt is expected to rise by nearly 26 percent this June compared to June last year.
The Year of the Snake became a defining moment for the country’s economy, as growth accelerated sharply following severa...
The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 202...
When the doors of Little Bhutan closed during the pandemic, Bangkok lost more than just its only Bhutanese restaurant. F...
Lama, as a young guy, I’m concerned about the future. What do you think will be the biggest issue for the planet within...
Set against the quieter surroundings of Lower Taba, Vietnam Corner brings a distinctive slice of Vietnam to Thimphu’s gr...
No, I didn’t watch the video. Unless I were acting in a law enforcement capacity, I would not view this kind of footage....
Like television, the internet, and AI, TikTok can be a force for good or bad. It entirely depends on how it is used.
As voters head to the polls today to elect the Thrompons and thromde thuemis of Thimphu and Phuentsholing, the most stri...
Bhutan's rich forests are not only a source of clean air, water, and wealth. Hidden within the thickets is also a web of...
Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is under construction. Heavy earthmoving machines and trucks work round the clock at the...
Summer holidays have officially begun for students across the country, and with them comes a familiar parental dilemma....
It is a common perception that corruption, in its quieter forms of favouritism and nepotism, is no longer an aberration...
A former student, known as the Golden Boy, earned money by performing at school farewell events and concerts before taking his talent to the streets.
Read MoreIf you seek something in all the places except where it is, you will not find it. The same logic applies to happiness as well.
Read MoreTravelling on a budget may seem daunting, but it’s often the most rewarding and magical way to journey.
Read MoreWith the inauguration of the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) in Thimphu, we have taken a long-overdue step towards specialised justice in financial matters is now in place. Currently, Thimphu District Commercial Bench is the busiest, with 1,036 cases between them, as per the Judiciary's Annual Report 2025.
Read MoreTomoyuki Unno has experienced both the highs and lows of football since joining Paro FC in April 2024.
Read MoreOn July 27, 2019, I met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi. My party had been eliminated in Bhutan’s elections 10 months earlier and was no longer represented in Parliament.
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