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Three years after the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) introduced the revised Managing for Excellence (MaX) performance management system in 2023, civil servants are questioning its tangible benefits, particularly in terms of incentives, career progression, and improvements in public service delivery.
Nearly two decades after the Road Sector Master Plan (RSMP) 2007-2027 was launched, only a handful of the planned activi...
Local government leaders of Zhemgang are urging the government to expedite its decision on their petition seeking the tr...
Bhutan’s tobacco policy needs to move beyond treating different nicotine products in largely the same way, according to...
Australia’s new student visa rules, which took effect on October 2, are forcing Bhutanese students and the consultancy f...
Many business owners in Phaling town, Lhuentse’s main commercial hub, are struggling as declining incomes and a shrinkin...
There is a difference between a man who studies an idea and a man who has lived inside one long enough that it shapes how he breathes. Thakur S Powdyel belongs to the second kind.
With construction of the second package of the Boxcut bypass advancing from Jigmecholing Gewog, residents look forward t...
As Bhutan Power Corporation (BPC) steps up maintenance, vegetation clearance and network improvements in Jigmecholing, r...
The closure of the canteen at Phuentsholing General Hospital has left patients, attendants, and visitors without a food...
I agree with the Indian tourist: the Centenary Farmers’ Market is neat, well-kept and a source of pride. High praise to the authorities for maintaining such a high standard.
Rather than tolerance, I would prefer understanding. Tolerance suggests something we dislike — like a neighbour’s loud music — but put up with anyway. Understanding asks us to look more closel...
On the first day of the event, the courtyard of Tashichho Dzong fills early. Families spread blankets on the stone steps...
The summit’s goals were noble, but turning speeches into action that improves the lives of ordinary people requires prac...
We are not lumps of rock, and so we naturally feel the pain of those affected by such tragedies. The great Dzogchen master Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche gave an example: if we see a child struck by a bus, we rush to...
Natural resources can provide an important opportunity to diversify an economy, create employment, and generate governme...
There are two simple reminders from the recovery community that are worth bearing in mind: “Whatever the problem, drugs...
Sure, here’s a version edited to fit the lower word limit. For two weeks I have woken to the silhouette of a large potted plant, its leaves etched against the pale morning light.
Empathy helps us understand the needs and perspectives of the people we serve, keeping us grounded in their realities. Without it, we risk becoming bureaucrats who create rules and regulations that are not only impractical bu...
“Don’t even think for a moment that you are not going to die” is a quote by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. It expresses a simple truth — one of the fundamental realities of existence. Yet few...
Bhutan 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.
A corporate employee who recently lost his modest savings told friends, half-heartedly, that he would now keep his money under his mattress for safekeeping. His e-mail had been hacked, and someone in Mexico was shopping wi...
As November 1 approaches, Bhutan is preparing for an unprecedented occasion, something that has never happened in living...
In a world obsessed with annual earnings and the relentless pursuit of gross domestic product (GDP), Bhutan has once again dared to ask a deeper question: What is a nation truly worth?
The new immigration regulations announced by the Australian government this week, particularly those targeting international students, will have immense implications for Bhutanese planning to move Down Under.
In just 12 days, Bhutanese bank customers lost nearly Nu 2 million to online fraud. A handful of fake Facebook links were all it took. This is not an isolated spike, it is th...
It is not often that students expelled from school, for whatever reason, make it to the media or a national newspaper. However, when the parents of two students, who have now been relocated to a new school, app...
Bhutan is entering one of the most ambitious periods of development in its history. Hydropower projects are expanding, major infrastructure investments are taking shape, and the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is expe...
More than 400 delegates from over 60 countries gathered this week at Dungkar Dzong for what Bhutan hosted as the world’s first “conscious food summit”. The idea sounds lofty.
The flood that struck the Nepal-Tibet border in the last week of August has claimed more than a thousand lives, with thousands still unaccounted for.
Central banks from across the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region have called for stronger r...
Four key economic sectors have breached the Royal Monetary Authority’s (RMA) 5 percent non-performing loan (NPL) thresho...
Bhutanese households spend an average of Nu 27,689 annually on routine religious and ceremonial activities, according to...
Ten companies listed on the Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan Limited (RSEBL) have declared dividends for the financia...
The National Council yesterday deliberated on the National Budget Report for FY 2026–27, the Budget Appropriation Bill f...
Generally, I believe heavy-handed bans are less effective, as they tend to fuel black markets and push unhealthy activit...
Drukpa Tshezhi, which falls on 18 July this year, commemorates the first teaching the Buddha gave after his enlightenmen...
All of us carry a subtle, nagging insecurity about who we are — a persistent need to confirm that there is a solid, perm...
There is a particular kind of courage required to make a film almost entirely without dialogue, trusting landscape, sile...
When the doors of Little Bhutan closed during the pandemic, Bangkok lost more than just its only Bhutanese restaurant. F...
Even as search and rescue efforts continue to locate hundreds of people missing after the devastating floods in Nepal, t...
Every day, roughly 38 Bhutanese walk into a car showroom or apply for an import letter, ready to spend on the second-lar...
The recent election of the National Assembly Speaker, won by a member of the opposition party for the first time, has do...
Phuentsholing and Jaigaon are twin border towns with a shared business ecosystem. They depend on each other for trade, e...
As a resource-strapped country, we cannot afford to waste public funds. Yet it keeps happening. Several projects built w...
Bhutan 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.
Read MoreDirected by award-winning filmmaker DD Kinley, Tunnel 26 takes Bhutanese cinema into new territory, with a story of horror, survival and human connection. Its ensemble casts includes Nepali actors Anna Sharma and Anoop Bikram Shahi, Indian model Roshni Dada, and Bhutanese actors Sangay Tsheltrim, Phuntshok Dhoden, and Deki Lhamo, among others.
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