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Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC)
Kuensel
National Assembly
May 16, 2025
May 16, 2025
May 16, 2025
May 16, 2025
A recent rapid assessment of Bhutan’s media landscape has raised concerns about financial instability, limited access to information, and a growing culture of self-censorship that impacts journalistic integrity and press freedom.
The Beskop Tshechu Film Festival returns this year with a renewed sense of purpose. For the first time in its history, a...
Since the launch of the Environmental Deoxyribonucleic Acid (eDNA) laboratory at the College of Natural Resources (CNR),...
Gelephu—At least three international construction firms are expected to undertake the 13.6-kilometre Gelephu–Tareythang...
Bhutan’s critical care services are steadily expanding as the government intensifies efforts to improve infection contro...
Eco-tourism in Bhutan is emerging as a powerful tool to protect natural and cultural heritage while delivering tangible...
The Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) has not yet reached a final decision on adopting the Cambridge...
India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire across land, air and sea on May 10 starting 5:00 pm—after an intense war—haltin...
College of Natural Resources (CNR), Lobesa—As discussions on climate change unfolded—tracing its sweeping effects from m...
The country’s journalism fraternity came together Saturday to celebrate the 9th Annual Journalism Awards (AJA) 2025, hon...
Our forests, long a symbol of our environmental leadership, are going up in smoke. In just five months, fires have caused timber losses worth an estimated Nu 520 million. Behind this figure lies a more troubling reality: the nation’s hard-won carbon-negative status is at risk, and with it, the credibility of Bhutan’s global commitments and constitutional promises.
Bhutan is celebrating the state visit of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Her Majesty Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana, who arrived in the country yesterday for a three-day visit.
Diplomatic relationships are often built in conference rooms, signed into existence with handshakes and ink. But in rare...
A recent medical and dental camp organised by the Ability Bhutan Society (ABS), in collaboration with DANTAK healthcare professionals, offers a small but powerful glimpse of what inclusive hea...
At last, the government has managed to persuade Bhutan Telecom to reduce mobile data charges by 50 percent. From July 1, data charges will be cheaper by 50 percent. In other words, we will get more data with the same price.
A remarkable transformation is unfolding in the southern plains of Bhutan. The quiet frontier town of Gelephu is now emerging as the beating heart of a national dream—the Gel...
More than 70,000 acres of forestland have been lost to fire in the country in just five years. This is not merely a stat...
As Thimphu Thromde undergoes a flurry of repairs and maintenance in preparation for an upcoming VIP visit, the city’s transformation offers more than just a polished façade. It is...
For a person diagnosed with kidney failure, a transplant gives a new lease of life. However, a study published in the Bhutan Health Journal reveals that many kidney transplant recipients in the country ar...
The Asian Development Bank forecasts that inflation in Bhutan will cool to 4.2 percent this year. That is welcome news....
Wangdue—The third unit of Punatsangchhu-II hydropower project was commissioned yesterday, boosting the plant’s total gen...
The country’s economy, facing nearly three decades of premature de-industrialisation, requires a targeted industrial pol...
Forty-year-old entrepreneur Sonam Zangmo from Wangdue is pioneering organic glass noodles (Finn) made from buckwheat and...
Bhutan’s agricultural exports saw a strong performance last year, generating Nu 3.51 billion from both primary and proce...
Agenda Chikha, a collaborative initiative between the government and key stakeholders, has committed USD eight million t...
Bhutanese boxers, over the weekend, not only excited spectators at the clock tower square, but also made the country pro...
The decision to integrate the Gelephu-Kokrajhar cross-border railway into the development of the Gelephu Mindfulness Cit...
Mental health is emerging as one of the most pressing challenges of our time. Globally, it accounts for one in six years...
In recent months, Kuensel and other media outlets have raised critical questions about the government’s Nu 15 billion Ec...
A quiet but powerful step is being taken to strengthen Bhutan’s national security. Fifteen police officers from across...
Our healthcare system stands at a dangerous crossroads. What was once held up as a model of free, accessible care for all has now begun to falter under its own weight. The recent revelations from the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH), the country’s premier medical institution, make one thing disturbingly clear: the system is no longer just strained—it is broken.
Read MoreHer Majesty the Royal Grandmother Gyalyum Kesang Choeden Wangchuck launched the third edition of the Zangdok Palri book, titled “Zangdok Palri of Kurjey: A Sublime Manifestation of the Lotus Light Palace of Guru Rinpoche in Bhutan” and “Path of Pure Devotion: Prayers, Practices, and Aspirations”.
Read MoreIn a milestone for Bhutan’s burgeoning capacity in hydropower development, the 18MW Suchhu Hydropower Project, which was fully designed, engineered, and built by Bhutanese professionals, was officially commissioned yesterday in Sombaykha, Haa.
Read MoreThe Opposition Party has renewed its call for the government to scrap the recently reinstated Class X cut-off policy, warning that it risks derailing both students’ futures and national initiatives such as the Gyalsung National Service Programme.
Read MoreBhutan plans to register 205 local products under the Geographical Indication (GI) system by 2034 to brand its cultural identity and boost rural livelihoods.
Read MoreThe preparation of detailed estimates, architectural drawings, and site development works for the new cremation ground in Hongtsho has been outsourced to Namas Design and Build. The construction is scheduled to begin by the end of this year, with the design and drawings expected to be completed by August 2025.
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