July of 2023

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BBS goes high definition

Bhutan Broadcasting Service formally launched its high-definition (HD) transmission yesterday after the successful completion of its two-month trial.

Jul 27, 2023 1 mins read 311 views
Education ministry announces 150 vacancies to address teacher shortage

Education

Jul 26, 2023 2 mins read 400 views
Armed Forces pay hike by 55-71 percent

Finance

Jul 26, 2023 1 mins read 505 views
Fab23 Bhutan ignites innovation and collaboration

Technology

Jul 25, 2023 2 mins read 304 views
Finding the Ganesha

Feature Story

Jul 25, 2023 2 mins read 280 views
Decorum in the parliament

Letter to the Editor

Jul 25, 2023 2 mins read 323 views
A feather in public health cap

Editorial

Jul 25, 2023 2 mins read 339 views
Villagers wait for deteriorating Chungkha farm road to improve

Road

Jul 25, 2023 2 mins read 296 views
Adult monk detained for alleged rape of a minor

Crime

Jul 25, 2023 1 mins read 416 views
Dental Department at Taba faces acute shortage of health workers

Health

Jul 25, 2023 2 mins read 299 views
Investigation team to use drone to determine cause of Ungar flood

Disaster

Jul 25, 2023 3 mins read 283 views
ADB downgrades Bhutan's 2023 growth forecast to 4.3 percent

Economy

Jul 25, 2023 2 mins read 279 views
Bhutanese shooters gear up to make their mark at Asian Games

Sports

Jul 24, 2023 2 mins read 296 views
Cordyceps harvest declines in Bumthang

Cordyceps

Jul 24, 2023 1 mins read 311 views
Littering is a menace in monsoon

Letter to the Editor

Jul 24, 2023 1 mins read 396 views
Being insensitive?

Editorial

Jul 24, 2023 2 mins read 289 views
Falling tree claims two lives

Disaster

Jul 24, 2023 1 mins read 284 views
Political parties woo voters with social media

Politics

Jul 24, 2023 2 mins read 265 views
Bhutan Echoes to begin on August 4

Festival

Jul 24, 2023 1 mins read 297 views
Improving policing services against rising criminal activities

Crime

Jul 24, 2023 1 mins read 289 views
Bhutan eliminates Rubella

Health

Jul 24, 2023 2 mins read 279 views
Singapore hosts Artist Galek Yangzom's work

Festival

Jul 23, 2023 1 mins read 278 views
FAB23 Bhutan showcases innovative prototypes

Technology

Jul 23, 2023 2 mins read 297 views
Giving back to the community

Dzongkhag

Jul 23, 2023 2 mins read 264 views
We need more free play fields instead of bars

Letter to the Editor

Jul 23, 2023 1 mins read 307 views
Building resilience

Editorial

Jul 23, 2023 1 mins read 283 views
DPT declares three more candidates

Politics

Jul 23, 2023 1 mins read 424 views
Tax revenue projected to grow by 40 percent in current fiscal year

Finance

Jul 23, 2023 3 mins read 269 views
Canadian universities and colleges to visit Bhutan

Foreign Affairs

Jul 23, 2023 1 mins read 297 views
Search continues for 16 missing persons

Disaster

Jul 23, 2023 2 mins read 276 views
Punakha grapples with rising wage rates and fallow land concerns

Agriculture

Jul 23, 2023 2 mins read 301 views
Bhutanese runners prepares for the Asian Games

Sports

Jul 21, 2023 2 mins read 295 views
Service sector dominates Bhutan's industry

Industries

Jul 21, 2023 3 mins read 316 views
Local leaders largely welcome decision to takeover GC roads

Road

Jul 21, 2023 3 mins read 260 views
New pricing model hurts our sustainability, say fuel dealers

Fuel

Jul 21, 2023 3 mins read 281 views
Immortalising the dead

Feature Story

Jul 21, 2023 3 mins read 299 views
Harnessing AI to build sustainable local economies

Perspective

Jul 21, 2023 5 mins read 266 views
How pension's Nu 33 billion deficit can be plugged over time

Perspective

Jul 21, 2023 9 mins read 311 views
Village skills development programme to empower rural people

Dzongkhag

Jul 21, 2023 1 mins read 333 views
RICB partially lifts suspension of loans in eight sectors

Finance

Jul 21, 2023 2 mins read 322 views
Incarceration alone cannot combat drug menace

Letter to the Editor

Jul 21, 2023 3 mins read 305 views
Blessed no more in the face of global climate change

Editorial

Jul 21, 2023 2 mins read 319 views
NPDC to resume hyline brown chicken supply

Farming

Jul 21, 2023 3 mins read 312 views
GoI implements export ban on non-Basmati white rice

Trade

Jul 21, 2023 2 mins read 350 views
Seventeen still missing in Ungar flash flood

Disaster

Jul 21, 2023 3 mins read 347 views
His Majesty the Third King of Bhutan Jigme Dorji Wangchuck

Perspective

Jul 20, 2023 14 mins read 397 views
Recent rainfall highlights climate change and its effects

Letter to the Editor

Jul 20, 2023 1 mins read 265 views
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NC ratifies BIMSTEC Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters

The National Council (NC) ratified the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters on December 10.

Dec 12, 2025 3 mins read 925 views
Restore Bhutan begins landscape revival across forest, farms, and urban areas

Bhutan has launched a nationwide drive to restore 50,000 hectares of degraded forests, farmlands, and urban areas over t...

Dec 12, 2025 3 mins read 1,024 views
MoENR to compensate landowners affected by power transmission lines

The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MoENR) will begin compensating landowners affected by the right-of-way of...

Dec 11, 2025 3 mins read 1,630 views
Police launch internal investigation into alleged custodial death

The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has launched an internal investigation into the alleged custodial death of 33-year-old Bir...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 5,373 views
MoICE moves to enforce zero tolerance on pornographic and violent online content

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment (MoICE) is moving to strengthen regulatory action against pornographic...

Dec 11, 2025 3 mins read 1,148 views
Bhutan hosts first SDG Impact Finance Forum

The SDG Impact Finance Forum kicks off in Thimphu today, a pivotal step for investment-driven development following the...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 793 views
NA endorses nine crime prevention recommendations

The government has installed a total of 896 CCTV cameras across the country as part of its crime prevention strategy, th...

Dec 11, 2025 3 mins read 741 views
A village woven in wool: Shingdreygang’s enduring mat tradition

Samtse—Upon entering homes in Shingdreygang, locally known as Jamirkot in Pemaling, guests are welcomed in a manner that...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 1,069 views
Infrastructure and transport ministry to review three-storey building limit

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MoIT) will form a Joint Technical Committee to review Section 8 of the Bhu...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 1,046 views
NA endorses courteous communication training for frontline public services

The National Assembly endorsed a set of measures to institutionalise courteous communication and respectful interaction...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 733 views
Sir, your advice to the younger generation?

Choose your environment Your environment is the invisible hand that constantly shapes the way you think, feel, and act. Your family, friends, school, city, country, social media accounts, television and news channels, habits, and heroes are all shaping you into replicas of the admired, the powerful, and the majority around you.

Nov 19, 2025 1 mins read 465 views
Restore or lose it altogether

The country’s plan to restore 50,000 hectares of degraded forests, farmlands, and urban lands is not simply an environmental initiative. It is a national ultimatum. We are standing at a point where the land that defines our identity is weakening under our watch.

Dec 13, 2025 2 mins read 640 views
Zero tolerance for online crimes

This week, Australia enforced the ban on social media access for children under 16. This is unprecedented and bold. While some critics have labelled the ban harsh and even draconian, this new law is anchored in the p...

Dec 12, 2025 2 mins read 805 views
Will our education transformation be equitable?

The government’s allocation of Nu 30 billion for education transformation in the 13th Plan, second only to the economic...

Dec 11, 2025 2 mins read 557 views
The never-ending tourism debate

The discussion on tourism policy is like Atsara Phentho’s chham. In other words, a lot of motion without progress. On Monday, members of Parliament demanded accountability for the reforms they recommended after re...

Dec 10, 2025 2 mins read 1,060 views
Ready to take off from GMC

The launch of the Gelephu–Kolkata international air route marks far more than the addition of a new flight on the country’s aviation map. It is a statement of intent – a signal of where we are heade...

Dec 09, 2025 2 mins read 435 views
Why we must invest in Research & Development

Bhutan is not short of ideas, intellect or institutions. What it lacks is a strong, working bridge between research, pol...

Dec 08, 2025 2 mins read 778 views
To eat meat or not!

In passing the Livestock Bill of Bhutan,  2025, National Assembly members engaged in a good debate, a meaty one, even if it missed the core issue. The Bill was not about advocat...

Dec 06, 2025 2 mins read 1,132 views
Disaster preparedness is our best defence

The National Council this week questioned the government on the country’s disaster preparedness. This is a pertinent issue, especially when extreme weather events are frequent and more intense. Preparedness is therefore the most effective stra...

Dec 05, 2025 2 mins read 561 views
Equity in education merits discourse

During a recent Question Hour session in the National Assembly, Members of Parliament (MP) called for an open debate on education quality and budget allocation. And rightly so. Education is the foundation upon which every other...

Dec 04, 2025 2 mins read 792 views
Deeper than HIV/AIDS

Far from the bustling capital, the community of Genekha observed an important global day. December 1 was World AIDS Day. They chose to mark the occasion at what they called the “fi...

Dec 03, 2025 2 mins read 975 views
Amochu quarriers call for flood walls after millions in losses

Phuentsholing—Businesses involved in extracting and exporting boulders, gravel, and sand along the Amochu river are call...

Oct 16, 2025 2 mins read 2,093 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Our global culture has conditioned us to spend the best of ourselves in the pursuit of a “decent living” whatever that m...

Sep 22, 2025 4 mins read 3,022 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

In a world that constantly advertises, applauds, and sells consumption, acquisition and growth at all costs, cultivating...

Aug 18, 2025 2 mins read 4,270 views
Solving youth unemployment before it’s too late

Youth unemployment has become one of Bhutan’s most persistent national challenges. And it endures despite successive gov...

Dec 02, 2025 2 mins read 825 views
Addressing teacher shortage and quality

In some schools, especially in urban centres, there are more teachers than timetables demand. In others, often remote sc...

Dec 01, 2025 2 mins read 1,882 views
When rising corruption reports tell a deeper story

The growing number of corruption reports in the past year forces the nation to confront a hard truth: something in our s...

Nov 29, 2025 2 mins read 1,385 views
Regulatory reforms must be matched with a mindset shift

The government’s commitment to address regulatory barriers that have choked business growth deserves recognition and sup...

Nov 28, 2025 2 mins read 800 views
The classic egg and chicken situation

The price of an egg in the capital has soared to a staggering Nu 20, pushing a standard tray of 30 to Nu 520. While it f...

Nov 27, 2025 2 mins read 1,353 views

Recents

Restore or lose it altogether

The country’s plan to restore 50,000 hectares of degraded forests, farmlands, and urban lands is not simply an environmental initiative. It is a national ultimatum. We are standing at a point where the land that defines our identity is weakening under our watch.

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Bumthang ready to host historic National Day

Bumthang—Across Bumthang, homes and shops have been draped in national flags, while streets glow with festive lights. Roads have been swept and public spaces prepared. Bumthang is all poised to host the 118th National Day celebrations at the national level for the first time.

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