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Urban households in Bhutan spend nearly 46 percent more each month than their rural counterparts, according to the Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2025, launched yesterday by the National Statistics Bureau (NSB).
The majority of the Members of Parliament (MPs) in the National Council (NC) yesterday supported the goods and services...
Once a cornerstone of the country’s rural economy, the citrus industry has seen steep decline since the early 2000s. Dev...
The National Assembly (NA) yesterday unanimously adopted the Alternative Dispute Resolution (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2024 during the ongoing Third Session of the Fourth Parliament.
Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay has informed the National Council (NC) that Bhutan’s national debt remains at a manageabl...
Bhutan’s development thinkers made a passionate call to redefine progress, not in terms of income or infrastructure, but as a deeply personal and collective journey toward peace, balance, and happiness.
The SAARC Development Fund (SDF), in collaboration with Save the Children’s Nepal and Bhutan Country Offices, officially...
Rationalisation of schools is not about denying students access to education, but about improving quality and ensuring t...
Dagana— With water sources rapidly drying up and threatening the livelihoods of over 200 households in Ambithang and Pan...
Wangdue— For generations, the families of Drinchengang (formerly Rinchengang) in Thedtsho gewog, Wangdue, have lived in...
Bhutan has been named among 36 countries facing potential US travel sanctions. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade has issued a notification urging undocumented Bhutanese in the United States to voluntarily return home.
Whether the confusion stems from discussions in Parliament or how the media has reported them, many people, including those without a fixed deposit account, are concerned about the proposed tax on fixed deposit (F...
Two spiritual events. Two vastly different outcomes. What separates the squalor left behind at the recent oral transmission from the orderly conclusion of the menlam chenmo gathering is not money...
In recent days, the National Assembly has passed some major tax reforms. From introducing a flat 5 percent Goods and Services Tax (GST) and increasing excise duties on harmful products to taxing...
Alcohol, tobacco, carbonated drinks, and other non-essential or harmful products will become more expensive starting Jan...
Bhutan’s fertility rate has dropped from over six children per woman in the 1980s to just 1.7 in 2017, far below the rep...
We are on the verge of becoming a malaria-free nation. This is no small feat. From tens of thousands of cases in the 1990s to zero local transmissions since November 2021, the turnaround is remarkable. But to paint this...
Public service delivery in Bhutan is expected to improve significantly with the launch of the Integrated Service Centre and the enhancement of the Contact Centre. These initiatives are designed to provide a one-st...
There is another record, one we would rather not be associated with. In just the first five months of 2025, nearly 29 kilograms of brown sugar (heroin), a highly addictive and dangerous drug, have been seized by customs...
Consider this: of the 172 metric tonnes of waste generated daily in Bhutan, plastics constitute roughly 36 percent, with over 13 percent of plastic waste contaminating riparian soils along the Wangchhu. The conseq...
The ongoing United States–China trade war is redrawing global supply chains, prompting companies to shift operations fro...
Bhutan’s imports from Thailand surged to Nu 2.67 billion in 2024, making the Southeast Asian country the third-largest s...
Samtse—For many years, farmers in Samtse have sold vegetables from under makeshift tents, battling monsoon rains and bla...
Tashichoeling, Samtse — For 78-year-old Kamala Tamang of Kochin in Tendruk, saving money in a bank had been unimaginable...
Sweeping reforms in the financial sector are essential for the country to achieve the ambitious goals of its 13th Plan,...
In a world that first instills fear in us, only to sell us a product or service to eliminate that fear, we find ourselve...
As a collective, humanity has never been richer, more connected, more informed, and more protected from all cause diseas...
A significant portion of our youth’s challenges stems from our shortcomings as responsible, patient, and mindful elders....
The rise in youth crimes in Bhutan stems from various causes, requiring a multifaceted solution. My experiences living i...
A fierce public debate has erupted over the proposed introduction of a 10 percent withholding tax on fixed deposit (FD)...
Waste has always been Bhutan’s quiet embarrassment—a problem we have seen, smelled, and stepped around, yet never truly...
When the Changjiji low-income housing project began over two decades ago, there was a hopeful rumour: tenants might even...
More than 3,600 young people were arrested for drug-related offences between 2023 and 2024, accounting for over 50 perce...
Even as we decry traffic jams, vehicular pollution, parking shortages and the fossil fuel import bill, elected leaders a...
Bhutan has been named among 36 countries facing potential US travel sanctions. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade has issued a notification urging undocumented Bhutanese in the United States to voluntarily return home.
Read MoreGelephu—The 150-bedded Gelephu Central Regional Referral Hospital (CRRH) is set for a major facelift as it transitions under the administration of the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC).
Read MoreThe Department of Media, Creative Industry and Intellectual Property under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment has issued a directive to Bhutanese businesses to remove all Uniqlo logos and branding materials from their shops within two weeks, following a formal complaint from the Japanese clothing giant.
Read MoreUrban households in Bhutan are spending more on non-food essentials than ever before, outpacing rural areas across nearly all categories, according to findings from the Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey 2025.
Read MoreThe long-awaited Lungo Extended Basic Health Unit (BHU) at Lungo chiwog in Laya gewog, Gasa is expected to open within this year, the health minister said during the National Assembly’s question hour session on June 20.
Read MorePunakha—The Punakha-Gasa highway, which was damaged by flash floods on June 2, is now open to traffic after restoration on three affected sections was completed.
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