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March 9, 1980 - The Chenary Farm, situated on the bank of the Manas river, Tashigang , is reported producing varieties of seeds, seedlings,...
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In an insightful session of Wisdom for the Future: A JSW Talk Series, Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay sat down to talk about his new book “Enlightened Leadership: Inside Bhutan’s Inspiring Transition from Monarchy to Democracy”.
Bhutan’s national women’s cricket team wrapped up their campaign at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier 2025 in...
Her Majesty the Royal Grandmother Gyalyum Kesang Choeden Wangchuck launched the third edition of the Zangdok Palri book,...
In a milestone for Bhutan’s burgeoning capacity in hydropower development, the 18MW Suchhu Hydropower Project, which was...
The Opposition Party has renewed its call for the government to scrap the recently reinstated Class X cut-off policy, wa...
Bhutan plans to register 205 local products under the Geographical Indication (GI) system by 2034 to brand its cultural...
The preparation of detailed estimates, architectural drawings, and site development works for the new cremation ground i...
In hospital wards across the country, a quiet revolution in neonatal care is unfolding, not with machines, but with huma...
Torrential rain has upended the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier underway in Thailand, forcing several matches t...
The Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH), Bhutan’s primary healthcare institution, is facing a crit...
The recent confirmation of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Dagana should serve as a serious wake-up call—not just for pig farmers in Lhamoizingkha and Nichula, but also for the entire livestock sector across the country. With nine farms already affected and the outbreak still active, this crisis calls for urgent need for more robust biosecurity measures, cross-border controls, and support mechanisms
Bhutan’s economic outlook for the next fiscal year appears positive. According to the World Bank’s latest South Asia Development Update, the economy is projected to grow by 6.6 percent in fiscal yea...
The business landscape in the country is rapidly evolving with foreign investments seen as critical to national developm...
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...
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...
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...
As Thimphu Thromde undergoes a flurry of repairs and maintenance in preparation for an upcoming VIP visit, the city’s tr...
For a person diagnosed with kidney failure, a transplant gives a new lease of life. However, a study published in the Bh...
The Asian Development Bank forecasts that inflation in Bhutan will cool to 4.2 percent this year. That is welcome news....
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...
The Third Session of the Fourth Parliament, scheduled from May 23 to July 3, will deliberate on 10 Bills—seven Government Bills, one Private Member’s Bill, and two Bills in a Joint Sitting.
Read MoreThe government has approved a new National Crop and Livestock Insurance Scheme (NCLIS) to protect Bhutanese farmers from losses caused by climate change and the persistent threat of wildlife depredation.
Read MoreThe Department of Local Governance and Disaster Management (DLGDM) under the Ministry of Home Affairs, in collaboration with the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP), successfully concluded the 8th Batch Basic Search and Rescue Training programme on May 17 this year.
Read MoreGelephu— When Class 10 student Tshering peered through a solar telescope for the first time, she saw sunspots dancing across the sun’s surface—something she had never imagined. “I never knew the sun had dark spots,” she exclaimed in awe.
Read MoreLaunched in May 2020, the Wobthang Organic Wonders (WOW) farm in Bumthang was supposed to be a model of sustainable agriculture, innovation, and community empowerment. Today, the project is anything but that. The project has been abandoned. The 35-acres farm is overrun with weeds and overgrowth.
Read MoreBushes are growing wild, fences are falling apart, and machinery lies unused. Except for two greenhouses still in use by nearby cattle farm workers, the once-ambitious Wobthang Organic Wonders (WOW) farm in Bumthang now stands abandoned—its future as unclear as its overgrown fields.
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