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Letter to the Editor
Oct 03, 2026
Oct 03, 2026
Phuentsholing—Phuentsholing’s urban facelift is expanding next month with the launch of the 2.8-acre Kaja-Throm Changyul Park Model near the newly built bazam.
As a CSO working to reform, rehabilitate, and eventually reintegrate children who come in conflict with law, Nazhoen Lam...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has launched a six-year project to move smallholder farmers in the east from s...
Phuentsholing—What started as a small backyard poultry farm in Samphelling, Chukha, has grown into a community-based ent...
Lhuentse—More than 30 shops in Autsho town, Lhuentse, which operate from leased private land, are still waiting for plot...
The government has reintroduced the Annual Performance Agreements (APAs), with the Prime Minister vowing to personally r...
Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck, today inaugurated the newly constructed and renovated animal...
A 120-foot Bailey bridge over Chebju Khola at Gangatey in Pemaling gewog has ended the seasonal isolation of about 210 h...
For spectators attending matches at Changlimithang Stadium, the match-day experience begins long before kick-off. While...
A total of 3,747 rural land conversions were approved in the fiscal year 2025-26, raising concerns over growing pressure...
Recent reports of an airborne geophysical survey identifying significant anomalies of tungsten, copper, and other precious metals could mark a pivotal moment for Bhutan. Although the country has already discovered several mineral resources since mining began including limestone, gypsum, dolomite, coal, quartzite, graphite, and talc, a substantial find of tungsten would be a game-changer.
The drivers who keep Thimphu’s city buses running deserve more than gratitude. They deserve fair pay for the hours they put in. City bus drivers work more than 12 hours a day, clocking in 120 hours of overtime in...
An initiative worth pausing to reflect on this week is the collaboration among three key agencies to review Bhutan’s bus...
More than seventy percent of international visitors to Bhutan now enter the country by land rather than through Paro International Airport. Phuentsholing alone accounts for the overwhelming majority of those arrivals. One of the ob...
Sky-rocketing house rents are a grim reality haunting the capital city’s residents. While this was once a burden shouldered only by those at the lowest economic rung, it now strains civil and public servants wh...
Every single day, Bhutan adds 38 new petrol and diesel vehicles to its roads. In just the first six months of this year, we registered 6,921 fossil fuel cars. Electric vehicles?...
The Film Association of Bhutan (FAB) has lost its legal standing as a Civil Society Organisation following its deregistration by the CSO Authority in January, after prolonged non-c...
As voters head to the polls today to elect the Thrompons and thromde thuemis of Thimphu and Phuentsholing, the most striking feature of this election has not been fierce competition or spirited public debate. It has been the sil...
Bhutan's rich forests are not only a source of clean air, water, and wealth. Hidden within the thickets is also a web of corruption whether in illegal felling, illicit sale, or collusion among official...
The country’s startup ecosystem has helped many young entrepreneurs launch their businesses, but founders say support be...
The country’s national debt is expected to rise by nearly 26 percent this June compared to June last year.
The Year of the Snake became a defining moment for the country’s economy, as growth accelerated sharply following severa...
The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 202...
Lama, as a young guy, I’m concerned about the future. What do you think will be the biggest issue for the planet within...
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Set against the quieter surroundings of Lower Taba, Vietnam Corner brings a distinctive slice of Vietnam to Thimphu’s gr...
No, I didn’t watch the video. Unless I were acting in a law enforcement capacity, I would not view this kind of footage....
Like television, the internet, and AI, TikTok can be a force for good or bad. It entirely depends on how it is used.
Like television, the internet, and AI, TikTok can be a force for good or bad. It entirely depends on how it is used.
Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is under construction. Heavy earthmoving machines and trucks work round the clock at the...
Summer holidays have officially begun for students across the country, and with them comes a familiar parental dilemma....
It is a common perception that corruption, in its quieter forms of favouritism and nepotism, is no longer an aberration...
The Election Commission of Bhutan’s (ECB) recent announcement that it will vet election pledges comes at the most approp...
Homeownership in Bhutan, long understood as the most reliable pathway to financial security, is rapidly becoming an illu...
Before solar-powered irrigation reached Tempakha village in Chubu Gewog, Punakha, 23-year-old Pema Zangmo and her father trekked to distant mountain streams, carrying water on their backs to save the family's agricultural crop.
Read MoreThree 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.
Read MoreHis Majesty The King graced the Passing Out Parade of the Gyalsung Training 2026 Batch (Cohort 2) at the Gyalsung Academy in Khotokha, Wangdue on September 30.
Read MoreNearly two decades after the Road Sector Master Plan (RSMP) 2007-2027 was launched, only a handful of the planned activities have been implemented, even as successive governments campaigned on promises of major road building.
Read MoreLocal government leaders of Zhemgang are urging the government to expedite its decision on their petition seeking the transfer of current dzongda over alleged administrative and governance issues.
Read MoreBhutan’s tobacco policy needs to move beyond treating different nicotine products in largely the same way, according to a 2026 policy brief that identifies gaps in taxation, regulation and cessation support.
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