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MORE than 4,500 representatives of the people of Chhukha dzongkhag responded with enthusiasm to the Eighth...
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DURING his recent visit to the Zhemgang High School His Majesty the King announced that the school will be upgraded to a junior col...
HIS MAJESTY the King, Their Majesties the Queens, Their Royal Highnesses the Princes and Princess and se...
Three borrowers have refunded a combined Nu 240.48 million to the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) pool following the Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) directive to submit action taken reports on procedural lapses identified in four projects.
The Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) has launched a nationwide review and redeployment exercise to a...
The National Assembly yesterday tabled the Renewable Energy Tax Exemption Bill of Bhutan 2026, proposing time-bound and...
Bhutan is confronting a mounting demographic crisis that economists warn could undermine the country’s ambitious 10X Nat...
Bhutan is set to formally adopt the framework agreement establishing the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) on May 18...
The Bhutan Cancer Society (BCS) continues to strengthen its role in cancer prevention, treatment, and patient support, g...
Trashigang—The three-day Great Yeti Quest festival drew around 8,000 visitors to Sakteng this month, delivering an unpre...
The government has dropped the proposed airport project at Pongchola in Mongar after technical reassessments concluded t...
The government has proposed a budget of Nu 153.3 billion for the fiscal year 2026–27, representing 30 percent of the 13t...
The country’s startup ecosystem has helped many young entrepreneurs launch their businesses, but founders say support beyond seed funding remains limited, making it difficult for existing startups to scale and sustain operations.
The desire for happiness is universal, and beauty, prestige, and wealth have always been seen as pathways to achieve it. In that sense, this is nothing new.
About six kilometres before Trongsa town, just past the Bjee Zam Bridge, a traditional one-storey house appears on the left of the highway. It is not easy to miss. This modest structure...
In Bhutan, healing is not a choice between past and present but a collaboration between the two. Across the country, patients move between modern clinics and traditional medicine units with ease, guided as much by...
When I first arrived in Australia last year, I thought I was prepared. I had spoken to people, watched videos, and tried to imagine what life would be like. Bu...
The name Dzambhala — from the Sanskrit Jambhala — is traditionally associated with wealth and prosperity, reflecting his role as a symbol of abundance and generosity. There are five principal forms of the...
The early years — roughly birth to five — are critical for emotional development. While a child raised with consistency and warmth by devoted grandparents can fare well, separation from parents at this age generally causes...
You are not alone in your confusion — and much of it arises from the word itself. Emptiness can sound like nothingness, which is precisely what it does not mean. A more precise term might be: empty of inherent existence.
The monthly Sunday brunch at Le Méridien has become a special experience that goes beyond dining, offering guests a relaxed four-hour setting to reconnect with family and friends.
Bhutan’s economy has changed dramatically since the Bankruptcy Act of 1999 was enacted. Back then, the private sector was small, cross-border trade was limited, and the financial system was far less complex.
The conflict in the Middle East, which has disrupted the global economy and fueled uncertainties, has led investors to question whether oil-rich nations remain a safe haven. As the confl...
The digital age has transformed Bhutanese society in ways unimaginable in just a decade or two. Social media and online platforms have opened enormous opportunities for communication,...
༉ ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ ལུང་ཕྱོགས་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་ལངམ་སྦེ་མེད་པའི་ དཀའ་ངལ་ལུ་བརྟེན་ འབྲུག་པའི་མི་ཁུངས་མང་ཤོས་ཅིག་ ས་མཚམས་ཕྱི་ཁ...
Recent developments in the Middle East crisis suggest that a return to normalcy is still far away. Even if the war ends and the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly one-quarter of the world’s oil flows to markets, reopens, the discuss...
Bhutan is facing a “national crisis” as birth rates plunge by 62.9 percent. If current trends continue, the country could see as few as 2,000 births by 2028.
This summer, the mountain slopes above Lunana are expected to offer a bumper yield of cordyceps, or Yartsa Goenbub. But...
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...
The 1,125MW Dorjilung Hydroelectric Power Project (DHPP) is expected to boost the country’s economy, raising gross domes...
Taking care of all members of society is a characteristic of a mature and compassionate nation; therefore, I strongly ad...
Studies and end of life accounts consistently show that many of us leave this world with the same stinging regrets: not...
The deafening sounds of missiles and gunfire in the Middle East have briefly faded under a ceasefire, offering a much-ne...
The government’s directive to prudently use scarce public resources, fossil fuels (petrol and diesel) is a timely interv...
The Bhutan Media Forum concluded yesterday, bringing together media professionals, policymakers, and civil society membe...
The 13th Five-Year Plan (FYP) outlay is likely to increase from the original Nu 512 billion to Nu 517 billion following the ongoing Mid-Term Review (MTR), Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay told the National Council today.
Read MoreThe Good Governance Committee of the National Assembly yesterday presented four recommendations to the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) on the MaX system and the phased-out bell curve moderation approach.
Read MoreThe National Assembly (NA), following extensive debate in today’s sitting, has deferred deliberation on the proposal to increase building storeys from three to five in Dzonkhag Yenlag throms (satellite towns) to the next parliamentary session.
Read MoreFunded by a one million euros investment from the European Union (EU), the project is being spearheaded by Bhutan’s Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) in close partnership with UNICEF Bhutan.
Read MoreJust five months into the new 5 percent GST regime, food inflation has soared to 6.83 percent, leaving consumers asking: where are the promised savings? While lawmakers push to exempt 22 new essential items like cooking oil and rice to protect the poor , tax officials warn that adding more exemptions will only invite massive tax evasion. Who is really winning here? The consumers or the businesses?
Read MoreBhutan’s economy has changed dramatically since the Bankruptcy Act of 1999 was enacted. Back then, the private sector was small, cross-border trade was limited, and the financial system was far less complex.
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