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I have known about the existence of Dharma Kings in ancient India, ancient Tibet and beyond, when society was characterised by virtue and Dharm, and spirituality was at the core of humankind. Unfortunately, today we may not be able to say the same.
The growing number of corruption reports in the past year forces the nation to confront a hard truth: something in our systems is not working a...
While many hoteliers continue to report low occupancy and seve...
Gelephu—Despite decades of cross-border trade between Bhutan and India, most transactions along the bord...
The Department of Revenue and Customs (DRC) is preparing to impose penalties on retailers and suppliers who raised prices on cigarettes, pan masala, and beer without justification, following a nationwide inspection prompted by growing public unease over sudden price spikes.
The Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) loan scheme has largely benefited smallholder farmers, with 1,864 loa...
The recent Teacher Requirement Exercise conducted by the Ministry of Education and...
The National Council’s Good Governance Committee r...
The health ministry launched three landmark initiatives for traditional medicine yesterday, marked by the inauguration of the National Center for Traditional Medicine Services (NCTMS), the launch of the National Traditional Medicine Strategy and Action Plan (NTMSAP 2025–2034), and the signing of a Nu 44 million grant agreement with the Bhutan Foundation.
This year’s National Day is headed for a major digital upgrade...
The recent tragic incident in Samtse, involving the death of a five-year-old and the death of a pe...
Introduction: When peace becomes strategy In Novem...
Yesterday morning, I came across an anonymous Facebook post that read: “It is either abroad or Chamgang (jail) for youth in Bhutan. Laws are draconian, especially towards poor and humble ones.”
The Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Gem Tshering, introduced a framework agreement to the National Assembly yesterday for Bhutan t...
The Minister for Infrastructure and Transport (MoIT), Chandra Bdr Gurung, confirmed that no documentation exists regarding th...
Kolkata, India—In the bustling corridors of Kolkata’s private hospitals, a community moves almost invisibly. They do not appear on rosters, yet their presence is indispensable. They arrive quietly, blending into the long lines of...
Punakha—Her Majesty Gyalyum Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck graced the Tashi Rabney (consecration) and Sertog (Golden Pinnacle) installation ceremony for the Utse (central tower) of Pelri Dorji Din (Wongma) and Zimchu (Gongma) in Nobgang, Punakha, yesterday. The ceremony was presided over by Dorji Lopen.
Under a clear November sky, the first batch of Pelsups lined up behind a Celestron CPC800 telescope and waited their turn. When their eyes met the eyepiece, Saturn rose into view – pale, luminous, and ringed like a tiny, suspended jewel...
The government’s commitment to address regulatory barriers that have choked business growth deserves recognition and support. Fo...
His Majesty the King graced the opening ceremony of the Fourth Session of the Fourth Parliament yesterday. On behalf of the Parliament, Speaker Lungten Dorji expressed...
Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay inaugurated a 1,500 kilowatt (kW) rooftop solar power plant with a hybrid solar-battery system at Paro International Airport yesterday.
His Holiness the Je Khenpo consecrated the newly constructed Nyekhan...
Soe, Thimphu—Around 10 am on October 13, the sun at the Soe Gewog Centre was bright but not yet warm when a group of men gathered inside the garage where the red machine rested, small but loud enou...
Paro– Drukair welcomed the airline’s new Pilatus PC-24 aircraft at Paro International Airport yesterday with a traditional ceremonial reception.
༉ དུས་ཅི་གི་ལོ་ལུ་ འབྲུག་ལུ་ཨམ་སྲུ་ཚུ་ལུ་ རྩུབ་སྤྱོད་རྩ་མེད་ཀྱི་ རྒྱལ་སྤྱིའི་ཉིནམ་བརྩི་སྲུང་དེ་ཡང་ མི་དབང་འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་བཞི་པ་ དགུང་ལོ་༧༠ བཞེས་པའི་འཁྲུངས་སྐར་གྱི་ཉིནམ་དང་བསྟུན་ འགོ་འདྲེན་འཐབ་ཡོདཔ་ད་ མི་དབང་མཆོག་གི་ དབུ་ཁྲིད་བཟང་པོའི་འོག་ལུ་ ཕོ་མོ་འདྲ་མཉམ་དང་ ཨམ་སྲུ་དང་ བུམོ་ཚུ་ལུ་གོ་སྐབས་ཟེར་བའི་ གཞི་འགྱམ་ཐོག་ལུ་ འབད་ཡོདཔ་ཨིན་པས།
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 feels like a crisis, there's no pandemic to blame this time and...
This year, Bhutan observed the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) with special significanc...
The Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) has approved the establishment of Tama Vocational Second...
Chukha—Restoration work on the Damchu–Chukha bypass is progressing after heavy rainfall in October damaged several sections of the road. The major damage was a collapse at the 19.9 kilometre point, which now requires realignment.
The 61st session of the Programming Committee of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) commenced yesterday. The me...
A government-led review has resolved more than half of the regula...
This year, Bhutan observes IDEVAW 2025 with special significance as the natio...
With the conclusion of COP30 in Brazil, the message emerging from global negotiations is unmistakable: the world has now slip...
Her Majesty Gyalyum Tseyring Pem Wangchuck, Co-Chair of the Bh...
༉ དུས་ཅི་ལོ་ལུ་ རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ནང་ སྒོང་རྡོག་གི་གོང་ཚད་དེ...
The return of the Buddha’s sacred Piprahwa relics to India yesterday was more than a ceremonial farewell. It was a lesson in how nations should conduct themselves at a time when the world seems determ...
Sarpang—The country is facing the sharpest spike in egg prices in years, as a nationwide shortage and increasing demand push costs to record highs, squeezing both consumers and farmers.
His Majesty the King graced the special prayers at the kuenrey of the Tashichhodzong yesterd...
The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) reports steady progress in implementing the ambitious 10-year...
Punakha—Not long ago, a retired civil servant from Phongmey, Trashigang, Dorji, invested his entire life savings into a dream. He founded “The Happiness Farm” in Paro...
The new Integrated Checkpost (ICP) at Gasharibaley in Nganglam was formally inaugurated yesterday and handed over to the Integrated Check Post Management Division under the Nganglam ICP Unit by the Department of Law and Order.
The third Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) Science-Policy-Finance dialogue opened in Pa...
༉ ཧཱ་ དགའ་སྐྱིད་གླིང་གི་ ནགས་ཚལ་ནང་ཡོད་པའི་ རང་རྩེ...
Bhutan’s environmental stewardship, which has resulted in the country's rich biodiversity, is finally translating into concrete economic gains. The first-of-its-kind carbon credit ag...
Gelephu—The Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is breaking new ground in urban planning by embedding wildlife corridors into its design, aiming to preserve ecological connectivity and foster safe coexistence between humans and wildlife.
The 36th Session of the National Council (NC) will commence from November 27 to December 26. During this period, the House will deliberate on and adopt...
The Respect, Educate, Nurture, and Empower Women (RENEW) has successfully reintegra...
Some 15 Bhutanese nationals are stranded in the severely flooded Thai city of Hat Yai, Thailand, facing...
When I began writing Democracy’s Heartland: Inside the Battle for Power in South Asia, I expected to find familiar stories: mass movements toppling rulers, constitutions drafted a...
Deep within the forests of Gakiling in Haa, the sacred Rangtse Tshechu is set to unfold once more, drawing devotees and visitors.
More than 200 children and adolescents, including nuns, monks, and children with disabilities, celebrated the International Day of Play at Changlimithang Stadium today.
The dhamngoi zomdu (candidate selection meetings) for Thrompon candidates will begin for the fourth local government elections of Thimphu and Phuentsholing Thromde Tshogdes, scheduled for July 15, according to the Election Commission of Bhu...
Bhutan has taken a step closer to joining international forest carbon markets with the launch of an independent assessme...
More than two years after promising to review the closure of drayangs, the government has ruled out the possibility of reviving the entertainment venues, signalling a definitive end to an industry that once formed a significa...
It has been less than a month since Rinchen Yangzom moved into the Bjarpa community house beside Ngangla Lhakhang in Ngangla Trong. For the next three years, this is her home. She cannot leave it for a single day.
After receiving training from Women’s Self-Support Group on Waste Management in 2023 on crafting new products from plastic waste, Jamyang Choden, 44, from Lhuentse, decided to give it a try.
An educated youth has shattered traditional age boundaries to get elected as Tshogpa, completely rewriting what leadersh...
Banks in the country maintain high lending rates and low returns on deposits, which continue to strain businesses, parti...
Private livestock dealers claim a state-owned corporation lured them into investing, only to turn around and aggressivel...
The Department of Tourism spent over 85 per cent of its budget, yet critical tourism infrastructure is still lagging. Wh...
The National Council yesterday deliberated on the National Budget Report for FY 2026–27, the Budget Appropriation Bill for FY 2026–27, and the Supplementary Budget Appropriation Bill for FY 2025–26.
Bhutan will begin testing its expanded Green Finance Taxonomy 2026 with a six-month pilot from June to November, before...
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.
Once born into a physical body, there are certain absolute necessities without which most of us are incapable of experie...
Duchen Nga Zom is a duzom—an auspicious convergence of sacred time within the Buddhist calendar, marked by the meeting o...
Hantavirus is not a single virus but a family of rodent-borne viruses that occasionally spill over into humans, sometime...
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...
The closure of drayangs (entertainment centres) is an issue that most sensible Bhutanese, except perhaps the operators, have supported. While the current government may have pledged during the campaign to review the previous government’s decision to shut them down, any sane government should not back down from that closure.
The conflict in the Middle East has once again exposed our dependence on overseas employment as a pressure valve for domestic unemployment.
Bhutanese, friends of Bhutan, and our well-wishers are willingly answering the call to fulfill the Royal vision of erecting 108 Jangchub Choetens along the Mao Chhu in Gelephu Mindfulnes...
Financial institutions are the lifeblood of any modern economy. They mobilise savings, allocate capital, manage risk, an...
The Thromde election process has begun, with the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) notifying registered voters in Thimphu and Phuentsholing thromdes who are eligible for postal v...
Chain-link fencing is perhaps one of the most viable solutions policymakers have managed to narrow down in the long and...
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime was never going to be an easy transition. Major tax reforms rarely are. Introduced in January this year, GST was envisioned as a modern tax system, replacing an outdated framework...
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,...
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...
When I first arrived in Australia last year, I thought I was prepared. I had spoken to people, watched videos, and tried...
The name Dzambhala — from the Sanskrit Jambhala — is traditionally associated with wealth and prosperity, reflecting his...
The early years — roughly birth to five — are critical for emotional development. While a child raised with consistency...
You are not alone in your confusion — and much of it arises from the word itself. Emptiness can sound like nothingness,...
The monthly Sunday brunch at Le Méridien has become a special experience that goes beyond dining, offering guests a rela...
༉ 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...
Bhutan is facing a “national crisis” as birth rates plunge by 62.9 percent. If current trends continue, the country coul...
More than 300 farmers in Samtse are cultivating and experimenting with moringa, blending traditional knowledge with modern science to produce what entrepreneur describe as one of Bhutan’s emerging premium wellness products.
Read MoreThe Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) inaugurated the first-ever Civil Service Innovation Day today, providing a platform for government agencies to showcase innovative solutions, systems, products, and best practices that are improving public service delivery.
Read MoreThe High Court has upheld the Thimphu Dzongkhag Court’s judgment that the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) unlawfully terminated the employment of Tashi Phuntsho on June 9, 2026.
Read MoreThe two principal border towns, Phuentsholing and Samtse, are facing a range of regulatory barriers that are hindering business growth and limiting their contribution to the national economy, according to a new report launched in Phuentsholing on June 11.
Read MoreA Special Audit Report by the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) has identified significant procurement, planning, and governance failures in the Bhutan Integrated Taxation System (BITS 1.0), concluding that the project failed to achieve its intended objectives and resulted in substantial wasteful and avoidable expenditure of public funds.
Read MoreBhutan has witnessed a sharp rise in Australian student visa refusals over the past six months, with education consultants describing the rejection rate as the highest in recent years.
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