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October of 2021

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Lack of facilities impedes grassroots football

Sports

Oct 31, 2021 3 mins read 893 views
Love, hate and tragedy: A three-part history of Bhutan-Cooch relations

Perspective

Oct 31, 2021 5 mins read 1,022 views
Impacts of climate change: observations from the highlands

Environment

Oct 31, 2021 2 mins read 937 views
Free and fair election necessary

Letter to the Editor

Oct 31, 2021 1 mins read 972 views
Work hour or culture: which is more important?

Editorial

Oct 31, 2021 2 mins read 917 views
Land development brings hope to Tsakaling farmers

Agriculture

Oct 31, 2021 1 mins read 909 views
Climate change: a local perspective

Environment

Oct 31, 2021 4 mins read 864 views
RENEW micro finance celebrates World Savings Day

Gender

Oct 31, 2021 1 mins read 802 views
Teachers to be assessed for proficient standard next year

Education

Oct 31, 2021 4 mins read 893 views
Astrology college marks 25 years of promoting astrology

Religious

Oct 31, 2021 1 mins read 899 views
Women's football league leaders clash today

Sports

Oct 29, 2021 1 mins read 903 views
Winter timing cancelled for civil servants

RCSC

Oct 29, 2021 1 mins read 877 views
Nobgang villagers engage to protect heritage

Culture

Oct 29, 2021 2 mins read 832 views
Thimphu thromde to monitor unauthorised construction projects

Thromde

Oct 29, 2021 2 mins read 990 views
Unschooled hands that make lifelike Sculptures

Feature Story

Oct 29, 2021 2 mins read 893 views
Punakha police forward vehicle scam case to the OAG

Crime

Oct 29, 2021 1 mins read 930 views
Young designers participate in apparel design competition

Festival

Oct 29, 2021 1 mins read 899 views
BBLS to create a new bird area in Thimphu

Wild Life

Oct 29, 2021 2 mins read 894 views
Tibetan Calligraphy: A Buddhist Pilgrimage

Perspective

Oct 29, 2021 5 mins read 849 views
Second LG completes term

Local Government

Oct 29, 2021 3 mins read 823 views
Clients sue real estate company for breach of contract

Judiciary

Oct 29, 2021 2 mins read 873 views
Social media pose more threat to free and fair elections

Letter to the Editor

Oct 29, 2021 2 mins read 848 views
The gap is still huge in TVET

Editorial

Oct 29, 2021 2 mins read 783 views
Import of vehicles surge in vehicle rich Bhutan

Trade

Oct 29, 2021 4 mins read 896 views
Export to Assam, India undergoes major changes

Trade

Oct 29, 2021 3 mins read 855 views
Phuentsholing Township Development moving at snail's pace

Thromde

Oct 29, 2021 2 mins read 839 views
Health minister awarded distinguished alumni award by alma mater

Health

Oct 28, 2021 1 mins read 853 views
Streetwise phallus maker

Entrepreneurs

Oct 28, 2021 1 mins read 841 views
Transformation, A way forward

Letter to the Editor

Oct 28, 2021 2 mins read 828 views
Awards well deserved

Editorial

Oct 28, 2021 2 mins read 1,139 views
Bio-fertiliser plant to begin production early next year

Agriculture

Oct 28, 2021 1 mins read 841 views
Woman arrested for alleged murder of stepmother

Crime

Oct 28, 2021 1 mins read 981 views
New plant to export oxygen to India beginning next week

Trade

Oct 28, 2021 1 mins read 884 views
Firms say TVET reform needs pvt sector collaboration

Labour

Oct 28, 2021 3 mins read 996 views
Bhutan to go to polls for LG elections on December 22

Election

Oct 28, 2021 2 mins read 900 views
Broom growers see market and production decline

Agriculture

Oct 26, 2021 2 mins read 829 views
Along the long-forgotten Trail

Feature Story

Oct 26, 2021 3 mins read 827 views
Public library needs a change

Letter to the Editor

Oct 26, 2021 1 mins read 803 views
Help farmers mechanise

Editorial

Oct 26, 2021 2 mins read 843 views
Matrimonial cases dominate court cases in Mongar

Judiciary

Oct 26, 2021 1 mins read 795 views
Former Norgaygang gup and mangmi sue home secretary and two officials

Judiciary

Oct 26, 2021 1 mins read 868 views
Thimphu dzongkhag court dismisses former STCBL CEO's claim

Judiciary

Oct 26, 2021 2 mins read 928 views
Damtshi from early on

Education

Oct 26, 2021 2 mins read 944 views
A "Blue Poppy" certification for qualifying budget hotels

Tourism

Oct 26, 2021 2 mins read 850 views
Gelephu airport to become second international airport

Transport

Oct 26, 2021 2 mins read 940 views
Another Bhutanese plays for Indian football club

Sports

Oct 25, 2021 1 mins read 870 views
Diversifying Bhutan's energy sources by investing in renewable energy

Perspective

Oct 25, 2021 4 mins read 843 views
Lesson from recent crop loss to rainfall

Letter to the Editor

Oct 25, 2021 1 mins read 828 views
Browse Archives
The north star for a restless world

There is a difference between a man who studies an idea and a man who has lived inside one long enough that it shapes how he breathes. Thakur S Powdyel belongs to the second kind.

Oct 03, 2026 5 mins read 1,679 views
Bypass progress lifts hopes for better access in Jigmecholing

With construction of the second package of the Boxcut bypass advancing from Jigmecholing Gewog, residents look forward t...

Oct 03, 2026 4 mins read 1,701 views
Power reliability improves in Jigmecholing despite weather and terrain challenges

As Bhutan Power Corporation (BPC) steps up maintenance, vegetation clearance and network improvements in Jigmecholing, r...

Oct 03, 2026 4 mins read 1,306 views
Phuentsholing hospital canteen closed, former operator disputes lease termination

The closure of the canteen at Phuentsholing General Hospital has left patients, attendants, and visitors without a food...

Oct 03, 2026 4 mins read 3,620 views
Changlam corridor works begin in Thimphu

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MoIT) has begun work on the Changlam Public Transport Key Corridor in Thimphu to improve road safety and public transport facilities along the busy route.

Oct 03, 2026 2 mins read 1,950 views
Cordyceps auction volume drops 68 percent

The quantity of cordyceps brought to the annual auction fell by 68 percent this year, with 300.16kg recorded across eight auction venues, compared with 940.29kg in 2025.

Oct 03, 2026 2 mins read 1,302 views
Indian Embassy opens applications for Ambassador’s Scholarships 2026-27

The Embassy of India in Thimphu has opened applications for the Ambassador’s Scholarship for 2026-27, offering financial...

Oct 03, 2026 2 mins read 2,917 views
Restored Dungkar Nagtshang opens as state-of-the-art museum

Lhuentse—Given the historical importance of Jigme Namgyel Nagtshang in Dungkar, the ancestral home of the Wangchuck Dyna...

Oct 03, 2026 2 mins read 1,243 views
Tunnel 26 pushes new boundaries for Bhutanese cinema

The idea behind Tunnel 26 came from a few different thoughts coming together. Globally, zombie films and series have bec...

Oct 03, 2026 5 mins read 1,511 views
BCCI President Tandy Wangchuk sentenced to two years for battery and sexual harassment

The court found Tandy Wangchuk guilty of battery under Section 158 of the Penal Code of Bhutan 2004, with the injury fal...

Oct 01, 2026 2 mins read 4,977 views
The buck must stop somewhere

As a resource-strapped country, we cannot afford to waste public funds. Yet it keeps happening. Several projects built with scarce public funds and donor money are either sitting idle or falling apart. What’s alarming is no one is held accountable.

Aug 15, 2026 2 mins read 2,357 views
The bridge to cheaper goods

The findings from the Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority’s (CCAA) latest study should worry anyone who cares about the future of Phuentsholing.

Aug 12, 2026 2 mins read 2,375 views
Beyond hydropower: Bhutan’s hopes lie in the ground

Recent reports of an airborne geophysical survey identifying significant anomalies of tungsten, copper, and other precio...

Aug 08, 2026 2 mins read 2,591 views
City bus drivers deserve better

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...

Aug 05, 2026 2 mins read 3,171 views
Finding the fuel for private sector growth

An initiative worth pausing to reflect on this week is the collaboration among three key agencies to review Bhutan’s bus...

Aug 01, 2026 2 mins read 2,666 views
Sky-high airfares drive visitors away

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...

Jul 29, 2026 2 mins read 2,801 views
The cost of living in the city

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...

Jul 25, 2026 2 mins read 4,339 views
Charging the future

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?...

Jul 22, 2026 2 mins read 2,952 views
Not a fab (FAB) show

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...

Jul 18, 2026 2 mins read 3,667 views
Electoral laws must evolve with time

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...

Jul 15, 2026 2 mins read 4,000 views
Bhutan to pilot green finance taxonomy from June

Bhutan will begin testing its expanded Green Finance Taxonomy 2026 with a six-month pilot from June to November, before...

May 30, 2026 3 mins read 9,575 views
Startups call for support beyond seed funding

The country’s startup ecosystem has helped many young entrepreneurs launch their businesses, but founders say support be...

Mar 21, 2026 3 mins read 13,355 views
National debt to rise by 26%, reaching Nu 380 billion in June

The country’s national debt is expected to rise by nearly 26 percent this June compared to June last year.

Feb 25, 2026 2 mins read 14,907 views
Economy uncoils for strongest growth in years

The Year of the Snake became a defining moment for the country’s economy, as growth accelerated sharply following severa...

Feb 18, 2026 4 mins read 15,187 views
Tax system sees major changes and initiatives

The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 202...

Feb 18, 2026 2 mins read 15,691 views
Wisdom in a warming world

Lama, as a young guy, I’m concerned about the future. What do you think will be the biggest issue for the planet within...

Jul 04, 2026 4 mins read 4,122 views
Vietnam Corner: Bringing authentic Vietnamese cuisine to the Capital

Set against the quieter surroundings of Lower Taba, Vietnam Corner brings a distinctive slice of Vietnam to Thimphu’s gr...

Jun 27, 2026 2 mins read 4,292 views
Bullying and the roots of harm

No, I didn’t watch the video. Unless I were acting in a law enforcement capacity, I would not view this kind of footage....

Jun 27, 2026 4 mins read 5,053 views
Stop recording, start living

Like television, the internet, and AI, TikTok can be a force for good or bad. It entirely depends on how it is used.

Jun 13, 2026 4 mins read 4,101 views
Stop recording, start living

Like television, the internet, and AI, TikTok can be a force for good or bad. It entirely depends on how it is used.

Jun 06, 2026 4 mins read 4,483 views
The illegal timber business

Bhutan's rich forests are not only a source of clean air, water, and wealth. Hidden within the thickets is also a web of...

Jul 11, 2026 2 mins read 5,514 views
The GMC Culture

Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is under construction. Heavy earthmoving machines and trucks work round the clock at the...

Jul 08, 2026 2 mins read 6,745 views
The dark side of the bright screen

Summer holidays have officially begun for students across the country, and with them comes a familiar parental dilemma....

Jul 04, 2026 2 mins read 5,992 views
When perception becomes the verdict

It is a common perception that corruption, in its quieter forms of favouritism and nepotism, is no longer an aberration...

Jul 01, 2026 2 mins read 4,906 views
Holding leaders to their vows

The Election Commission of Bhutan’s (ECB) recent announcement that it will vet election pledges comes at the most approp...

Jun 27, 2026 2 mins read 4,326 views

Recents

Bhutan looks to strengthen anticipatory governance

Bhutan is looking to strengthen its ability to anticipate emerging challenges and prepare public institutions before those challenges become immediate pressures, as changing technology, workforce needs and economic conditions create greater uncertainty for long-term policymaking.

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Protect chhuzhing before it is too late

Bhutan is losing its paddy land faster than it is protecting it. The country has recorded 868 cases of structures built on chhuzhing (wetland) without prior approval. Rice self-sufficiency has fallen to 25 percent, and the country spends billions of ngultrum each year importing the grain it once grew itself.

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Pelsung to move from training first to building around demand

I think the first year has validated Pelsung’s mandate of preparing the youth of Bhutan for GMC and 10X Bhutan, while also showing us where the model needs to evolve. We think about our work through two distinct pathways. Professional Readiness is for young people who need the skills and employability to work in GMC and emerging sectors.

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