September of 1977

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8th BATCH OF FOREST GUARDS COMPLETE TRAINING

Forest Planning/Policy Conference/Meeting

Sep 25, 1977 1 mins read 634 views
NEPALESE MUST HAVE PASSPORTS, VISAS TO VISIT BHUTAN

Foreign Affairs

Sep 25, 1977 1 mins read 697 views
BANK OF BHUTAN LOWERS RATE FOR RURAL CREDIT

Bank of Bhutan (BOB)

Sep 25, 1977 2 mins read 626 views
SHERUBTSE WINS SCHOOL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sport

Sep 18, 1977 0 mins read 587 views
YANGCHENPHUG SCHOOL STUDENTS DO IT AGAIN

Education- Schools

Sep 18, 1977 0 mins read 535 views
RICB PAYS ITS FIRST CLAIM ON LIFE POLICY

Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan (RICB)

Sep 18, 1977 0 mins read 599 views
NEW PIG BREEDING STATION INAUGURATED

Animal Husbandry Policy

Sep 18, 1977 1 mins read 555 views
STOLEN MONASTERY IDOL RECOVERED

Monasteries

Sep 18, 1977 1 mins read 598 views
INDO-BHUTAN SOCIETY FELICITATES ROI

Bhutan- India

Sep 18, 1977 2 mins read 568 views
CHUKHA HYDEL: A PROJECT TO BRIGHTEN BHUTAN

Hydro Project

Sep 25, 1977 4 mins read 643 views
POLICE RAISING DAY CELEBRATED IN THIMPHU

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)

Sep 11, 1977 1 mins read 589 views
THIRD REGIONAL EDUCATION OFFICE OPENED AT PUNAKHA

Education-Policy/Planning/Conference Workshop

Sep 11, 1977 1 mins read 548 views
VEHICLE POPULATION IN BHUTAN UP

Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA)

Sep 11, 1977 1 mins read 611 views
ROI SAYS HE WILL TAKE ACTIVE INTEREST IN ECONOMIC PLANNING

Personalities

Sep 11, 1977 3 mins read 575 views
BANK OF BHUTAN EARNS HIGHER PROFITS

Bank of Bhutan (BOB)

Sep 11, 1977 3 mins read 566 views
WAMRONG SCHOOL PARENTS MEET

Education- Student

Sep 04, 1977 1 mins read 571 views
UNICEF PLANNING OFFICER HOLDS MEETING IN THIMPHU

September 5, 1977 - Mr. Satish Prabasi, Regional Planning Officer, UNICEF, paid a brief visit to Thimphu recently. During his week long stay, Mr. Pra...

Sep 05, 1977 0 mins read 803 views
ENTERTAINING PERFORMANCE BY NURSERY SCHOOL TINY TOTS

Education- Schools

Sep 04, 1977 1 mins read 495 views
QUEEN MOTHER VISITS BUMTHANG PROJECT

Royalties

Sep 04, 1977 1 mins read 549 views
ATTEMPTS TO REVIVE ART OF POTTERY MAKING

Handicraft

Sep 04, 1977 3 mins read 559 views
Browse Archives
Triple demographic crisis could undermine 10X national economic vision

Bhutan is confronting a mounting demographic crisis that economists warn could undermine the country’s ambitious 10X National Economic Vision, as declining fertility, rising youth outmigration, and a rapidly ageing population begin to reshape the foundations of long-term economic growth.

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MPs question long-term costs of Bhutan’s commitment to big cat conservation

Bhutan is set to formally adopt the framework agreement establishing the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) on May 18...

May 16, 2026 2 mins read 2,147 views
Bhutan Cancer Society strengthens rural outreach and patient-centred care

The Bhutan Cancer Society (BCS) continues to strengthen its role in cancer prevention, treatment, and patient support, g...

May 16, 2026 3 mins read 1,520 views
Great Yeti Quest festival draws thousands, boosts Sakteng’s economy

Trashigang—The three-day Great Yeti Quest festival drew around 8,000 visitors to Sakteng this month, delivering an unpre...

May 16, 2026 2 mins read 1,938 views
Govt. scraps Pongchola airport project after feasibility review

The government has dropped the proposed airport project at Pongchola in Mongar after technical reassessments concluded t...

May 16, 2026 3 mins read 2,297 views
NC reviews progress on healthcare system recommendations

May 15, 2026 4 mins read 3,112 views
Media and institutions seek common ground in changing information landscape

Amid growing concerns over misinformation, declining public trust and recent drop in international press freedom ranking...

May 14, 2026 4 mins read 2,100 views
RBP sends 30 police personnel to Lunana to bolster security, prevent illegal intrusion of cordyceps collectors

Punakha—The Royal Bhutan Police has deployed 28 police personnel, including two officers, to Lunana amid mounting securi...

May 13, 2026 2 mins read 6,605 views
First phase of 104MW small hydropower projects begins operation

The three small hydropower projects - the 18MW Suchhu, 32MW Yungichhu, and 54MW Burgangchhu, are expected to generate 49...

May 13, 2026 2 mins read 3,684 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 beyond seed funding remains limited, making it difficult for existing startups to scale and sustain operations.

Mar 21, 2026 3 mins read 5,339 views
Whose face are you wearing?

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.

May 16, 2026 4 mins read 869 views
A memoir of hustle and heartache

May 11, 2026 3 mins read 1,413 views
From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

May 11, 2026 4 mins read 1,188 views
Café by the waterfall

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...

May 02, 2026 2 mins read 1,905 views
Where tradition meets treatment

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...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 1,596 views
Between Homes

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...

May 02, 2026 1 mins read 5,814 views
The true wealth of Dzambhala

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...

May 02, 2026 4 mins read 1,552 views
No amount of money can replace you

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...

Apr 25, 2026 4 mins read 3,899 views
You’re not what you think you are

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.

Apr 18, 2026 4 mins read 2,952 views
Sundays at Le Méridien

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.

Apr 13, 2026 3 mins read 2,841 views
Insolvency law, a long overdue

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.

May 20, 2026 3 mins read 72 views
GMC was a masterstroke

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...

May 16, 2026 2 mins read 3,491 views
Fighting online scams

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,...

May 13, 2026 2 mins read 1,024 views
ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ཁྲོམ་སྡེ་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་མ་ལང་མི་དེ་ སྲིད་བྱུས་དང་ ཁྱིམ་བཟོ་ག་གི་འཐུས་ཤོར་ཨིན་ན།

༉ 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...

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When will we feed ourselves?

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,474 views
Fuel crisis demands more than subsidies

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...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 2,400 views
Demographic crisis demands bold reforms

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.

Apr 29, 2026 2 mins read 5,121 views
A bumper harvest shouldn’t brew a bumper crisis

This summer, the mountain slopes above Lunana are expected to offer a bumper yield of cordyceps, or Yartsa Goenbub. But...

Apr 25, 2026 2 mins read 2,847 views
Unshackling the state

Apr 22, 2026 2 mins read 2,876 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 6,540 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 6,470 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 6,871 views
Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

Jan 31, 2026 2 mins read 13,790 views
Dorjilung hydropower to raise GDP by 2.4%, generate 5,000 jobs

The 1,125MW Dorjilung Hydroelectric Power Project (DHPP) is expected to boost the country’s economy, raising gross domes...

Jan 31, 2026 3 mins read 10,180 views
The trap of spiritual materialism

Apr 13, 2026 4 mins read 3,259 views
Compassion in practice: Building a win-win healthcare system

Taking care of all members of society is a characteristic of a mature and compassionate nation; therefore, I strongly ad...

Apr 04, 2026 4 mins read 2,704 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Studies and end of life accounts consistently show that many of us leave this world with the same stinging regrets: not...

Apr 01, 2026 4 mins read 3,668 views
When Words Create Worlds

Mar 30, 2026 4 mins read 2,835 views
Where to find the best momos in Thimphu

Mar 16, 2026 1 mins read 4,660 views
The environmental toll of wars

The deafening sounds of missiles and gunfire in the Middle East have briefly faded under a ceasefire, offering a much-ne...

Apr 18, 2026 2 mins read 2,534 views
A costly fiasco

Apr 11, 2026 2 mins read 3,884 views
Living hand to mouth

Apr 08, 2026 2 mins read 3,228 views
A call for shared responsibility

The government’s directive to prudently use scarce public resources, fossil fuels (petrol and diesel) is a timely interv...

Apr 04, 2026 2 mins read 3,869 views
When the watchdog has no teeth

The Bhutan Media Forum concluded yesterday, bringing together media professionals, policymakers, and civil society membe...

Apr 01, 2026 2 mins read 3,473 views

Recents

GST debate intensifies as inflation rises, government proposes expanded exemptions

Just 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?

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Insolvency law, a long overdue

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.

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NC calls for dedicated pension and provident fund Act

Did you know that only 11.8 percent of Bhutan’s population is covered by a national pension scheme? With over Nu 73 billion in assets operating without a dedicated Act, concerns are growing that current pension calculations could leave civil servants vulnerable in old age. Is your retirement truly secure?

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