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Dissatisfaction is growing among loan applicants of the economic stimulus programme (ESP) over the high rate of rejections within ESP loans, raising concerns about the programme’s implementation.
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Jul 12, 2025
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The prime suspect in the alleged murder of the former Dorji Lopen, Yonten Gyeltshen, acted alone with theft as the motive, according to sources.
To address the rising digital and financial fraud cases in the country, Bhutan Information, Communication and Media Auth...
With the growing concerns over mental health challenges, Health Minister Tandin Wangchuk acknowledged the scale of the i...
The creative industry is set to receive a boost with an allocation of Nu 530 million from the government’s Nu 15 billion...
His Majesty the King graced the closing ceremony of the third session of the fourth Parliament on July 5. Speaker of the...
Bhutan has drawn unexpected global attention following the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) latest global worki...
Amid increasing immigration enforcement in the United States (US), Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (MoFAE...
An Indian national, Thanil Wanhengbam, 50, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for smuggling 4.610 kilograms of her...
Aiming to restore fairness and consistency, the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) will discontinue the regular contr...
Despite facing ongoing shortages of medical professionals in urban centers, the health ministry has reaffirmed its firm...
More than 3,600 young people were arrested for drug-related offences between 2023 and 2024, accounting for over 50 percent of total drug arrests in the country. Most of those detained are young men, either unemployed or students - the very generation that should be shaping the future of our nation.
Even as we decry traffic jams, vehicular pollution, parking shortages and the fossil fuel import bill, elected leaders are championing, on behalf of the “common man”, to reduce tax on import...
The recent arrest of five young men linked to a series of burglaries across Thimphu comes as a welcome relief. The police acted swiftly, followed up on community reports, analysed CCTV footage, and apprehended the suspects...
Fronting in business, where Bhutanese citizens lend their names and licences to foreign nationals to operate businesses illegally, has become a rampant and disturbingly normalised practice in Phuentsholing and other border towns. This is...
Our forests have long stood as icons of our environmental philosophy and guardians of our national identity. With nearly 70 percent of the country under forest cover, we have earned international praise for our conse...
There is a growing consensus among elected leaders to undo the Royal Civil Service Commission’s (RCSC) initiative—planned, discussed, and implemented for the greater good of the...
The government took a bold move, at the expense of political backlash, in backtracking the decision to revive the constituency development grant, put up as the Prior...
In much of the world, plant-based diets are gaining traction for their health benefits and environmental sustainability....
Wangdue—The third unit of Punatsangchhu-II hydropower project was commissioned yesterday, boosting the plant’s total gen...
The country’s economy, facing nearly three decades of premature de-industrialisation, requires a targeted industrial pol...
Forty-year-old entrepreneur Sonam Zangmo from Wangdue is pioneering organic glass noodles (Finn) made from buckwheat and...
Bhutan’s agricultural exports saw a strong performance last year, generating Nu 3.51 billion from both primary and proce...
The sharp rise in Bhutanese outmigration since the Covid-19 pandemic is no longer just a trend; it has become a full-blo...
Our global brand—Gross National Happiness—is envied and admired. Yet our ranking in the Human Development Index (HDI) te...
Even before the Economic and Finance Committee could review the Excise Tax Bill and Income Tax Bill 2025 presented by th...
The recent surge of Covid-19 sub-variants in India—LF.7 and NB.1.8—serves as a warning that the pandemic, while quieter,...
As traditional education destinations like Australia and Canada tighten student visa regulations, Germany and other Euro...
Dissatisfaction is growing among loan applicants of the economic stimulus programme (ESP) over the high rate of rejections within ESP loans, raising concerns about the programme’s implementation.
Read MoreAs a royal gift from His Majesty The King of Bhutan, a pair of takins (one female and one male) are being gifted to Their Majesties The King and Queen of Thailand. The translocation of the two takins from Bhutan to Thailand is expected around January 2026, pending royal approval, according to the Acting Chairman of the Board of the Zoological Park Organisation of Thailand, Jade Donavanik.
Read MoreThe Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and UNICEF, yesterday launched a new Education Technology Framework (ETF) designed to transform digital learning nationwide.
Read MoreA 48-year-old man from Radhi, Kuenzang Wangdue, has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison by the Trashigang Dzongkhag Court for forging documents.
Read More“Sound check, sound check!” If you’ve attended a meeting, seminar, or workshop lately, you have likely heard this familiar phrase, usually followed by screeching microphones, echoing sound systems, or a projector refusing to cooperate.
Read MoreHis Majesty's pace on GMC Airport construction must be taken as an example to reform the justice sector's sluggish progress on the 10-year transformation goals outlined in December 2024. Seven months have passed since His Majesty the King delivered his transformative Royal Address on December 17, 2024, during the 117th National Day celebrations. In that pivotal address, His Majesty articulated a c
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