March of 1981

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His Majesty The King Tours Wangdiphodrang and Tongsa

In continuation of the tour programme to the districts for district plan talks, His Majesty  The King visited Wangdiphodrang and Tongsa f...

Mar 29, 1981 1 mins read 1,033 views
Change of nomenclature

Education- Schools

Mar 21, 1981 0 mins read 0 views
Eight students leave for degree courses in Bangladesh

Education- Student

Mar 21, 1981 0 mins read 504 views
Dzongkhag Yargye Tshogchung of Chirang district

Dzongkhags

Mar 21, 1981 2 mins read 553 views
Inauguration of a hospital for Tongsa

Health-Hospital/JDWNRH

Mar 21, 1981 1 mins read 516 views
Five more hydro-meteorological stations

Hydro Project

Mar 21, 1981 2 mins read 641 views
Opening of a telegraphic station at Samchi

Telecommunication Department

Mar 14, 1981 0 mins read 550 views
U. N. Personnel visit Thimphu

Visitors

Mar 14, 1981 1 mins read 539 views
Livestock act and by-laws

Animal Husbandry Policy

Mar 14, 1981 1 mins read 650 views
Audio-visual team tours Southern Bhutan

Feature Film

Mar 14, 1981 1 mins read 499 views
Forest fire hazards in Tashigang district

Forest Fire

Mar 14, 1981 1 mins read 528 views
Gangkha irrigation scheme completed

Agriculture Irrigation

Mar 14, 1981 0 mins read 836 views
Pioneer steps in marketing of seed potato

Agriculture/Horticulture

Mar 14, 1981 1 mins read 502 views
Fire destroys eight houses in Tashigang

Accident

Mar 07, 1981 1 mins read 581 views
TASHI-YANGTSE

Festival (A-Z)

Mar 07, 1981 0 mins read 672 views
River diversification work at Punakha

Dzongkhags

Mar 07, 1981 0 mins read 527 views
37th ESCAP meeting in Bangkok

ESCAP (Economic & Social Commission of Asia & the Pacific

Mar 07, 1981 0 mins read 559 views
International year of disabled persons

International Day

Mar 07, 1981 2 mins read 515 views
Plan talks with India

Bhutan- India

Mar 07, 1981 1 mins read 548 views
Indian civil aviation team in Thimphu

Druk Air

Mar 07, 1981 1 mins read 518 views
His Majesty the King returns from extensive tour to Eastern Bhutan

His Majesty the King recently returned from an official tour of Tashigang, Kurteo and Pema Gatshel Dzongkhags.

Mar 01, 1981 3 mins read 649 views
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Triple demographic crisis could undermine 10X national economic vision

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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 2,222 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...

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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...

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Govt. scraps Pongchola airport project after feasibility review

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May 16, 2026 3 mins read 2,355 views
Govt. proposes Nu 153.3B budget for FY 2026-27

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May 16, 2026 7 mins read 2,195 views
NC reviews progress on healthcare system recommendations

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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...

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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...

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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 5,378 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.

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A memoir of hustle and heartache

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From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

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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...

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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...

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Between Homes

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The true wealth of Dzambhala

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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...

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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 2,981 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 2,868 views
Insolvency law, a long overdue

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May 20, 2026 3 mins read 486 views
GMC was a masterstroke

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May 16, 2026 2 mins read 3,524 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,...

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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?

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Fuel crisis demands more than subsidies

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May 02, 2026 3 mins read 2,432 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 5,161 views
A bumper harvest shouldn’t brew a bumper crisis

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Unshackling the state

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National debt to rise by 26%, reaching Nu 380 billion in June

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Economy uncoils for strongest growth in years

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Tax system sees major changes and initiatives

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Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

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Dorjilung hydropower to raise GDP by 2.4%, generate 5,000 jobs

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The trap of spiritual materialism

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Compassion in practice: Building a win-win healthcare system

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Happiness with Mr Bhutan

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When Words Create Worlds

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Where to find the best momos in Thimphu

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The environmental toll of wars

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A costly fiasco

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Living hand to mouth

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A call for shared responsibility

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

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When the watchdog has no teeth

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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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