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The University of Medical Sciences Act of Bhutan 2012 does not contain an explicit clause saying the President of the KGUMSB and the head of a teaching hospital must be different people. However, the structure of the Act treats them as two distinct offices throughout, which suggest they are meant to be held by different individuals.
The LG leaders called for the immediate transfer of the current Dzongda from Zhemgang to prevent further administrative...
Bhutanese contemporary artist Pem Lham is the recipient of the 2026 Rubin Museum Himalayan Art Prize. She received the a...
The Family and Child Bench of the Thimphu Dzongkhag Court has ordered diversion for 10 children in conflict with the law...
Recognising early warning signs and connecting people to professional support can play a critical role in preventing sui...
The 7 Star Season 1 Traditional Gewog Archery Tournament has brought together archers from 43 gewogs in Paro, giving par...
For 62-year-old Dorji of Dawakha in Toedwang Gewog, nights once meant standing guard over his crops, shouting and bangin...
Bhutan has become the second country in the world, after Mexico, to receive WHO validation for eliminating dog-transmitt...
There are two distinct objectives to my visit. First, Bhutan has made tremendous progress over the past three decades in...
The number of unlicensed motorcyclists caught on the roads has nearly tripled this year, with 233 riders caught between...
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 whose monthly salaries are supplemented by housing allowances.
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?...
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...
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...
Bhutan's rich forests are not only a source of clean air, water, and wealth. Hidden within the thickets is also a web of corruption whether in illegal felling, illicit sale, or collusion among official...
Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is under construction. Heavy earthmoving machines and trucks work round the clock at the international airport. Designs for highways a...
Summer holidays have officially begun for students across the country, and with them comes a familiar parental dilemma. If you have relaxed the screen-time rules and returned that confiscated phone or tablet to your child’...
It is a common perception that corruption, in its quieter forms of favouritism and nepotism, is no longer an aberration but a feature of how things work in Bhutan.
The Election Commission of Bhutan’s (ECB) recent announcement that it will vet election pledges comes at the most appropriate time. The first test will be applied to the aspiring Thrompon candidates, who hav...
The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 202...
The 1,125MW Dorjilung Hydroelectric Power Project (DHPP) is expected to boost the country’s economy, raising gross domes...
The Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) Steering Committee will review how to reallocate Nu 574.73 million in unspent and...
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...
Homeownership in Bhutan, long understood as the most reliable pathway to financial security, is rapidly becoming an illu...
A common development paradox in Bhutan is the squandering of scarce resources on funding our projects, big or small.
The Royal Civil Service Commission has identified a concerning trend that deserves urgent attention. Our civil service,...
The closure of drayangs (entertainment centres) is an issue that most sensible Bhutanese, except perhaps the operators,...
The conflict in the Middle East has once again exposed our dependence on overseas employment as a pressure valve for dom...
A total of 376 university degree holders, including 20 with master’s degrees and 356 with bachelor’s degrees, appeared for the Functional Literacy and Possession of Skills Test (FLT) for the second phase of the 2027 Local Government Elections.
Read MoreWith two days to go before the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, Bhutan’s athletes have entered the final phase of preparations, focusing on fine-tuning their performance, managing recovery and ensuring they are physically and mentally ready for competition.
Read MoreThe seven Regional Offices for Infrastructure Development (ROID), established by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MoIT) to ease engineering workload in the dzongkhags, are operating with just 83 of their 156 approved staff positions filled.
Read MoreTechnology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) is emerging as a growing concern in the country, with women, girls and young people increasingly exposed to online harassment, cyberbullying, image-based abuse, sextortion and artificial intelligence-enabled sexual abuse.
Read MoreDespite concerns over labour law compliance in private security agencies, hospitality, entertainment and city bus services, the Department of Labour under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment is yet to launch dedicated on-the-ground inspections due to resource constraints.
Read MoreJigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) recorded 28 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in the first 15 days of this month, compared with 18 cases reported in August.
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