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Australia’s new student visa rules, which took effect on October 2, are forcing Bhutanese students and the consultancy firms that advise them to rethink their plans, with limits on family members, onshore applications and transfers between education providers.
Many business owners in Phaling town, Lhuentse’s main commercial hub, are struggling as declining incomes and a shrinkin...
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.
With construction of the second package of the Boxcut bypass advancing from Jigmecholing Gewog, residents look forward t...
As Bhutan Power Corporation (BPC) steps up maintenance, vegetation clearance and network improvements in Jigmecholing, r...
The closure of the canteen at Phuentsholing General Hospital has left patients, attendants, and visitors without a food...
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.
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.
The Embassy of India in Thimphu has opened applications for the Ambassador’s Scholarship for 2026-27, offering financial...
Lhuentse—Given the historical importance of Jigme Namgyel Nagtshang in Dungkar, the ancestral home of the Wangchuck Dyna...
I agree with the Indian tourist: the Centenary Farmers’ Market is neat, well-kept and a source of pride. High praise to the authorities for maintaining such a high standard.
Rather than tolerance, I would prefer understanding. Tolerance suggests something we dislike — like a neighbour’s loud music — but put up with anyway. Understanding asks us to look more closel...
On the first day of the event, the courtyard of Tashichho Dzong fills early. Families spread blankets on the stone steps...
The summit’s goals were noble, but turning speeches into action that improves the lives of ordinary people requires prac...
We are not lumps of rock, and so we naturally feel the pain of those affected by such tragedies. The great Dzogchen master Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche gave an example: if we see a child struck by a bus, we rush to...
Natural resources can provide an important opportunity to diversify an economy, create employment, and generate governme...
There are two simple reminders from the recovery community that are worth bearing in mind: “Whatever the problem, drugs...
Sure, here’s a version edited to fit the lower word limit. For two weeks I have woken to the silhouette of a large potted plant, its leaves etched against the pale morning light.
Empathy helps us understand the needs and perspectives of the people we serve, keeping us grounded in their realities. Without it, we risk becoming bureaucrats who create rules and regulations that are not only impractical bu...
“Don’t even think for a moment that you are not going to die” is a quote by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. It expresses a simple truth — one of the fundamental realities of existence. Yet few...
A corporate employee who recently lost his modest savings told friends, half-heartedly, that he would now keep his money under his mattress for safekeeping. His e-mail had been hacked, and someone in Mexico was shopping with his international VISA debit card.
As November 1 approaches, Bhutan is preparing for an unprecedented occasion, something that has never happened in living...
In a world obsessed with annual earnings and the relentless pursuit of gross domestic product (GDP), Bhutan has once again dared to ask a deeper question: What is a nation truly worth?
The new immigration regulations announced by the Australian government this week, particularly those targeting international students, will have immense implications for Bhutanese planning to move Down Under.
In just 12 days, Bhutanese bank customers lost nearly Nu 2 million to online fraud. A handful of fake Facebook links were all it took. This is not an isolated spike, it is th...
It is not often that students expelled from school, for whatever reason, make it to the media or a national newspaper. However, when the parents of two students, who have now been relocated to a new school, app...
Bhutan is entering one of the most ambitious periods of development in its history. Hydropower projects are expanding, major infrastructure investments are taking shape, and the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is expe...
More than 400 delegates from over 60 countries gathered this week at Dungkar Dzong for what Bhutan hosted as the world’s first “conscious food summit”. The idea sounds lofty.
The flood that struck the Nepal-Tibet border in the last week of August has claimed more than a thousand lives, with thousands still unaccounted for.
Even as search and rescue efforts continue to locate hundreds of people missing after the devastating floods in Nepal, the images emerging from the disaster are as d...
Central banks from across the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region have called for stronger r...
Four key economic sectors have breached the Royal Monetary Authority’s (RMA) 5 percent non-performing loan (NPL) thresho...
Bhutanese households spend an average of Nu 27,689 annually on routine religious and ceremonial activities, according to...
Ten companies listed on the Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan Limited (RSEBL) have declared dividends for the financia...
The National Council yesterday deliberated on the National Budget Report for FY 2026–27, the Budget Appropriation Bill f...
Generally, I believe heavy-handed bans are less effective, as they tend to fuel black markets and push unhealthy activit...
Drukpa Tshezhi, which falls on 18 July this year, commemorates the first teaching the Buddha gave after his enlightenmen...
All of us carry a subtle, nagging insecurity about who we are — a persistent need to confirm that there is a solid, perm...
There is a particular kind of courage required to make a film almost entirely without dialogue, trusting landscape, sile...
When the doors of Little Bhutan closed during the pandemic, Bangkok lost more than just its only Bhutanese restaurant. F...
Every day, roughly 38 Bhutanese walk into a car showroom or apply for an import letter, ready to spend on the second-lar...
The recent election of the National Assembly Speaker, won by a member of the opposition party for the first time, has do...
Phuentsholing and Jaigaon are twin border towns with a shared business ecosystem. They depend on each other for trade, e...
As a resource-strapped country, we cannot afford to waste public funds. Yet it keeps happening. Several projects built w...
The findings from the Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority’s (CCAA) latest study should worry anyone who cares abo...
Bhutan’s U17 women’s national football team began their AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup China 2027 qualifying campaign with a 4-0 defeat to hosts Thailand in their opening Group F match, but their hopes of qualifying remain alive with two matches still to play.
Read MoreA former Bhutanese monk who went missing in France in February this year has still not been found, nearly eight months after he lost contact with his family.
Read MorePhuentsholing Thromde has extended the final relocation deadline for Dhamdara industries by three years, from June 2026 to June 2029.
Read MoreOn the banks of the Shetikhari river in Gelephu, Sarpang, the Shivalaya Yagyaswar Mahadev Mandir is being readied to shine in gold, and the public is giving generously to help.
Read MoreThe construction of Gelephu International Airport is moving into its second phase, with the project transitioning from large-scale earthworks to the construction of the airport’s permanent airfield infrastructure, as the workforce working at the construction site marks nine million safe man-hours.
Read MoreBhutan has recorded 868 cases of illegal structures built on paddy land (chhuzhing) without official approval, even as rice self-sufficiency has slipped to about 25 percent and the country spends billions of ngultrum importing rice.
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