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The amendment to the reservation on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was not adopted at the ongoing National Council (NC) session today as it failed to secure the required simple majority.
Recurrent failures of pavements along Dochula, Pelela, Yotongla and Thrumshingla passes are partly attributed to design...
The National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM), in partnership with the International Centre for Integrated Mo...
The Co-operatives and Farmers Groups Bill of Bhutan 2025 has been reviewed by the National Council and forwarded to the...
Meat shops and meat sales outlets will be allowed to operate only from designated locations under the Livestock Bill of...
Finance Minister Lekey Dorji will present revised guidelines for the annual block grant for local governments during the...
Civil servants across all grade levels have seen a significant increase in take-home pay following recent tax reforms, a...
Phuentsholing—Tourists entering the country by road through Phuentsholing will experience faster and more comfortable se...
Family members of former President of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) Lhab Dorji have alleged...
Punakha—When Karma Namgay and Dechen Lhaden’s daughter turned four, the questions from relatives and friends became increasingly awkward to answer – why had they not had another ch...
The National Council yesterday deliberated on the National Budget Report for FY 2026–27, the Budget Appropriation Bill for FY 2026–27, and the Supplementary Budget Appropriation Bill for FY 2025–26.
Bhutan will begin testing its expanded Green Finance Taxonomy 2026 with a six-month pilot from June to November, before...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
The conflict in the Middle East has once again exposed our dependence on overseas employment as a pressure valve for domestic unemployment.
Bhutanese, friends of Bhutan, and our well-wishers are willingly answering the call to fulfill the Royal vision of erecting 108 Jangchub Choetens along the Mao Chhu in Gelephu Mindfulnes...
Financial institutions are the lifeblood of any modern economy. They mobilise savings, allocate capital, manage risk, an...
The Thromde election process has begun, with the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) notifying registered voters in Thimphu and Phuentsholing thromdes who are eligible for postal v...
Chain-link fencing is perhaps one of the most viable solutions policymakers have managed to narrow down in the long and...
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime was never going to be an easy transition. Major tax reforms rarely are. Introduced in January this year, GST was envisioned as a modern tax system, replacing an outdated framework...
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.
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...
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,...
༉ 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...
The country’s startup ecosystem has helped many young entrepreneurs launch their businesses, but founders say support be...
The country’s national debt is expected to rise by nearly 26 percent this June compared to June last year.
The Year of the Snake became a defining moment for the country’s economy, as growth accelerated sharply following severa...
The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 202...
The name Dzambhala — from the Sanskrit Jambhala — is traditionally associated with wealth and prosperity, reflecting his...
The early years — roughly birth to five — are critical for emotional development. While a child raised with consistency...
You are not alone in your confusion — and much of it arises from the word itself. Emptiness can sound like nothingness,...
The monthly Sunday brunch at Le Méridien has become a special experience that goes beyond dining, offering guests a rela...
Recent developments in the Middle East crisis suggest that a return to normalcy is still far away. Even if the war ends...
Bhutan is facing a “national crisis” as birth rates plunge by 62.9 percent. If current trends continue, the country coul...
This summer, the mountain slopes above Lunana are expected to offer a bumper yield of cordyceps, or Yartsa Goenbub. But...
The Co-operatives and Farmer Groups Bill of Bhutan 2025 will be taken up during a Joint Sitting of Parliament in the next session after the National Assembly and National Council failed to reach consensus on a key auditing provision.
Read MoreThe Parliament passed the Livestock Bill of Bhutan 2025 yesterday after the National Assembly adopted the amendments proposed by the National Council during its re-deliberation session.
Read MoreThe Dungkar Dzong in Pangbisa, Paro, is a vivid living monument to the era of transformation in Bhutan. The structure represents Bhutan’s architectural splendour at its best. In function, it is an icon of change, an expression of times to come. The concept is an ingenuous demonstration of how a proud past welcomes an exciting future.
Read MoreThe inaugural Bhutan International Travel Mart (BITM) 2026 has attracted more than 200 international buyers from 15 countries, with the majority from India, offering the tourism industry a major platform to promote its products and expand global partnerships.
Read MoreMore than 200 children and adolescents, including nuns, monks, and children with disabilities, celebrated the International Day of Play at Changlimithang Stadium today.
Read MoreThe dhamngoi zomdu (candidate selection meetings) for Thrompon candidates will begin for the fourth local government elections of Thimphu and Phuentsholing Thromde Tshogdes, scheduled for July 15, according to the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB).
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