The PEMA calls for stronger, coordinated suicide prevention
Recognising early warning signs and connecting people to professional support can play a critical role in preventing suicide, according to the PEMA Secretariat.
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Mongar—The efforts Gyalpozhing and Lingmethang residents have made over two decades to control the invasive Giant African Snail appear to be paying off, with a sharp decline in the pest population reported this monsoon season.
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Punakha—The rear section of Changyul Galem’s House in Punakha, a rammed-earth structure more than 400 years old, collaps...
Fourteen-year-old Bhutanese youth advocate Ugyen Tsheden Tobgay has been recognised as Bhutan’s National Winner at the i...
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Several aspiring candidates who sat for the Functional Literacy and Possession of Skills Test (FLT) for the second phase...
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The 570MW Wangchhu Hydroelectric Project has entered its main construction phase, with the first blast for the diversion...
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EtonHouse International School, the country’s first international school, opened on August 31, with an education model...
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-compliance with regulatory requirements.
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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...
Homeownership in Bhutan, long understood as the most reliable pathway to financial security, is rapidly becoming an illusion. For young professionals, civil serva...
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 backbone of national administration, faces a dangerous hole in it...
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...
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The conflict in the Middle East has once again exposed our dependence on overseas employment as a pressure valve for dom...
Bhutanese, friends of Bhutan, and our well-wishers are willingly answering the call to fulfill the Royal vision of erect...
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 Thim...
Recognising early warning signs and connecting people to professional support can play a critical role in preventing suicide, according to the PEMA Secretariat.
Read MoreBhutan 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 expected to open new avenues for economic growth. However, a major constraint could undermine these ambitions: shortage of engineers.
Read MoreThe recent flood disaster along the Nepal–Tibet border, which has claimed over thousand lives with thousands still missing, should give Bhutan serious pause.
Read MoreThe 7 Star Season 1 Traditional Gewog Archery Tournament has brought together archers from 43 gewogs in Paro, giving participants an opportunity to compete as representatives of their own communities while encouraging wider participation in traditional sport.
Read MoreFor 62-year-old Dorji of Dawakha in Toedwang Gewog, nights once meant standing guard over his crops, shouting and banging tins to scare away wild animals. Today, he no longer has to.
Read MoreBhutan has become the second country in the world, after Mexico, to receive WHO validation for eliminating dog-transmitted human rabies as a public-health problem, and the first country in the WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve this milestone.
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