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The National Assembly (NA) will today discuss the long-debated and previously deferred deliberation on the National Budget for the financial year 2026–27.
Animal welfare, meat imports, and the future of livestock farming took centre stage in the National Council (NC) yesterd...
One in eight men and one in seven women in Bhutan are at risk of developing cancer before the age of 74.
As the afternoon sun cast long shadows across Punakha’s terraced rice fields, a couple from Mumbai, India made their way...
From July, the college will offer five newly designed undergraduate programmes that respond to emerging societal needs w...
The Ministry of Education and Skills Development is working on new measures to address persistently high failure rates i...
To establish nursing colleges, institutions must first obtain policy approval from the Department of Adult and Higher Ed...
With 42 Members of Parliament voted for the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Amendment) Bill 2016, the Nation...
Nearly seven months after its rollout, the National Crop and Livestock Insurance Scheme (NCLIS) is facing scrutiny over...
Bhutan will begin testing its expanded Green Finance Taxonomy 2026 with a six-month pilot from June to November, before rolling it out nationwide in January 2027.
Once born into a physical body, there are certain absolute necessities without which most of us are incapable of experiencing happiness. Sufficient food to nourish the body, medicine to avoid pain and disease, clothes and shelter to protect us from the elements of nature, all require money. Depending on which country you live in, the cost of these necessities will vary.
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 name Dzambhala — from the Sanskrit Jambhala — is traditionally associated with wealth and prosperity, reflecting his role as a symbol of abundance and generosity. There are five principal forms of the...
Financial institutions are the lifeblood of any modern economy. They mobilise savings, allocate capital, manage risk, and provide the credit that allows businesses to grow.
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 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...
Taking care of all members of society is a characteristic of a mature and compassionate nation; therefore, I strongly ad...
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 deafening sounds of missiles and gunfire in the Middle East have briefly faded under a ceasefire, offering a much-ne...
The discovery of cordyceps in the low-altitude forests of East Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh, India, has sparked concern in Bhutan over the future of its prized cordyceps economy.
Read MoreRiwo: Identity and Continuity, a contemporary art exhibition held at the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology in Gangtok, Sikkim, brought together artists from Bhutan, Nepal, and Sikkim in India in a shared exploration of identity and continuity across the Eastern Himalayas, highlighting both cultural distinctiveness and common connections through visual art.
Read MoreThe National Council today unanimously supported the already adopted reservations on Articles 23, 27, and 29 of the Amendment to the Reservations to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Read MoreThe National Council continued deliberations on the Livestock Bill of Bhutan 2025 today, directing the Economic Affairs Committee (EAC) to revisit its recommendations after members raised concerns and proposed additional submissions on several provisions of the Bill.
Read MoreCoinciding with the Birth Anniversary of Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen, the Bhutan Red Cross Society (BRCS) inaugurated its first Branch Emergency Operations Centre (BEOC) in Tsirang today.
Read MoreCoinciding with the 36th Birth Anniversary of Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck, the Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation (BTF) inaugurated a regional office at ChoeGo in Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) today.
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