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Hydroelectricity powers economy to 8.52% growth in 2025

The country’s economy grew by 8.52 percent in 2025, one of the strongest growth rates in recent years, driven mainly by increased electricity generation following the commissioning of the Punatsangchhu-II Hydroelectric Power Plant (PHPA-II).

Aug 05, 2026 2 mins read 2,120 views
Khorlochhu hydro project construction reaches 15% completion

The ongoing construction of the 600MW Khorlochhu Hydroelectric Project (KHP) in Trashiyangtse is improving the lives of...

Aug 05, 2026 2 mins read 2,265 views
Tsirang records first photographic evidence of Himalayan musk deer

First photographic evidence of the endangered Himalayan musk deer (Moschus leucogaster) from southern central Tsirang ha...

Aug 05, 2026 3 mins read 2,197 views
Business going down in Trashiyangtse

Tucked away in the easternmost corner of the country, Trashiyangtse is a dzongkhag blessed with natural beauty, rich cultural heritage, and significant tourism potential.

Aug 05, 2026 3 mins read 2,239 views
Centuries-old Obtsho Dzong ruins to undergo major conservation

Gasa—The centuries-old Obtsho Dzong ruins in Gasa will undergo structural consolidation and conservation to protect the...

Aug 05, 2026 3 mins read 2,043 views
Phuentsholing’s urban overhaul gathers steam

Phuentsholing—The first phase of the Phuentsholing Thromde Enhancement Programme (PTEP) has made steady progress across...

Aug 05, 2026 3 mins read 1,756 views
DAMC launches "Taste Bhutan" brand for Singapore market

The Department of Agricultural Marketing and Cooperatives (DAMC) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock today l...

Aug 03, 2026 2 mins read 2,106 views
Chinese businesswoman alleges former MP took Nu 8.6 million under promise of exclusivity

A Chinese businesswoman has accused Dupthob, the former Member of Parliament (MP) for Bumdeling-Jamkhar constituency in...

Aug 03, 2026 4 mins read 34,252 views
Capital’s city bus drivers overworked and underpaid, breaching labour laws

Capital city bus drivers are working more than 12 hours a day and breaching labour laws just to keep the city moving. Is...

Aug 01, 2026 5 mins read 3,671 views
Labour department orders BBS to pay compensation over botched Chief Editor appointment; harassment claims go unanswered

The Department of Labour has ordered BBS to compensate its former Chief Editor following procedural failures and alleged...

Aug 01, 2026 6 mins read 3,153 views
Between Homes

When I first arrived in Australia last year, I thought I was prepared. I had spoken to people, watched videos, and tried...

May 02, 2026 1 mins read 9,082 views
The true wealth of Dzambhala

The name Dzambhala — from the Sanskrit Jambhala — is traditionally associated with wealth and prosperity, reflecting his...

May 02, 2026 4 mins read 4,705 views
No amount of money can replace you

The early years — roughly birth to five — are critical for emotional development. While a child raised with consistency...

Apr 25, 2026 4 mins read 7,536 views
You’re not what you think you are

You are not alone in your confusion — and much of it arises from the word itself. Emptiness can sound like nothingness,...

Apr 18, 2026 4 mins read 6,471 views
Sundays at Le Méridien

The monthly Sunday brunch at Le Méridien has become a special experience that goes beyond dining, offering guests a rela...

Apr 13, 2026 3 mins read 6,061 views
ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ཁྲོམ་སྡེ་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་མ་ལང་མི་དེ་ སྲིད་བྱུས་དང་ ཁྱིམ་བཟོ་ག་གི་འཐུས་ཤོར་ཨིན་ན།

༉ 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...

May 11, 2026 6 mins read 6,028 views
When will we feed ourselves?

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 5,523 views
Fuel crisis demands more than subsidies

Recent developments in the Middle East crisis suggest that a return to normalcy is still far away. Even if the war ends...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 6,418 views
Demographic crisis demands bold reforms

Bhutan is facing a “national crisis” as birth rates plunge by 62.9 percent. If current trends continue, the country coul...

Apr 29, 2026 2 mins read 10,060 views

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