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The findings from the Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority’s (CCAA) latest study should worry anyone who cares about the future of Phuentsholing.
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His Majesty also visited the Gelephu International Airport site and the construction site for the 108 Chortens to be built on November 1 this year.
The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MoENR) has completed the nationwide airborne geophysical survey, uncoverin...
Nearly 2,400 young Bhutanese remain unemployed and are actively seeking work, according to a nationwide verification exe...
Private electric vehicle (EV) buyers will have to wait longer for new incentives, as the government has decided not to i...
The country’s foreign exchange reserves are expected to decline in the third quarter of 2026 as surging fuel import cost...
Phuentsholing—The government has renewed efforts to ease the Suvidha burden on exporters after West Bengal authorities a...
Tsirang—Businesses, local leaders, and district officials in Tsirang have called for regulatory reforms, easier access t...
The Ministry of Education and Skills Development has clarified that its earlier assertion regarding the Lungtenzampa Mid...
Nepal’s first billionaire Binod Chaudhary has chronicled his journey from managing a family business in Kathmandu to bui...
On a rainy Thursday afternoon, Class X student Aishwarya Rai of Babesa Higher Secondary School made a simple decision th...
Central banks from across the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region have called for stronger regulatory cooperation, unified technical standards, and enhanced trust among financial institutions.
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 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...
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 but also cause unnecessary hardship. As the proverb reminds us, to truly understand another person’s circumstances, “we must walk a mile in someone else’s shoes.”
“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...
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 enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Tree.
All of us carry a subtle, nagging insecurity about who we are — a persistent need to confirm that there is a solid, permanent self we call “me.” This ins...
There is a particular kind of courage required to make a film almost entirely without dialogue, trusting landscape, silence, and a single face. At 70, veteran...
When the doors of Little Bhutan closed during the pandemic, Bangkok lost more than just its only Bhutanese restaurant. F...
Lama, as a young guy, I’m concerned about the future. What do you think will be the biggest issue for the planet within the next half century, and how do you think we can face it? Are you optimis...
Set against the quieter surroundings of Lower Taba, Vietnam Corner brings a distinctive slice of Vietnam to Thimphu’s gr...
No, I didn’t watch the video. Unless I were acting in a law enforcement capacity, I would not view this kind of footage. In cases of a fight or an accident, I try to consider how I would feel in the position of...
The findings from the Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority’s (CCAA) latest study should worry anyone who cares about the future of Phuentsholing.
Recent reports of an airborne geophysical survey identifying significant anomalies of tungsten, copper, and other precio...
The drivers who keep Thimphu’s city buses running deserve more than gratitude. They deserve fair pay for the hours they put in. City bus drivers work more than 12 hours a day, clocking in 120 hours of overtime in...
An initiative worth pausing to reflect on this week is the collaboration among three key agencies to review Bhutan’s bus...
More than seventy percent of international visitors to Bhutan now enter the country by land rather than through Paro International Airport. Phuentsholing alone accounts for the overwhelming majority of those arrivals. One of the ob...
Sky-rocketing house rents are a grim reality haunting the capital city’s residents. While this was once a burden shouldered only by those at the lowest economic rung, it now strains civil and public servants wh...
Every single day, Bhutan adds 38 new petrol and diesel vehicles to its roads. In just the first six months of this year, we registered 6,921 fossil fuel cars. Electric vehicles?...
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-c...
As voters head to the polls today to elect the Thrompons and thromde thuemis of Thimphu and Phuentsholing, the most striking feature of this election has not been fierce competition or spirited public debate. It has been the sil...
Bhutan's rich forests are not only a source of clean air, water, and wealth. Hidden within the thickets is also a web of corruption whether in illegal felling, illicit sale, or collusion among official...
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...
Like television, the internet, and AI, TikTok can be a force for good or bad. It entirely depends on how it is used.
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...
Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is under construction. Heavy earthmoving machines and trucks work round the clock at the...
Summer holidays have officially begun for students across the country, and with them comes a familiar parental dilemma....
It is a common perception that corruption, in its quieter forms of favouritism and nepotism, is no longer an aberration...
The Election Commission of Bhutan’s (ECB) recent announcement that it will vet election pledges comes at the most approp...
Homeownership in Bhutan, long understood as the most reliable pathway to financial security, is rapidly becoming an illu...
The findings from the Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority’s (CCAA) latest study should worry anyone who cares about the future of Phuentsholing.
Read MoreThe voluntary resignations of two Cabinet ministers have opened two vacancies in the government and fuelled speculation over whether the Prime Minister could use the departures to undertake a broader reshuffle midway through his government’s term.
Read MoreBuilt to process 40 tonnes of waste a day, a government-funded facility in Taba has not processed a single load in five years. Now, officials plan to tear it down and relocate it without holding anyone accountable.
Read MoreWhy pay Nu 41.5 for a kilogram of tomatoes when they cost just INR 12.3 across the border? Heavy local taxes and fees are driving Bhutanese shoppers directly to Jaigaon, leaving local merchants struggling to survive.
Read MoreWith 66 out of 67 targets achieved, one government ministry recorded a near-perfect score of 98.5 percent this fiscal year, with only intellectual property revenues falling short.
Read MoreJangsa Animal Saving Trust has launched Siddhi Bistro, a plant-based eatery in upper Motithang, Thimphu, serving meat-free takes on traditional Bhutanese dishes alongside Korean and International cuisine.
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