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Samtse—In the southern hills of Samtse, where paddy fields stretch towards the horizon, a quiet transformation is taking place. The Adivasi community, once seen as reserved and self-contained by their neighbours, is slowly but surely reshaping its place in a society that is changing around them.
The Prime Minister’s Office in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), launched the Bhutan I...
Samtse—A long-standing water crisis in Samtse town appears to be nearing an end as residents welcome the completion of a...
New Delhi, India—The VAST Bhutan exhibition in India, which brought the question of happiness to life through the eyes o...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)as signed on July 9 between the Bhutan Development Bank Limited (BDBL) and Mountain H...
The Gangtey-Phobjikha Valley in Wangdue, often dubbed the Switzerland of Bhutan, continues to attract a growing number o...
Heavy rainfall on the night of July 9 caused significant flooding and multiple roadblocks in Gasa and along the Punakha–...
Thimphu Cricket Club (CC) concluded their league stage with a commanding 211-run victory over Samtse Stallions in the on...
The new National Energy Policy (NEP) 2025 marks a strategic shift in how the country will manage its energy future. Whil...
The Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (CCAA) has finalised the draft of a new Competition Bill, according to th...
There is another record, one we would rather not be associated with. In just the first five months of 2025, nearly 29 kilograms of brown sugar (heroin), a highly addictive and dangerous drug, have been seized by customs and police. This is the largest amount ever intercepted.
Consider this: of the 172 metric tonnes of waste generated daily in Bhutan, plastics constitute roughly 36 percent, with over 13 percent of plastic waste contaminating riparian soils along the Wangchhu. The conseq...
A fierce public debate has erupted over the proposed introduction of a 10 percent withholding tax on fixed deposit (FD)...
Waste has always been Bhutan’s quiet embarrassment—a problem we have seen, smelled, and stepped around, yet never truly...
When the Changjiji low-income housing project began over two decades ago, there was a hopeful rumour: tenants might eventually own the flats after years of rent payment. This gave many, especially low-income government employees, a gl...
More than 3,600 young people were arrested for drug-related offences between 2023 and 2024, accounting for over 50 percent of total drug arrests in the country. Most of those detained are young men, either unemployed or students -...
Even as we decry traffic jams, vehicular pollution, parking shortages and the fossil fuel import bill, elected leaders are championing, on behalf of the “common man”, to reduce tax on import...
The recent arrest of five young men linked to a series of burglaries across Thimphu comes as a welcome relief. The police acted swiftly, followed up on community reports, analysed CCTV footage, and apprehended the suspects...
The government took a bold move, at the expense of political backlash, in backtracking the decision to revive the constituency development grant, put up as the Prior...
In much of the world, plant-based diets are gaining traction for their health benefits and environmental sustainability....
Wangdue—The third unit of Punatsangchhu-II hydropower project was commissioned yesterday, boosting the plant’s total gen...
The country’s economy, facing nearly three decades of premature de-industrialisation, requires a targeted industrial pol...
Forty-year-old entrepreneur Sonam Zangmo from Wangdue is pioneering organic glass noodles (Finn) made from buckwheat and...
Bhutan’s agricultural exports saw a strong performance last year, generating Nu 3.51 billion from both primary and proce...
Fronting in business, where Bhutanese citizens lend their names and licences to foreign nationals to operate businesses...
Our forests have long stood as icons of our environmental philosophy and guardians of our national identity. With nearly...
There is a growing consensus among elected leaders to undo the Royal Civil Service Commission’s (RCSC) initiative—planne...
The sharp rise in Bhutanese outmigration since the Covid-19 pandemic is no longer just a trend; it has become a full-blo...
Our global brand—Gross National Happiness—is envied and admired. Yet our ranking in the Human Development Index (HDI) te...
When His Majesty the King announced the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) on National Day 2023, it was met with awe, excitement—and some doubt. Many wondered if Bhutan, a small Himalayan kingdom known for its cautious pace, could truly deliver such an ambitious undertaking.
Read MoreThe “One-Child, One-Egg” initiative is visibly transforming the school feeding programme (SFP) in lowland areas, with excited students at Wokuna Extended Classroom in Punakha cheerfully telling visiting officials that daily eggs are making them stronger and tastier meals.
Read MoreWangdue—After nearly 14 years of construction, the 1,020-megawatt (MW) Punatsangchhu-II Hydroelectric Project (HEP) achieved a major milestone yesterday with the successful synchronisation of its fifth of six 170MW generating units.
Read MorePhuentsholing—Residents of Kezari and Sharphu chiwogs in Darla, Chukha, are urgently appealing to the government to either reopen Kezari Primary School, which closed in 2022, or construct a new one.
Read MoreTo enhance Bhutanese human capital and deepen bilateral ties, Japan yesterday granted approximately Nu 143 million (JPY 243 million) to Bhutan through its Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) project.
Read MoreA single women’s team, “Kurukulle,” stands out among 84 competitors at the Bhutan National Archery Championship 2025 currently underway at Thimphu’s Changlimithang archery range, representing a moment for female participation in the sport.
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