Falling prices and unpaid dues leave Bhutanese potato exporters in debt
Bhutanese potato exporters are losing millions of Ngultrum to Indian buyers who fail to pay, while prices continue to fall and about 30 trucks remain unsold.
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Bhutanese businesses must demonstrate commercial viability and seek financing beyond bank loans to grow, according to entrepreneurs at Druk Tshongrig Gatoen yesterday.
Royal Institute of Management (RIM) today launched a Digital Skills Academy and a Construction Management Programme to e...
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Sure, here’s a version edited to fit the lower word limit. For two weeks I have woken to the silhouette of a large potted plant, its leaves etched against the pale morning light.
Addressing the Fourth PEMA Symposium on 10 October, Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen asked a question that every Bhutanese, and particularly every lawmaker, should sit with: when punishment is so disproportionate to the seriousness of the crime, “what message are we sending to survivors, to perpetrators and to society as a whole?”
Few things are as basic to students as a textbook. Yet as the 2026 academic session winds down, students of Classes IX a...
Nearly three years ago, in November 2023, when His Majesty The King visited Assam for the first time, a senior Bhutanese, moved by the historic visit, took out a full-page newspaper advertisement to express his gratitud...
Bhutan is losing its paddy land faster than it is protecting it. The country has recorded 868 cases of structures built on chhuzhing (wetland) without prior approval. Rice self-sufficiency has fallen to 25 percent, and the country spends...
Bhutan has recorded 868 cases of illegal structures built on paddy land (chhuzhing) without official approval, even as r...
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The National Council yesterday deliberated on the National Budget Report for FY 2026–27, the Budget Appropriation Bill f...
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“Don’t even think for a moment that you are not going to die” is a quote by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. It expresses a s...
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Bhutanese potato exporters are losing millions of Ngultrum to Indian buyers who fail to pay, while prices continue to fall and about 30 trucks remain unsold.
Read MoreThe civil service entry-grade system for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) professionals has undermined employee morale and talent retention, with broader implications for the country’s digital transformation goals.
Read MoreA forestry clearance meant for 100 square metres of public amenities has become the centre of a case involving a 2.199-acre land allocation and the unauthorised construction of a private lodge, Bhutan Jungle Lodge, in Goenshari on State Reserved Forest Land in Punakha.
Read MoreToyota’s authorised distribution arrangements in India generally do not permit cross-border sales, Toyota Tsusho Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (TTAP) has clarified to the Competition & Consumer Affairs Authority (CCAA), raising questions about the import authorisations issued by the Department of Trade (DoTr) for Bhutanese consumers to buy vehicles directly from India.
Read MoreFalling farm-gate prices, rising feed bills and difficulty finding buyers are squeezing piggery farmers in the country, exposing a gap between the government’s price-support measures and what farmers actually earn.
Read MoreAddressing the Fourth PEMA Symposium on 10 October, Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen asked a question that every Bhutanese, and particularly every lawmaker, should sit with: when punishment is so disproportionate to the seriousness of the crime, “what message are we sending to survivors, to perpetrators and to society as a whole?”
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