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Stakeholders have called for stronger and coordinated action to address technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) as emerging forms of online abuse become a growing concern in Bhutan.
The Breast Clinic at Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck Mother and Child Hospital has recorded 1,557 dedicated breast-care...
The Bhutan Badminton Federation said the championship helped identify areas for improvement, including fitness, technica...
More than 70 percent of Bhutan’s settlements are located along major river basins, where roads, bridges, hydropower plan...
Bhutan is strengthening measures to protect hydropower projects from floods, Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs), and o...
Implementation of the Thimphu Structure Plan and the Thimphu–Paro Regional Strategy is progressing, with projects coveri...
The government will tighten monitoring of weighbridge slips used for aggregate exports following allegations that some t...
The Bhutan Cricket Council Board’s (BCCB) Super 40 2026 is providing domestic cricketers with another opportunity to pla...
A revised alignment for the planned Gelephu–Tareythang road has shortened its overall length from 14.1km to 12.6km while...
Land transactions in Tsirang have more than tripled over the past five fiscal years, driven largely by rural land sales,...
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 summit’s goals were noble, but turning speeches into action that improves the lives of ordinary people requires practical measures backed by strong political and social will.
We are not lumps of rock, and so we naturally feel the pain of those affected by such tragedies. The great Dzogchen master Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche gave an example: if we see a child struck by a bus, we rush to...
Natural resources can provide an important opportunity to diversify an economy, create employment, and generate governme...
There are two simple reminders from the recovery community that are worth bearing in mind: “Whatever the problem, drugs...
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.
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 bu...
“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...
In just 12 days, Bhutanese bank customers lost nearly Nu 2 million to online fraud. A handful of fake Facebook links were all it took. This is not an isolated spike, it is the latest chapter in a fraud trend that has been accelerating for years, and it should alarm every citizen who owns a smartphone and a bank account.
It is not often that students expelled from school, for whatever reason, make it to the media or a national newspaper. However, when the parents of two students, who have now been relocated to a new school, app...
Bhutan is entering one of the most ambitious periods of development in its history. Hydropower projects are expanding, major infrastructure investments are taking shape, and the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is expe...
More than 400 delegates from over 60 countries gathered this week at Dungkar Dzong for what Bhutan hosted as the world’s first “conscious food summit”. The idea sounds lofty.
The flood that struck the Nepal-Tibet border in the last week of August has claimed more than a thousand lives, with thousands still unaccounted for.
Even as search and rescue efforts continue to locate hundreds of people missing after the devastating floods in Nepal, the images emerging from the disaster are as d...
Every day, roughly 38 Bhutanese walk into a car showroom or apply for an import letter, ready to spend on the second-largest purchase of their lives. That should be a buyer’s market. Instead, the rules governing it are wri...
The recent election of the National Assembly Speaker, won by a member of the opposition party for the first time, has dominated public discourse, with many drawing their own conclusions and speculating about wh...
Phuentsholing and Jaigaon are twin border towns with a shared business ecosystem. They depend on each other for trade, employment, and services. At the same time, they also compete for the same customer base.
As a resource-strapped country, we cannot afford to waste public funds. Yet it keeps happening. Several projects built with scarce public funds and donor money are either sitting idle or falling apart. Wh...
The National Council yesterday deliberated on the National Budget Report for FY 2026–27, the Budget Appropriation Bill f...
Bhutan will begin testing its expanded Green Finance Taxonomy 2026 with a six-month pilot from June to November, before...
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...
There is a particular kind of courage required to make a film almost entirely without dialogue, trusting landscape, sile...
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...
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....
The findings from the Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority’s (CCAA) latest study should worry anyone who cares abo...
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...
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 Int...
A total of 376 university degree holders, including 20 with master’s degrees and 356 with bachelor’s degrees, appeared for the Functional Literacy and Possession of Skills Test (FLT) for the second phase of the 2027 Local Government Elections.
Read MoreWith two days to go before the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, Bhutan’s athletes have entered the final phase of preparations, focusing on fine-tuning their performance, managing recovery and ensuring they are physically and mentally ready for competition.
Read MoreThe seven Regional Offices for Infrastructure Development (ROID), established by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MoIT) to ease engineering workload in the dzongkhags, are operating with just 83 of their 156 approved staff positions filled.
Read MoreTechnology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) is emerging as a growing concern in the country, with women, girls and young people increasingly exposed to online harassment, cyberbullying, image-based abuse, sextortion and artificial intelligence-enabled sexual abuse.
Read MoreDespite concerns over labour law compliance in private security agencies, hospitality, entertainment and city bus services, the Department of Labour under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment is yet to launch dedicated on-the-ground inspections due to resource constraints.
Read MoreJigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) recorded 28 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in the first 15 days of this month, compared with 18 cases reported in August.
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