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July of 2019

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Govt. calls for dialogue with opposition on Zhemgang

Tourism

Jul 19, 2019 3 mins read 546 views
Bhutan Vs Sri Lanka

Briefly

Jul 19, 2019 0 mins read 525 views
Rolong- rolls on

Entertainment

Jul 18, 2019 2 mins read 526 views
First consignment shipped reaches Bangladesh

Trade

Jul 18, 2019 3 mins read 552 views
Five entrepreneurs pitch at Jab-Chor 2

Bhutan Economic Forum for Innovative Transformation

Jul 18, 2019 2 mins read 532 views
Accessing markets, a challenge for `Made in Bhutan' products

Bhutan Economic Forum for Innovative Transformation (BEFIT)

Jul 18, 2019 2 mins read 544 views
Thank you, but.

Letter to the Editor

Jul 18, 2019 1 mins read 555 views
Fix accountability, immediately

Editorial

Jul 18, 2019 2 mins read 575 views
New Lam appointed for Tharpaling

Religious

Jul 18, 2019 1 mins read 564 views
Defamation and libel laws should change if it is useful: FM

Human Rights council

Jul 18, 2019 2 mins read 603 views
Bhutan participates in candle festival

Royal Bhutanese Embassy

Jul 18, 2019 1 mins read 512 views
"We want our money back"

Learn and Earn programme

Jul 18, 2019 3 mins read 556 views
BEFIT, the big drive for cottage and small industries

Bhutan Economic Forum for Innovative Transformation (BEFIT).

Jul 18, 2019 3 mins read 639 views
TB Screening

Briefly

Jul 18, 2019 0 mins read 504 views
64 participate in national badminton championship

Sports

Jul 17, 2019 1 mins read 547 views
Late come back seals win for Thimphu city

Sports

Jul 17, 2019 0 mins read 578 views
JSW School of Law and UVic formalise collaboration

Collaboration

Jul 17, 2019 3 mins read 533 views
Working together to fight corruption

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)

Jul 17, 2019 2 mins read 522 views
Vehicle quota, a rising threat to Bhutan's carbon negative image

Letter to the Editor

Jul 17, 2019 2 mins read 574 views
Promise of CSI growth is welcome

Editorial

Jul 17, 2019 1 mins read 552 views
Hume pipe crushes one, injures another in Hejo

Accident

Jul 17, 2019 0 mins read 482 views
A call for private sector to reform

Bhutan Economic Forum for Innovative Transformation (BEFIT)

Jul 17, 2019 3 mins read 547 views
Naro gewog awaits electricity

Thimphu Dzongkhag

Jul 17, 2019 1 mins read 605 views
PM asks MoE to consider underage admission this time

Education Ministry

Jul 17, 2019 5 mins read 615 views
Biodemocracy and resilience

Briefly

Jul 17, 2019 0 mins read 687 views
MPs' wait for better office continues

National Assembly

Jul 03, 2019 2 mins read 539 views
Two arrested for alleged theft and slaughter of a Jersey cow

Crime

Jul 16, 2019 1 mins read 617 views
Windstorms flatten maize in Trashigang

Disaster

Jul 16, 2019 1 mins read 549 views
Drakteng's service centre to resume soon

Gewog Service Centres

Jul 16, 2019 1 mins read 500 views
Guidelines contravene LG Act: local leaders

Local governments (LG)

Jul 16, 2019 3 mins read 537 views
In the wake of nature's wrath

Editorial

Jul 16, 2019 2 mins read 618 views
"Effective technology key to solving problems"

Technology

Jul 16, 2019 2 mins read 552 views
Nu 1.7B for a dry port at Pasakha

Industry

Jul 16, 2019 2 mins read 549 views
NC concerned over excluding Zhemgang

Parliament

Jul 16, 2019 3 mins read 570 views
BEFIT to catalyse CSI growth

Trade

Jul 16, 2019 2 mins read 575 views
Fuel prices revised

Briefly

Jul 16, 2019 0 mins read 543 views
Lhagyel wins Lamsoel Zurgoen

Sports

Jul 15, 2019 1 mins read 499 views
T/gang and T/yangste report multiple roadblocks

Disaster

Jul 15, 2019 2 mins read 564 views
Conference discusses RAA's role in achieving 12th Plan targets

Royal Audit Authority's (RAA)

Jul 15, 2019 2 mins read 527 views
Greenhouses boost farming in Haa

Agriculture

Jul 15, 2019 2 mins read 541 views
14th Bhutan - Japan annual bilateral consultation held

Bhutan-Japan

Jul 15, 2019 1 mins read 506 views
More than 100 youth attend youth summit

Summit

Jul 15, 2019 0 mins read 541 views
Drukgyel CS student bags 12th Golden Youth Award

Award

Jul 15, 2019 2 mins read 578 views
Power supply is a monopoly

Letter to the Editor

Jul 15, 2019 1 mins read 692 views
The housing policy

Editorial

Jul 15, 2019 2 mins read 593 views
ASAB alleges Thimphu thromde of favoring landlords

Thimphu Thromde

Jul 15, 2019 4 mins read 588 views
Housing policy to ensure affordability and accessibility Revised draft of housing policy, 2019 is with GNHC

Ministry of Works and Human Settlement

Jul 15, 2019 3 mins read 552 views
23 highways blocked in central and eastern Bhutan

Disaster

Jul 15, 2019 2 mins read 571 views
Weather to improve today

Briefly

Jul 15, 2019 0 mins read 537 views
Paro FC thrash BFF Academy 6-0

Sports

Jul 14, 2019 1 mins read 556 views
Browse Archives
Phuentsholing hospital canteen closed, former operator disputes lease termination

The closure of the canteen at Phuentsholing General Hospital has left patients, attendants, and visitors without a food outlet on the premises, forcing them to travel to town for meals.

Oct 03, 2026 4 mins read 3,511 views
Changlam corridor works begin in Thimphu

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MoIT) has begun work on the Changlam Public Transport Key Corridor in Thimphu to improve road safety and public transport facilities along the busy route.

Oct 03, 2026 2 mins read 1,839 views
Cordyceps auction volume drops 68 percent

The quantity of cordyceps brought to the annual auction fell by 68 percent this year, with 300.16kg recorded across eight auction venues, compared with 940.29kg in 2025.

Oct 03, 2026 2 mins read 1,212 views
Indian Embassy opens applications for Ambassador’s Scholarships 2026-27

The Embassy of India in Thimphu has opened applications for the Ambassador’s Scholarship for 2026-27, offering financial...

Oct 03, 2026 2 mins read 2,777 views
Restored Dungkar Nagtshang opens as state-of-the-art museum

Lhuentse—Given the historical importance of Jigme Namgyel Nagtshang in Dungkar, the ancestral home of the Wangchuck Dyna...

Oct 03, 2026 2 mins read 1,185 views
Tunnel 26 pushes new boundaries for Bhutanese cinema

The idea behind Tunnel 26 came from a few different thoughts coming together. Globally, zombie films and series have bec...

Oct 03, 2026 5 mins read 1,446 views
BCCI President Tandy Wangchuk sentenced to two years for battery and sexual harassment

The court found Tandy Wangchuk guilty of battery under Section 158 of the Penal Code of Bhutan 2004, with the injury fal...

Oct 01, 2026 2 mins read 4,886 views
DrukSmart and Visionaize Explore Bhutan’s Intelligent Energy Future

Visionaize demonstrated applications of Digital Twins and Industrial AI across hydropower, transmission, distribution an...

Oct 01, 2026 2 mins read 772 views
ACC implicates 59 in alleged timber corruption case in Haa

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has implicated 59 people in an investigation into suspected corruption in the Timbe...

Sep 30, 2026 3 mins read 3,953 views
RMA directs banks to strengthen security amid rising banking fraud

The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) has directed banks to strengthen their security controls as digital banking fraud and...

Sep 30, 2026 2 mins read 1,589 views
The bridge to cheaper goods

The findings from the Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority’s (CCAA) latest study should worry anyone who cares about the future of Phuentsholing.

Aug 12, 2026 2 mins read 2,361 views
Beyond hydropower: Bhutan’s hopes lie in the ground

Recent reports of an airborne geophysical survey identifying significant anomalies of tungsten, copper, and other precio...

Aug 08, 2026 2 mins read 2,576 views
City bus drivers deserve better

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...

Aug 05, 2026 2 mins read 3,158 views
Finding the fuel for private sector growth

An initiative worth pausing to reflect on this week is the collaboration among three key agencies to review Bhutan’s bus...

Aug 01, 2026 2 mins read 2,653 views
Sky-high airfares drive visitors away

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...

Jul 29, 2026 2 mins read 2,789 views
The cost of living in the city

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...

Jul 25, 2026 2 mins read 4,327 views
Charging the future

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?...

Jul 22, 2026 2 mins read 2,937 views
Not a fab (FAB) show

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...

Jul 18, 2026 2 mins read 3,654 views
Electoral laws must evolve with time

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...

Jul 15, 2026 2 mins read 3,985 views
Bhutan to pilot green finance taxonomy from June

Bhutan will begin testing its expanded Green Finance Taxonomy 2026 with a six-month pilot from June to November, before...

May 30, 2026 3 mins read 9,554 views
Startups call for support beyond seed funding

The country’s startup ecosystem has helped many young entrepreneurs launch their businesses, but founders say support be...

Mar 21, 2026 3 mins read 13,339 views
National debt to rise by 26%, reaching Nu 380 billion in June

The country’s national debt is expected to rise by nearly 26 percent this June compared to June last year.

Feb 25, 2026 2 mins read 14,885 views
Economy uncoils for strongest growth in years

The Year of the Snake became a defining moment for the country’s economy, as growth accelerated sharply following severa...

Feb 18, 2026 4 mins read 15,138 views
Tax system sees major changes and initiatives

The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 202...

Feb 18, 2026 2 mins read 15,670 views
Wisdom in a warming world

Lama, as a young guy, I’m concerned about the future. What do you think will be the biggest issue for the planet within...

Jul 04, 2026 4 mins read 4,103 views
Vietnam Corner: Bringing authentic Vietnamese cuisine to the Capital

Set against the quieter surroundings of Lower Taba, Vietnam Corner brings a distinctive slice of Vietnam to Thimphu’s gr...

Jun 27, 2026 2 mins read 4,259 views
Bullying and the roots of harm

No, I didn’t watch the video. Unless I were acting in a law enforcement capacity, I would not view this kind of footage....

Jun 27, 2026 4 mins read 5,040 views
Stop recording, start living

Like television, the internet, and AI, TikTok can be a force for good or bad. It entirely depends on how it is used.

Jun 13, 2026 4 mins read 4,085 views
Stop recording, start living

Like television, the internet, and AI, TikTok can be a force for good or bad. It entirely depends on how it is used.

Jun 06, 2026 4 mins read 4,471 views
The illegal timber business

Bhutan's rich forests are not only a source of clean air, water, and wealth. Hidden within the thickets is also a web of...

Jul 11, 2026 2 mins read 5,495 views
The GMC Culture

Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is under construction. Heavy earthmoving machines and trucks work round the clock at the...

Jul 08, 2026 2 mins read 6,722 views
The dark side of the bright screen

Summer holidays have officially begun for students across the country, and with them comes a familiar parental dilemma....

Jul 04, 2026 2 mins read 5,971 views
When perception becomes the verdict

It is a common perception that corruption, in its quieter forms of favouritism and nepotism, is no longer an aberration...

Jul 01, 2026 2 mins read 4,892 views
Holding leaders to their vows

The Election Commission of Bhutan’s (ECB) recent announcement that it will vet election pledges comes at the most approp...

Jun 27, 2026 2 mins read 4,316 views

Recents

Protect chhuzhing before it is too late

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 billions of ngultrum each year importing the grain it once grew itself.

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Pelsung to move from training first to building around demand

I think the first year has validated Pelsung’s mandate of preparing the youth of Bhutan for GMC and 10X Bhutan, while also showing us where the model needs to evolve. We think about our work through two distinct pathways. Professional Readiness is for young people who need the skills and employability to work in GMC and emerging sectors.

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