September of 2019

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I will always remain a good friend of Bhutan: Kenji Hiramatsu

Foreign Affairs

Sep 30, 2019 4 mins read 751 views
Empowering women through economic independence

Religious

Sep 30, 2019 2 mins read 692 views
Thimphu Hindu mandir consecration today

Religious

Sep 30, 2019 1 mins read 643 views
Improving poultry productivity through collaborative learning

Agriculture

Sep 30, 2019 1 mins read 594 views
Officials stick to rules, business people ask for temporary solution

Lhuentse Dzongkhag

Sep 30, 2019 3 mins read 609 views
Pothole alert

Letter to the Editor

Sep 30, 2019 1 mins read 640 views
In public interest

Editorial

Sep 30, 2019 2 mins read 0 views
Sherig Endowment Fund recipients shared their research for the first time

Education Ministry

Sep 30, 2019 3 mins read 768 views
Hema Hema: BBSC wins case in HC

Judiciary

Sep 30, 2019 2 mins read 737 views
OAG and ACC make competing claims over prosecution

Judiciary

Sep 30, 2019 5 mins read 653 views
New electricity tariff to benefit 197,000 rural households

Economy

Sep 30, 2019 3 mins read 820 views
Fire razes house in Wangdue

Briefly

Sep 30, 2019 0 mins read 627 views
U-18 Dragon Boys settles for fourth

Sports

Sep 29, 2019 1 mins read 703 views
Bhutan humbled in FIFA friendly against Bangladesh

Sports

Sep 29, 2019 1 mins read 769 views
Janphutse residents want highland programmes

Trashiyangtse Dzongkhag

Sep 29, 2019 2 mins read 660 views
Economically disadvantaged group more vulnerable to sexual abuse

Crime

Sep 29, 2019 2 mins read 675 views
A glimmer of hope for local yarn makers

Entrepreneur

Sep 29, 2019 1 mins read 620 views
Who is responsible?

Letter to the Editor

Sep 29, 2019 1 mins read 0 views
Cultural flaws?

Editorial

Sep 29, 2019 2 mins read 698 views
WFP's Menu Optimiser tool selected for World Expo 2020

Foreign Affairs

Sep 29, 2019 2 mins read 583 views
Health flagship programmes focus on access and prevention

Health

Sep 29, 2019 3 mins read 693 views
Japan week begins

Foreign Affairs

Sep 29, 2019 1 mins read 608 views
No job opportunities for deaf student graduates

Education

Sep 29, 2019 3 mins read 638 views
Bhutan's faith in UN remains unwavering: PM

Foreign Affairs

Sep 29, 2019 3 mins read 589 views
Trongsa rabdey

Briefly

Sep 29, 2019 0 mins read 582 views
Roads: the growth facilitator

Transport

Sep 27, 2019 4 mins read 635 views
Too many cars, too little space

Transport

Sep 27, 2019 3 mins read 599 views
Still going the old ways

Transport

Sep 27, 2019 3 mins read 589 views
Hydropower - Quo Vadis?

Hydro Project

Sep 27, 2019 2 mins read 591 views
Strengthening Bhutan's SMEs is critical in helping women empowerment

Entrepreneur

Sep 27, 2019 4 mins read 0 views
Strengthening Bhutan's SMEs is critical in helping women empowerment

Entrepreneur

Sep 27, 2019 4 mins read 668 views
Capacity development in health sector is new focus: Watanabe Kozo

Health

Sep 27, 2019 3 mins read 690 views
Rephay-Koshela bypass affects Langthel and Kela residents

Transport

Sep 27, 2019 1 mins read 679 views
65 people killed in vehicle accidents in eight months

Accident

Sep 27, 2019 2 mins read 708 views
Farm road benefits rural farmers in Trashigang and Trashiyantse

Transport

Sep 27, 2019 1 mins read 671 views
Farm roads transform the lives of farmers in Mongar

Transport

Sep 27, 2019 2 mins read 633 views
Politics and roads

Politics

Sep 27, 2019 2 mins read 679 views
A new hope for persons with

Disabilities

Sep 27, 2019 3 mins read 755 views
Of safety and protecting our children

Letter to the Editor

Sep 27, 2019 2 mins read 638 views
Public transport system: immediate fixing necessary

Editorial

Sep 27, 2019 2 mins read 649 views
Vehicular emission, a cause for concern

Environment

Sep 27, 2019 4 mins read 640 views
Two pilots die in a helicopter crash in Yonphula

Accident

Sep 27, 2019 1 mins read 695 views
Demand for public transport outstrips government effort

Transport

Sep 27, 2019 5 mins read 629 views
Speed bumps along the boulder business road

Trade

Sep 27, 2019 4 mins read 662 views
Celebrating 30th Bhutan-Thailand diplomatic relations

Foreign Affairs

Sep 26, 2019 1 mins read 640 views
HC upholds lower court judgment on Zangdopelri case

Judiciary

Sep 26, 2019 1 mins read 617 views
Lhuentse flags off activities to receive tourists

Tourism

Sep 26, 2019 2 mins read 0 views
Lhuentse flags off activities to receive tourists

Tourism

Sep 26, 2019 2 mins read 576 views
Solution found to the 200 statues

Religious

Sep 26, 2019 0 mins read 631 views
Health minister outlines major reforms in the health sector

Health

Sep 26, 2019 4 mins read 678 views
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The National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) has urged government agencies, businesses and the public to remain vigilant as El Nino conditions are forecast to strengthen and peak towards the second half of the year, raising the likelihood of disruptions to agriculture, hydropower, tourism and water resources.

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BBS chief editor resigns alleging workplace harassment and discrimination

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Sangbaykha records first-ever WBH sighting

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Paro FC Academy receives AFC elite youth two-star rating

Paro FC’s Two-Star rating places the academy among a select group of institutions across Asia recognised for meeting hig...

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Bhutanese monk disappears in France, family in despair

A 31-year-old former monk travels to France and then vanishes without a trace. After six months of silence, his mother h...

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Fixing and fine-tuning GST regime

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime was never going to be an easy transition. Major tax reforms rarely are. Introduced in January this year, GST was envisioned as a modern tax system, replacing an outdated framework with one that is simpler, more transparent, efficient, and digitally driven.

May 23, 2026 2 mins read 3,997 views
Insolvency law, a long overdue

Bhutan’s economy has changed dramatically since the Bankruptcy Act of 1999 was enacted. Back then, the private sector was small, cross-border trade was limited, and the financial system was far less complex.

May 20, 2026 3 mins read 3,874 views
GMC was a masterstroke

The conflict in the Middle East, which has disrupted the global economy and fueled uncertainties, has led investors to question whether oil-rich nations remain a safe haven. As the confl...

May 16, 2026 2 mins read 6,357 views
Fighting online scams

The digital age has transformed Bhutanese society in ways unimaginable in just a decade or two. Social media and online platforms have opened enormous opportunities for communication,...

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ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ཁྲོམ་སྡེ་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་མ་ལང་མི་དེ་ སྲིད་བྱུས་དང་ ཁྱིམ་བཟོ་ག་གི་འཐུས་ཤོར་ཨིན་ན།

༉ ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ ལུང་ཕྱོགས་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་ལངམ་སྦེ་མེད་པའི་ དཀའ་ངལ་ལུ་བརྟེན་ འབྲུག་པའི་མི་ཁུངས་མང་ཤོས་ཅིག་ ས་མཚམས་ཕྱི་ཁ...

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When will we feed ourselves?

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Dorjilung hydropower to raise GDP by 2.4%, generate 5,000 jobs

The 1,125MW Dorjilung Hydroelectric Power Project (DHPP) is expected to boost the country’s economy, raising gross domes...

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ESP Steering Committee to review Nu 575 million in unspent, recovered funds

The Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) Steering Committee will review how to reallocate Nu 574.73 million in unspent and...

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New FDI regime offers wider access to foreign investors in agriculture

The agriculture and livestock sector is seeing an increased investor interest following major reforms in foreign direct...

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BCCI submits 35 business ideas to govt. for private sector engagement

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Bhutan attracts major impact finance commitments at SDG forum

During the two-day Bhutan SDG Impact Finance Forum held last week in Thimphu, international and high-level participants...

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Where tradition meets treatment

In Bhutan, healing is not a choice between past and present but a collaboration between the two. Across the country, pat...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 4,037 views
Between Homes

When I first arrived in Australia last year, I thought I was prepared. I had spoken to people, watched videos, and tried...

May 02, 2026 1 mins read 8,189 views
The true wealth of Dzambhala

The name Dzambhala — from the Sanskrit Jambhala — is traditionally associated with wealth and prosperity, reflecting his...

May 02, 2026 4 mins read 3,913 views
No amount of money can replace you

The early years — roughly birth to five — are critical for emotional development. While a child raised with consistency...

Apr 25, 2026 4 mins read 6,581 views
You’re not what you think you are

You are not alone in your confusion — and much of it arises from the word itself. Emptiness can sound like nothingness,...

Apr 18, 2026 4 mins read 5,458 views
Fuel crisis demands more than subsidies

Recent developments in the Middle East crisis suggest that a return to normalcy is still far away. Even if the war ends...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 5,341 views
Demographic crisis demands bold reforms

Bhutan is facing a “national crisis” as birth rates plunge by 62.9 percent. If current trends continue, the country coul...

Apr 29, 2026 2 mins read 8,783 views
A bumper harvest shouldn’t brew a bumper crisis

This summer, the mountain slopes above Lunana are expected to offer a bumper yield of cordyceps, or Yartsa Goenbub. But...

Apr 25, 2026 2 mins read 5,617 views
Unshackling the state

Apr 22, 2026 2 mins read 5,698 views
The environmental toll of wars

The deafening sounds of missiles and gunfire in the Middle East have briefly faded under a ceasefire, offering a much-ne...

Apr 18, 2026 2 mins read 5,028 views

Recents

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 silence.

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Changlimithang violence exposes vacuum in stadium security

The violence that erupted during the Bhutan Premier League match between Thimphu FC and Drukpa FC at Changlimithang Stadium on July 7, 2026, has exposed a gap in the country’s football security arrangements and raised the question of who, ultimately, is responsible for the safety of players, officials, and spectators.

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