September of 2021

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NRDCL struggles to sell sand and stone in east

Natural Resource

Sep 05, 2021 2 mins read 488 views
Farmers' groups wait long for project to start

Agriculture

Sep 05, 2021 2 mins read 447 views
Consumers don't benefit from revised customs duty

Trade

Sep 05, 2021 2 mins read 453 views
Animal Life Saving Association to take Gelephu organiser to court

Judiciary

Sep 03, 2021 2 mins read 408 views
Products certification to boost market of entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs

Sep 03, 2021 2 mins read 410 views
Farmers occupy CFM spots after vendors vacate

Trade

Sep 03, 2021 2 mins read 437 views
Phuentsholing marks 21 days without a positive community case

City

Sep 03, 2021 2 mins read 452 views
Reviving lakes to solve drinking and irrigation water issues in Dagana

Feature Story

Sep 03, 2021 2 mins read 0 views
Reviving lakes to solve drinking and irrigation water issues in Dagana

Feature Story

Sep 03, 2021 2 mins read 454 views
Is Bhutan prepared for an earthquake?

Perspective

Sep 03, 2021 4 mins read 436 views
Solar Plant- Benefits, and not in my backyard?

Energy

Sep 03, 2021 3 mins read 410 views
Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework..

Perspective

Sep 03, 2021 3 mins read 433 views
Local leaders want thromde to take care of religious monuments

Culture

Sep 03, 2021 1 mins read 540 views
Four specialists identified for Bumthang

Health

Sep 03, 2021 3 mins read 421 views
Of beyond reasonable doubt - standard of proof

Letter to the Editor

Sep 03, 2021 2 mins read 382 views
Research_What purpose

Editorial

Sep 03, 2021 2 mins read 410 views
DYS launches online course for Y-PEER Bhutan

Youth

Sep 03, 2021 2 mins read 568 views
Oversubscribed RICBL shares raise Nu 1.14B

Trade

Sep 03, 2021 1 mins read 398 views
Business fronting is a criminal offence

Trade

Sep 03, 2021 2 mins read 409 views
Bhutanese travelling to Middle East again

Foreign Affairs

Sep 03, 2021 2 mins read 408 views
CodeMonkey yet to reach schools in rural pockets

Education

Sep 03, 2021 3 mins read 414 views
The Talibans of our own country

Perspective

Sep 02, 2021 4 mins read 409 views
I had to return to Bhutan, my home: Fran Bak

Tourism

Sep 02, 2021 2 mins read 458 views
Is Bhutan ready for waste drop-off centres?

Letter to the Editor

Sep 02, 2021 1 mins read 442 views
Talking about mental health again

Education

Sep 02, 2021 2 mins read 449 views
Thimphu highlanders to get better porter-pony charges

Transport

Sep 02, 2021 1 mins read 425 views
Nature-based solution to protect white-bellied heron: RSPN

Environment

Sep 02, 2021 2 mins read 531 views
Seventeen years on, Paro families wait for land replacement

Dzongkhag

Sep 02, 2021 3 mins read 498 views
EU commits 31M Euro for next three years

Grant

Sep 02, 2021 3 mins read 408 views
From a difficult youth to a musician in making

Youth

Sep 01, 2021 2 mins read 455 views
Hands that are raising the Wangdue Dzong

Culture

Sep 01, 2021 4 mins read 403 views
Good luck to Chencho Gyeltshen and Ranjung Mikyo Dorji

Letter to the Editor

Sep 01, 2021 2 mins read 442 views
Safety is one's own responsibility

Editorial

Sep 01, 2021 1 mins read 390 views
Samdrupjongkhar in need of gynaecologist and endoscopy facility

Health

Sep 01, 2021 1 mins read 0 views
Samdrupjongkhar in need of gynaecologist and endoscopy facility

Health

Sep 01, 2021 1 mins read 404 views
Business picking up in Samtse

Trade

Sep 01, 2021 2 mins read 402 views
RICBL share auction closes today

SOE

Sep 01, 2021 1 mins read 434 views
Community ownership critical to Covid-19-free Phuentsholing

Health

Sep 01, 2021 2 mins read 426 views
Khandu Wangmo guilty of sedition

Judiciary

Sep 01, 2021 3 mins read 695 views
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Borrowers refund Nu 240 million ESP funds after ACC review

Three borrowers have refunded a combined Nu 240.48 million to the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) pool following the Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) directive to submit action taken reports on procedural lapses identified in four projects.

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MoESD moves to rebalance teacher distribution across schools

The Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) has launched a nationwide review and redeployment exercise to a...

May 16, 2026 4 mins read 5,738 views
Finance Minister proposes tax breaks until 2040 to achieve 25GW renewable energy target

The National Assembly yesterday tabled the Renewable Energy Tax Exemption Bill of Bhutan 2026, proposing time-bound and...

May 16, 2026 2 mins read 3,489 views
Triple demographic crisis could undermine 10X national economic vision

Bhutan is confronting a mounting demographic crisis that economists warn could undermine the country’s ambitious 10X Nat...

May 16, 2026 7 mins read 3,488 views
MPs question long-term costs of Bhutan’s commitment to big cat conservation

Bhutan is set to formally adopt the framework agreement establishing the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) on May 18...

May 16, 2026 2 mins read 2,227 views
Bhutan Cancer Society strengthens rural outreach and patient-centred care

The Bhutan Cancer Society (BCS) continues to strengthen its role in cancer prevention, treatment, and patient support, g...

May 16, 2026 3 mins read 1,569 views
Great Yeti Quest festival draws thousands, boosts Sakteng’s economy

Trashigang—The three-day Great Yeti Quest festival drew around 8,000 visitors to Sakteng this month, delivering an unpre...

May 16, 2026 2 mins read 1,999 views
Govt. scraps Pongchola airport project after feasibility review

The government has dropped the proposed airport project at Pongchola in Mongar after technical reassessments concluded t...

May 16, 2026 3 mins read 2,363 views
Govt. proposes Nu 153.3B budget for FY 2026-27

The government has proposed a budget of Nu 153.3 billion for the fiscal year 2026–27, representing 30 percent of the 13t...

May 16, 2026 7 mins read 2,201 views
NC reviews progress on healthcare system recommendations

May 15, 2026 4 mins read 3,163 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 beyond seed funding remains limited, making it difficult for existing startups to scale and sustain operations.

Mar 21, 2026 3 mins read 5,382 views
Whose face are you wearing?

The desire for happiness is universal, and beauty, prestige, and wealth have always been seen as pathways to achieve it. In that sense, this is nothing new.

May 16, 2026 4 mins read 903 views
A memoir of hustle and heartache

May 11, 2026 3 mins read 1,445 views
From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

May 11, 2026 4 mins read 1,225 views
Café by the waterfall

About six kilometres before Trongsa town, just past the Bjee Zam Bridge, a traditional one-storey house appears on the left of the highway. It is not easy to miss. This modest structure...

May 02, 2026 2 mins read 1,935 views
Where tradition meets treatment

In Bhutan, healing is not a choice between past and present but a collaboration between the two. Across the country, patients move between modern clinics and traditional medicine units with ease, guided as much by...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 1,626 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 to imagine what life would be like. Bu...

May 02, 2026 1 mins read 5,842 views
The true wealth of Dzambhala

The name Dzambhala — from the Sanskrit Jambhala — is traditionally associated with wealth and prosperity, reflecting his role as a symbol of abundance and generosity. There are five principal forms of the...

May 02, 2026 4 mins read 1,584 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 and warmth by devoted grandparents can fare well, separation from parents at this age generally causes...

Apr 25, 2026 4 mins read 3,937 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, which is precisely what it does not mean. A more precise term might be: empty of inherent existence.

Apr 18, 2026 4 mins read 2,987 views
Sundays at Le Méridien

The monthly Sunday brunch at Le Méridien has become a special experience that goes beyond dining, offering guests a relaxed four-hour setting to reconnect with family and friends.

Apr 13, 2026 3 mins read 2,874 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 494 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 3,530 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,...

May 13, 2026 2 mins read 1,057 views
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?

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,506 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 and the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly one-quarter of the world’s oil flows to markets, reopens, the discuss...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 2,436 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 could see as few as 2,000 births by 2028.

Apr 29, 2026 2 mins read 5,165 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 2,880 views
Unshackling the state

Apr 22, 2026 2 mins read 2,914 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 6,571 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 6,514 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 6,913 views
Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

Jan 31, 2026 2 mins read 13,847 views
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...

Jan 31, 2026 3 mins read 10,237 views
The trap of spiritual materialism

Apr 13, 2026 4 mins read 3,293 views
Compassion in practice: Building a win-win healthcare system

Taking care of all members of society is a characteristic of a mature and compassionate nation; therefore, I strongly ad...

Apr 04, 2026 4 mins read 2,735 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Studies and end of life accounts consistently show that many of us leave this world with the same stinging regrets: not...

Apr 01, 2026 4 mins read 3,698 views
When Words Create Worlds

Mar 30, 2026 4 mins read 2,862 views
Where to find the best momos in Thimphu

Mar 16, 2026 1 mins read 4,685 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 2,563 views
A costly fiasco

Apr 11, 2026 2 mins read 3,916 views
Living hand to mouth

Apr 08, 2026 2 mins read 3,253 views
A call for shared responsibility

The government’s directive to prudently use scarce public resources, fossil fuels (petrol and diesel) is a timely interv...

Apr 04, 2026 2 mins read 3,899 views
When the watchdog has no teeth

The Bhutan Media Forum concluded yesterday, bringing together media professionals, policymakers, and civil society membe...

Apr 01, 2026 2 mins read 3,503 views

Recents

GST debate intensifies as inflation rises, government proposes expanded exemptions

Just five months into the new 5 percent GST regime, food inflation has soared to 6.83 percent, leaving consumers asking: where are the promised savings? While lawmakers push to exempt 22 new essential items like cooking oil and rice to protect the poor , tax officials warn that adding more exemptions will only invite massive tax evasion. Who is really winning here? The consumers or the businesses?

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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.

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