October of 2022

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Pedestrian terminal user fee welcome

Editorial

Oct 26, 2022 1 mins read 411 views
Bhutan can do it

Perspective

Oct 25, 2022 3 mins read 491 views
Climate ambassador from the mountains

Feature Story

Oct 25, 2022 2 mins read 442 views
Samdrupjongkhar artificial turf

Letter to the Editor

Oct 25, 2022 1 mins read 437 views
The weather and us

Editorial

Oct 25, 2022 2 mins read 470 views
Influenza outbreak after two years

Health

Oct 25, 2022 1 mins read 486 views
Gasa Tshachhu redevelopment to complete next June

Natural Resource

Oct 25, 2022 1 mins read 449 views
Lauri farmers find market for khalu in France

Agriculture

Oct 25, 2022 2 mins read 474 views
When going to school is a risk

Education

Oct 25, 2022 2 mins read 522 views
Begana bridge construction

Letter to the Editor

Oct 24, 2022 1 mins read 523 views
Setting our priorities

Editorial

Oct 24, 2022 1 mins read 466 views
Radhi GC road in need of maintenance

Road

Oct 24, 2022 1 mins read 506 views
Nu 10 user fee to be charged at pedestrian terminal from November

Finance

Oct 24, 2022 1 mins read 437 views
Cyclone Sitrang will have minimal impact on Bhutan

Disaster

Oct 24, 2022 1 mins read 541 views
Police launch massive search as two flee from custody

Crime

Oct 24, 2022 2 mins read 459 views
Team Ratna wins 13th coronation archery tournament

Sports

Oct 23, 2022 1 mins read 490 views
The Snowman Race - not just a Run

Perspective

Oct 23, 2022 4 mins read 500 views
What is the future of White Bellied Heron in Bhutan?

Letter to the Editor

Oct 23, 2022 2 mins read 426 views
Dream Australia

Editorial

Oct 23, 2022 2 mins read 487 views
Tongling community Lhakhang in need of renovation

Religious

Oct 23, 2022 2 mins read 442 views
Plunge in yak population worries Trashiyangtse highlanders

Highlander

Oct 23, 2022 3 mins read 491 views
ADB approves loans for fiscal sustainability and green recovery

Banks

Oct 23, 2022 3 mins read 485 views
His Majesty graces the 5th Royal Highland Festival in Laya

Royal

Oct 23, 2022 1 mins read 477 views
Pasakha residents need a clinic

Health

Oct 21, 2022 2 mins read 629 views
Kanglung town to install LED lights

Thromde

Oct 21, 2022 1 mins read 477 views
Women's basketball: A long way to go

Sports

Oct 21, 2022 3 mins read 464 views
A three-day festival for entrepreneurs begins

Festival

Oct 21, 2022 1 mins read 444 views
Trongsa at the Centre

Perspective

Oct 21, 2022 6 mins read 490 views
Protected farming to fight human-wildlife-conflict

Feature Story

Oct 21, 2022 2 mins read 471 views
Residual lands in core Thimphu could be monetized: Research

Perspective

Oct 21, 2022 4 mins read 511 views
Verdure Singapore

Perspective

Oct 21, 2022 5 mins read 508 views
Economic growth without financial inclusion widens the gap between the rich and poor

Letter to the Editor

Oct 21, 2022 2 mins read 420 views
As challenging as the terrains

Editorial

Oct 21, 2022 2 mins read 468 views
MoU to stabilize slopes along Damchu-Chukha bypass

MoU

Oct 21, 2022 1 mins read 483 views
Govt. exploring ways to help Bhutanese go to Australia

Foreign Affairs

Oct 21, 2022 2 mins read 479 views
Acclimatisation issue affected international runners

Sports

Oct 20, 2022 2 mins read 427 views
A white-bellied heron found along Phochhu and Mochhu

Wild Life

Oct 20, 2022 2 mins read 535 views
A contractor's point of view on the editorial "At the cost of the people"

Letter to the Editor

Oct 20, 2022 2 mins read 399 views
Waste and tourism

Editorial

Oct 20, 2022 2 mins read 543 views
Legal Aid Center established for indigent persons

Judiciary

Oct 20, 2022 4 mins read 506 views
Leadership assessment for P1 is not to manage out: RCSC

RCSC

Oct 20, 2022 2 mins read 493 views
Loans suspended to maintain financial stability, says RMA

Banks

Oct 20, 2022 3 mins read 650 views
Fifth Pay Commission constituted

Finance

Oct 20, 2022 1 mins read 479 views
Finding the inner gold

Tourism

Oct 19, 2022 2 mins read 409 views
Bhutan Climate Conclave calls for stronger climate action

Climate

Oct 19, 2022 3 mins read 486 views
Browse Archives
Bhutanese fans tip Argentina, Brazil, Japan, England to lift World Cup 2026

As the FIFA World Cup 2026 prepares to make history with a record 48 teams across three North American nations, football fans in Bhutan have already chosen their potential winners.

Jun 10, 2026 3 mins read 2,961 views
Amendment to CRPD reservation fails to secure support in NC

The amendment to the reservation on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was not adopted at...

Jun 09, 2026 2 mins read 2,071 views
Study to improve road construction in high-altitude passes

Recurrent failures of pavements along Dochula, Pelela, Yotongla and Thrumshingla passes are partly attributed to design...

Jun 09, 2026 2 mins read 3,437 views
Bhutan installs first high-altitude black carbon monitoring station

The National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM), in partnership with the International Centre for Integrated Mo...

Jun 08, 2026 2 mins read 1,653 views
NC forwards Co-operatives and Farmers Groups Bill 2025 to National Assembly

The Co-operatives and Farmers Groups Bill of Bhutan 2025 has been reviewed by the National Council and forwarded to the...

Jun 08, 2026 2 mins read 1,999 views
NC backs designated zones for meat shops, adopts Livestock Bill

Meat shops and meat sales outlets will be allowed to operate only from designated locations under the Livestock Bill of...

Jun 08, 2026 2 mins read 4,956 views
Finance Minister to present revised block grant guidelines in winter Parliament session

Finance Minister Lekey Dorji will present revised guidelines for the annual block grant for local governments during the...

Jun 08, 2026 2 mins read 2,286 views
New income tax regime reduces TDS deductions, increases take-home pay

Civil servants across all grade levels have seen a significant increase in take-home pay following recent tax reforms, a...

Jun 06, 2026 2 mins read 4,034 views
Renovated immigration building to ease congestion at Phuentsholing terminal

Phuentsholing—Tourists entering the country by road through Phuentsholing will experience faster and more comfortable se...

Jun 06, 2026 2 mins read 2,158 views
ACC drops cases against former JDWNRH president; family alleges wrongful implication

Family members of former President of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) Lhab Dorji have alleged...

Jun 06, 2026 5 mins read 2,735 views
NC endorses annual budget as per NA

The National Council yesterday deliberated on the National Budget Report for FY 2026–27, the Budget Appropriation Bill for FY 2026–27, and the Supplementary Budget Appropriation Bill for FY 2025–26.

Jun 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,501 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 3,958 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 656 views
Ask Mr Bhutan: “Money can’t buy happiness.” Is it true, when everything is dependent on money?

Once born into a physical body, there are certain absolute necessities without which most of us are incapable of experie...

May 30, 2026 2 mins read 1,290 views
Duchen Nga Zom: What a butter lamp and a few flower petals can teach us

Duchen Nga Zom is a duzom—an auspicious convergence of sacred time within the Buddhist calendar, marked by the meeting o...

May 30, 2026 4 mins read 1,119 views
The virus, the fear, and the freedom beyond both

Hantavirus is not a single virus but a family of rodent-borne viruses that occasionally spill over into humans, sometime...

May 24, 2026 4 mins read 1,455 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 1,879 views
A memoir of hustle and heartache

May 11, 2026 3 mins read 2,467 views
From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

May 11, 2026 4 mins read 2,219 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 2,878 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 2,626 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 6,830 views
Overseas employment isn’t the solution

The conflict in the Middle East has once again exposed our dependence on overseas employment as a pressure valve for domestic unemployment.

Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 1,197 views
United for Project 108

Bhutanese, friends of Bhutan, and our well-wishers are willingly answering the call to fulfill the Royal vision of erecting 108 Jangchub Choetens along the Mao Chhu in Gelephu Mindfulnes...

Jun 06, 2026 2 mins read 597 views
Banks can unlock growth through affordable credit

Financial institutions are the lifeblood of any modern economy. They mobilise savings, allocate capital, manage risk, an...

Jun 03, 2026 3 mins read 1,905 views
A missed opportunity

The Thromde election process has begun, with the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) notifying registered voters in Thimphu and Phuentsholing thromdes who are eligible for postal v...

May 30, 2026 2 mins read 1,631 views
Chain-link fencing: somebody’s gain, another’s loss

Chain-link fencing is perhaps one of the most viable solutions policymakers have managed to narrow down in the long and...

May 27, 2026 2 mins read 1,821 views
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...

May 23, 2026 2 mins read 2,228 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 2,152 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 4,742 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 2,233 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...

May 11, 2026 6 mins read 2,822 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 6,593 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 7,926 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 8,112 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 8,524 views
Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

Jan 31, 2026 2 mins read 15,778 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 2,544 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 5,082 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 4,104 views
Sundays at Le Méridien

The monthly Sunday brunch at Le Méridien has become a special experience that goes beyond dining, offering guests a rela...

Apr 13, 2026 3 mins read 3,794 views
The trap of spiritual materialism

Apr 13, 2026 4 mins read 4,333 views
When will we feed ourselves?

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 2,686 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 3,706 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 6,846 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 4,104 views

Recents

Dungkar Dzong-an icon of Bhutan’s transformation

The Dungkar Dzong in Pangbisa, Paro, is a vivid living monument to the era of transformation in Bhutan. The structure represents Bhutan’s architectural splendour at its best. In function, it is an icon of change, an expression of times to come. The concept is an ingenuous demonstration of how a proud past welcomes an exciting future.

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