July of 2023

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Reminding ourselves

Editorial

Jul 20, 2023 2 mins read 0 views
Shortage of fertilisers affects paddy growers in Samtse

Agriculture

Jul 20, 2023 2 mins read 413 views
DNT's new Gelephu and Drujeygang candidates

Politics

Jul 20, 2023 1 mins read 403 views
GAB proposes standardization of DSA for guides

Tourism

Jul 20, 2023 3 mins read 469 views
Govt. approves facilitators for ECCD centres to open soon

Education

Jul 20, 2023 2 mins read 494 views
ESWL helps patients with renal problems

Health

Jul 19, 2023 1 mins read 430 views
Bhutanese swimmers set to make waves

Sports

Jul 19, 2023 2 mins read 426 views
Old integrated breeding centre await revival

Farming

Jul 19, 2023 2 mins read 385 views
Efforts to improve service delivery at national referral hospital

Health

Jul 19, 2023 2 mins read 449 views
Need for cybersecurity education for all Bhutanese

Letter to the Editor

Jul 19, 2023 1 mins read 510 views
Combating drug smuggling

Editorial

Jul 19, 2023 2 mins read 431 views
Two sentenced for illicit drug-trafficking

Narcotic

Jul 19, 2023 1 mins read 417 views
Bolstering rabies surveillance in Sarpang

Health

Jul 19, 2023 3 mins read 397 views
DPT declares two candidates

Politics

Jul 19, 2023 1 mins read 414 views
Bhutan tries electric bus as focus shifts to eco-friendly transport

Transport

Jul 19, 2023 2 mins read 474 views
INR reserves plummet by 44 percent in last one year

Finance

Jul 19, 2023 4 mins read 363 views
Namlha FC take on Paro FC in 2023 BPL opening today

Sports

Jul 18, 2023 1 mins read 412 views
Cordyceps boom brings prosperity amid sustainability concerns

Feature Story

Jul 18, 2023 4 mins read 464 views
Addressing drug abuse among Bhutanese youth

Letter to the Editor

Jul 18, 2023 1 mins read 462 views
Empowering Bhutanese youth through sports

Editorial

Jul 18, 2023 2 mins read 398 views
Acute shortage of vet doctors affects service delivery in NVH

Health

Jul 18, 2023 2 mins read 424 views
Finding solutions to road problems in Gelephu

Road

Jul 18, 2023 2 mins read 433 views
Entertainment fraternity in Thimphu raises concerns over mega festivals

Entertainment

Jul 18, 2023 2 mins read 395 views
Cordyceps harvest in Wangdue witnesses substantial decrease

Cordyceps

Jul 18, 2023 2 mins read 385 views
DHI and group's revenue rose by 13.77 percent last year

Finance

Jul 18, 2023 2 mins read 398 views
Taekwondo athletes prepare for Asian Games

Sports

Jul 17, 2023 1 mins read 431 views
`Rice Bowl of the East' expects a better yield this year

Dzongkhag

Jul 17, 2023 2 mins read 420 views
It's okay to work blue-collar jobs in Australia

Letter to the Editor

Jul 17, 2023 1 mins read 438 views
Coming back home?

Editorial

Jul 17, 2023 2 mins read 425 views
Cyber incidents rise highlight need for strengthened cybersecurity

Technology

Jul 17, 2023 2 mins read 420 views
Mystery surrounds disappearance of 25-year-old woman in Punakha

Lost and Found

Jul 17, 2023 2 mins read 423 views
Education policy crucial for Bhutan's modern education journey

Education

Jul 17, 2023 3 mins read 445 views
Govt. will take in returnees on contract

Labour

Jul 17, 2023 2 mins read 398 views
Lemongrass oil business wanes in Bartsham

Farming

Jul 16, 2023 3 mins read 383 views
Youth and drugs

Letter to the Editor

Jul 16, 2023 1 mins read 0 views
Curbing pedestrian accidents in Thimphu

Editorial

Jul 16, 2023 2 mins read 435 views
Skilling legislators in social policy

Judiciary

Jul 16, 2023 2 mins read 402 views
Phuentsholing Thromde proposes new schools in 13th Plan

Education

Jul 16, 2023 2 mins read 457 views
Police crackdown on drug supply

Narcotic

Jul 16, 2023 2 mins read 480 views
Land business, lucrative no more?

Land

Jul 14, 2023 2 mins read 409 views
Family land inheritance unaffected by moratorium

Land

Jul 14, 2023 1 mins read 367 views
Sarpang Tar embarks on infrastructure development

Dzongkhag

Jul 14, 2023 2 mins read 443 views
Driving through gender roles

Feature Story

Jul 14, 2023 2 mins read 420 views
BTP declares candidate for Dremedtse-Ngatshang

Politics

Jul 14, 2023 1 mins read 395 views
Government permits foreign child caregivers to boost fertility

Labour

Jul 14, 2023 3 mins read 492 views
The Promises and Perils of the Tech war

Worldnews

Jul 14, 2023 4 mins read 430 views
Browse Archives
Quarterly survey reveals shifting trends in agriculture and livestock sector

The agriculture sector is showing early signs of transition from subsistence-based farming towards more commercial production, supported by improved market access, better inputs and modern farming practices, according to the latest quarterly data.

May 13, 2026 2 mins read 1,542 views
Social media exposure of vulnerable groups raises concerns over ethics and dignity

The programme focused on strengthening ethical and responsible reporting on issues affecting marginalised groups, partic...

May 12, 2026 2 mins read 2,852 views
ASF outbreak deepens uncertainty for pig farmers

May 12, 2026 4 mins read 2,738 views
Poultry mismanagement fuels egg crisis, MoAL must stabilise supply chains immediately

The spike in egg prices is the result of deeper structural disruptions in the poultry sector, compounded by inflationary...

May 12, 2026 3 mins read 2,592 views
Parliament session to deliberate budget and critical national Bills

The Fifth Session of the Fourth Parliament of Bhutan will be held from May 14 to June 17, 2026, during which lawmakers w...

May 11, 2026 2 mins read 2,805 views
GMCA invites bids to redesign Gelephu Old Town

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 5,497 views
Through chemotherapy, lockdowns, and stigma

At just 32, Tseltrim Zangmo thought she was just tired; she ended up fighting Stage 3 breast cancer. Her message to the...

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 3,598 views
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom bridge in the sky

The bond between the two Kingdoms of Bhutan and Thailand has always been rooted in shared reverence and wisdom. This gai...

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 2,796 views
Bhutan’s rising suicides deepen economic and demographic strain

One life is lost every 84 hours. Bhutan’s rising suicide rate is no longer just a public health crisis. It is also a di...

May 09, 2026 8 mins read 4,806 views
Fuel subsidy unsustainable as annual cost could reach Nu 14.4B

With a price tag of Nu 14.4 billion annually, can Bhutan really afford to keep subsidizing your fuel?

May 09, 2026 4 mins read 3,398 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 5,185 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 620 views
A memoir of hustle and heartache

May 11, 2026 3 mins read 1,277 views
From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

May 11, 2026 4 mins read 1,062 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 1,802 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 1,483 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 5,704 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 1,445 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 3,739 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 2,820 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 2,726 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 conflict drags on, investors are seeking to diversify away from Gulf nations, especially Dubai while navigating geopolitical tensions and global volatility.

May 16, 2026 2 mins read 2,948 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 874 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 959 views
When will we feed ourselves?

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,334 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 2,236 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 4,885 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 2,707 views
Unshackling the state

Apr 22, 2026 2 mins read 2,707 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-needed respite that eases global anxieties over spiraling economic and geopolitical crises....

Apr 18, 2026 2 mins read 2,396 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 6,417 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 6,343 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 6,744 views
Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

Jan 31, 2026 2 mins read 13,563 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 9,948 views
The trap of spiritual materialism

Apr 13, 2026 4 mins read 3,131 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 2,605 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 3,575 views
When Words Create Worlds

Mar 30, 2026 4 mins read 2,732 views
Where to find the best momos in Thimphu

Mar 16, 2026 1 mins read 4,557 views
A costly fiasco

Apr 11, 2026 2 mins read 3,772 views
Living hand to mouth

Apr 08, 2026 2 mins read 3,108 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 3,747 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 3,356 views
Culture under threat?

Mar 28, 2026 2 mins read 4,788 views

Recents

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 conflict drags on, investors are seeking to diversify away from Gulf nations, especially Dubai while navigating geopolitical tensions and global volatility.

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