October of 2023

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RTC Women lead women's national league

Sports

Oct 31, 2023 1 mins read 582 views
Royal Highland Festival: Epitome of ecotourism?

Highlander

Oct 31, 2023 2 mins read 614 views
Health workers are important

Letter to the Editor

Oct 31, 2023 1 mins read 619 views
Warning bells ring louder

Editorial

Oct 31, 2023 2 mins read 623 views
Promoting Bhutan's high-value agricultural products

Agriculture

Oct 31, 2023 2 mins read 699 views
Experts study Thorthomi Lake outburst

Water

Oct 31, 2023 1 mins read 562 views
CSI bank merges with BDB

Banks

Oct 31, 2023 2 mins read 707 views
280,581 animals vaccinated against Lumpy Skin Disease

Health

Oct 30, 2023 2 mins read 702 views
Drug testing for road safety

Letter to the Editor

Oct 30, 2023 1 mins read 736 views
Celebrating volunteerism

Editorial

Oct 30, 2023 2 mins read 587 views
DPT declares candidate of Shompangkha

Politics

Oct 30, 2023 1 mins read 578 views
Ministry to launch four agri-food hubs for sustainability

Agriculture

Oct 30, 2023 2 mins read 637 views
National Assembly members exit office

National Assembly

Oct 30, 2023 1 mins read 727 views
Bhutan losing billion litres of glacial water annually

Water

Oct 30, 2023 2 mins read 729 views
Rising attrition calls for healthcare workforce sustainability

Health

Oct 30, 2023 2 mins read 626 views
Simple World Happy Life

Perspective

Oct 29, 2023 4 mins read 613 views
Thousands sign up for Gyalsung National Service

Question and Answer

Oct 29, 2023 3 mins read 615 views
Shouldn't health worker attrition concern us?

Letter to the Editor

Oct 29, 2023 1 mins read 587 views
A global model for urgent climate action?

Editorial

Oct 29, 2023 2 mins read 613 views
Bhutan pavilion to present Sustaining Carbon Neutrality at COP28

Foreign Affairs

Oct 29, 2023 2 mins read 574 views
Cabinet to table national workforce's wage revision today

National Assembly

Oct 29, 2023 2 mins read 577 views
35 years of Japanese volunteers in Bhutan celebrated

Festival

Oct 29, 2023 1 mins read 708 views
State Funeral of Lyonpo ChenkyabDorji

Grievance

Oct 29, 2023 1 mins read 616 views
National Assembly dissolves today

National Assembly

Oct 29, 2023 3 mins read 0 views
Bhutanese athletes conclude Asian Para Games

Sports

Oct 27, 2023 1 mins read 565 views
Civil Society Partnerships Day launched

NGO

Oct 27, 2023 2 mins read 546 views
Widower struggles with final rites for his wife

Grievance

Oct 27, 2023 2 mins read 556 views
Through the eyes of the "God of Sight"

Feature Story

Oct 27, 2023 2 mins read 574 views
From victims to survivors

Labour

Oct 27, 2023 4 mins read 533 views
Kuri-Gongri bridge reconstruction to complete in two months

Road

Oct 27, 2023 4 mins read 654 views
Pelkhil to begin Cambridge schooling next year

Pelkhil School in Thimphu will become Bhutan's first private school to offer a Cambridge curriculum from next year.

Oct 27, 2023 2 mins read 774 views
Reaffirming Constitutional Values: The Rule of Law

Letter to the Editor

Oct 27, 2023 2 mins read 606 views
Today's problem

Editorial

Oct 27, 2023 2 mins read 616 views
Boundary talks achieve much progress

Foreign Affairs

Oct 27, 2023 2 mins read 544 views
Gelephu domestic airport expansion to begin soon

Transport

Oct 27, 2023 2 mins read 558 views
SOEs to submit revised pay proposal to finance ministry

Economy

Oct 27, 2023 2 mins read 482 views
More small hydropower projects begin

Hydro power

Oct 27, 2023 2 mins read 586 views
Wamrong gets a landfill

Environment

Oct 26, 2023 2 mins read 508 views
Dharma Artist inspires youth to embrace Dzongkha script

Youth

Oct 26, 2023 3 mins read 595 views
The passing of the most exemplary bureaucrat

Letter to the Editor

Oct 26, 2023 1 mins read 613 views
For patient safety

Editorial

Oct 26, 2023 2 mins read 512 views
Farmers forge new market ties

Agriculture

Oct 26, 2023 3 mins read 597 views
National debt declines by 4B as domestic debt shrinks

Economy

Oct 26, 2023 2 mins read 572 views
Three para-athletes exit Asian Para Games

Sports

Oct 25, 2023 1 mins read 599 views
Bhutan, China hold 25th round boundary talks

Foreign Affairs

Oct 25, 2023 1 mins read 722 views
Is the entertainment sector dying?

Letter to the Editor

Oct 25, 2023 1 mins read 547 views
Gift of Sight

Editorial

Oct 25, 2023 2 mins read 584 views
Electric fencing eases farming life in Lumang

Agriculture

Oct 25, 2023 1 mins read 489 views
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Where the Migoi still roams

Trashigang —In the high valleys of Sakteng Gewog, the legend of the Migoi, the mythical yeti, has never truly disappeared.

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Family problems major driver behind rise in youth substance abuse: Education Minister

Family problems and weak support systems at home remain among the main drivers behind the rise in substance abuse among...

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Agriculture Ministry moves to shield 2026 cropping season amid concerns

As global climate forecasts warn of a possible “Super El Niño” this summer; raising fears of record-breaking temperature...

May 08, 2026 3 mins read 1,779 views
Foreign workers now require Bhutanese bank accounts for work permit approval

All foreign workers employed in the country for more than a month are required to open Bhutanese bank accounts.

May 08, 2026 1 mins read 2,709 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 4,992 views
A memoir of hustle and heartache

May 11, 2026 3 mins read 1,064 views
From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

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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 1,649 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 1,327 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 5,553 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 1,292 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 3,530 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 2,632 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 2,559 views
The trap of spiritual materialism

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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, business, education, entertainment, and entrepreneurship.

May 13, 2026 2 mins read 575 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 1,150 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 2,045 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 4,570 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...

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Unshackling the state

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The environmental toll of wars

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A costly fiasco

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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 6,255 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 6,183 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 6,581 views
Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

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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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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...

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Happiness with Mr Bhutan

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When Words Create Worlds

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Where to find the best momos in Thimphu

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Living hand to mouth

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A call for shared responsibility

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When the watchdog has no teeth

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Culture under threat?

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Promises and performance

As the government undertakes the mid-term review (MTR) of 13th Plan activities across dzongkhags, its performance must b...

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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, business, education, entertainment, and entrepreneurship.

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