April of 2024

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Tshewang Tenzin's journey: Triumphing through challenges

Feature Story

Apr 30, 2024 2 mins read 1,481 views
Urgent attention needed to address poor internet services

Letter to the Editor

Apr 30, 2024 1 mins read 671 views
Water water, not everywhere

Editorial

Apr 30, 2024 2 mins read 717 views
Opposition calls for government accountability

Politics

Apr 30, 2024 2 mins read 637 views
48 knee replacements to save the govt. Nu 38M

Health

Apr 30, 2024 2 mins read 708 views
1M Euros for digitalisation of education

The European Union (EU) and UNICEF committed one million Euros to enhance student's learning experiences and skill development to boost employability and economic growth whi...

Apr 30, 2024 2 mins read 741 views
Transport United faces Tsirang FC in inaugural 2024 BPL clash

Sports

Apr 29, 2024 2 mins read 658 views
Letter from Bumthang: Empowering survivors and building communities

Dzongkhag

Apr 29, 2024 3 mins read 644 views
Bhutan's immunisation success

Letter to the Editor

Apr 29, 2024 1 mins read 0 views
Bhutan's immunisation success

Letter to the Editor

Apr 29, 2024 1 mins read 727 views
Revised taxes, services and expectations

Editorial

Apr 29, 2024 2 mins read 800 views
Asian Development Bank prioritises Climate Action

Banks

Apr 29, 2024 2 mins read 604 views
Residents in Changjiji colony can occupy homes until they resign

House

Apr 29, 2024 2 mins read 666 views
Industrial Transformation Map to be ready by June

Industries

Apr 29, 2024 2 mins read 692 views
Vaccinating every child, Bhutan achieves yet another milestone

Health

Apr 28, 2024 2 mins read 622 views
Government to use Yonphula'sKelki School as specialised school

Education

Apr 28, 2024 2 mins read 589 views
Prime Minister advocates collaborative progress through media support

Letter to the Editor

Apr 28, 2024 1 mins read 548 views
Well begun is half done

Editorial

Apr 28, 2024 2 mins read 0 views
Bhutan's white-bellied heron count declines

Wild Life

Apr 28, 2024 2 mins read 594 views
Bhutan Baccalaureate well on track: Education Minister

Education

Apr 28, 2024 2 mins read 753 views
Man sentenced for raping daughter: Court orders compensation

Crime

Apr 28, 2024 1 mins read 604 views
Malaria cases in Sarpang: Patient silence hinders investigation

Health

Apr 28, 2024 2 mins read 662 views
Govt. aims for FDI worth Nu 500 billion in next five years

Finance

Apr 28, 2024 2 mins read 578 views
Accident occurs as JDW memorial tournament heads to final

Accident

Apr 26, 2024 1 mins read 580 views
Why is copyright issue still big in Bhutan?

Nyema Zam, CEO of Samuh, said that in the past year and a half, over 50 cases of copyright infringement were filed, with movies being the primary target.
Most mo...

Apr 26, 2024 2 mins read 768 views
Kharungla to help the eastern Bhutan tourism circuit

Tourism

Apr 26, 2024 2 mins read 648 views
Yakchod, a festival celebrating tradition and spirituality

Feature Story

Apr 26, 2024 2 mins read 1,351 views
Leadership matters

Perspective

Apr 26, 2024 3 mins read 606 views
About tigers and much more

Perspective

Apr 26, 2024 3 mins read 640 views
Tradition of drumming in new comers on the wane

Festival

Apr 26, 2024 2 mins read 647 views
Govt. to invest in marketing to promote tourism

Tourism

Apr 26, 2024 3 mins read 577 views
Are we throttling press freedom

Letter to the Editor

Apr 26, 2024 2 mins read 632 views
Is Thimchhu dying?

Editorial

Apr 26, 2024 2 mins read 570 views
Matalungchu's journey from water scarcity to prosperity

Water

Apr 26, 2024 3 mins read 676 views
Government will support youth -cooperatives in agriculture: PM

Agriculture

Apr 26, 2024 2 mins read 837 views
No blanket loan deferment after June this year: FM

Finance

Apr 26, 2024 3 mins read 624 views
Govt. to establish special office for returning civil servants

RCSC

Apr 26, 2024 3 mins read 753 views
Mistakes of the West; rest should not repeat

Perspective

Apr 24, 2024 6 mins read 621 views
UN backs Bhutan's sustainable development with USD 35.57M in 2023

Foreign Affairs

Apr 25, 2024 2 mins read 772 views
Giving wings to the community while saving cranes

Wild Life

Apr 25, 2024 2 mins read 586 views
Human-wildlife conflict threatens Bhutan's food security

Letter to the Editor

Apr 25, 2024 1 mins read 676 views
A fiery issue

Editorial

Apr 25, 2024 2 mins read 0 views
Three Himalayan nations unite to preserve biodiversity and cultures

Culture

Apr 25, 2024 2 mins read 605 views
Haa aims to boost tourist arrivals

Tourism

Apr 25, 2024 2 mins read 638 views
Sarpang hospital renovation remains uncertain

Health

Apr 25, 2024 2 mins read 580 views
40% representatives in EDB from private sector

Economy

Apr 25, 2024 2 mins read 588 views
Human activity causing forest fires

Forest

Apr 24, 2024 3 mins read 601 views
Conversation of Tigers

Letter to the Editor

Apr 24, 2024 1 mins read 576 views
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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 direct threat to the nation’s economic and demographic future.

May 09, 2026 8 mins read 4,587 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 3,161 views
CCAA warns public against alleged “TikTok Shop” scam

Two Bhutanese consumers just lost Nu 78,000 to a 'TikTok Shop' scheme. Here is how the trap was set on Facebook and Inst...

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 7,981 views
Over 200 intruders enter Lunana cordyceps sites

Over 200 intruders have swarmed the cordyceps sites of Lunana, sparked by a permit loophole that left local residents wa...

May 09, 2026 3 mins read 2,989 views
Multidisciplinary Super-Speciality Hospital project moving ahead as planned: Health Minister

The Multidisciplinary Super-Speciality Hospital (MDSSH) will be constructed as a flagship project under the 13th Five-Ye...

May 09, 2026 1 mins read 1,839 views
Airborne geophysical survey maps 40% of country’s land for minerals

Bhutan’s first-ever Airborne Geophysical Survey is on track for completion by June this year, with the most technically...

May 09, 2026 4 mins read 2,227 views
Flood-damaged Dagachhu hydropower plant to resume operations on May 16

The Department of Energy announced that restoration work at the flood-damaged Dagachhu hydropower plant is nearing compl...

May 09, 2026 1 mins read 1,711 views
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.

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,867 views
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...

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 2,066 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 5,050 views
A memoir of hustle and heartache

May 11, 2026 3 mins read 1,140 views
From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

May 11, 2026 4 mins read 931 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 1,696 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 1,374 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 5,599 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 1,337 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 3,593 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 2,687 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 2,614 views
The trap of spiritual materialism

Apr 13, 2026 4 mins read 3,012 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, business, education, entertainment, and entrepreneurship.

May 13, 2026 2 mins read 693 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 781 views
When will we feed ourselves?

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,202 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 2,099 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 4,668 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 2,571 views
Unshackling the state

Apr 22, 2026 2 mins read 2,558 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 2,282 views
A costly fiasco

Apr 11, 2026 2 mins read 3,663 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 6,306 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 6,235 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 6,634 views
Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

Jan 31, 2026 2 mins read 13,370 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 9,739 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 2,497 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 3,467 views
When Words Create Worlds

Mar 30, 2026 4 mins read 2,632 views
Where to find the best momos in Thimphu

Mar 16, 2026 1 mins read 4,439 views
Living hand to mouth

Apr 08, 2026 2 mins read 3,003 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 3,636 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 3,250 views
Culture under threat?

Mar 28, 2026 2 mins read 4,678 views
Promises and performance

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

Mar 25, 2026 2 mins read 3,780 views

Recents

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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