August of 2024

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Why we must invest in the arts and literature

Editorial

Aug 05, 2024 2 mins read 1,374 views
Climate change blamed for decline in rice production in 2023

Climate change

Aug 05, 2024 2 mins read 1,239 views
Bhutan Echoes: Preserving the future of water is a shared responsibility

Bhutan Echoes

Aug 05, 2024 2 mins read 1,127 views
National debt down by Nu 7.9 billion

Domestic debt decreases by 32.8 percent

Aug 05, 2024 2 mins read 1,283 views
Disease, wildlife, and funding woes affect Wobthang's dairy farm

Disease, wildlife, and funding woes affect Wobthang's dairy farm

Aug 04, 2024 1 mins read 1,064 views
Paradox of wealth and happiness

Bhutan Echoes: Drukyul Literature

Aug 04, 2024 2 mins read 1,072 views
Govt endorses Educare Skill as National Online Dzongkha Learning Platform

Govt endorses Educare Skill as National Online Dzongkha Learning Platform

Aug 04, 2024 2 mins read 1,368 views
From Red Riding Hood to clowns, experimental play `Shape Shifters' explores fluidity of identity

Bhutan Echoes: Drukyul Literature

Aug 04, 2024 2 mins read 1,189 views
Dzongkha: The Sovereign Claim.

Dzongkha

Aug 04, 2024 6 mins read 1,293 views
NCDs need urgent attention

Health

Aug 04, 2024 2 mins read 1,009 views
The vanishing sense of belonging and innocence

Bhutan Echoes: Drukyul Literature

Aug 04, 2024 2 mins read 1,081 views
Drukgyal Zhipa: The Bodhisattva King

Drukgyal Zhipa

Aug 04, 2024 2 mins read 1,130 views
AI dilemma: Balancing tradition and technology

AI dilemma

Aug 04, 2024 3 mins read 1,237 views
Literature and arts echo in Thimphu

Bhutan Echoes festival kicked off with a celebration of culture and tradition

Aug 04, 2024 2 mins read 1,050 views
Chewing on a killer

59.4 percent of Bhutanese chew doma

Aug 02, 2024 4 mins read 1,068 views
Digital Drukyul completes seven projects, one ongoing

Digital Drukyul flagship

Aug 02, 2024 2 mins read 1,693 views
Sterilising free-roaming dogs nationwide reduces public health risks

Sterilising free-roaming dogs

Aug 02, 2024 3 mins read 1,134 views
Bhutan's organic vision: hitting the wall?

National Organic Flagship Programme (NOFP)

Aug 02, 2024 4 mins read 1,100 views
Pandemic forces reprioritisation of tourism flagship

tourism flagship

Aug 02, 2024 3 mins read 1,125 views
Sovereignty is the only thing worth fetishising

Q&A with The president of Centre for Bhutan Studies, Dasho Karma Ura

Aug 02, 2024 7 mins read 1,133 views
CSI drives job creation and product innovations

CSI

Aug 02, 2024 3 mins read 1,286 views
Health flagship project tackles Bhutan's cancer burden

Health flagship

Aug 02, 2024 3 mins read 1,171 views
Learning from the Potelas (power tillers)

power tillers

Aug 02, 2024 2 mins read 1,182 views
Education flagship achieves major milestones

Education flagship

Aug 02, 2024 3 mins read 1,182 views
Water flagship achieves 90% success

Of the 1,028 water projects identified, 856 completed, 71 ongoing

Aug 02, 2024 3 mins read 1,107 views
Govt discontinues waste flagship, focus shifts to circular economy

Waste flagship

Aug 02, 2024 3 mins read 1,290 views
Potato growers of Wangdue: challenges and opportunities

Potato growers of Wangdue

Aug 01, 2024 2 mins read 1,147 views
American teen launches menstrual health drive in Bhutan

menstrual health drive in Bhutan

Aug 01, 2024 2 mins read 1,237 views
Falling fertility rate, a serious concern

Fertility rate,

Aug 01, 2024 2 mins read 1,182 views
Share-trading halved, market value up

Trading volume decreased by 11.27 million shares last year

Aug 01, 2024 2 mins read 1,271 views
Inaugural Gyalsung programme to train 3,678 youths

Inaugural Gyalsung programme

Aug 01, 2024 2 mins read 1,161 views
Government power tillers languish in sad state of repair

Government power tillers

Aug 01, 2024 3 mins read 1,140 views
Central School 2.0: Will it survive beyond five years?

Central School 2.0

Aug 01, 2024 3 mins read 1,157 views
Browse Archives
Pay gaps trigger job-hopping, deepen talent strain

Why stay loyal when your peer in another sector earns more for the same work?. Clean wage system was supposed to fix this, but a "quiet, structural force" is now driving a massive internal talent drain.

Apr 25, 2026 6 mins read 7,572 views
Teachers struggle with distant postings and divided families

Phuentsholing—A teacher posted in Trongsa meets his family only when rare timetable adjustments allow him to travel. For...

Apr 25, 2026 4 mins read 9,867 views
GMC brings hope to Dadgari

Land prices just across the border have skyrocketed from Nu 100,000 to Nu 500,000 per acre almost overnight. The Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) has already started benefiting the neighbouring town.

Apr 25, 2026 3 mins read 9,961 views
Govt. steps up to bring home Bhutanese hit by Gulf job cuts

Thirty-nine Bhutanese have been stranded in Kuwait for over two months amid rising uncertainty. Is the dream of high-pay...

Apr 25, 2026 3 mins read 5,721 views
RMA to roll out 5% interest subsidy for hotels from May 1

Nu 844 million is a lifeline for struggling hoteliers. But there’s a catch: they must resume payments to qualify, or ris...

Apr 25, 2026 2 mins read 4,220 views
Sustaining progress for children key to Bhutan’s future

Over the past year, UNICEF, in close partnership with the Government of Bhutan and other stakeholders, has worked to adv...

Apr 25, 2026 6 mins read 3,205 views
Rangjung TTI to introduce courses in AI, blockchain and cybersecurity

Trashigang—The Rangjung Technical Training Institute (TTI) will introduce eight higher-level technical courses in blockc...

Apr 25, 2026 2 mins read 4,038 views
Wangdue Dzongkhag Court sentences man to nine years for rape of minor

Karma Dorji, a resident of Wangdue, was convicted under Section 183 of the Penal Code (Amendment) Act of Bhutan 2021, wh...

Apr 25, 2026 1 mins read 7,911 views
42 households affected as storm hits eight gewogs in Mongar

A severe windstorm, flash floods, and hailstones hit eight gewogs across Mongar on April 22, leaving 42 households affec...

Apr 25, 2026 2 mins read 3,286 views
Budget shortfall slows RBP’s infrastructure development

Rising costs and tight budget ceilings are slowing critical infrastructure projects within the Royal Bhutan Police, rais...

Apr 25, 2026 3 mins read 2,794 views
Giku-Na: A corner for a community

Feb 16, 2026 1 mins read 3,800 views
Koo Me Zha: A film review

Feb 16, 2026 1 mins read 3,624 views
A Café that kept it Simple

Feb 16, 2026 1 mins read 6,651 views
When stillness stirs a nation

Feb 16, 2026 4 mins read 3,063 views
A relief for the hotel industry

Jan 24, 2026 2 mins read 6,293 views
High-value tourism, low-value jobs?

Jan 21, 2026 2 mins read 6,476 views
Tying the loose ends of GST reform

Jan 17, 2026 2 mins read 6,938 views
GST transition pains need urgent fixes

Jan 14, 2026 2 mins read 6,610 views
Making GST work past early hiccups

The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a major fiscal reform in recent years. These new reforms are par...

Jan 10, 2026 2 mins read 6,741 views

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