July of 2024

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First census reveals 302 Red Pandas in Bhutan

Affectionately known as Acho Dongka, Red Panda is also culturally significant

Jul 31, 2024 2 mins read 865 views
Editorial: Bhutan Echoes: Celebrating our heartbeat

Bhutan Echoes

Jul 31, 2024 2 mins read 809 views
Steady decline in wheat and buckwheat production

Buckwheat production

Jul 31, 2024 2 mins read 802 views
Oyster mushroom farms in Tsholingkhar close up shop amid challenges

Oyster mushroom

Jul 31, 2024 2 mins read 900 views
The battle against low fertility

The battle against low fertility

Jul 31, 2024 2 mins read 878 views
World Ranger Day celebrates sacrifices and contributions of rangers

World Ranger Day

Jul 31, 2024 2 mins read 895 views
Seven Bhutanese to take part in Snowman Race 2024

Snowman Race 2024

Jul 24, 2024 2 mins read 891 views
Opposition MP arrested for alleged child molestation, granted bail

The MP has denied the allegations

Jul 24, 2024 1 mins read 845 views
Thromde workers brave elements to restore water supply to South Thimphu

Thromde workers brave elements to restore water supply to South Thimphu

Jul 24, 2024 2 mins read 845 views
Editorial: A big white elephant in the city?

A big white elephant in the city?

Jul 24, 2024 2 mins read 856 views
New trade facilitation centre to benefit potato farmers

New trade facilitation centre to benefit potato farmers

Jul 24, 2024 3 mins read 904 views
His Majesty visits Gujarat

Visits

Jul 24, 2024 1 mins read 872 views
Major boost for ECCD in 13th plan

Education

Jul 24, 2024 2 mins read 895 views
Ambitious 10,000MW hydropower goal back in the plan

Hydro power

Jul 24, 2024 2 mins read 932 views
Leading the way

Thromde

Jul 23, 2024 2 mins read 889 views
EmpowerHER workshop boosts skills of Bhutanese women journalists

Media

Jul 23, 2024 1 mins read 837 views
Yearning for the third leg!

Letter to the Editor

Jul 23, 2024 2 mins read 863 views
GLOF_Preparing for a looming threat

Editorial

Jul 23, 2024 2 mins read 1,071 views
Nu 14 billion to enhance hydromet services in 13th Plan

Climate

Jul 23, 2024 2 mins read 849 views
Tsirang to focus on large-scale farms

Agriculture

Jul 23, 2024 2 mins read 887 views
Govt targets major growth for industries in 13th Plan

Finance

Jul 23, 2024 2 mins read 861 views
DCDD to partner with private sector for Dzongkha development

Culture

Jul 23, 2024 3 mins read 900 views
Plans underway to reduce Thorthomi lake water level

Water

Jul 22, 2024 3 mins read 888 views
Thank you

Letter to the Editor

Jul 22, 2024 1 mins read 0 views
Harnessing the soft power of films

Editorial

Jul 22, 2024 2 mins read 1,075 views
Satellite town to Narphung rescue

Thromde

Jul 22, 2024 2 mins read 861 views
First phase of small hydro projects to be commissioned by mid-next year

Hydro power

Jul 22, 2024 2 mins read 898 views
GovTech studying possibility of introducing Starlink in Bhutan

Technology

Jul 22, 2024 3 mins read 1,006 views
AI sign language translator app wins innovation challenge

Technology

Jul 21, 2024 2 mins read 908 views
Bus-ted_Are priority lanes driving us nowhere

Letter to the Editor

Jul 21, 2024 1 mins read 875 views
A national imperative

Editorial

Jul 21, 2024 2 mins read 997 views
Youth unemployment to dip to 19.2 percent in Q2

Youth

Jul 21, 2024 2 mins read 827 views
Government repatriates students from Bangladesh

Foreign Affairs

Jul 21, 2024 2 mins read 878 views
Harnessing power of technologies to increase civil service efficiency

Question and Answer

Jul 19, 2024 3 mins read 851 views
New TTI Thimphu in Serbithang

Thromde

Jul 19, 2024 1 mins read 882 views
Police arrest cattle raider in Thimphu

Crime

Jul 19, 2024 1 mins read 864 views
More awareness to curb mushroom poisoning

Food

Jul 19, 2024 1 mins read 829 views
Formal trade route through Samrang in the offing

Road

Jul 19, 2024 2 mins read 857 views
Cordyceps fetch highest bid of Nu 3.34 million in Bumthang

Cordyceps

Jul 19, 2024 1 mins read 828 views
Can fresh perspectives revive public trust?

Letter to the Editor

Jul 19, 2024 3 mins read 855 views
Massive 13th Plan

Editorial

Jul 19, 2024 2 mins read 1,108 views
BNB vs Penjore case comes to an end

Judiciary

Jul 19, 2024 1 mins read 924 views
Combating tiger and wildlife crimes

Wild Life, 15 tiger-related wildlife crimes were reported last year. The Department of Forests and Park Services (DoFPS) recorded 15 wildlife crimes involving tigers last year, with cases...

Jul 19, 2024 3 mins read 839 views
SOEs report major profits amid subsidy cuts

SOE

Jul 19, 2024 3 mins read 860 views
PHPA-II operations expected by August 15

Hydro power

Jul 19, 2024 2 mins read 821 views
Browse Archives
Gelephu–Kokrajhar railway project awaits final go-ahead

The much-awaited 69.04-kilometre cross-border railway project connecting Gelephu to Kokrajhar station in Assam, India, is currently awaiting Indian government approval.

Jul 14, 2025 3 mins read 5,437 views
Rising temperatures, rising toll: Drownings spike along Punakha rivers

As temperatures soar this summer, rivers in Punakha have become a popular retreat for residents seeking relief from the...

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 4,870 views
Goods and services costlier by 3.84 percent in May

Rising costs in food and non-food categories fuelled a jump in the country’s inflation rate, which reached 3.84 percent...

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 1,427 views
Bhutan strengthens HIV response amid rising cases and regional inequities

Bhutan’s growing response to the HIV epidemic is taking shape against a shifting regional landscape, where progress and...

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 1,293 views
Crime declines, offence severity rises

Fewer crimes are happening in Bhutan, but those that do are more severe, according to the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)’s Statistical Yearbook 2024 report.

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 872 views
Sarpang Strikers win Women’s T20 Smash 2025

The Sarpang Strikers were crowned champions of the Bhutan Tourism Corporation Limited Women’s T20 Smash 2025 yesterday,...

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 1,209 views
Symbol of friendship: His Majesty gifts takins to Thai Royals

As a royal gift from His Majesty The King of Bhutan, a pair of takins (one female and one male) are being gifted to Thei...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 6,754 views
Applicants unhappy with ESP loan rejections

Dissatisfaction is growing among loan applicants of the economic stimulus programme (ESP) over the high rate of rejectio...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 2,550 views
Education ministry launches Education Technology Framework

The Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and UNICEF, yest...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 1,953 views
Man sentenced for forging census documents in Trashigang

A 48-year-old man from Radhi, Kuenzang Wangdue, has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison by the Trashiga...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 11,281 views
Help private sector drive the national economic vision

At a glance, tourist arrivals in the first six months of 2025 look promising. A total of 100,675 tourists visited Bhutan—an increase of over 25,000 compared to the same period last year. More than half were from neighbouring India, categorised in the industry as non-dollar-paying tourists.

Jul 17, 2025 2 mins read 339 views
Caution first in face of rising health threat

The outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Assam is not just a neighbouring country’s problem—it is an urgent public...

Jul 16, 2025 2 mins read 655 views
Fraud uncovered, but questions about accountability remains

Coming to light after reports of fraudulent practices, the Department of Civil Registration and Census, in January this...

Jul 15, 2025 2 mins read 3,136 views
A promising start, but the real test lies ahead

Bhutan’s recent efforts to step up its HIV response reflect a welcome sense of urgency and commitment. The introduction...

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 545 views
A sound problem!

“Sound check, sound check!” If you’ve attended a meeting, seminar, or workshop lately, you have likely heard this familiar phrase, usually followed by screeching micro...

Jul 12, 2025 2 mins read 2,169 views
Energising Bhutan

It was no mere coincidence that as Bhutan launched its National Energy Policy (NEP) 2025, flash floods from glacial lake outbursts and excessive rainfall were wreaking hav...

Jul 11, 2025 2 mins read 694 views
A moment of reckoning, a future in the making

As bulldozers break the quiet earth of Gelephu, this daring nation crosses the threshold into a future shaped not by hes...

Jul 10, 2025 2 mins read 627 views
Learning from the Tading experience

While much of the country debates taxes on fixed deposit interests, GST, and the legality of certain parliamentary decisions, something more quietly transformational is happening in Tading, Samtse. There, residents are reapin...

Jul 09, 2025 2 mins read 955 views
Inclusion in agriculture must be more than policy dream

Bhutan’s ambition to make its agriculture sector more inclusive by involving persons with disabilities (PWDs) is a welco...

Jul 08, 2025 2 mins read 494 views
Drug smuggling—A threat far deeper than we admit

The recent sentencing of an Indian national caught smuggling over 4.6 kilograms of heroin into Bhutan is not an isolated...

Jul 07, 2025 2 mins read 947 views
US tariff policy and supply chain shift: Limited direct impact

The ongoing United States–China trade war is redrawing global supply chains, prompting companies to shift operations fro...

May 12, 2025 3 mins read 11,479 views
Bhutan’s trade with Thailand hits record high

Bhutan’s imports from Thailand surged to Nu 2.67 billion in 2024, making the Southeast Asian country the third-largest s...

Apr 23, 2025 2 mins read 14,976 views
New vegetable market under construction in Samtse

Samtse—For many years, farmers in Samtse have sold vegetables from under makeshift tents, battling monsoon rains and bla...

Apr 17, 2025 2 mins read 13,984 views
Organic vegetables provide new livelihoods for Kochin farmers

Tashichoeling, Samtse — For 78-year-old Kamala Tamang of Kochin in Tendruk, saving money in a bank had been unimaginable...

Apr 16, 2025 2 mins read 13,944 views
Major financial sector reforms crucial to realising 13th Plan goals

Sweeping reforms in the financial sector are essential for the country to achieve the ambitious goals of its 13th Plan,...

Apr 14, 2025 3 mins read 13,944 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

In a world that first instills fear in us, only to sell us a product or service to eliminate that fear, we find ourselve...

May 10, 2025 3 mins read 10,920 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

As a collective, humanity has never been richer, more connected, more informed, and more protected from all cause diseas...

Apr 12, 2025 2 mins read 12,861 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

A significant portion of our youth’s challenges stems from our shortcomings as responsible, patient, and mindful elders....

Mar 22, 2025 1 mins read 12,964 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Mar 15, 2025 4 mins read 14,452 views
Civic sense, infrastructure can end capital’s woes

The brief yet heavy downpours have exposed more than just blocked drains. They revealed the lack of civic sense among re...

Jul 05, 2025 2 mins read 695 views
Leave the US with dignity

Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay yesterday urged Bhutanese overstaying their visas in the United States to return home vol...

Jul 04, 2025 2 mins read 1,838 views
When silence becomes a risk

The recent outbreak of leptospirosis among de-suung trainees in Dewathang has left the nation in grief and shock. Three...

Jul 03, 2025 2 mins read 550 views
70% seek jobs abroad?

After immense pressure and numerous tutorials, Sonam cleared her Royal Civil Service Commission entry exam last year. Sh...

Jul 02, 2025 2 mins read 6,821 views
Billions from abroad, but what lies ahead?

Remittances are pouring into the country. Our people, especially in places like Australia, are sending money home. This...

Jul 01, 2025 2 mins read 3,876 views

Recents

Gelephu’s Tabab Choeten nears completion

Gelephu—The Tabab Choeten, a spiritual landmark within the ambitious Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC), is nearing completion, with artisans currently crafting sacred clay statues for its relic chambers following the completion of the main structure.

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