March of 2024

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Daga United FC secures first spot in BPL 2024

Sports

Mar 31, 2024 1 mins read 805 views
Growing concern of goongtong in Bartsham

House

Mar 31, 2024 3 mins read 804 views
Promising path to food security and economic growth

Letter to the Editor

Mar 31, 2024 1 mins read 681 views
Strengthening food security

Editorial

Mar 31, 2024 2 mins read 757 views
Women find hope in eco-lodge ventures

Tourism

Mar 31, 2024 2 mins read 791 views
Forest fire threatens Chimi Lhakhang: CLRP facilities damaged

Disaster

Mar 31, 2024 1 mins read 659 views
Talo Tsechu draw more visitors

Religious

Mar 31, 2024 2 mins read 663 views
Government to roll out Nu 2B social protection scheme

Finance

Mar 31, 2024 2 mins read 752 views
Breaking new grounds: Women archers want to compete

Sports

Mar 29, 2024 2 mins read 637 views
RTC FC enters quarterfinal of Birat Goldcup Tournament in Nepal

Sports

Mar 29, 2024 1 mins read 730 views
The reality behind gestures

Perspective

Mar 29, 2024 3 mins read 794 views
Isuna Recreational Park: A tranquil oasis along Thimphu-Paro highway

Feature Story

Mar 29, 2024 2 mins read 1,520 views
Punakha court sentences four, one convict at large

Judiciary

Mar 29, 2024 2 mins read 730 views
BNB revamps system for advance banking solutions

Banks

Mar 29, 2024 1 mins read 672 views
Safeguarding our digital sanctuaries

Letter to the Editor

Mar 29, 2024 2 mins read 662 views
Breathing new life in regional cooperation

Editorial

Mar 29, 2024 3 mins read 731 views
Innovative solutions shine at National Youth Challenge

Youth

Mar 29, 2024 2 mins read 637 views
Agriculture sector targets Nu 50 Billion contribution to GDP by 2029

Agriculture

Mar 29, 2024 2 mins read 976 views
Nu 15 billion is out of 13th Plan budget

Finance

Mar 29, 2024 2 mins read 642 views
Bhutan cancels women's debut against Hong Kong

Sports

Mar 28, 2024 1 mins read 630 views
An Ode to Water

Water

Mar 28, 2024 2 mins read 715 views
Doksum town awaits promised amenities

Thromde

Mar 28, 2024 2 mins read 611 views
For sustainable solutions to human-wildlife conflict

Letter to the Editor

Mar 28, 2024 1 mins read 656 views
Weather and us

Editorial

Mar 28, 2024 2 mins read 650 views
UNDP's Weather Kids campaign: Urgent call for climate action

Foreign Affairs

Mar 28, 2024 2 mins read 655 views
Inauguration of Kuri -Gongrizomsa bridge

Road

Mar 28, 2024 0 mins read 632 views
Gelephu CRRH short on dialysis machines

Health

Mar 28, 2024 2 mins read 609 views
Looking beyond economic recovery

Economy

Mar 27, 2024 1 mins read 567 views
Enhancing pension coverage for seniors

Editorial

Mar 27, 2024 2 mins read 669 views
National Nutrition Day: Looking back on fifty years of WFP in Bhutan

Question and Answer

Mar 27, 2024 5 mins read 634 views
Temperatures continue to rise

Climate

Mar 27, 2024 1 mins read 684 views
Big chunk of population in informal sector hinders pension coverage

Finance

Mar 27, 2024 2 mins read 683 views
TCC will decide on Puna-I dam by next month

Hydro power

Mar 27, 2024 1 mins read 702 views
His Majesty visits SEZ site

Royal

Mar 27, 2024 1 mins read 631 views
RENEW sets up community service centre in Zhemgang

Gender

Mar 26, 2024 4 mins read 605 views
All-women team runs Eco-Camp in Gangtey-Phobjikha valley

Feature Story

Mar 26, 2024 4 mins read 1,218 views
Burn and plastic surgery unit could be a milestone

Letter to the Editor

Mar 26, 2024 1 mins read 747 views
Tourism bouncing back?

Editorial

Mar 26, 2024 2 mins read 676 views
Freshwater sources for major rivers under threat

Water

Mar 26, 2024 3 mins read 751 views
India disburses second tranche of funding for Gyalsung project

The Government of India has disbursed a second tranche of Nu or INR 5 billion to support the infrastructure...

Mar 27, 2024 1 mins read 689 views
Paro Tshechu: More than 2,300 tourists arrive in four days

Religious

Mar 26, 2024 1 mins read 715 views
Browse Archives
Bhutanese fans tip Argentina, Brazil, Japan, England to lift World Cup 2026

As the FIFA World Cup 2026 prepares to make history with a record 48 teams across three North American nations, football fans in Bhutan have already chosen their potential winners.

Jun 10, 2026 3 mins read 2,984 views
Amendment to CRPD reservation fails to secure support in NC

The amendment to the reservation on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was not adopted at...

Jun 09, 2026 2 mins read 2,080 views
Study to improve road construction in high-altitude passes

Recurrent failures of pavements along Dochula, Pelela, Yotongla and Thrumshingla passes are partly attributed to design...

Jun 09, 2026 2 mins read 3,446 views
Bhutan installs first high-altitude black carbon monitoring station

The National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM), in partnership with the International Centre for Integrated Mo...

Jun 08, 2026 2 mins read 1,662 views
NC forwards Co-operatives and Farmers Groups Bill 2025 to National Assembly

The Co-operatives and Farmers Groups Bill of Bhutan 2025 has been reviewed by the National Council and forwarded to the...

Jun 08, 2026 2 mins read 2,009 views
NC backs designated zones for meat shops, adopts Livestock Bill

Meat shops and meat sales outlets will be allowed to operate only from designated locations under the Livestock Bill of...

Jun 08, 2026 2 mins read 4,963 views
Finance Minister to present revised block grant guidelines in winter Parliament session

Finance Minister Lekey Dorji will present revised guidelines for the annual block grant for local governments during the...

Jun 08, 2026 2 mins read 2,291 views
New income tax regime reduces TDS deductions, increases take-home pay

Civil servants across all grade levels have seen a significant increase in take-home pay following recent tax reforms, a...

Jun 06, 2026 2 mins read 4,062 views
Renovated immigration building to ease congestion at Phuentsholing terminal

Phuentsholing—Tourists entering the country by road through Phuentsholing will experience faster and more comfortable se...

Jun 06, 2026 2 mins read 2,168 views
ACC drops cases against former JDWNRH president; family alleges wrongful implication

Family members of former President of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) Lhab Dorji have alleged...

Jun 06, 2026 5 mins read 2,746 views
NC endorses annual budget as per NA

The National Council yesterday deliberated on the National Budget Report for FY 2026–27, the Budget Appropriation Bill for FY 2026–27, and the Supplementary Budget Appropriation Bill for FY 2025–26.

Jun 09, 2026 2 mins read 1,506 views
Bhutan to pilot green finance taxonomy from June

Bhutan will begin testing its expanded Green Finance Taxonomy 2026 with a six-month pilot from June to November, before...

May 30, 2026 3 mins read 3,966 views
Stop recording, start living

Like television, the internet, and AI, TikTok can be a force for good or bad. It entirely depends on how it is used.

Jun 06, 2026 4 mins read 660 views
Ask Mr Bhutan: “Money can’t buy happiness.” Is it true, when everything is dependent on money?

Once born into a physical body, there are certain absolute necessities without which most of us are incapable of experie...

May 30, 2026 2 mins read 1,294 views
Duchen Nga Zom: What a butter lamp and a few flower petals can teach us

Duchen Nga Zom is a duzom—an auspicious convergence of sacred time within the Buddhist calendar, marked by the meeting o...

May 30, 2026 4 mins read 1,122 views
The virus, the fear, and the freedom beyond both

Hantavirus is not a single virus but a family of rodent-borne viruses that occasionally spill over into humans, sometime...

May 24, 2026 4 mins read 1,458 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 1,884 views
A memoir of hustle and heartache

May 11, 2026 3 mins read 2,472 views
From monastery to street: A Bhutanese case for rap

May 11, 2026 4 mins read 2,223 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 2,881 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 2,630 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 6,833 views
Overseas employment isn’t the solution

The conflict in the Middle East has once again exposed our dependence on overseas employment as a pressure valve for domestic unemployment.

Jun 10, 2026 2 mins read 1,203 views
United for Project 108

Bhutanese, friends of Bhutan, and our well-wishers are willingly answering the call to fulfill the Royal vision of erecting 108 Jangchub Choetens along the Mao Chhu in Gelephu Mindfulnes...

Jun 06, 2026 2 mins read 606 views
Banks can unlock growth through affordable credit

Financial institutions are the lifeblood of any modern economy. They mobilise savings, allocate capital, manage risk, an...

Jun 03, 2026 3 mins read 1,908 views
A missed opportunity

The Thromde election process has begun, with the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) notifying registered voters in Thimphu and Phuentsholing thromdes who are eligible for postal v...

May 30, 2026 2 mins read 1,634 views
Chain-link fencing: somebody’s gain, another’s loss

Chain-link fencing is perhaps one of the most viable solutions policymakers have managed to narrow down in the long and...

May 27, 2026 2 mins read 1,829 views
Fixing and fine-tuning GST regime

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime was never going to be an easy transition. Major tax reforms rarely are. Introduced in January this year, GST was envisioned as a modern tax system, replacing an outdated framework...

May 23, 2026 2 mins read 2,231 views
Insolvency law, a long overdue

Bhutan’s economy has changed dramatically since the Bankruptcy Act of 1999 was enacted. Back then, the private sector was small, cross-border trade was limited, and the financial system was far less complex.

May 20, 2026 3 mins read 2,156 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 confl...

May 16, 2026 2 mins read 4,745 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 2,236 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 2,827 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 be...

Mar 21, 2026 3 mins read 6,598 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 7,934 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 8,121 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 8,533 views
Government, telecos at odds over 50% data price cut

Jan 31, 2026 2 mins read 15,787 views
The true wealth of Dzambhala

The name Dzambhala — from the Sanskrit Jambhala — is traditionally associated with wealth and prosperity, reflecting his...

May 02, 2026 4 mins read 2,547 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...

Apr 25, 2026 4 mins read 5,086 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,...

Apr 18, 2026 4 mins read 4,107 views
Sundays at Le Méridien

The monthly Sunday brunch at Le Méridien has become a special experience that goes beyond dining, offering guests a rela...

Apr 13, 2026 3 mins read 3,797 views
The trap of spiritual materialism

Apr 13, 2026 4 mins read 4,336 views
When will we feed ourselves?

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 2,692 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...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 3,710 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 coul...

Apr 29, 2026 2 mins read 6,852 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 4,109 views

Recents

Dungkar Dzong-an icon of Bhutan’s transformation

The Dungkar Dzong in Pangbisa, Paro, is a vivid living monument to the era of transformation in Bhutan. The structure represents Bhutan’s architectural splendour at its best. In function, it is an icon of change, an expression of times to come. The concept is an ingenuous demonstration of how a proud past welcomes an exciting future.

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