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Even before the establishment of diplomatic relations, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) had been dispatching technical experts to Bhutan since 1964. Strengthening the formal relations in 1986, Japan has remained a longstanding and close bilateral development partner of Bhutan, with the two countries enjoying exemplary relations characterised by enduring bonds of friendship and co-oper
Bhutan’s climate is becoming increasingly erratic, with extreme weather events such as flash floods, glacial melt, and unpredictable rainfall patterns posing growing threats to...
Bhutanese basketball club Thimphu Magics will face TREX BC from the Maldives in the highly anticipated South Asian Basketball Association (SABA) Club Championship tomorrow in Chennai, India.
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.
With a price tag of Nu 14.4 billion annually, can Bhutan really afford to keep subsidizing your fuel?
Two Bhutanese consumers just lost Nu 78,000 to a 'TikTok Shop' scheme. Here is how the trap was set on Facebook and Inst...
Over 200 intruders have swarmed the cordyceps sites of Lunana, sparked by a permit loophole that left local residents wa...
The Multidisciplinary Super-Speciality Hospital (MDSSH) will be constructed as a flagship project under the 13th Five-Ye...
Bhutan’s first-ever Airborne Geophysical Survey is on track for completion by June this year, with the most technically...
The Department of Energy announced that restoration work at the flood-damaged Dagachhu hydropower plant is nearing compl...
Trashigang —In the high valleys of Sakteng Gewog, the legend of the Migoi, the mythical yeti, has never truly disappeared.
Family problems and weak support systems at home remain among the main drivers behind the rise in substance abuse among...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
༉ 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...
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...
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.
This summer, the mountain slopes above Lunana are expected to offer a bumper yield of cordyceps, or Yartsa Goenbub. But...
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....
The country’s national debt is expected to rise by nearly 26 percent this June compared to June last year.
The Year of the Snake became a defining moment for the country’s economy, as growth accelerated sharply following severa...
The Wood Female Snake Year brought major tax reforms in the country with the passage of the Income Tax Act of Bhutan 202...
The 1,125MW Dorjilung Hydroelectric Power Project (DHPP) is expected to boost the country’s economy, raising gross domes...
Taking care of all members of society is a characteristic of a mature and compassionate nation; therefore, I strongly ad...
Studies and end of life accounts consistently show that many of us leave this world with the same stinging regrets: not...
The government’s directive to prudently use scarce public resources, fossil fuels (petrol and diesel) is a timely interv...
The Bhutan Media Forum concluded yesterday, bringing together media professionals, policymakers, and civil society membe...
As the government undertakes the mid-term review (MTR) of 13th Plan activities across dzongkhags, its performance must b...
Amid growing concerns over misinformation, declining public trust and recent drop in international press freedom rankings, journalists, regulators and government representatives gathered yesterday to discuss how media and institutions can work together more openly and effectively in the digital age.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe three small hydropower projects - the 18MW Suchhu, 32MW Yungichhu, and 54MW Burgangchhu, are expected to generate 494 million units (MU) of electricity annually.
Read MorePunakha—The Royal Bhutan Police has deployed 28 police personnel, including two officers, to Lunana amid mounting security concerns triggered by a surge in illegal cordyceps collection in the remote highlands.
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