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As we celebrate the 70th birth anniversary of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, I am deeply honoured to reflect on his extraordinary leadership not only as a citizen of Bhutan, but as someone whose family has served the nation across generations under his reign and owe our standing to His Majesty the Great Fourth.
none existed, electrified homes, and carried the nation through crises, including the recent Covid-19 pandemic. These achievements reflect deep dedication and sacri...
An unprecedented number of people attended the Glo...
Pangbisa, Paro—The first Global Gross National Happiness (GNH) Forum that began at Dungkar Dzong in Pangbis...
As COP30 opens today in Belém, Brazil, the world faces a defining test: will nations turn climate finance promises into action, or allow adaptation efforts to falter amid rising climate disasters?
A diverse array of side events is complementing the Global Peace Prayer Festival (GPPF) at various venues across Thimphu.
Paro—At a time when schools worldwide increasingly focus on grades and careers, for...
Gelephu—A sprawling Buddhist meditation complex known as the Drikung Kangyur Labyrinth is se...
At the Global Peace Prayer Festival, where hundreds of spiritual leaders have gathered, one figure quietly stands out - Khandro Dorje Phagmo Rinpoche. She is the sole female spiritual leader among them, a distinction she neither emphasises nor dismisses, but carries with gentle conviction.
In recent months, several parents and students have r...
Gelephu—Site preparation works, such as labour camp establishment, have started for the Kesang Do-ngag Shedrup...
༉ གསེར་གྱི་གོང་ཚད་དེ་ མཐོ་ཤོས་ཅིག་སྦེ་ ཡར་སེང་སོང་བའི་ཤུལ་ལུ་ ཧ་ལམ་ ཡར་མར་མཚམས་ཅིག་སྦེ་ར་ སྡོད་དོ་ཡོདཔ་ཨིན་རུང་ ད་རེས་ གསེར་གྱི་གོང་ཚད་ མར་བབས་འགྱོ་དོ་ཡོད་མི་གིས་ ཚོང་འབྲེལ་འཐབ་མི་ཚུ་ལུ་ མར་བབས་ཀྱི་གནས་སྟངས་དེ་ འགོ་ཐོག་ཐོན་དོ་ཡོདཔ་ཨིན་པས།
༉ འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་འདི་ འཛམ་གླིང་ནང་ རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ཆུང་ཀུ་ཅ...
༉ འཕྲལ་མགྱོགས་ར་ འགོ་འདྲེན་འཐབ་ནི་ཨིན་མི་ སྤྱི་ཚོག...
༉ གཞུང་གིས་ རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ནང་ཡོད་པའི་ མི་སེར་སོ་ནམ་པའི་ཞ...
Phuentsholing—A housing shortage in Phuentsholing is forcing a growing number of residents, particularly low-income families, to seek affordable accommodation across the border in Jaigaon, India. While rents are lower there, this solution often means compromising on safety and living conditions.
The upcoming fourth session of the Fourth Parliament will deliberate on five bills and ratify several agreements, including one new ag...
Every year, courts across the country deliver thousands of judgements. Yet, for the public, much of the judiciary’s work remains hidden behind courtroom walls. On the...
Paro—A recent study found that Bhutan’s high-altitude rangelands support about 212 native fo...
The news of Australia passing a social media ban for children under 16 has sent ripples across the globe, igniting similiar conversations amongf Bhutanese parents. Some are talking if Bhutan should follow suit.
As we commemorate the 70th birth anniversary of the greatest leaders of our time, our Great Fourth, an occasion to reflect not upon the duration of his reign, but upon...
As world leaders prepare to convene in Belém, Brazil, for the 30th Conference of the Parties (C...
The Gedu College of Business Studies launched a major internship drive yesterday, aiming for 100 p...
The sacred relics of Lord Buddha, presently enshrined at the National Museum in New Delhi, will arrive today with the gracious support of the Government of India. The relics will remain in Bhutan until November 18.
The story of Bhutan’s national airline begins in 1968, when His Majesty the Third Druk Gyalpo sent Prince Namgyal Wangchuck to New York to explore the p...
For three days, Sherubtse College transformed into Bhutan’s epicenter of ideas, dialogue, movem...
As the sun sets and darkness descends, a faint chill settles over Thimphu. Amid the bustle of the bus terminal, soft chants fill the night. Here, wrapped in a thick blanket beside the Mani Dungkor, 81-year-old Samten Dorj...
Thimphu is currently immersed in an atmosphere of profound spiritual devotion and festivity. The country is hosting the Global Peace Prayer Festival, bringing together eminent Buddhist masters representing nearly every school of Buddhism. Tens of thousands of devotees gather at the Changlimithang everyday, and sacred chants resonate across the valley throughout the day.
The Royal Thimphu College (RTC) organised a national symposium yesterday, gathering the nation’s leading educators, policy...
In December, Paro valley will transform into a high-voltage arena as rock bands from Bhutan and abroad converge for the nation’s fi...
Gelephu—As gold prices continue to retreat after hitting new records, putting pressure on the gold tourism market and domestic gold traders, the downturn may signal the beginning of the end of the rally.
The government is expanding the use of chain-link fencing across the country to protect farmland from wild animals, a problem that destroys nearly half of the nation’s annual crop yield and undermines food security.
Laya, Gasa-The tap outside Phento’s home in Laya is a barometer of a growing crisis. Once reliable, its flow has dwindled to a trickle, dictating the daily rhythm of her life a...
Bhutan has always taken pride in being a fairly egalitarian society. In many communities, women are heads of households, inheriting...
Laya, Gasa—Jigme Dorji, a Class X student of Laya Middle Secondary School (MSS) in Gasa, aspires to become a prof...
The Punakha District Court sentenced Ugyen Tshering, 20-year-old former monk from Mongar, to life in prison for the murder of former Dorji Lopen Yonten Gyeltshen yesterday.
༉ སྙན་ཞུ་གསརཔ་དང་འཁྲིལ་བ་ཅིན་ མ་གཞི་ འབྲུག་པའི་ཨམ་...
༉ ཆུ་ཁ་ སྤ་ཆུ་མི་སྡེ་གིས་ ཁ་ཙ་ ཁོང་གི་འགོ་ཐོག་གི་...
The Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) today announced the appointment of Mr Lee Seow Hiang and Mr Pang Yee Ean as Co-Chief Executive O...
The Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority is on high alert, not only investigating complaints but also penalising businesses that try to make easy money at the expense of consumers.
Although most Bhutanese women now actively participate as voters, socio-cultural barriers, family preferences, weak support systems, and limited exposur...
Phuentsholing—The Pachu community in Chukha celebrated its first harvest festival y...
Bhutan has depleted its known reserves of coal and talc, according to the Annual Environm...
Gedu College of Business Studies will host the Professional Internship Drive 2025 this Friday in Thimphu. The event will bring together 355 third-year undergraduate students from six specialised programmes.
As winter approaches, weather watchers at National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) are monitoring the Pacific Ocean, thousands of k...
༉ བ་འཇོ་ཁྲོམ་ཁར་ མགྱོགས་པ་ར་ དེང་སང་གི་སོ་ནམ་ཚོང་འ...
༉ ནུས་ཤུགས་ལས་ཁུངས་ཀྱིས་ འཕྲལ་ཁམས་ཅིག་ཁར་ གསར་བཏོན...
The opening of three new Safe Spaces for Women and Girls in Mongar, Pemagatshel, and Samdrupjongkhar marks a significant step forward in our effort to protect women and children from violence.
His Majesty the King, His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen, and members of the Royal Family graced the opening of the Global Peace Prayer Festival (GPPF) at Changlimithang in Thimphu yesterday.
"Yes, We Care" launches a nationwide outreach to shield its youth from substance abuse.
Trashigang—In the high-altitude village of Merak in Trashigang, where spring transforms the hillsides into a sweep of bl...
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.
The country’s national debt is expected to rise by nearly 26 percent this June compared to June last year.
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 is the Willing Waterfall Café – a must-stop along the east-west highway.
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.
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 spending enough time with our loved ones, and not investing enough time...
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 government’s directive to prudently use scarce public resources, fossil fuels (petrol and diesel) is a timely intervention. The initiative calls for shared responsibility amid rising fuel costs and a supply line...
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...
The Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) Steering Committee will review how to reallocate Nu 574.73 million in unspent and...
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...
The conflict in the Middle East, coupled with the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, has forced many Bhutanese to adju...
At just 32, Tseltrim Zangmo thought she was just tired; she ended up fighting Stage 3 breast cancer. Her message to the world: "I will not say I am cancer-free, but I have accepted it... it does not define me
Read MoreBlending Buddhist wisdom with modern wellness approaches, the centre aims to nurture holistic wellbeing
Read MoreBhutan is a global leader in sustainability and societal welfare. However, it is widely recognised that innovation and dynamism in its economy are stifled by systemic rigidity, resulting in over-regulation and breakdown of intersectoral cooperation. Is it possible for Bhutan to grow in line with its King’s vision for an entrepreneurial, dynamic and creative workforce that creates mindfulness prosp
Read MoreThe bond between the two Kingdoms of Bhutan and Thailand has always been rooted in shared reverence and wisdom. This gained a new altitude, literally, high above the silver-lined clouds. At 30,000 feet, the hum of the jet engines now harmonizes with the soul-soothing echoes of a traditional flute.
Read MoreA nation's maturity as a legal jurisdiction is measured not merely by its courts but by the strength of its dispute resolution architecture. This week, the Bhutan Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre (BADRC) convened a landmark conference with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), an occasion deserving far greater public attention than it has received.
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