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Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay alerted the 20 dzon...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept. It is rapidly becoming a key component of organisational life, transforming how businesses operate, governments function, and societies...
The Passing Out Parade (POP) for the Second Cohort of the 2025 batch of Gyalsung was held yesterday, with simulta...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MoAL) launched the “Accelerate Bhutan’s Job Transformation through Renewable Natural Resource (RNR) Value Chains Project” in partnership with the World Bank yesterday to make farming and rural livelihoods more attractive, profitable, and sustainable, particularly for youth and women.
Phuentsholing—The 4th India-Bhutan Youth Summit concluded yesterday with renewed optimism...
The Thimphu Dzongkhag Court sentenced Lekden D. Dorji, 29, to life imprisonment for the m...
Laya - At 12, Dorji Zangmo thought nothing of toss...
Paro — A four-day national workshop concluded yesterday, advancing integrating Bhutan’s livestock production with environmental conservation and human health.
South Thimphu Police have detained Sandeep Rai Chamli...
༉ མི་དབང་མངའ་བདག་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་མཆོག་དང་ མི་དབང་རྒྱལ་བཙ...
༉ འབྲུག་གོང་འཕེལ་དངུལ་ཁང་གི་ཁ་ཐུག་ལས་ དཔལ་འབྱོར་ལྷ...
༉ དབང་འདུས་ཕོ་བྲང་ སྨན་ཁང་ནང་ མོ་ནད་མཁས་མཆོག་མེད་པ...
༉ ཐིམ་ཕུག་རྫོང་ཁག་གི་ དངུལ་ཀྲམ་ས་༩.༡༥ གནས་པའི་ ཕྱག...
The Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is beginning to take shape in tangible ways, creating opportunities and opening new career pathways. The recently held GMC Career Fair...
His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen are in Thailand to pay respects to Her Late Majesty Queen S...
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has clarified that the Bhutan Development Bank Limited (BDBL) does not have the legal authority to disclose the names and detailed loan information of borrowers under the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP).
For mothers in remote Sakteng Gewog in Trashigang, monthly pre-natal check-ups were once a major challenge. Expectant mothers had to endure long journeys o...
Trashigang —The soft rhythm of a chisel against wood fills the quiet room as 28-year-old Tenzin Wangchuk rolls hi...
A recent survey by the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) and the GovTech Agency has revealed a significant gap in Arti...
Paro—The soft drizzle and chill in the air did not stop Bhutanese designers and models from transforming the main street in Paro into a vibrant runway at the inaugural Bhutan Fashion Week (BFW) yesterday.
The Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC) and Japan’s Nippon Sport Science University (NSSU) launched a Coach Deve...
༉ དགེ་ལེགས་ཕུག་རྒྱལ་སྤྱི་གནམ་ཐང་ བཟོ་སྐྲུན་གྱི་ལཱ་...
༉ མི་དབང་མངའ་བདག་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་མཆོག་གིས་ ངན་ལྷད་བཀག་སྡ...
The goal of the Economic Stimulus Programme’s (ESP) education loan is, at its core, both forward-looking and noble. It has been initiated to provide opportunities for children from poor, low-income families to pursue higher or technical education.
His Majesty the King granted Dhar to appoint the Chairperson and members of the Anti-Corruption Commission, the Chief Election Commissioner and Commissioners of the Elect...
Gelephu—Even as construction at Gelephu International Airport progresses rapidly on schedule, the Rigsar-Vajra Joint Venture, carrying out the earth-filling works, has moved to ro...
Thimphu Dzongkhag Administration’s two garbage compac...
Phuentsholing — A multi-sectoral initiative to scientifically grade timber was launched at the College of Science and Technology (CST) in Phuentsholing recently.
The Bhutan Fashion Week will welcome one of the most...
Paro — As the golden paddy fields of Paro turn a mellow hue under the crisp autumn sun, f...
Despite their best efforts, nearly all Bhutanese athletes at the ongoing Asian Youth Games (AYG) 2025 in...
Bhutan and the European Union celebrate 40 years of friendship Bhutan celebrated 40 years of diplomatic relations with the European Union (EU), Denmark, and the Netherlands. To celebrate, a special two-hour musical concert was held at the Chang Yul Park in Thimphu on October 17.
༉ དཔལ་སྲུང་སྦྱོང་བརྡར་འབད་མི་༣༢༥ དང་གཅིག་ཁར་ མཐོ་ར...
༉ ས་ཐོག་སྐྱེལ་འདྲེན་ལས་ཁུངས་ཀྱིས་ ཇ་པཱན་རྒྱལ་སྤྱི་...
The golden fields of Laphuna in Punakha sway gentl...
It is not often that a Bhutanese citizen receives a prestigious award from abroad. Yet, a teacher from Samtse, Chimi Dema, became Bhutan’s first recipient of the Princess Maha Chakri Award in Thailand, one of the most respected recognitions in the region for exceptional teachers.
Gelephu — Some 325 Pelsups, including 18 with master’s degrees and a PhD, begin the Innovation and Gelephu Mindfulness...
Bank of Bhutan (BoB) has disbursed around Nu 49 million in education loans under the Economic Stimulus Programme’s (...
At the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) Career Fair held at the Royal University of Bhutan auditorium yesterd...
A decline in women’s participation in local government and politics is raising concerns over gender equality in decision making roles, even as their representation in the civil service remains stable.
Soe, Thimphu — Earlier this month, during the 11th Jomolhari Mountain Festival, a small yak-hair tent pitched at 4,100 metres above sea level came alive with the...
Unlike some parts of the country witnessing goongtong (empty or abandoned rural households), Laya in Gasa is bucking the trend with a consistent annual increase in household numbers. The gewo...
There are journeys that test strength, and there are those that reveal the heart. Ani Pema Deki’s 400-kilometre walk across the Trans-Bhutan Trail is both.
His Majesty the King, His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen, and Her Majesty Gyalyum Tshering Yangdoen Wangchuck offered prayers and lit one thousand butterlamps on October 25 at the Grand Kuenrey of Tashichhodzong in memory of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother of Thailand.
By the time I caught up with Ani Pema Deki at Dochula, it was nearly 11 am. The mountain air was crisp and sharp, cutting through the quiet.
Soe, Thimphu—A women’s self-support group in Soe has started weaving plastic waste into practical products...
Wangdue Hospital has been without a gynaecologist for over five months, a critical shortage that is severely impacting maternal health se...
The Department of Surface Transport (DoST) will build two permanent bridges at Namling and Durdari in Mongar under a Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Grant Aid Project.
The education ministry will roll out the revised and Cambridge-aligned curriculum starting from the 2026 academic year, a key achievement in the country’s efforts to transform education system.
Fuel prices across the country have increased, even as the government continues to provide subsidies to cushion consumers.
The agriculture and livestock sector achieved 79.2 percent of its 13th Plan targets as of financial year 2025–26, record...
There is a particular kind of silence that descends when a story is told well. Not the silence of boredom or polite endu...
While the recent Haa Spring Festival offered the community a platform to celebrate its culture and earn from local produ...
Haa—About an hour’s drive from Haa town, Tergola, which is home to the country’s largest recorded population of endanger...
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), h...
Phuentsholing—Growing risks of flooding, dust pollution, traffic disruption, and environmental degradation have begun to...
The worsening urban rental crisis is exposing the growing gap between policy promises on affordable housing and the live...
The BITM website will provide key event details, including venue, schedule, and registration information, with scope for...
Bella, a 10-year-old explosive detection dog of the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP), continues to serve with precision and discipline alongside her handler, Tendel Jamtsho.
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.
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...
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...
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 Bhutan Media Forum concluded yesterday, bringing together media professionals, policymakers, and civil society members under the vision of building a resilient media ecosystem. The Bhutan Media Forum Award...
As the government undertakes the mid-term review (MTR) of 13th Plan activities across dzongkhags, its performance must be measured against the promises it made. Such a review is essential to a...
The conflict in the Middle East, coupled with the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, has forced many Bhutanese to adjust to the unpredictable and fast-changing market and policy decisions. From the cost...
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 agriculture and livestock sector is seeing an increased investor interest following major reforms in foreign direct...
The Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has submitted 35 business proposals from 12 sector associations to th...
For Bhutanese cinema, the National Film Awards have become something more than an annual ceremony. It is a barometer of...
Curriculum expansion featured the launch of a graduate programme in International Climate Change and Environmental Law, coupled with ongoing reviews of existing courses and continued strong graduate employability outcomes.
Read MoreThe mid-term review meeting of the 13th Plan for the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), chaired by the Prime Minister, assessed the achievements made over the years in the ministry.
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