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The Bhutan Football Federation (BFF) has suspended Transport United FC player Kalden Choda from all football activities under its affiliation for the 2026 football season following disciplinary offences committed during a match against RTC FC on October 19.
Residents of the national capital woke up to a thick blanket of s...
༉ དགེ་ལེགས་ཕུག་དྲན་ཤེས་ཁྲོམ་ཚོགས་ གཞི་བཙུགས་དང་འབྲ...
༉ སྤུ་ན་ཁའི་ ཁྲིམས་སྲུང་འགག་པ་གིས་ འབད་བ་ཅིན་ སྐྱེ...
Cancer is among the leading causes of death in the country today, quietly claiming lives in every village, town, and family. It strikes the rich and the poor alike, young and old, and its grip is tightening. What makes cancer so frightening is not only its deadly nature but also our collective silence around it, a silence that costs lives.
Gelephu—The Sarpang Dzongkhag Tshogdu (DT) sessions have been discontinued with the establishment of the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC), a special...
When Pema and Wangchuk, both 41, depart for medical treatment in Kolkata, India tomorrow, they will not be travelling alone. Their jou...
Punakha—A DNA test has ruled out the stepfather of a 17-year-old girl as the father of her baby, according to police. T...
Even as the demand for food grows, the country is aiming to shift from a food-deficit status to becoming a sustainable surplus-producing nation, aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through inclusive, climate-resilient agricultural development.
Phuentsholing—A project focusing on treating and reusing wastewater for non-drinkin...
Chimi Dema, a teacher of Peljorling Higher Secondary School, Samtse, has become the first Bhutanese to be conferred the prestigi...
The world is undergoing rapid transformation unlike any in human history. Artificial intelligence, automation, robotics, biotechnology, and quantu...
Preparations at Changlimithang are in full swing for the upcoming Global Peace Prayer Festival (GPPF), a mega international religious event scheduled from November 4 to 19.
Lobesa—The golden fields of Laphuna in Punakha sway gently in the evening breeze, their stalks heavy with ripening paddy. It’s harvest season, a time of hope and hard-earned re...
Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay has called on every Bhutanese citizen to take collective responsibility in defi...
The three-day Druk Tshongrig Gatoen 2025, which kicked off on October 18, will c...
While songs and masked dances filled the air at the 11th Jomolhari Mountain Festival in Soe, another kind of excitement was unfolding behind the festival grounds. In a room tucked away from the celebrations, a line of people — old and young, locals and visitors — waited patiently, health books in hand, for a rare chance to see a doctor.
In a solemn and sacred ceremony held yesterday at the Grand Kuenrey Hall of the Tashichhodzong in Thimphu, foreign minister o...
༉ རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ཀྱི་གནས་སྟངས་དང་བསྟུན་ རང་བཞིན་གྱི་རྐྱེན...
༉ རྒྱ་ཁྱབ་ཅན་གྱི་ དགེ་ལེགས་ཕུག་དྲན་ཤེས་ཁྲོམ་ཚོགས་ན...
༉ སྤྱི་ལོ་༢༠༢༥ འི་ བཞི་དཔྱ་༣ པའི་ནང་ རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ནང་ ས...
༉ མ་འོངས་པར་ མི་དམངས་གསོ་བའི་ གློ་བུར་གྱི་གནས་སྟངས...
༉ རིས་མེད་འཛམ་གླིང་ཞི་བདེའི་སྨོན་ལམ་ཆེན་མོའི་དུས་ས...
High in the Himalayas, against a backdrop of towering snow-clad mountains, the Changlimithang stadium in Thimphu is a hive of quiet activity. Here in Bhutan, a nation known for measuring growth by Gross...
With airfare to Bhutan among the highest in the region, tour operators say increasing numbers of tourists are reconsidering thei...
Experts confirmed that the 1,020 MW Tala hydropower Plant dam sustained no structural damage after a...
Phuentsholing—As the economy gradually recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, several inactive industries at the Pasakha Industrial Estate have begun reviving their operations, signaling a potential turnaround for one of the country’s oldest industrial hubs.
Market competition ensures fair prices, better quality, and efficient markets. Yet, investigations by the C...
Gelephu—When 32-year-old Tshering Dema was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer in March, she faced uncertainty about her “new normal.” What could have been a moment of despair became...
Punakha—A 36-year-old farmer from Punakha has been charged with allegedly raping and impregnating a 15-year-old girl, an incident believed to have occurred...
The judiciary's credibility is tested not only inside courtrooms but also in the court of public opinion. The recent decision on sexual harassment is one example wh...
Bhutan concluded its participation in Expo 2025 Osaka, Japan, under the national theme, “Saving Lives for a Happy Future,” in...
The European Union (EU) and Bhutan celebrated 40 years of friendship and cooperation at a special reception...
The Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) is quietly reshaping Bhutan’s creative landscape, giving artists, musicians, and creators new platforms to thrive under the support of the Department of Media, Cr...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is investing USD 20 million in the Bank of Bhutan (BoB) to spur private sector growth, job creation, and broaden access to finance.
Nine young Bhutanese athletes will represent the nation at the Asian Youth Games (AYG) 2025 in Bahrain, showcasing the countr...
When the Indian Ocean tsunami reached Myanmar’s coast in 2004, the Moken people had already sought safety on higher ground. They had no written records of tsunamis. What guided them were oral hi...
Our highland festivals are more than colourful gatherings—they are quiet acts of national preservation. With the resounding success of the Jomolhari Mountain Festival, our attention now turns to...
Gelephu—Preparatory works like structural designs and drawings for the Kurukulee Centre, a component of the broader Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) initiative, is progressing rapidly, with construction scheduled to commence early next year.
The country’s overall unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.2 percent in the third quarter of 2025, up from 2.9 pe...
Glacial floods in the Himalayas are becoming more powerful and destruct...
Lhuentse—A long-awaited water supply project in Tshenkhar Gewog remains unresolved despite budget allocation, as disputes over t...
The cost of goods and services in the country rose sharply in August this year, with the inflation rate climbing to 3.87 percent compared to the same month in 2024, according to the latest report from the National Statistics Bureau (NSB).
What does this visit mean to you personally, and what message does it carry as we celebra...
༉ ཨ་མོ་ཆུ་གཙང་ཆུའི་མཐའམ་ལས་ རྡོ་དང་ རྡོ་རུ་ དེ་ལས་...
༉ ཁ་ཙ་ སྲོས་རྒེད་འོག་ལྟེ་བ་ གདང་མགོ་ཆང་གཡུས་ཚན་ནང་...
Following her visit to the flood-affected areas in north Bengal, the state's chief minister has blamed Bhutan for the devastation caused by last month’s floods. According to Indian media reports, even as she criticises the central government for not providing financial aid, the chief minister is also seeking compensation from Bhutan.
Phuentsholing—Businesses involved in extracting and exporting boulders, gravel, and sand along the Amochu river are calling for a flood protection system after recent floods caused extensive damage, with losses estimated in the billions.
The agriculture sector is showing early signs of transition from subsistence-based farming towards more commercial production, supported by improved market access, better inputs and modern farming practices, according to the latest quarterly data.
The programme focused on strengthening ethical and responsible reporting on issues affecting marginalised groups, partic...
The spike in egg prices is the result of deeper structural disruptions in the poultry sector, compounded by inflationary...
The Fifth Session of the Fourth Parliament of Bhutan will be held from May 14 to June 17, 2026, during which lawmakers w...
At just 32, Tseltrim Zangmo thought she was just tired; she ended up fighting Stage 3 breast cancer. Her message to the...
The bond between the two Kingdoms of Bhutan and Thailand has always been rooted in shared reverence and wisdom. This gai...
One life is lost every 84 hours. Bhutan’s rising suicide rate is no longer just a public health crisis. It is also a di...
With a price tag of Nu 14.4 billion annually, can Bhutan really afford to keep subsidizing your fuel?
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 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.
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 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 conflict drags on, investors are seeking to diversify away from Gulf nations, especially Dubai while navigating geopolitical tensions and global volatility.
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,...
༉ 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...
Three borrowers have refunded a combined Nu 240.48 million to the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) pool following the Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) directive to submit action taken reports on procedural lapses identified in four projects.
Read MoreThe Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) has launched a nationwide review and redeployment exercise to address growing disparities in teacher distribution across schools, in wake of teacher shortages in key subjects and rising teacher attrition.
Read MoreBhutan is confronting a mounting demographic crisis that economists warn could undermine the country’s ambitious 10X National Economic Vision, as declining fertility, rising youth outmigration, and a rapidly ageing population begin to reshape the foundations of long-term economic growth.
Read MoreThe National Assembly yesterday tabled the Renewable Energy Tax Exemption Bill of Bhutan 2026, proposing time-bound and conditional tax breaks to attract investment and accelerate the development of hydropower, solar, and other renewable energy projects.
Read MoreThe 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 conflict drags on, investors are seeking to diversify away from Gulf nations, especially Dubai while navigating geopolitical tensions and global volatility.
Read MoreCharity has always been an inherent value of Bhutanese society. Neighbours lend a hand, communities pull together in sickness and death, and strangers step up in hard times.
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