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The 1,125MW Dorjilung Hydroelectric Power Project (DHPP) is expected to boost the country’s economy, raisin...
The Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) Steering Committee will review...
The government’s decision to lift the taxi registration moratorium has sparked fears amon...
The capital city is, once again, under excavation. From Motithang to Babesa, roads and drains are being dug out severing water, electricity, cable and internet lines, and making roads narrower. The works are to improve our drainage system and other amenities. While improvements are most appreciated, the inconvenience caused is not.
Bhutan and Thailand reviewed nearly two decades of...
On October 24, 1979, a Class V student took an afternoon walk with friends near a school apple orchard in Bumthang. Minutes later, a bear sprang from the bushes, dragged him to the ground, and mauled his face so severely that he would never see again.
Phuentsholing—Wood-based industries are grappling...
Native animal breeds in the country are facing a steep decline, with several species on the brink of extinction due to crossbreeding, cli...
After more than 11 years of construction, the Namgyel Chorten in Ura, Bumthang remains incomple...
Two members of the Bhutan Road Runners, Dilip Rai, 39, and Phurba Tshering Lepcha, 25, recently completed one of the most challenging long-distance runs, which began in Samtse and concluded in Samdrupjongkhar.
Bhutan banned plastic nearly three decades ago. Yet plastic bags still change hands at markets, PET bottles line highways, chip packets clog drains, and much of the wa...
༉ འོང་འབབ་དང་ཅ་དམ་ལས་ཁུངས་ཀྱིས་ གནས་སྐབས་ཅིག་གི་དོ...
༉ ངང་ལམ་དཔལ་འཛོམས་ཐང་ནང་ དོས་ཕབ་ལེན་འབད་སར་ སྦོམ་ཤ...
༉ ལུང་ནག་ནང་གི་གཡུས་ཚན་ནང་ མེའི་འོད་མདངས་དེ་ འགྲོས...
༉ ཐིམ་ཕུག་རྫོང་ཁག་ཁྲིམས་འདུན་གྱིས་ འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས...
༉ སྤ་རོ་ བཙན་ཏོག་རྒེད་འོག་གི་ བྱང་ཁ་ཐུག་གི་ ལུང་གཤ...
༉ འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ནང་ ཧེ་མ་དང་མ་འདྲཝ་སྦེ་ ལས་རིམ་སོར...
༉ སྐྱེསས་ལོ་༣༣ ལང་མི་ ཞི་གཡོགཔ་དང་ ཨ་ལུ་གསརཔ་སྐྱེས...
༉ སྤྱི་ཟླ་༡ པའི་ཚེས་༡༦ ལུ་ སྒྲིག་གཞི་དང་མ་འཁྲིལ་བ་...
On September 19, 2025, Sonam Tashi submitted a formal petition to the Gup of Phuntshothang Gewog, requesting an investigation and restoration support.
Many volunteers spent the week sleeping in guest houses and gewog halls, cooking together in makeshift kitchens, waking...
According to the police report submitted to the court, Sangay Tempa returned home intoxicated after participating in pre...
“The Executive Board chair is a very powerful but also a very sensitive position,” said the Health Secretary. “We must e...
The Bhutan office of the World Food Programme has contributed 13 mobile storage units valued at Nu 4.2 million to the De...
A total of six teams participated, each comprising three students, representing Motithang HSS, Dechencholing HSS, Babesa...
Bhutan’s art scene is evolving as a new generation of artists explores more personal and introspective themes while rema...
The victim has also been charged with assault, while eight others face charges including battery and aiding and abetting...
After over 15 years of delay, Kabesa’s Local Area Plan is nearing endorsement, giving hope to residents long affected by...
The rise of AI is creating new opportunities to preserve and promote Bhutanese culture, from documenting traditions to s...
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. However, as we pause to seek solutions, a far greater threat to humanity remains largely unspoken. What would be the environmental cost of the wars?
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...
Last week, Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) stood at the epicentre of events that were as symbolic as they were historic....
Farmers contributed more than Nu 2.17 million, while weekly earnings rose steadily after the initial phase, surpassing Nu 300,000 from the third week, indicating growing demand and repeat customers.
Read MoreThe steady outflow of Bhutanese parents seeking opportunities abroad, particularly in Australia, has opened new economic pathways for families. But for the children left behind, it is also creating a quieter, more complex crisis, marked by deep-seated feelings of abandonment, anxiety, and a fractured sense of identity.
Read MoreThe Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) has imposed a monetary penalty of Nu 228.46 million on the Bank of Bhutan (BoB) for multiple regulatory breaches, following a March incident in which a system failure caused the bank to mistakenly credit funds to a businessman’s account.
Read MoreGelephu—Waive Diagnostics plans to establish its South Asia base in Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) by building a state-of-the-art genetic testing laboratory, positioning Bhutan as a regional leader in next-generation healthcare.
Read MoreFuel prices across the country have increased, even as the government continues to provide subsidies to cushion consumers.
Read MoreThe 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. However, as we pause to seek solutions, a far greater threat to humanity remains largely unspoken. What would be the environmental cost of the wars?
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