His Majesty The King reviews progress of key GMC projects
His Majesty also visited the Gelephu International Airport site and the construction site for the 108 Chortens to be built on November 1 this year.
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After more than seven years in Australia, Yeshey Choden and her husband Dawa Gyeltshen, both in their early 30s, had built the kind of life many dream of. They held permanent residency, owned a home and had carved out financial stability in a country that had given them opportunities far beyond what they might have found at home.
Ngawang Kheychok, 17, has a childhood best friend, a pretty girlfriend, and a reputation that precedes him. His favorite subjects are mathematics and physics. He’s pop...
At 8:30 pm on March 28, the lights dimmed. The crowd at Gelephu Town Park switched on their flashlights, the only glow in the evening....
Gelephu—In Pelrithang, the monks at Pema Yoedling Dratsang, popularly known as Phurpa Lhakhang, begin their day much like monks elsewhere in Bhutan, with p...
A trek to Jomolhari Base Camp is more than a physical journey, it is a passage into one of Bhutan’s most significant biological and cultural landscapes.
In Soe, Thimphu, one of Bhutan’s most remote highland gewogs, the air is thin, and the peaks are watched over by deities. Beneath Jichu Drakey and Jomolhari, cold winds move through yak pastures, carrying stories that cling to the land like frost.
Travellers heading to Zhemgang cannot miss Trong Heritage Village. Located at the heart of the town, overlooking the majestic Zhemgang Dzong, the village announces itself with quiet grandeur.
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His Majesty also visited the Gelephu International Airport site and the construction site for the 108 Chortens to be built on November 1 this year.
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Read MoreNearly 2,400 young Bhutanese remain unemployed and are actively seeking work, according to a nationwide verification exercise conducted by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment (MoICE).
Read MorePhuentsholing—The government has renewed efforts to ease the Suvidha burden on exporters after West Bengal authorities agreed to take Bhutan’s concerns over export charges to higher authorities for consideration.
Read MoreThe country’s foreign exchange reserves are expected to decline in the third quarter of 2026 as surging fuel import costs, a depreciating currency, and updated trade data weighed on national finances, according to the finance ministry.
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