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MoH urges caution as Japanese Encephalitis outbreak spreads in Assam

With the monsoon in full swing, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has issued an urgent public advisory following an outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) across several districts in Assam, India.

Jul 15, 2025 2 mins read 1,934 views
Govt. issues 90-day ultimatum for delivery of missing 34 EV taxis

Three years after a government-subsidised project to transition taxis to electric vehicles (EVs) o...

Jul 15, 2025 3 mins read 1,480 views
Paro court sentences Indian national to 17 years for trafficking in 9.7kg of heroin

Paro Dzongkhag Court has sentenced an Indian natio...

Jul 15, 2025 2 mins read 992 views
Household farms dominate livestock sector

Household farms form the backbone of the country’s livestock sector, accounting for 99.9 percent of all animal holders, leaving a mere 0.1 percent from non-household enti...

Jul 15, 2025 2 mins read 639 views
Bhutan hosts workshop on harnessing artificial intelligence for national development

A two-day workshop on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Development begins today in Thimphu, aiming to explore how AI can be strategically leveraged to support Bhutan’s national development priorities. The event will run until July 16, 2025.

Jul 15, 2025 1 mins read 579 views
Gedu residents see relief as authorities tackle stray cattle issue

Chukha—After months of public complaints, traffic disruptions, and hygiene concerns, residents...

Jul 15, 2025 2 mins read 1,286 views
Sixth Assembly of South-East Asia Regulatory Network commences in Thimphu

The Sixth Meeting of the Assembly of the South-East Asia Regulatory Networ...

Jul 15, 2025 2 mins read 379 views
Gelephu–Kokrajhar railway project awaits final go-ahead

The much-awaited 69.04-kilometre cross-border railway project connecting Gelephu to Kokrajhar station in Assam, India, is...

Jul 14, 2025 3 mins read 4,395 views
Rising temperatures, rising toll: Drownings spike along Punakha rivers

As temperatures soar this summer, rivers in Punakha have become a popular retreat for residents seeking relief from the heat. However, what begins as a refreshing escape is increasingly ending in tragedy.

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 4,444 views
Goods and services costlier by 3.84 percent in May

Rising costs in food and non-food categories fuelled a jump in the country’s inflation rate, which reached 3.84 percent in May this year compar...

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 1,061 views
Bhutan strengthens HIV response amid rising cases and regional inequities

Bhutan’s growing response to the HIV epidemic is taking shape against a sh...

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 1,048 views
Crime declines, offence severity rises

Fewer crimes are happening in Bhutan, but those that do are more severe, according to the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP)’s Statistical Yearbook 2024 report.

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 720 views
Sarpang Strikers win Women’s T20 Smash 2025

The Sarpang Strikers were crowned champions of the Bhutan Tourism Corporation Limited Women’s T20 Smash 2025 yesterday, defeating Thimphu Cricket Club (CC) by 16 runs in the final held at the Jigmethang Cricket Ground in Thimphu.

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 899 views
Applicants unhappy with ESP loan rejections

Dissatisfaction is growing among loan applicants of the economic stimulus programme (ESP) over the high rate of rejections within ESP loans, raising concerns about...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 2,425 views
Symbol of friendship: His Majesty gifts takins to Thai Royals

As a royal gift from His Majesty The King of Bhutan, a pair of takins (one female and one male) are being gift...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 6,345 views
Education ministry launches Education Technology Framework

The Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and UNICEF, yes...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 1,707 views
Man sentenced for forging census documents in Trashigang

A 48-year-old man from Radhi, Kuenzang Wangdue, has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison by the Trashigang Dzongkhag Court for forging documents.

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 10,858 views
100,675 tourist arrivals in first six months of this year

The country welcomed 100, 675 tourist arrivals in the first six months (January to June) this year. This figure represents...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 1,338 views
NSB and World Bank maps Bhutan’s poorest communities

A new poverty mapping report, a collaboration between the National Statistics Bureau and the World Bank, offers an unprecedentedly...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 4,048 views
Bhutan’s 2024 food safety surveillance reveals persistent risks

Foodborne illnesses continue to pose a serious public health threat in Bhutan, reflecting a global...

Jul 12, 2025 2 mins read 1,037 views
Bhutan’s vision takes center stage at ESG meets Blockchain Summit

In an increasingly interconnected world grappling with challenges of sustainability and technological evolution, Bhutan recently carved out a significant space for its unique development philosophy at the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) meets Blockchain Summit and Awards 2025.

Jul 12, 2025 1 mins read 3,026 views
Gyalsung is the best investment for future

A Bhutanese youth in Australia, Lekzin Thinley, 19, who returned from Gyalsung training in Jamtsholing, Samtse, reflects on his training and experiences

Jul 12, 2025 5 mins read 6,665 views
Between roots and change: Quiet transformation of adivasi in Samtse

Samtse—In the southern hills of Samtse, where paddy fields stretch towards the horizon, a qu...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 1,926 views
A fertility conversation rooted in choice, not crisis

Bhutan marked World Population Day this year by joining the global call to reframe the discussion around fertility—from a demographic...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 1,780 views
Bhutan Innovation Lab to help Bhutan achieve 10X economic growth

The Prime Minister’s Office in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), launched the Bhutan Innovation Lab (BIL) yesterday. An initiative to accelerate public sector innovation and tackle complex development challenges through agile, entrepreneurial approaches.

Jul 11, 2025 3 mins read 1,936 views
New borewell brings hope to Samtse Town’s long-standing water woes

Samtse—A long-standing water crisis in Samtse town appears to be nearing an end as reside...

Jul 11, 2025 2 mins read 1,743 views
Strokes of happiness paints Bhutan’s joy in New Delhi

New Delhi, India—The VAST Bhutan exhibition in India, which brought the question of happiness to life through the eyes of Bhutan...

Jul 11, 2025 2 mins read 1,772 views
BDBL and Mountain Hazelnuts partner to empower rural farmers

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)as signed on July 9 between the Bhutan Development Bank Limited (BDBL) and Mou...

Jul 11, 2025 2 mins read 1,845 views
Heavy rains trigger floods and roadblocks in Gasa

Heavy rainfall on the night of July 9 caused significant flooding and multiple roadblocks in Gasa and along the Punakha–Gasa highway, once again cutting off the remote district from the rest of the country.

Jul 11, 2025 1 mins read 907 views
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Bhutan’s vision takes center stage at ESG meets Blockchain Summit

In an increasingly interconnected world grappling with challenges of sustainability and technological evolution, Bhutan recently carved out a significant space for its unique development philosophy at the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) meets Blockchain Summit and Awards 2025.

Jul 12, 2025 1 mins read 3,026 views
Bhutan’s 2024 food safety surveillance reveals persistent risks

Foodborne illnesses continue to pose a serious public health threat in Bhutan, reflecting a global challenge that affect...

Jul 12, 2025 2 mins read 1,037 views
Gyalsung is the best investment for future

A Bhutanese youth in Australia, Lekzin Thinley, 19, who returned from Gyalsung training in Jamtsholing, Samtse, reflects...

Jul 12, 2025 5 mins read 6,665 views
A fertility conversation rooted in choice, not crisis

Bhutan marked World Population Day this year by joining the global call to reframe the discussion around fertility—from...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 1,780 views
Between roots and change: Quiet transformation of adivasi in Samtse

Samtse—In the southern hills of Samtse, where paddy fields stretch towards the horizon, a quiet transformation is taking...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 1,926 views
Bhutan Innovation Lab to help Bhutan achieve 10X economic growth

The Prime Minister’s Office in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), launched the Bhutan I...

Jul 11, 2025 3 mins read 1,936 views
New borewell brings hope to Samtse Town’s long-standing water woes

Samtse—A long-standing water crisis in Samtse town appears to be nearing an end as residents welcome the completion of a...

Jul 11, 2025 2 mins read 1,743 views
Strokes of happiness paints Bhutan’s joy in New Delhi

New Delhi, India—The VAST Bhutan exhibition in India, which brought the question of happiness to life through the eyes o...

Jul 11, 2025 2 mins read 1,772 views
BDBL and Mountain Hazelnuts partner to empower rural farmers

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)as signed on July 9 between the Bhutan Development Bank Limited (BDBL) and Mountain H...

Jul 11, 2025 2 mins read 1,845 views
Homestays thrive in Gangtey-Phobjikha despite rising hotel presence

The Gangtey-Phobjikha Valley in Wangdue, often dubbed the Switzerland of Bhutan, continues to attract a growing number o...

Jul 11, 2025 2 mins read 2,462 views
Fraud uncovered, but questions about accountability remains

Coming to light after reports of fraudulent practices, the Department of Civil Registration and Census, in January this year, alerted the Trashigang Dzongkhag Administration and instructed officials to investigate how local government authorities failed to prevent the forgery of documents that resulted in a non-national getting citizenship.

Jul 15, 2025 2 mins read 1,921 views
A promising start, but the real test lies ahead

Bhutan’s recent efforts to step up its HIV response reflect a welcome sense of urgency and commitment. The introduction...

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 487 views
A sound problem!

“Sound check, sound check!” If you’ve attended a meeting, seminar, or workshop lately, you have likely heard this familiar phrase, usually followed by screeching micro...

Jul 12, 2025 2 mins read 2,122 views
Energising Bhutan

It was no mere coincidence that as Bhutan launched its National Energy Policy (NEP) 2025, flash floods from glacial lake outbursts and excessive rainfall were wreaking hav...

Jul 11, 2025 2 mins read 608 views
A moment of reckoning, a future in the making

As bulldozers break the quiet earth of Gelephu, this daring nation crosses the threshold into a future shaped not by hes...

Jul 10, 2025 2 mins read 599 views
Learning from the Tading experience

While much of the country debates taxes on fixed deposit interests, GST, and the legality of certain parliamentary decisions, something more quietly transformational is happening in Tading, Samtse. There, residents are reapin...

Jul 09, 2025 2 mins read 918 views
Inclusion in agriculture must be more than policy dream

Bhutan’s ambition to make its agriculture sector more inclusive by involving persons with disabilities (PWDs) is a welco...

Jul 08, 2025 2 mins read 468 views
Drug smuggling—A threat far deeper than we admit

The recent sentencing of an Indian national caught smuggling over 4.6 kilograms of heroin into Bhutan is not an isolated...

Jul 07, 2025 2 mins read 922 views
Civic sense, infrastructure can end capital’s woes

The brief yet heavy downpours have exposed more than just blocked drains. They revealed the lack of civic sense among re...

Jul 05, 2025 2 mins read 667 views
Leave the US with dignity

Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay yesterday urged Bhutanese overstaying their visas in the United States to return home voluntarily. While presenting the State of the Nation Report, Lyonchhen remind...

Jul 04, 2025 2 mins read 1,807 views
US tariff policy and supply chain shift: Limited direct impact

The ongoing United States–China trade war is redrawing global supply chains, prompting companies to shift operations fro...

May 12, 2025 3 mins read 11,437 views
Bhutan’s trade with Thailand hits record high

Bhutan’s imports from Thailand surged to Nu 2.67 billion in 2024, making the Southeast Asian country the third-largest s...

Apr 23, 2025 2 mins read 14,952 views
New vegetable market under construction in Samtse

Samtse—For many years, farmers in Samtse have sold vegetables from under makeshift tents, battling monsoon rains and bla...

Apr 17, 2025 2 mins read 13,963 views
Organic vegetables provide new livelihoods for Kochin farmers

Tashichoeling, Samtse — For 78-year-old Kamala Tamang of Kochin in Tendruk, saving money in a bank had been unimaginable...

Apr 16, 2025 2 mins read 13,917 views
Major financial sector reforms crucial to realising 13th Plan goals

Sweeping reforms in the financial sector are essential for the country to achieve the ambitious goals of its 13th Plan,...

Apr 14, 2025 3 mins read 13,920 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

In a world that first instills fear in us, only to sell us a product or service to eliminate that fear, we find ourselve...

May 10, 2025 3 mins read 10,890 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

As a collective, humanity has never been richer, more connected, more informed, and more protected from all cause diseas...

Apr 12, 2025 2 mins read 12,845 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

A significant portion of our youth’s challenges stems from our shortcomings as responsible, patient, and mindful elders....

Mar 22, 2025 1 mins read 12,940 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Mar 15, 2025 4 mins read 14,429 views
When silence becomes a risk

The recent outbreak of leptospirosis among de-suung trainees in Dewathang has left the nation in grief and shock. Three...

Jul 03, 2025 2 mins read 526 views
70% seek jobs abroad?

After immense pressure and numerous tutorials, Sonam cleared her Royal Civil Service Commission entry exam last year. Sh...

Jul 02, 2025 2 mins read 6,762 views
Billions from abroad, but what lies ahead?

Remittances are pouring into the country. Our people, especially in places like Australia, are sending money home. This...

Jul 01, 2025 2 mins read 3,848 views
Heed the warnings of the rain

As the early rains of the monsoon settle into Bhutan’s valleys and mountains, the land is already showing signs of strai...

Jun 30, 2025 2 mins read 1,098 views
If CDG is illegal, so is PDF

The National Assembly has passed the 2025-26 budget, approving a Nu 94 million Priority Development Fund (PDF) meant sol...

Jun 28, 2025 2 mins read 689 views

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Fraud uncovered, but questions about accountability remains

Coming to light after reports of fraudulent practices, the Department of Civil Registration and Census, in January this year, alerted the Trashigang Dzongkhag Administration and instructed officials to investigate how local government authorities failed to prevent the forgery of documents that resulted in a non-national getting citizenship.

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