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RMA reviews 35 ESP loan files following ACC directive

Jan 23, 2026 1 mins read 638 views
Class 12 performance decreases by 7.94 percent last year

Jan 22, 2026 2 mins read 4,268 views
Youth entrepreneurship gains momentum but growth-stage gaps persist

Interest in entrepreneurship among Bhutanese youth is rising sharply, but most young-led bus...

Jan 21, 2026 2 mins read 1,016 views
Foreign domestic workers lift burden off working moms

Jan 21, 2026 4 mins read 6,559 views
Nganglam Dry Port to begin operations in July

Jan 21, 2026 2 mins read 1,413 views
Students spend vacation sorting trash

Jan 21, 2026 2 mins read 1,588 views
Dark sky survey to enhance space literacy and research

Jan 21, 2026 2 mins read 1,181 views
Global warming continues with 2025 among hottest years

Jan 21, 2026 3 mins read 1,268 views
What electricity mean to Lunaps

Jan 21, 2026 4 mins read 1,548 views
Kaizen seen as key to reviving state-owned enterprises

Jan 20, 2026 2 mins read 1,816 views
Bhutanese diaspora gifts sacred Thongdrols

Bumthang—For many Bhutanese living abroad, physical distance from home has only deepened their sense of belonging and their desire to give back.

Jan 17, 2026 3 mins read 2,723 views
ESP funds exhausted, no second phase

Jan 17, 2026 3 mins read 3,403 views
RGoB services in GMC subject to GST

Jan 17, 2026 2 mins read 2,693 views
From forest corridors to community lives

Jan 17, 2026 5 mins read 2,334 views
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Receipts and invoices mandatory for all transactions

Jan 15, 2026 2 mins read 2,820 views
MRP on goods is a guide, not a law: CCAA

Jan 15, 2026 1 mins read 3,030 views
Police reports 17 percent rise in crime

Jan 15, 2026 1 mins read 2,886 views
Finance ministry defends GST transition plan

Jan 14, 2026 3 mins read 4,984 views
Over 1,900 commodities set to become cheaper under GST

Jan 14, 2026 2 mins read 3,600 views
Opposition demands govt. action on GST double taxation

Jan 14, 2026 2 mins read 2,648 views
AI ambitions hinge on data access and ethical governance

Jan 14, 2026 2 mins read 1,906 views
DPR work for Serpang–Autsho road begins

Farmers in remote Jaray Gewog are a step closer to gaining crucial market access, as work on the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Serpang–Autsho inter-dzongkhag road officially commenced yesterday in Yumchhey,Lhuentse.

Jan 14, 2026 3 mins read 3,003 views
New FDI regime offers wider access to foreign investors in agriculture

The agriculture and livestock sector is seeing an increased investor interest following major reforms in foreign direct investment (FDI) policy that liberalised ownership rules and eased approvals.

Jan 03, 2026 3 mins read 2,696 views
BCCI submits 35 business ideas to govt. for private sector engagement

The Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has submitted 35 business proposals from 12 sector associations to th...

Dec 20, 2025 2 mins read 3,178 views
Bhutan attracts major impact finance commitments at SDG forum

During the two-day Bhutan SDG Impact Finance Forum held last week in Thimphu, international and high-level participants...

Dec 20, 2025 3 mins read 1,801 views
Businesses propose action oriented public-private forum to address private sector woes

The Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has proposed the government to re-establish the high-level Private Se...

Dec 20, 2025 2 mins read 2,061 views
A wintry tale

Jan 22, 2026 1 mins read 454 views
Start small, but be consistent

Jan 22, 2026 1 mins read 1,000 views
Garuda Bar and Café

Jan 22, 2026 1 mins read 509 views
How Miss Bhutan 2026 is shifting the meaning of beauty

Jan 22, 2026 2 mins read 1,001 views
Taxes our forefathers paid

Jan 13, 2026 2 mins read 1,731 views
Gym that asks you to grow, not just train

Jan 10, 2026 2 mins read 1,383 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Happiness can be described in countless ways, yet it is always experienced as one. Even if we fail to put it into words, we still recognise it. Sometimes, only when old words fade from the ton...

Dec 18, 2025 4 mins read 1,765 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Happiness can be described in countless ways, yet it is always experienced as one. Even if we fail to put it into words, we still recognise it. Sometimes, only when old words fade from the ton...

Dec 16, 2025 4 mins read 1,299 views
High-value tourism, low-value jobs?

Jan 21, 2026 2 mins read 920 views
Tying the loose ends of GST reform

Jan 17, 2026 2 mins read 1,183 views
GST transition pains need urgent fixes

Jan 14, 2026 2 mins read 1,180 views
Making GST work past early hiccups

The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a major fiscal reform in recent years. These new reforms are part of a broader effort to modernise the country’s tax system to make taxation fairer, more efficient, a...

Jan 10, 2026 2 mins read 1,403 views
The cost of delay

Jan 07, 2026 2 mins read 1,900 views
A new chapter for Kuensel

Two decades ago, in February 2005, Kuensel increased its publication frequency to twice a week. This move was a direct response to our readers’ growing needs and a conscious preparation for the n...

Jan 03, 2026 2 mins read 1,510 views
Strengthening the third sector

Over the years, the civil society sector has quietly assumed a critical role in bridging policy and people. Often referred to as the third sector, CSOs have emerged as indispensable partners in Bhutan’s pursuit...

Dec 31, 2025 2 mins read 1,848 views
Why selective privatisation in healthcare makes sense

The debate on private sector participation in healthcare has reached an unhelpful impasse. This is mainly because it is...

Dec 30, 2025 2 mins read 2,233 views
Agencies must be held accountable for financial irregularities

The Royal Audit Authority’s (RAA) latest annual report is disturbing, to say the least. Financial irregularities reached...

Dec 29, 2025 2 mins read 3,743 views
What about moral and ethical accountability?

The Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) investigation into the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) loan was meant to settle...

Dec 27, 2025 2 mins read 2,512 views
Amochu quarriers call for flood walls after millions in losses

Phuentsholing—Businesses involved in extracting and exporting boulders, gravel, and sand along the Amochu river are call...

Oct 16, 2025 2 mins read 3,187 views
Sir, your advice to the younger generation?

Choose your environment Your environment is the invisible hand that constantly shapes the way you think, feel, and act....

Nov 19, 2025 1 mins read 1,400 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Our global culture has conditioned us to spend the best of ourselves in the pursuit of a “decent living” whatever that m...

Sep 22, 2025 4 mins read 4,489 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

In a world that constantly advertises, applauds, and sells consumption, acquisition and growth at all costs, cultivating...

Aug 18, 2025 2 mins read 5,892 views
Citizens building a nation’s future

The fourth round of the Gelephu Mindfulness City volunteer programme, which drew a record 10,000 participants, pushing t...

Dec 26, 2025 2 mins read 2,218 views
The promise of Bhutan-Thailand Free Trade Agreement

The parliamentary endorsement of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Thailand marks a watershed moment in Bhutan’s econo...

Dec 25, 2025 2 mins read 2,176 views
Time to open farms to foreign labour

The shortage of farm labour is a real problem faced by farming households across the country.  Over the years, this has...

Dec 24, 2025 2 mins read 1,509 views
Building inclusive sports

For 15-year-old Nima Dema, a student from Tendruk Central School in Samtse, the opportunity to take part in the ongoing...

Dec 23, 2025 2 mins read 1,732 views
Punatsangchhu-I restarts, but at a heavy price

The resumption of works on the 1,200-megawatt Punatsangchhu Hydropower Project I offers a flicker of hope. After all, th...

Dec 22, 2025 2 mins read 2,383 views

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