The Royal Audit Authority (RAA) has urged the finance ministry to ensure all government agencies fully use the central asset-tracking system, Government Inventory Management System (GIMS), following an audit that found widespread inconsistencies in its applications.
Gelephu—As Bhutan charts an ambitious national transformation, leadership is being recast not merely as administration but as stewardship, responsible for...
With tax season underway, the impact of climate-induced disasters on the country’s public finances is easy to miss. Yet each time extreme weather strikes, the cost of recovery continues to fall mainly on domes...
Gelephu — Elderly residents find it hard to access markets, busy households have little time to buy fresh produce, food safety remains a concern, and...
Phuentsholing—Even as the National Assembly recently concluded a contentious debate on the Livestock Bill of Bhutan 2025, the deeper c...
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.
Overstretched staff working long hours for limited pay, with few career paths and little support, are ho...
The Zhung Dratshang (Central Monastic Body) has introduced a major transformation of its human...
Thimphu Dzongkhag Court on December 30, 2025 impos...
Sarpang—The land market in Sarpang, after nearly seven months of downturn, is gradually rebounding following the announcement of the shareholder model for land in Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC).
On a sunny afternoon in Thimphu, the difference is easy to feel. Step off a shaded, tree-lined footpath onto a wide asphalt road, a...
Dressed in orange T-shirts and black tracksuits, 47 students, including three with special needs, waited quietly at Paro I...
Ten years after the completion of its powerhouse and 14-kilometre head-race tunnel (HRT), the Punatsangchhu-I Hydropower Project (PHPA...
A Folk Heritage Craft Village, aimed at revitalisi...
Bhutan’s potato sector, buoyed by last year’s price surge driven by shortages in India, expanded production and stockholding in 2025. However, early potato harvests in India, falling prices, and weak demand have disrupted exports this season, leaving Bhutanese farmers with large quantities of unsold stocks.
For the 2026 Class pre-primary (PP) intake, 15 schools under Thimphu Thromde received about 1,888 applications. However, c...
The Ministry of Health clarified that Indian nurse...
The Ministry of Education and Skills Development, in collaboration with the G...
Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay rejected the Opposition Party's demand for the finance minister’s resignation, saying there are no concrete allegations of corruption in the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP).
The proposed USD 100 million Global Bhutan Entrepreneurship Corridor Fund has been scaled down to USD 50 million following an assessment of the utili...
The Ministry of Education and Skills Development has rolled out a range of structured winter programmes to...
Bhutan’s 54 registered civil society organisations (CSOs) have, over the years, emerged as critical partners in national development, supplementing government efforts and delivering services to communities often bey...
For more than a decade, Lhak-Sam has stood at the forefront of Bhutan’s response to HIV, advocating for prevention, supporting people living with HIV, and challenging stigma through compassion, evidence, and community-based care.
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.
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.
The Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has submitted 35 business proposals from 12 sector associations to th...
During the two-day Bhutan SDG Impact Finance Forum held last week in Thimphu, international and high-level participants...
The Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has proposed the government to re-establish the high-level Private Se...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The debate on private sector participation in healthcare has reached an unhelpful impasse. This is mainly because it is...
The Royal Audit Authority’s (RAA) latest annual report is disturbing, to say the least. Financial irregularities reached...
The Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) investigation into the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) loan was meant to settle...
The fourth round of the Gelephu Mindfulness City volunteer programme, which drew a record 10,000 participants, pushing total participation beyond 22,500, must be celebrated as a national moment. The overwhelming number of volunteer...
Phuentsholing—Businesses involved in extracting and exporting boulders, gravel, and sand along the Amochu river are call...
Choose your environment Your environment is the invisible hand that constantly shapes the way you think, feel, and act....
Our global culture has conditioned us to spend the best of ourselves in the pursuit of a “decent living” whatever that m...
In a world that constantly advertises, applauds, and sells consumption, acquisition and growth at all costs, cultivating...
The parliamentary endorsement of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Thailand marks a watershed moment in Bhutan’s econo...
The shortage of farm labour is a real problem faced by farming households across the country. Over the years, this has...
For 15-year-old Nima Dema, a student from Tendruk Central School in Samtse, the opportunity to take part in the ongoing...
The resumption of works on the 1,200-megawatt Punatsangchhu Hydropower Project I offers a flicker of hope. After all, th...
Bhutan’s clean air is becoming a comforting myth—pleasant to repeat, dangerous to believe. For years, we have worn the r...
Bumthang—For many Bhutanese living abroad, physical distance from home has only deepened their sense of belonging and their desire to give back.
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