This year’s cordyceps auction recorded the highest harvest in recent years, with 940.29 kilograms brought to auction. Of this, 292.93 kilograms were sold while 647.35 kilograms were withdrawn, generating Nu 4.43 million in revenue from royalties.
Sonam Penjor (PhD), who was recently elected as the Vice Pr...
Phuentsholing—Schools under Phuentsholing Thromde, in collaboration with the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) and parent...
Bhutan’s fight against malaria has been long and arduous, stretching back decades, but its recent achievements stand as a powerful example of determination and public health commitment.
The Central Monastic Body (CMB) is working with several key partners, including the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Ministry of Health (MoH), to develop a new guideline aimed at improving public health and sanitation during religious gatherings.
The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) has announced a record-high pass mark of 55 percent for annual Preliminary Exami...
Bhutan’s National Digital Identity (NDI) programme has joined forces with...
Trashigang—Thirty-six-year-old Tenzin Wangda from Lungtenzampa, Trashigang, has invested Nu 850,000 that...
Farmers in Khameythang, Samdrupjongkhar, can now look forward to uninterrupted irrigation after the inauguration of a 1.44-kilometre climate-smart irrigation channel on August 16.
Airlines have been instructed to discontinue the subsidised airfare scheme for tourists, following a...
A new investment strategy, aimed at achieving Bhut...
Tour operators from Dubai, the UAE, explored Bhutan last week as part of a familiarisation (FAM) trip. They were gra...
Bhutan Insurance Limited (BIL), in partnership with Gyalpozhing College of Information Technology (GCIT), has launched a FinTech Innovation Lab to support Bhutan’s digital transformation.
Sarpang—For decades, crossing the swollen Panchfaley stream during monsoon meant risk and uncertainty for residents of...
International tourists can now finally enter and exit fr...
A capacity-building workshop for Bhutanese exporters on procedures and regulatory requirements was conducted yesterday in Thimphu, aim- ing to facilitate smoother and more e...
The Government of India has allocated the highest foreign aid for Bhutan amounting to INR 20.69 billion for the fiscal year 2024-25, with INR 10.79 billion as grants and INR 9.9 b...
On Their Majesties’ ongoing State Visit to Vietnam, His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen paid tribute to President Ho Chí Minh — the founder of modern Vietnam, and t...
Starting next year, only products certified by the Bhutan Standards Bureau (BSB) will be permitted for import into Bhutan.
While nursing has been viewed as a profession best suited to students from science backgrounds, educators say that perception...
A recent survey conducted by the Journalists’ Association of Bhutan (JAB) has revealed the profound and multifaceted influence of media on Bhutanese society.
The country’s ambitious bid to green its tourism industry has met its first real test: only five hotels—all of them five-star properties—have qualifi...
Phuentsholing—In an age when farming is often seen as burdensome, Sanjeev Subba,...
The seventh edition of the South Asian Football Federation’s (SAFF) Under (U)-17 Women’s Championship 2025 is scheduled to begin today at the Changli...
In what is described as a landmark moment in Bhutan’s foreign relations, Their Majesties the King and Queen are in Vietnam on a five-day State Visit from August 18 to 22. This is the first-ever visit by a Bhutanese Head of State to Vietnam, a country with which Bhutan formally established diplomatic relations a decade ago.
Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen graced the consecration ceremony of the Wangduechhoeling Palace Museum and Cultural Center yesterday.
Paro-The country is moving beyond sustainable tourism toward a regenerative model—an approach first introduced by...
In a move to curb illegal imports and ensure timely access to agricultural inputs, the National Seed Centre, Ministry of Agri...
Bhutan will host the Global Peace Prayer Festival in Thimphu from November 4 to 17, an event of a scale never seen before in the country, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced yesterday.
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...
Crochet, the meticulous art of creating fabric from interlocked loops of yarn, was once associated with a domestic hobby...
Over the years, the civil society sector has quietly assumed a critical role in bridging policy and people. Often referr...
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 t...
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