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.
Located amid one of Buddhism’s most sacred sites at Rajgir, Bihar, India, the Royal Bhutan Temple will be consecrated on September 4. Hi...
Bhutan’s highland communities are set to benefit from new initiatives aimed at revitalising yak-rearing by...
Bhutan aims to become a regional clean energy exporter by 2035, harnessing its abundant renewab...
The Salang Tendrel ceremony for the 120 megawatt-peak (MWp) Jamjee Solar Photovoltaic Project, Bhutan’s first and largest grid-connected utility-scale solar initiative, was held on August 16 at Maedwang gewog, Thimphu.
The Journalist Association of Bhutan’s Media Perception Index 2025 has highlighted gro...
Phuentsholing—The Phuentsholing Thromde has implement...
Punakha—Dzomlingthang, a scenic riverside retreat just two kilometres from the iconic Punakha Dzong, is set for a major...
The walk to Jetsun Milarepa’s drupchhu begins quietly. A short 10-15-minute journey from the road point near Dobji Dzong in Dawakha, Paro, winds through crisp air, filled with subtle scents of its natural surroundings.
The 13th Foundation Day of the Bhutan Kidney Foundation (BKF) recognised seven kidney donors...
As the demand for new nursing institutes grows in the country, health o...
Gelephu—With the main drug traffickers taken off the porous borders in Sarpang, the ambitious goal of making Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) free from cr...
A taxi ride to Paro recently offered a snapshot of a shifting media landscape in Bhutan. The passengers had barely settled into the seat when the driver asked about their profession. On hearing that they worked for Kuensel, his eyes brightened.
With Bhutan set to replace its 10 percent Bhutan Sales Tax (BST) with a 5 percent Goods and Services Tax (G...
A new nationwide survey suggests that Bhutan’s med...
Gerab Nyed-Yon (GNY), the investment arm of the Zh...
The Department of Media, Creative Industry and Intellectual Property (DoMCIIP), under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment (MoICE), has announced the second phase of its comprehensive support programme for digital content creators.
Bhutan’s pavilion at World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Jap...
In Bhutan’s remote highland gewogs, the annual cordyceps harvest is both an e...
The Indian community in Bhutan celebrated the 79th Independence Day of India at the Indian Embassy in Th...
A gentle breeze carried the earthy aroma of mushrooms through Geney Zampa yesterday as locals and visitors gathered as early as 7am for the eighth Matsutake Mushroom Festival.
Costly planning errors and fragmented data systems, a long-standing challenge for the countr...
His Majesty the King has sent a message of felicitations and good wishes to the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, Mr Yasser Arafat while extending Bhutan's recognition...
The President of India, Mr. R. Venkataraman arrived in Thimphu on October 18,1988 on a four day state visit.
Druk Holding and Investments (DHI) and its group launched their ambitious strategic plan, the 10X Roadmap in Thimphu yesterday.
A 26-year-old Bhutanese man, Tashi Dewa, has been missing from his home on Frankel Street in Ca...
The lack of a formal institution has led to a decline in trained artists, posing a risk to the...
During a live public debate for the Nubi-Tangsibji constituency bye-election yesterday, both candidates pledged to complete the base course of farm roads in every chiwog and to blacktop key sections.
The 15th RENEW Community Service Center (CSC) in Haa, strengthening Bhutan’s commitment to preventing and responding to gender-based violence (GBV).
I used to run a small grocery shop in Bhutan during the pandemic. It wasn’t anything grand, just a humble little place that kept my family going through uncertain times. Business was steady enough, but after the pandemic, life began to feel repetitive.
Charmi Chheda’s relationship with the stage began long before she understood what theatre could mean. At eight years old...
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 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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