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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 1,222 views
Bhutan edges closer to AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualification

Following two consecutive wins, Bhutan’s national women’s football team (the Dragon Girls) is now left with two c...

Jul 12, 2025 2 mins read 3,526 views
211-run win sends Thimphu CC to Women’s T20 semifinal

Thimphu Cricket Club (CC) concluded their league stage with a commanding 211-run victory over Samtse Stallions in the ongo...

Jul 11, 2025 1 mins read 1,405 views
Pitching Bhutan onto international baseball stage

In 2021, Thinley Jamtsho took his first steps into baseball as a catcher for his school’s under-15 league team. At the time, he had little idea wh...

Jun 17, 2025 2 mins read 2,589 views
Nine medals for Bhutan on first day of South Asian Bodybuilding Championship

Bhutanese bodybuilders had a great first day at the 15th South Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Federation Championship 2025 in Thimphu yesterday. They won nine medals-four gold, two silver, and three bronze.

Jun 14, 2025 1 mins read 5,137 views
VP aims to host World Bodybuilding Championship in Bhutan

Sonam Penjor (PhD), the newly elected vice president of the South Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Federation (SA...

Jun 14, 2025 2 mins read 7,736 views
Bhutan to face Brunei in AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers

Bhutan’s senior national men’s football team will face Brunei at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in Brunei on June 10 as part of the third r...

Jun 03, 2025 2 mins read 5,108 views
Bhutan women’s team set for strong finish in Tri-Nation Cup

Bhutan’s senior women’s national football team is determined to beat Malaysia on June 3 in their final match o...

May 31, 2025 1 mins read 6,297 views
Kinley Tshering wins gold for Bhutan at Incheon archery championship

Bhutanese archer Kinley Tshering claimed gold medal in the foreign individual recurve category at the 2025 Gyeyang Open Archery Championship in Incheon, South Korea, yesterday, marking one of Bhutan’s most notable international archery victories in recent years.

May 26, 2025 2 mins read 6,194 views
Bhutanese archers maintain strong contest at Incheon Archery Championship

Bhutanese archer Kinley Tshering advanced to the third round of the Incheo...

May 23, 2025 1 mins read 5,708 views
Bhutan ends campaign on high with victory over Kuwait in ICC Asia Qualifier

Bhutan’s national women’s cricket team wrapped up their campaign at...

May 17, 2025 2 mins read 7,633 views
Heavy rain disrupts ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier, dashing Bhutan’s hope

Torrential rain has upended the ICC Women’s T20 Wo...

May 16, 2025 2 mins read 6,036 views
Bhutan set to host South Asian Bodybuilding Championship after 14 years

After a 14-year break, Bhutan is once again stepping onto the international bodybuilding stage. The country will host the 15th South Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships 2025 from June 11 to 15 at the iconic Clock Tower Square in Thimphu.

May 15, 2025 2 mins read 13,451 views
Bhutan bags 23 medals at South Asia Youth Judo Tournament

Bhutan emerged as the top medal-winning nation at the first South Asia Youth Judo Development Tournament and Camp, held in...

May 14, 2025 1 mins read 5,138 views
Bhutan bows out after 2-2 draw against Maldives in SAFF U-19 Championship

Bhutan’s under (U)-19 men’s national football team played out a spirited 2...

May 14, 2025 2 mins read 5,758 views
Chimi Dema sets new record, winning fifth Mountain Bike Challenge title

Chimi Dema, a 28-year-old cyclist from Punakha, added another victory to her rec...

May 05, 2025 3 mins read 6,042 views
BoB Bhutan Women’s National League 2025 set to raise the bar

The BoB Bhutan Women’s National League 2025 is shaping up to be the most competitive and exciting season yet, drawing attention from football enthusiasts across the country.

May 02, 2025 3 mins read 8,723 views
Bhutan sets sights on ICC T20 World Cup

The Senior Bhutan National Women’s Cricket Team is currently in Assam, India, for a 10-day training session in preparation for the upcoming International Cricket Council (ICC)...

Apr 30, 2025 2 mins read 6,763 views
Bhutan hosts ICC Level 3 coaching for the first time

Bhutan is hosting the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Level 3 Coaching Course for the first time in Thimphu. Four master educato...

Apr 28, 2025 2 mins read 8,244 views
Bhutanese women archers make international debut

An eight-woman team representing Bhutan recently participated in a friendly compound archery match in Sikkim, India, indicating the sport’s rising po...

Apr 26, 2025 1 mins read 9,814 views
“My goal this season is to help Paro FC win the championship”

Ritu Porna Chakma, 21, is a midfielder for the senior women’s national football team of Bangladesh. In 2024, she played for RTC FC in the AFC Women’s Champions League (Preliminary Stage).

Apr 24, 2025 2 mins read 7,636 views
Bhutan-Thailand celebrate friendship through football

To mark the Royal visit of Thailand’s King and Queen on April 25, a highly anticipated under-17 (U-17) football match between Bhutan a...

Apr 22, 2025 1 mins read 8,221 views
Thai festival brings two kingdoms closer ahead of Royal visit

The Clock Tower Square in Thimphu came alive over the weekend with the colours, flavours, and rhythms of Thail...

Apr 21, 2025 3 mins read 13,129 views
Excitement builds as Bhutan Premier League 2025 kicks off in two days

The BoB Bhutan Premier League (BPL) 2025, the country’s top football tournament, retur...

Apr 17, 2025 2 mins read 7,321 views
Bhutanese boxers dominate Four Nations Boxing Championship

All 16 Bhutanese boxers, comprising eight women and eight men, bagged medals at the 2025 Four Nations Boxing Championship, held in Thimphu from April 11 to 13.

Apr 15, 2025 2 mins read 6,477 views
Four Nations Boxing Championship kicks off today

The 2025 Four Nations Boxing Championship will begin today  at the Clock Tower in the capital, featuring proficient boxers from Bhutan, Sikkim (India...

Apr 11, 2025 2 mins read 6,088 views
Bhutan starts off with commanding victories at BIFA Cup

Gelephu—In the inaugural Bhutan-India Friendship Association (BIFA) Cup 2025 cricket tournament, which kicked off yesterday at t...

Apr 08, 2025 2 mins read 6,158 views
Bhutan Olympic Committee ramps up efforts for 2026 Asian Games

The Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC) is intensifying its efforts to ensure that Bhutanese athletes are not ju...

Apr 04, 2025 3 mins read 5,737 views
Thimphu Magics to take on TREX BC in SABA Club Championship tomorrow

Bhutanese basketball club Thimphu Magics will face TREX BC from the Maldives in the highly anticipated South Asian Basketball Association (SABA) Club Championship tomorrow in Chennai, India.

Apr 01, 2025 1 mins read 5,481 views
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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 currently awaiting Indian government approval.

Jul 14, 2025 3 mins read 5,450 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...

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 4,878 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...

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 1,436 views
Bhutan strengthens HIV response amid rising cases and regional inequities

Bhutan’s growing response to the HIV epidemic is taking shape against a shifting regional landscape, where progress and...

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 1,306 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 873 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,...

Jul 14, 2025 2 mins read 1,222 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 gifted to Thei...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 6,765 views
Applicants unhappy with ESP loan rejections

Dissatisfaction is growing among loan applicants of the economic stimulus programme (ESP) over the high rate of rejectio...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 2,550 views
Education ministry launches Education Technology Framework

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

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 1,962 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 Trashiga...

Jul 12, 2025 3 mins read 11,286 views
Help private sector drive the national economic vision

At a glance, tourist arrivals in the first six months of 2025 look promising. A total of 100,675 tourists visited Bhutan—an increase of over 25,000 compared to the same period last year. More than half were from neighbouring India, categorised in the industry as non-dollar-paying tourists.

Jul 17, 2025 2 mins read 375 views
Caution first in face of rising health threat

The outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Assam is not just a neighbouring country’s problem—it is an urgent public...

Jul 16, 2025 2 mins read 658 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...

Jul 15, 2025 2 mins read 3,143 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 545 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 2,169 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 694 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 627 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 955 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 494 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 947 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 11,479 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 14,976 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 13,985 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 13,944 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 13,944 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 10,921 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 12,862 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 12,964 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Mar 15, 2025 4 mins read 14,452 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 695 views
Leave the US with dignity

Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay yesterday urged Bhutanese overstaying their visas in the United States to return home vol...

Jul 04, 2025 2 mins read 1,838 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 550 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 6,821 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 3,876 views

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Gelephu’s Tabab Choeten nears completion

Gelephu—The Tabab Choeten, a spiritual landmark within the ambitious Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC), is nearing completion, with artisans currently crafting sacred clay statues for its relic chambers following the completion of the main structure.

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