The Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime is likely to affect the sports sector, as several sports-related goods that were previously exempt now attract a five percent tax.
Sarpang—Tshering Penjor, a Class XII graduate of Dorokha Central School in Samtse, makes his national debut as a member of the school boys volleyball team that s...
The Bhutan Football Federation (BFF) Academy in Thimphu recently held its annual player selection trials, drawing strong participation from young athletes across the country.
Tendruk Central School (CS) in Samtse was the overall champion of the first National Unified Champ...
The Special Olympics Bhutan (SOB), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD), began a three-day N...
The Thimphu-based women’s club, Transport United Ladies, returned home yesterday after a respectable performan...
Paro College of Education (PCE) and Gedu College of Business Studies (GCBS) dominated the 10th Winter Bhutan University Sports Federation (BUSF) Tournament held in Punakha from December 11 to 17.
Thimphu City FC emerged champions of the Bhutan–India Friendship Association (BIFA)...
Bhutan will host the 16th South Asian Bodybuilding Championship in the capital, Thimphu from June 30 to July 4 next year....
When the Fifth Asian Youth Para Games open in Dubai this week, two young Bhutanese para-athletes will carry not only...
The ongoing Bhutan–India Friendship Association (BIFA) Open Football Tournament 2025 in Samdrupjongkhar is fostering regional sporting ties with 16 teams, including leading clubs from the Bhutan Premier League and 11 teams from India.
Twenty of Bhutan’s top athletes signed high-performance contracts for the 2025-26 cycle of the Bhutan Elite Athlete Suppor...
The Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC) and Japan’s Nippon Sport Science University (NSSU) launched a Coach Deve...
Despite their best efforts, nearly all Bhutanese athletes at the ongoing Asian Youth Games (AYG) 2025 in...
Jampel Choda, a 35-year-old from Mongar, who serves with the Royal Bodyguard (RBG), won the Laya Run 2025, completing the 25-kilometre (km) race from Pongchothang to Langothang, the Royal Highland Festival ground in one hour and 47 minutes.
Nine young Bhutanese athletes will represent the nation at the Asian Youth Games (AYG) 2025 in Bahrain, showcasing the countr...
The men’s senior national football team has been eliminated from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup 2027 qualifiers, des...
The Asian Tennis Federation’s (ATF) Under-14 Tennis Championship is being held in Bhutan for the first time in Bhutan at the National Tennis Centre in Thimphu, hosting 30 young playe...
Bodybuilder Mahalal Rai, 34, from Tsirang, was crowned Mr Bhutan 2025 after winning the Men’s Open Bodybuilding Category at the 14th National Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship.
Eight of Bhutan’s top under-19 badminton players, four boys and four girls, are currently represen...
Tsirang—For 30-year-old Kinley Wangdi, the run-down basketball court in Damphu was a place of dreams. That dream has now come true with the opening of a new, modern sport...
The inaugural Indo-Bhutan Inter-Club Golf Tournament, held in the capital from September 25–26, featured 24 teams from both countries. With four golfers each team, the ev...
Paro FC has once again retained its position as the country’s top football club by winning the BoB Bhutan Premier League (BPL) 2025 with one game still left to play.
Bumthang—For many Bhutanese living abroad, physical distance from home has only deepened their sense of belonging and th...
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...
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 fourth round of the Gelephu Mindfulness City volunteer programme, which drew a record 10,000 participants, pushing t...
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...
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