After more than 11 years of construction, the Namgyel Chorten in Ura, Bumthang remains incomplete, with key structural and decorative works still pending.

The government’s decision to lift the taxi registration moratorium has sparked fears among drivers of deeper income losses, ...

Culture, Development and Innovation (Routledge, 2025), takes a comprehensive and arguably overdue look at the specificities of Bhutanese primary education. This is a groundbreaking analytic work on ...

Steering Committee will review how to reallocate Nu 574.73 million in unspent and recovered funds from the Window-I concessional credit line.

The 1,125MW Dorjilung Hydroelectric Power Project (DHPP) is expected to boost the country’s economy, raising gross domestic product (GDP) by about 2.4 percent during its operational phase and creating ...

On October 24, 1979, a Class V student took an afternoon walk with friends near a school apple orchard in Bumthang. Minutes later, a bear sprang from the bushes, dragged him to the ground, and mauled ...

The government’s pledge to cut mobile data charges by 50 percent remains in limbo, awaiting a Cabinet-level decision and caught between the political imperative of affordability and telecom operators’ ...

Phuentsholing—Wood-based industries are grappling with timber shortages and regulatory constraints as domestic demand rises, pushing the country to import more wood products while exports remain low.

Native animal breeds in the country are facing a steep decline, with several species on the brink of extinction due to crossbreeding, climate change, and economic shifts favouring higher-yielding ...

Bhutan and Thailand reviewed nearly two decades of development co-operation and mapped out new priorities for the coming years during the fifth Joint Review Meeting (JRM), held on January 29 in ...

Two members of the Bhutan Road Runners, Dilip Rai, 39, and Phurba Tshering Lepcha, 25, recently completed one of the most ...

Bhutan banned plastic nearly three decades ago. Yet plastic bags still change hands at markets, PET bottles line highways, ...