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Breaking News
  • Slope stabilization risks loom over P I Dam construction
  • Judiciary Annual Report 2025: A total of 9,090 cases handled across all courts nationwide
  • Australia Rush intensifies with a troubling new trend
  • BT data cut expected to be announced soon
  • Bitcoin price drop and where Bhutan stands
  • 22 inmates at Chamgang prison diagnosed with mental illness
  • Importers caught off guard by excise permit charges
  • The final stretch: Bhutan nears 100 percent gewog road connectivity as two remains. Plan to upgrade 132 Dzongkhag roads
  • Cost of services to rise with GST
  • RMA comes across some preliminary findings in its ESP review
Australia Rush intensifies with a troubling new trend
1 week ago

Australia Rush intensifies with a troubling new trend

In the Financial Year (FY) 2024–25, a total of 6,186 students and dependents from Bhutan were grante…

BT data cut expected to be announced soon
1 week ago

BT data cut expected to be announced soon

MoICE Minister says Cabinet had to reject an earlier version The much-discussed, anticipated, and wi…

Bitcoin price drop and where Bhutan stands
1 week ago

Bitcoin price drop and where Bhutan stands

The value of Bitcoin saw a high of USD 126,000 in early October 2025 but since then has seen a stead…

22 inmates at Chamgang prison diagnosed with mental illness
1 week ago

22 inmates at Chamgang prison diagnosed with mental illness

There are currently 22 inmates at Chamgang Central Prison diagnosed with mental health conditions, i…

Cost of services to rise with GST
3 weeks ago

Cost of services to rise with GST

With the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the main focus has been on the prices of goods…

DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

  • MoH strengthens measures to prevent Nipah virus entry

    1 week ago

    According to the Ministry of Health (MoH) Bhutan is maintaining heightened vigilance following the recent …

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  • 90 ECCD facilitators with diplomas to pursue Bachelor’s degree at Paro College of Education

    1 week ago

  • Nu 50 mn ESP fund supports 155 digital content creators

    3 weeks ago

  • Compulsory GST registration if multiple licenses under same name add up to Nu 5 mn turnover

    3 weeks ago

  • Crime rate declines but road accidents, drug cases and sexual offences rise

    4 weeks ago

BUSINESS

  • The Pandemic of Excess

    1 week ago

    By Tshering Dorji (Mr Bhutan) The world as I see it: “I try to find …

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  • Sephu Solar Plant injects 13.55 million units into national grid

    1 week ago

  • Govt’s plan to clear remaining potato stocks of 930 MT

    1 week ago

  • Cambridge-aligned textbooks for classes IX and XI are ready for the 2026 rollout

    3 weeks ago

  • The country records higher FDI investment value in 2025

    3 weeks ago

ABOUT TOWN

  • Paro stabbing case forwarded to OAG for prosecution

    1 week ago

    The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) on 19th January 2026 forwarded the Paro stabbing case to …

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  • Construction of Lunana Mini Hydropower Project to begin in April

    1 week ago

  • Panbang set to host 2nd Manas Winter Festival, highlighting Khengpa cultural heritage

    1 week ago

  • DRC charges GST for insurance and transportation costs of goods

    3 weeks ago

  • MoICE reveals annual tourism statistics and speaks on airfare pricing and requirement of guides

    3 weeks ago

THE NATION

  • MoF lists measures to soften GST impact on services sector

    1 week ago

    While there has been a lot of focus on the impact of GST on goods, …

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  • Over 85 percent of ESP concessional loan approved for agriculture and livestock ventures: Steering Committee

    1 week ago

  • GoI to fully fund Nu 40.32 bn railway projects linking Bhutan to Indian rail network

    1 week ago

  • Dagachhu to lose Nu 655 mn in revenue

    1 week ago

  • Thimphu’s Project Hingsang-Sa energy grows as 19 sacks are cleared

    3 weeks ago

EDITORIAL

  • A Turning Point

    1 week ago

    The latest visa data confirms what scenes at Paro International Airport have already suggested; the …

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  • GST Squeeze on the Service Sector

    3 weeks ago

  • GST and prices

    4 weeks ago

  • Facebook communication

    01/10/2026

OPINION

  • India’s Middle-Power Dilemma

    1 week ago

    By Ajay Shah NEW DELHI – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has issued a battle …

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  • Trump Has Abandoned the World

    3 weeks ago

  • Global Survey affirms Bhutan’s High Value and Low Volume Tourism Vision – Part 2/2

    4 weeks ago

NEWS

  • Judiciary Annual Report 2025: A total of 9,090 cases handled across all courts nationwide

    1 week ago

    Judiciary generated Nu 47.34 mn in revenue The Judiciary of Bhutan has released its Annual …

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  • The final stretch: Bhutan nears 100 percent gewog road connectivity as two remains. Plan to upgrade 132 Dzongkhag roads

    3 weeks ago

  • Release of India’s support to Bhutan under 13th FYP

    4 weeks ago

  • Annual Health Bulletin 2025: Increasing cases of tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and malaria in Bhutan

    01/10/2026

  • GST rolled out from 1st January

    01/02/2026

LOCAL NEWS

  • Slope stabilization risks loom over P I Dam construction

    1 week ago

    According to the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, the right bank slope stabilization remains …

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  • Importers caught off guard by excise permit charges

    3 weeks ago

  • Building “Antifragile” minds and bodies: Mr Bhutan’s new journey in transforming lives through physical and mental wellbeing

    4 weeks ago

  • Bhutan Stroke Foundation to assess NCD risk in monasteries nationwide

    01/10/2026

  • BCTA launches real-time crash data system and engages bus operators on public safety

    01/02/2026

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