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  • ESP Steering Committee sends Action Taken Report to ACC
  • Building “Antifragile” minds and bodies: Mr Bhutan’s new journey in transforming lives through physical and mental wellbeing
  • Release of India’s support to Bhutan under 13th FYP
  • 500 MW Bitcoin mine generating Bitcoins in Jigmeling
  • BFDA detects unsafe modern and traditional medicines containing lead, mercury, and toxic chemicals
  • More than 200,000 tourists in 2025 but nights spent goes down by 2 nights
  • Cabinet doing a rethink on modified BT proposal
  • Adani Group Chairman joins GMC as Founding Member
  • Annual Health Bulletin 2025: Increasing cases of tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and malaria in Bhutan
  • Bhutan Stroke Foundation to assess NCD risk in monasteries nationwide
ESP Steering Committee sends Action Taken Report to ACC
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ESP Steering Committee sends Action Taken Report to ACC

The Economic Stimulus Plan (ESP) Steering Committee has written to the Anti Corruption Commission on…

500 MW Bitcoin mine generating Bitcoins in Jigmeling
1 week ago

500 MW Bitcoin mine generating Bitcoins in Jigmeling

The 500 MW data center or Bitcoin mine of Bitdeer is currently operational at 424 MW capacity, gener…

BFDA detects unsafe modern and traditional medicines containing lead, mercury, and toxic chemicals
1 week ago

BFDA detects unsafe modern and traditional medicines containing lead, mercury, and toxic chemicals

The Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA), under the Bhutan Food and Drug Authority (BFDA), has until now …

More than 200,000 tourists in 2025 but nights spent goes down by 2 nights
1 week ago

More than 200,000 tourists in 2025 but nights spent goes down by 2 nights

No SDF duration discount According to the latest figures, Bhutan has crossed the 200,000 tourists fi…

Cabinet doing a rethink on modified BT proposal
1 week ago

Cabinet doing a rethink on modified BT proposal

Around four weeks ago in December 2025, the Bhutan Telecom (BT) proposal for data cuts was not recei…

DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

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

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    Bhutan’s overall crime rate has declined over the past four years as per Royal Bhutan …

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  • Running to reconnect: Why Bhutan Road Runners are crossing the country on foot

    1 week ago

  • GST confusion persists among businesses around technical issues

    2 weeks ago

  • Five bar licenses suspended, three fined in Sarpang in 2025

    2 weeks ago

  • Vehicle prices come down with GST and Excise Tax

    3 weeks ago

BUSINESS

  • World Bank Group approves USD 815 mn financing package for 1,125 MW Dorjilung 

    2 days ago

    The World Bank Group’s Boards of Executive Directors in Washington today approved a financing package …

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  • Cabinet asks ESP Committee to make more hotels eligible for 4 percent interest subsidy

    1 week ago

  • Over 3,000 businesses register for GST in two weeks after its implementation

    1 week ago

  • Kaizen session by JICA and MoF in Thimphu

    1 week ago

  • A lot of digging as Thimphu Thromde accelerates 30 projects

    2 weeks ago

ABOUT TOWN

  • Thimphu Court gives life sentence to man for killing another man over a pair of unreturned Lagay

    4 days ago

    In 2024, the late Kinga Tshering was murdered over a pair of lagay in Hejo, …

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  • Paro stabbing case and link to Thimphu battery case

    1 week ago

  • International top 10 finalist Gyalsup Ugyen Dorji aims to advance the dishwasher project for Persons with Disabilities

    1 week ago

  • Honoring His Majesty through a youth cleanliness campaign

    2 weeks ago

  • Government outlines key challenges and solutions in 13th FYP’s early years, vows faster delivery

    3 weeks ago

THE NATION

  • Ugyen Norlha Chorten in GMC nears completion, inauguration planned on His Majesty’s Birth Anniversary

    1 week ago

    The Ugyen Norlha Chorten in Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC), formerly known as the Tabab Chorten, …

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  • Right bank concreting at Punatsangchhu-I dam to begin in March

    1 week ago

  • Yoga star shines at UYSF World Cup in Delhi

    1 week ago

  • BFDA warns public against use of Hong Thai herbal inhaler

    2 weeks ago

  • More than 6,000 households benefit from chain-link fencing

    2 weeks ago

EDITORIAL

  • GST and prices

    1 week ago

    There are four main reasons for the price increases under the new GST Tax regime. …

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  • Facebook communication

    2 weeks ago

  • Pay Health Professionals better

    3 weeks ago

  • GMC and Volunteers

    4 weeks ago

OPINION

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

    1 week ago

    By Dorji Dhradhul (Creativity Catalyst) A Convergence of Vision, Evidence, and Timing Taken together, the …

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  • A Gangster’s-Eye View of Global Power

    1 week ago

  • Global Survey affirms Bhutan’s High Value, Low Volume Tourism Vision – Part 1/2

    2 weeks ago

NEWS

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

    1 week ago

    In 14th Monthly Coordination Meeting between the Embassy of India, Thimphu (EoI) and the Royal …

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

    2 weeks ago

  • GST rolled out from 1st January

    3 weeks ago

  • NC adopts 8 recommendations to strengthen healthcare system

    4 weeks ago

  • Bhutan’s Young Para Athletes Return Home with a win from Asian Youth Para Games

    12/20/2025

LOCAL NEWS

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

    1 week ago

    From dominating body building championships to being a writer and also a self-improvement coach, Tshering …

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  • Bhutan Stroke Foundation to assess NCD risk in monasteries nationwide

    2 weeks ago

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

    3 weeks ago

  • Asian Rock Fest gives voice to the rock scene in Bhutan

    4 weeks ago

  • Farmers trained in sustainable rainbow trout farming to boost cold-water aquaculture

    12/20/2025

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