United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Bhutan share an excellent relationship, yet there are rooms to improve, says Aum Azusa Kubota the outgoing UNDP Bhutan Resident Representative. Being in Bhutan, “I have learned to be compassionate, and had it not been for Bhutan and COVID-19, I don’t think I would …

The government is going to start with the construction of four main entry and exit points in Samtse, Samdrupjongkhar, Gelephu and Phuentsholing. In Phuentsholing, they have started with the Pedestrian Terminal, and that is not the whole of export and import terminal. Discussions are on to see if there should …

In a timespan of just one week, the Thimphu City Police Station registered 10 cases of online scams in the name of Bitcoin on Telegram and KBC on WhatsApp. Many Bhutanese have fallen victim to the online scams. In the process, they have lost a total amount of around Nu …

After almost three years of pause due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, and with about 400 people, including 250 international participants from more than 30 countries, the 4th International Vajrayana Buddhism Conference will take place starting today till 4 October at Zhichenkhar. The conference has a record number of speakers comprising …

Since the re-opening of the border in the south on 23 September, around 10,000 to 13,000 people are entering and exiting the country via the Pedestrian Terminal in Phuentsholing everyday. As of 28 September, about 22,293 people have entered and exited the country. The figure is from all the gates …

The Department of Culture (DoC) under the Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs (MoHCA) has launched its first-ever cultural heritage database system to conserve the important heritage sites in the country. Realizing the importance of the system, DoC had earmarked the project as an essential activity in the 12th FYP for …

As of August 2022, the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has apprehended 462 youths involved in criminal offences. Of the total apprehended youths, 178 are students of which 9 are female students. Likewise, in 2021, RBP apprehended 689 youths of which 186 were students (13 female) and 503 are youths (39 …

Football is basically considered as a man’s sport, however, many women have started taking part in it and Bhutan now has a female coach for one of the local clubs. Coach Denkar, a 33-year-old woman is the lone woman coach breaking the stereotype and she is competing against 9 male …

The Global HDR Report for the Asia and the Pacific was launched in Thimphu on 15 September. For the first time in the 32 years that UNDP has been calculating, the Human Development Index (HDI), which measures a nation’s health, education, and standard of living, it has declined globally, for …

A child at just 9 years of age, Ashika Rai had her first menstruation, and she was unaware of the changes in her body. Nobody really explained to her about the significance and care needed with the start of menstruation. Ashika was robbed of her childhood in the instant that …