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Friday April 26 2024

40% representatives in EDB from private sector

The Economic Development Board (EDB) has finalised 10 members out of which 40 percent constituted representation from the private sector, including the Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI).

Sarpang hospital renovation remains uncertain

Sarpang—The proposal for maintenance and renovation of Sarpang General Hospital in...

Haa aims to boost tourist arrivals

Haa Dzongkhag administration aims to receive a minimum of 5,000 tourists...

Three Himalayan nations unite to preserve biodiversity and cultures

With the goal of fostering resilience and well-being of mountain communities...

Editorial

A fiery issue

A fire on the ridge of Yangchenphug, Thimphu, on Tuesday was fortunately extinguished before it spread to the new colony of buildings that sprung up recently,  but not before the entire neighbourhood received a major fright.

Giving back

The Bhutan National Bank wants to contribute or give...

Balancing conservation dilemma

For generations, our lives have been intricately woven with...


Features

Local handicraft sellers in Pelela feel the threat

In one of Pelela’s simple shops, Kinzang Dorji has his most special clothes called ngosham and kira. They’re made from wool from nearby sheep and cost Nu 30,000. These clothes are some of the best things he sells. But every evening, he takes them home and puts them back in his shop the next day.

Revised tax rates are not burdensome, say senior citizens

In the living room of a duplex in Semtokha,...

Empowering women and enriching communities in rural Bhutan

The homestay business in Haa has been reshaping the...

Dzondrakha Tsechu: Tradition, custom, and community dynamics in Lungnyi

At 7 am, the residents of Lungnyi in Paro...

Sports

2024 Olympic Day focuses on Sports Science

The day-long Olympic Day Celebration at the Phuentsholing Sports Association’s Ground yesterday saw the participation of 1,200 students, who were introduced to Sports Science.

Karma Dema, lone female BPL coach

Karma Dema,  32,  from Mongar, will lead the newly...

Druk Lhayul FC is no more

With the exclusion of Lhayul, BFF Academy FC, who...

Why Bhutanese athletes do not win Olympics quota

Bhutan has only secured one recurve archery quota in...

Business

Finance ministry projects 5.68 percent growth this year

Thukten Zangpo The finance ministry projected Bhutan’s economy to grow at 5.68 percent this year, according to the ministry’s macroeconomic situation report for the second quarter for the fiscal year 2023-24. For 2025, the ministry forecasted the economy to expand by 8.97 percent and 3.16 percent growth for 2023. The economy is expected to show […]

Non-hydro debt set to reach threshold with Nu 35 billion borrowing in FY 2024-25

The government can borrow an extra Nu 35.88 billion...

Vehicle import ban saves Nu 5.3 Billion

The ban on importing vehicles could have helped Bhutan...

Bhutan’s economic growth could slow at 4 percent in this FY 2023-24: WB

The World Bank says Bhutan’s economy will grow slower...

Life Style

Ask Mr Bhutan

Natural selection is the process by which our genes have been pruned by our environment. Our genes retains that which is most conducive to our immediate survival and reproduction. Each one of our ancestors were a lab rat upon which our genes refined itself. Our bodies are a result of a very slow, painful and costly processes.

Ask Mr Bhutan

Why am I so inflexible and more importantly what...

Ask Mr Bhutan

What did Covid 19 pandemic teach you?  Please allow...

Videos

ANN

Bangladesh sees record potato production, yet prices going up

DHAKA – Potato prices are soaring even though farmers this year grew a record 1.04 crore tonnes, cutting the buying power of consumers, especially fixed and low-income people already battered by sustained high inflation.


Opinions

Protecting Children or Perpetuating Injustice?

The existing provisions under the Penal Code of Bhutan...

Protecting Children or Perpetuating Injustice?

The existing provisions under the Penal Code of Bhutan...

Jabmis’ call for improvement in justice system

The just-concluded three-day Annual General Meeting of the Bar...

Property Tax Reform: A small step toward citizen’s responsibility to develop Bhutan

In 2022, the government tabled the much-awaited property tax...

Employability initiative for college students and jobseekers launched by ADB, MoESD

The National Statistics Bureau’s new quarterly labor force survey...

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