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Tuesday April 23 2024

High-income status achievable with 13 percent annual growth, expert says

For Bhutan to achieve a high-income economy by 2034, the country’s economy has to grow by 13 percent annually, the Economics Officer of the Asian Development Bank, Bhutan Resident Mission, Sonam Lhendup, said.

179 trainers certified on SAR and SFF for Gyalsung

The Royal Bhutan Police has trained 179 police officials in one...

Jadrung Lhakhang in urgent need of renovation

Khaling—The Jadrung Lhakhang in Khaling Gewog urgently needs repairs. The walls...

Bondey’s cold storage to enhance shelf life of perishable goods

The solar-powered cold storage facility at Bondey, Paro is expected to...

Editorial

Hope for the big cats

Talk about the tigers and Bhutan as a host of one of the biggest tiger conferences to date.
What and where is the relevance, some might ask. As valid as the question is, it makes us think deeply about our conservation ethos and values.

Cashing in on waste?

Have we finally found a solution to our mounting...

Regulating advertisements

Advertising goods and services is an integral part of...


Features

Revised tax rates are not burdensome, say senior citizens

In the living room of a duplex in Semtokha, Thimphu, a group of women spanning generations engage in lively chatter about the recently implemented revised property and land tax.

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...

Reviving the tradition of natural pigments

Trashiyangtse —The introduction of natural pigment art as a...

Sports

Druk Lhayul FC is no more

With the exclusion of Lhayul, BFF Academy FC, who didn’t qualify for the top six position last year, has been given a chance to compete in the upcoming Bhutan Premier League (BPL).

Lhayul’s general secretary, Sonam Tenzin, said the club was dissolved because of financial constraints. “There is not a single sponsor for the club this time.”

The management has left it to the players to decide which club they want to join.

Why Bhutanese athletes do not win Olympics quota

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

BPL 2024 to witness four teams from southern region

Over the past five years, the Bhutan Premier League...

Bhutanese athletes vying for Paris Olympic quota

The Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games in France are...

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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