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Tuesday April 16 2024

BCTA enforces stricter regulations on vehicle advertisements

Bhutan Construction and Transport Authority (BCTA) has started taking actions against the display of stickers and banners on vehicle bodies in accordance with the Road Safety Transport Regulations of 2021, specifically Section 423.

Businesses call for policy reforms for economic development

The business community has asked the government for policy reforms after...

RCSC plans to implement performance dashboard

The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) has announced plans to overhaul...

350 scouts trek ancient Trans-Bhutan Trail

Saturday, April 13—Chimi Tenzin, 41, a teacher of Lungtenphu Middle Secondary...

Editorial

Dissecting the referral issue

Health professionals are on the operating table to dissect an issue that has been burdening the hospitals, particularly the “bigger” hospitals. At a recent symposium, doctors, medical superintendents, district medical officers, talked openly about how not to burden hospitals without hampering health services.

Renewing our commitment to SDGs

As we strive to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals...

The cost of progress?

That diabetes and hypertension continue to be the most...


Features

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

At 7 am, the residents of Lungnyi in Paro are adorned in their traditional attire, awaiting the arrival of the gup at the gewog office. Following customary reception ceremonies, they escort the gup to the Dzongkdrakha monastery.

Reviving the tradition of natural pigments

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

Shadho Madho: From obscurity to vibrant agro-tourism hub

1950s—A day like any other, Shadho  Madho springs back...

Dilemma facing potato farmers

Gangtey-Phobjikha valley, Wangdue, March 7: It is a vibrant...

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

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...

Why isn’t safe abortion healthcare? It saves lives!

If I asked you “Is abortion legal in Bhutan?”...

The legislature must amend the evidence Act for justice

Bhutan's legal landscape in private law pertaining to agreements...

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