The government has approved the import of brown eggs for the One-Child-One-Egg (OCOE) programme and the regulated import of layer day-old chicks (DoCs) to ease the ongoing shortage and bring down ...

Bhutan has launched a project to enhance urban flood resilience of its urban infrastructure, aiming to protect lives, livelihoods, and build liveable cities that are inclusive, sustainable and ...

Bhutan has urged world leaders to go beyond institutional reforms and act decisively on the most pressing challenge of the century—climate change.

The Ministry of Education and Skills Development is reviewing the current training package to strengthen support for Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) teachers, Education Minister ...

Thousands of Bhutanese professionals, drawn by higher wages and better education, are migrating to Australia,  a wave that is reshaping the country’s labour market and raising alarm over its long-term ...

Gelephu—At close to 9 pm on September 29, Samphel Dendup was still knocking on doors in Samdrupling, Gelephu desperate to find a home. He had been searching since the start of September after he ...

The government is considering extending an economic relief package through the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) to the country’s struggling hotel industry, which continues to face low occupancy and ...

In a major step to strengthen the economic role of Bhutan’s livestock sector, the Department of Livestock (DoL) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MoAL) has launched the country’s Pig ...

Despite a high number of drug-related arrests made by the Royal Bhutan Police over the last one year and nine months, only a small fraction of the offenders have had their photographs published on the ...

The Royal Centre for Disease Control has started producing rapid test kits to detect Helicobacter Pylori (H. Pylori) infection among the population in the country.

Phuentsholing—India has approved two major cross-border railway projects connecting Samtse and Gelephu with West Bengal and Assam, committing INR 40.3 billion for their construction.

Punakha—After nearly two decades on stage, one of Bhutan’s most popular singers, Ugyen Panday, is going back to the basics.