…. 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝑯 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 By Kinga Choki The country is on high alert following the recent Nipah virus outbreak in West Bengal, India, with the Ministry of Health implementing robust surveillance and preparedness measures to prevent the importation of the virus into the country. The outbreak, confirmed on January 12, 2026, …

… 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒈𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒖. 570 𝒕𝒐 𝑵𝒖. 600 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒖𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆-𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅-𝒐𝒏𝒆-𝒆𝒈𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒆 By Tashi Namgyel The Royal Government has approved a one-time import of eggs to stabilize soaring prices and address persistent supply shortages, amid concerns over uninterrupted provision for the One-Child-One-Egg programme …

…𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒙𝒊 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝑻𝑨 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 By Tshering Penjor The introduction of yellow line markings at the City Bus Taxi Parking in Thimphu has significantly improved taxi operations, bringing long-awaited order and clarity to a facility that had struggled for years with congestion, inefficiency, and frequent disputes. …

…𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 By Tashi Tshewang Wangchuk works as a water technician, a role that places him at the centre of maintaining water safety and reliability in his work area. His responsibility is to ensure that water systems function properly and that …

…𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉-𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒔, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔, 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 By Yeshi Dolma The nation’s agriculture and livestock sector is showing significant signs of transformation, with innovative initiatives driving productivity, value addition, and resilience, ensuring that the sector continues to make a substantial contribution to the economy. According to the National Statistics Bureau’s December 2025 …

…. 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉 By Kezang Choden The Government of India has announced a grant of Rs 22.88 billion for Bhutan for the fiscal year 2026-27, reaffirming the country’s position as the largest recipient of Indian assistance among neighbouring nations. According to allocation details, other countries in the …

… 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 2024, 𝒑𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆 2025 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒑𝒖𝒕, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. By Kezang Choden Mandarin exports, like any other business, experience both gains and setbacks. Some years bring profits for exporters, while others result in losses, depending on production levels within and outside Bhutan and the export price …

QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization United Nations Glaciers – the world’s hidden water banks – are a source of life for billions. The seasonalmelt from mountains and glaciers sustains some of the world’s most important rivers, such as the Indus, the Nile, the Ganges and the Colorado. Those and other mountain-fed rivers irrigate crops, provide drinking …

… 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 By Kezang Choden Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) and Ceffu have announced a strategic partnership aimed at moving Bhutan’s digital asset ambitions from policy planning to on-the-ground implementation, with Ceffu committing to establish local operations within GMC. Ceffu is an institutional-grade digital asset custody platform …

… 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒂𝒙𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑮𝑺𝑻, 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 By Yeshi Dolma  The rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is increasingly drawing attention to the service sector, where many businesses are encountering sales taxation for the first time. While earlier debate concentrated on goods, policymakers now acknowledge that services, previously taxed …