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…𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒊𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒉𝒘𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 By Tashi Tshewang & Yeshi Dolma From November 12 to 17, 2025, Bhutan hosted the exhibition of the sacred relics of Lord Buddha, offering visitors a rare opportunity to witness objects of historic and spiritual importance. The display formed part of an international …

…𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒚 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔 By Kezang ChodenGakiling Gewog under Haa Dzongkhag continues to struggle with major road disruptions following the heavy rainfall on October 4, 2025, and the impact of Cyclone Montha later that month. The unexpected disasters caused widespread damage across the gewog, cutting off both internal …

…𝑵𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒍, 𝑷𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆-𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 By Sonam Choden Rising temperatures, melting glaciers, and increasingly erratic monsoon rains are turning the Hindu Kush Himalayan region into one of the most disaster-prone areas in the world. Landslides, floods, avalanches, and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are no longer rare events; they are …

…𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑻𝒂𝒙 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎 (𝑩𝑰𝑻𝒔) 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒂 𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏’𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚 2026 𝑮𝑺𝑻 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒕. By Kinzang Lhamo Bhutan has taken a significant step toward implementing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) with the introduction of the Bhutan Integrated Tax system (BITs), a modern digital platform that will …

On this auspicious day, I am deeply happy that we are all gathered here at Changlimithang to pay tribute to His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuck, to express our everlasting gratitude, and to pray for His Majesty’s eternal wellbeing on His Majesty’s 70th Birth Anniversary. We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to His Majesty the Third …