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Over 76 per cent of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex or LGBTQI+ children and youth in Bhutan have experienced depression or anxiety at some point in their lives. This is according to a recent Save the Children report. It shows that mental health issues were more prevalent among those aged 15 to 17, and 20 to 24 years...

For the farmers of Bjaphu Chiwog in Wangdue Phodrang’s Ruebisa Gewog, every season is a working season. Even during the seemingly ‘off season’, farmers there are busy engaged in winter vegetable cultivation. It has been nearly four months, farmers of Bjaphu Chiwog have been harvesting and selling green vegetables making the most of the limited supply in market. The Chiwog...

For nearly three years, residents of Traling in Monggar town have struggled with a lack of parking space. With no designated area, vehicles are being left in unsafe and poorly lit spaces, away from their homes. Tenants and homeowners have been raising concerns with local authorities but to no avail. Residents did not have enough parking areas after a footpath...

Bhutan’s trade with India and Bangladesh will now be more efficient, cost-effective and streamlined. Industry, Commerce & Employment Minister and Indian Union Minster for Ports, Shipping & Waterways launched the Inland Water Transport Terminal at Jogighopa in Assam yesterday.  The Inland Water Transport Terminal is located 91 kilometres from Gelephu. It will facilitate Bhutanese exporters to send agricultural products, boulders,...