With strenuous and expensive import conditions in the recent time after the lockdown relaxed, the cost of commodities have spiked in the Bhutanese market

Although Bhutan has been exporting potatoes to India for a long time now, it is not yet in the import list in India

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the government coffers taking a major revenue hit. Under the current economic circumstances, the Ministry of Finance has calculated that of the projected Nu 33.2 bn domestic revenue in 2020-21 Financial year it will meet only 30.4 bn which is a Nu 2.8 bn internal revenue shortage

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has issued a map with a red line across southern Bhutan from Samtse to Samdrupjongkhar that will be Bhutan’s second line of defence against COVID-19 given the rising risks along Bhutan’s southern borders

For Dorji Gyeltshen, the year 2019 has been quite a bit different than millions of others in a way it affected his livelihood differently

Bhutanese, especially the youth have responded to what the economic affairs minister, Loknath Sharma called, “call of the nation,” as hundreds of Indian workers left from the Punatsangchhu-II hydroelectric project (PII) jeopardising the progress of the project

To rebuild the economy from the COVID-19 losses, the government is exploring measures to export wood-based products, which would save more than 3 billion (B) revenue losses from import of these products

A high court in Bhutan convicted the country’s home minister Sherub Gyeltsen for claiming false vehicle insurance for his Toyota Prado car

Dense forests and a clean environment have always been the top priorities for Bhutan. To safeguard its forests and environment, the Himalayan kingdom has significant restrictions in place on the cutting of its forests for wood

The pictures of an elderly lady prostrating to the TV screen after seeing His Majesty granted audience to the students in the southern border area in Bhutan went viral and was shared on the social media platform

Samdrupjongkhar COVID-19 task force declared all the 11 gewogs in Samdrupjongkhar as high-risk areas yesterday

Parliament will kick off its much-delayed fourth session on November 26, the National Assembly secretariat notified yesterday

In order to deal with the COVID-19 impact on the economy and enhance economic growth, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) will be leading efforts to remove various red tape, regulatory and licensing requirements to make it much faster and easier to do business in Bhutan

Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), which has been helping the Bhutan film Industry in building its capacity since 2013, on Wednesday started a 10-day capacity building training, though this time virtually

Had it not been for the health ministry’s stringent protocols, the country could have seen another case of local transmission