The literacy rate has increased to 71.4 percent currently which among the youth stands at 93 percent. “This is a major achievement as unlike other nations we did not have centuries of mass modern education other than the monastic order” Lyonchhen said in his state of the nation report. “For …

The Government of Japan handed over seven medical equipments for the national and regional referral hospitals to the Ministry of Health on friday. The total cost incurred for the equipment is around 4.5 million USD (Nu 306 million) inclusive of insurance, installation, operational training and maintenance service for four years. …

Lyonchhen in his State of the National Address talked about the marked improvements in addressing the shortage of health workers. The total number of doctors increased from 203 in 2013 to 345 in 2018 and except for Gasa and Haa, all the district hospitals now have a minimum of 3 …

All entertainment licenses to be looked after by MoEA from now onwards Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA) has handed over a total of 400 entertainment licenses from across the country to Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA). Of the 400 licenses, Thimphu alone has 153 licenses followed by Phuntsholing and …

Economy Domestic revenue increased to 142 bn in the 11th FYP from Nu 88 bn in the 10th FYP The Government received the largest grant so far amounting to Nu 70 bn as compared to Nu 50 bn in the 10th FYP The fiscal deficit of the 11th FYP stands …

The National Forest Inventory conducted in the 11th Five Year Plan confirms that Bhutan’s forest cover stands at 71 per cent today, which is 11 per cent more than the constitutional requirement. This remarkable figure translates to 816 million trees with an additional 67, 000 acres having been reforested in …

The President of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dasho Tshering Tobgay, introduced three new candidates on 23 June. The party has declared 27 new candidates for the 2018 National Assembly elections so far. Former deputy Secretary General of Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kesang Wangdi, 50, is PDP’s new …

In the last Population and Housing Census of Bhutan (PHCB) survey in 2005, 32.7 percent of the population born in Bhutan has migrated between Dzongkhags  and the main reason was due to the family moving. According to the recent report on the Population and Housing Census of Bhutan (PHCB), 2017 …

It all started when the Opposition Leader Pema Gyamtsho asked the Prime Minister- why the government had not been able to achieve an average growth rate of 10 percent. The Prime Minister Lyonchhen Dasho Tshering Tobgay replied saying that the delay in the construction of the Punatsangchu I project was …

Given the fact that Bhutan is fairly an agrarian society and agriculture is the main source of income and livelihhod for the people in rural areas, agriculture received a major chunk of the investment in the 11th FYP and was also identified as the Five Jewels of the nation. The …