The social media is happily buzzing with people expressing their heartfelt gratitude to His Majesty The King for extending the Druk Gyalpo’s Relief Kidu. They are overwhelmed with the sacrifice made my His Majesty in helping the people, and pointed out that such a Kidu must not be misused. The …

Asian development Bank (ADB) forecasts that economic growth in Bhutan will be -3.4% this fiscal year (FY) 2021 from 0.9% in FY 2020 on account of stringent pandemic containment measure, including two prolonged nationwide lockdowns that stifled economic activity across sectors, according to a new report by the ADB. Finance …

What has come under radar of Construction Development Board (CDB) is that many engineers are renting their certificates to contractors at a minimal rate for additional income. It benefits the contractor from not having to hire an experienced engineer at full-scale salary, and instead the job is done by unemployed …

Archery matches in Paro, Shabha and Thimphu, Dechencholing were the major reasons for the second outbreak spreading far and wide leading to the second national lockdown, but archery match enthusiasts appear not to have learned their lessons. Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC) in consultation with national sports federations and associations allowed …

Performance Based Variable incentive (PBVI), is part of the pay hike restructuring for State Owned Enterprise (SOE) in 2019, where if an SOEs performance is evaluated as ‘excellent’ the PBVI payout is 50 percent of the basic salary. A performance rated “very good” would amount to a PBVI of 35 …

A workshop titled UN50 Change Maker Road Show Programme was conducted by the UN office in Bhutan and Royal Thimphu College on climate change from 9th- 11th April and likewise Davos Lab dialogue series on Humanizing Climate change was held in 13thof April with youth leaders both facilitated by the …

Among the other protocols of COVID-19, Druk Trace App is fast becoming a thing of the past in shops and businesses as many people in Thimphu forget to scan before entering any shops or restaurants.  It is observed that Druk Trace is being used strictly in official institutes where Desuups …

In 2010 issuing of bar licenses was banned in the country for the wellbeing of the people’s health, however, the policy of banning the bar license was not found effective since the ministry’s study showed no signs of reduction in alcohol consumption. Minister of Economic Affairs, Lyonpo Loknath Sharma said …

With less than three months left for the loan deferment to end in 30th June 2021 businesses are already worried about how they could pay their loans on a given schedule while the pandemic still impacts the economy of the country. The Chairman of the Private Sector COVID-19 Task Force …

According to a United States of America, Center for Diseases Control (CDC) study in 2020 the rate of autism is 1 autistic child for every 54 children. This latest data would mean around 13,000 plus people in Bhutan living with some form of austism in Bhutan and also thousands of …