Partnership to operate 100% carbon-free mining datacenter, accelerate Bhutan’s economic anddigital transformation and expand Bitdeer’s global footprint A press release announced that Druk Holding & Investments (“DHI”), the commercial arm of the Royal Government of Bhutan, and Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ: BTDR) (“Bitdeer”), a world-leading, Nasdaq-listed technology company for the …

His Majesty The King arrived in Thimphu on 23 April evening after concluding a weeklong Royal Tour of the southern dzongkhags.  During the Tour, His Majesty visited Punakha, Tsirang, Sarpang, Gelephu, Samdrup Jongkhar, Samtse and Phuentsholing, meeting with members of the community represented by sector heads, civil servants, local leaders, …

Gyempo Wangchuk, a traditionally trained Bhutanese contemporary artist who was recently shortlisted for the 2023 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, is having a collection of his works exhibited at Tansbao Art Gallery in Taipei, Taiwan. The Exhibition titled “Worlds Within Us”, features a selection of the artist’s newest works. The exhibition …

For the fourth quarter of 2022, that is from October 2022 to December 2022, Bhutan saw a decrease in the price of exports while there was an increase in the price of the imports according to the report published by National Statistics Bureau (NSB). Year-on-year inflation of the export goods …

A press release said that minister of the erstwhile Ministry of Information and Communications, Lyonpo Karma Donnen Wangdi officially resigned from the Cabinet position on Friday. This is in keeping with the reorganisation of the ten ministries to nine, a component of the ongoing Civil Service reform. Choosing to voluntarily …

This paper in the first week of February wrote that in the last six months of 2022 from 1 July to 31st December 2022 a total of 6,497 Bhutanese got visas to go to Australia. However, when one includes the updated figures for January, February and March 2023 then the …

The RCSC in notification dated 22 April 2023 has increased the retirement age for all civil servants including support staff. Executives who retired at 60 now can retire at 63, professional and management category who retired at 58 now have till 60, SS1 to SS4 who retired at 58 get …

The Prime Minister’s Office shared it plans to improve the foreign reserves of the country. One is mobilisation of additional grants of 9 billion from GoI and other donors.  As per the 12th FYP plan projection, the grant mobilisation is only about Nu. 63 billion but as of today, it …

The Prime Ministers Office (PMO) said that like migrants from other countries to Australia, Bhutanese have also been leaving for educational purposes and in search of better economic opportunities. It is a case of people from low-income society leaving for one of the highest paid in the world. This it …

A total of 40,665 tourists have arrived in Bhutan from 23rd September 2022 until 15th April 2023. Out of this figure, 23,944 are Indian guests who have paid Nu. 1,200 per person, per night, while 16,721 are other international guests paying USD 200 per person, per night. Out of the …