As per the 2020-21 financial year budget the total budge appropriation is Nu 73.989 bn of which current expenditure is Nu 32.900 bn, capital expenditure is Nu 36.251 bn, loan repayment is 4.838 bn and lending is Nu 1.214 bn. It is 14% larger than the 2019-20 budget.   Projected …

National Environment Commission (NEC) launched the National Environment Strategy (NES) on 4 June coinciding with Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen’s 30th Birth Anniversary.  NES has the vision of a healthy and sustainable environment for present and future generation in pursuit of Gross National Happiness. NEC stated that NES would be critical …

The PDP coinciding with Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen’s 30th Birth Anniversary launched a 7-page quarterly newsletter and its official You Tube channel with a Lozey to celebrate and commemorate Her Majesty’s Birthday. The newsletter will reflect PDP’s views on critical national issues affecting the people and the nation and is …

Coinciding with the auspicious day of Lord Buddha’s parinirvana, the government launched the logo commemorating the 40th birth anniversary of His Majesty The King on friday. The turning of the thousand-spoked golden wheel denotes secular and spiritual sovereignty protected by a universal Buddhist monarch. Equally the wheel symbolizes a beneficial …

In the capital, the Prime Minister, Leytsho Lopen, Cabinet ministers, opposition leader and representatives from other agencies attended the ceremony at the Guru Lhakhang in Tashichhodzong early morning. They offered prayers and lit a thousand butter lamps, Karme tongchoe. Greeting everyone on the auspicious day, Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering …

With the easing of lockdown in India and the COVID-19 cases on rise, the highest risk faced is in the border area. The Ministry of Health (MoH) has divided the risk model for the disease into three categories with different risk exposure; remote, urban and border areas. Maintaining social distancing …

June 4, 2020: On the 30th Birth Anniversary of Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen, we join the people of Bhutan in offering our heartfelt prayers, gratitude and wishes to our beloved Queen.

In order to promote healthy competition and protect consumers from being deceived through various malpractices in the market, the Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) signed a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ (MoU) with the Bhutan Standard Bureau (BSB) on Thursday in Thimphu. This will also …

His Majesty The King arrived in Thimphu today after a tour of Phuentsholing and Samtse to inspect measures against COVID-19. The Prime Minister accompanied His Majesty on the Royal Tour. His Majesty travelled to Phuentsholing on the 9th of May, and visited the temporary housing built for people evacuated from …

Lyonchhen said that the government is in the process of mass stitching of masks which will be distributed across the country and then people will be asked to wear them “We are in the process of stitching about two to three lakh masks which will be distributed to all corners …