The Bank of Bhutan (BoB) was ranked as the best performing bank in 2024 with a record Nu 1.526 bn profit. This is important as other banks did not fare as well in the same year. Only the National Pension and Provident Fund (NPPF) did better with a record Nu …

The Department of Revenue and Customs (DRC) is currently in the process of verifying the numbers of vehicles that are in stock as well as for which orders have been placed and are on transit to Bhutan. This comes after the vehicle dealers collectively wrote to the Ministry of Finance …

One debate is on if BT can sustain a 50% cut It has been learnt that the Bhutan Telecom (BT) Board had proposed to the Druk Holding and Investments (DHI) Board that the 50% data hike ordered by the government be done over two years with a 25% cut in …

On the afternoon of 6th July Sunday, as 40 to 50 people were attending a religious gathering in Damphu town in the basement of the building of Rajen Tamang, a group of police personnel showed up at the gate. As Rajen was not there, they called his wife outside and …

In the State of the Nation Address, the Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay said that the Rural Life Insurance Policy, Third Child Support Policy and Rules, Home Ownership Policy, and Education Loan Program have all been drafted, and the budget has been secured. An official said that all of the …

The former Dorji Lopen Yonten Gyeltshen (89) died after receiving blunt force injuries on his head by an assailant as per an official report. The crime was reported on the morning of 3rd July 2025 but forensics shows the estimated time of occurrence at around 10.20 pm of 2nd July …

In response to a question by The Bhutanese, the Foreign Minister, D.N Dhungyel, gave an update on the case of Sonam Tobgay from Haa arrested in Tibet (China) for alleged drug smuggling. His family has maintained that Sonam was duped into smuggling a tightly packed package which was assured to …

The Tsirang Dzongda, in his capacity as Chairperson of the Damphu Municipal Office, issued a final warning letter to building owner Rajen Tamang on 2nd July 2025, stating that the basement of the building is not being used as per the drawing and occupancy certificate issued. According to the letter, …

After working very hard to stay off any travel ban list and cooperating with United States (US) authorities, Bhutan was congratulating itself when the USA, earlier this month, announced a list of countries facing full and partial travel ban that did not include Bhutan. Earlier this month, the countries with …

One of the interesting aims of the 21st Century Economic Roadmap under Digital Economy is to build Data Centers to meet the global rush to expand data center capacity to support the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud computing and data storage. As per the 21st Century Economic Roadmap implementation …