One of the important legislations under the wider tax reforms is the Excise Tax Bill 2025 that places Excise Tax on Tobacco and related products, Alcohol and alcoholic beverages, Pan Masala or Supari, Aerated waters (Carbonated drinks) and Vehicles. The cumulative effect of the flat 7% Goods and Services Tax …

Around a week ago, The Bhutanese received a request for a meeting with the German Ambassador, Dr Philipp Ackerman, who was coming to Bhutan on a visit. This reporter met with the Ambassador on Wednesday, who said the main reason for him wanting to meet the newspaper was the paper’s …

The Tsirang Dzongkhag Court has issued its verdict in the Damphu Building Case, in which the Dzongkhag Administration and the municipality had cut off water and electricity to the building located in Damphu town. This action was taken after the basement of the building was used as an area to …

The Paro Dzongkhag Court will be giving a deferred judgment in the embezzlement case of the former Paro BNB Bank Teller in the Nu 7.9 million (mn) embezzlement case. This essentially means that the case is temporarily closed, and the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) can only charge her …

The 2024-25 annual budget allocated Nu 38.344 billion (bn) in capital budget, but many have been questioning the impact on the ground with not much visible major works and limited economic impact on the economy, which is primarily driven by government expenditure. Some have even been theorizing a resource or …

A major tax change that is being proposed in the upcoming Parliamentary session is doing away with the Business Income Tax (BIT) entirely, and instead replacing it with the Personal Income Tax (PIT). Currently, companies that are not incorporated or are single proprietor-owned, like grocery shops, restaurants, etc., come under …

On 6th May media outlets in Thailand reported that Denis Bichuk, a 36-year-old Russian, admitted to smuggling 415.72 grams of hashish to Thailand that he claimed he picked up in Bhutan and ingested in condoms to avoid customs’ check. Denis was arrested by Police in the island of Koh Phangan …

RSF also shares tips on how Bhutan can get its press freedom rankings up The 2025 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) delivered a rude shock for the six private newspapers in Bhutan when its country report on Bhutan under the topic ‘Economic Context,’ said, “Privately owned …

Last year around October, The German-Bhutan Himalaya Society, a friendship society based in Germany was approached by around 20 Bhutanese students in Berlin to help with getting housing. A member of the society, on the condition of anonymity, told this paper that Bhutanese students arriving in Germany are struggling with …

In a major development it has been learnt that the Adani Group and the Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) are close to signing several major agreements over the Wangchu Hydro power project which will be located downstream of the Tala project in Chukha. The agreements will either by signed this …