Last week this paper featured the case of entrepreneur Jangchub Dorji who had a start up in the frozen fries business, but had to stop and drive a taxi after facing various bureaucratic hurdles and the final straw being the rejection of his ESP loan. There is new hope now …

The Regional Office of Industry, Commerce and Employment based in Gelephu, in a letter dated on 31st July 2025, cancelled the ‘Organization of conventions and trade shows (including Event Management)’ license for the basement of the Damphu building owned by Rajen Tamang. The license was in the named of Rajen’s …

Bhutan is set to boost its winter power generation capacity by approximately 233 megawatts (MW) this year, thanks to the commissioning of several new hydropower projects and the addition of a solar project. Last winter, the country produced around 450 MW of firm power from its existing plants—Tala, Mangdechhu, Chhukha, …

Back in October 2022, The Bhutanese featured a promising young entrepreneur, Jangchub Dorji, who had started a startup called Kuen-Gha Potato Fingerling that was selling frozen fries, and in fact, he was the first Bhutanese to do so. Jangchub’s plan, at the time, was to replace the import of foreign …

A total of 908 civil servants have separated from the civil service in the last six months from January to June 2025. Out of the 908 who got separated, 634 voluntarily resigned, which means a majority of them would have likely gone for studies or personal opportunities abroad. 103 completed …

Price of Ferro Silicon is currently below the cost of production For many years, ferro silicon or ferro products have been Bhutan’s top export item, and also one of the most profitable industries with huge highs seen in 2022 and 2023 with record breaking profits. The revenue and the profits …

After sending the police to Rajen Tamang’s building basement in Damphu, Tsirang on 6th July to stop a Sunday religious gathering, the Tsirang Dzongda on 8th July replied to the 4th July letter of Rajen Tamang challenging the 2nd July final warning letter of the Dzongda, stating that the basement …

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 …