The Gyalpozhing College of Information Technology (GCIT) was set up not only as an IT college in October 2017 but also as a center of excellence in IT. However, the rapid global rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) through various tools has led to the disappearance of many entry-level coding jobs …

On 17th March 2026, the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the Lekden D. Dorji’s lawyer in the Changangkha murder case of March 2024. The Thimphu District Court on 29th October 2025, sentenced Lekden D. Dorji to life imprisonment for the murder of a 25-year-old women in March 2024, at …

A businessman in Bhutan with multiple bank accounts in the Bank of Bhutan (BoB) noticed a strange development with one of his CD accounts from 1st March 2026 onwards. There were unexplained and large deposits into the particular account, and each time he made payments from the CD account, instead …

On the afternoon of 3rd March 2023, a Druk Air helicopter carrying 42-year-old Gyem Gyeltshen, his wife and their two daughters crashed at around 2.25 pm in Wachey, Lunana. The crash resulted in the death of Gyem’s 38-year-old wife, Dresang Pema, and their four-year-old daughter, Nima Pelden. Gyem, his older …

While all eyes have been on fuel prices and availability due to the Iran War and the disruption at the Strait of Hormuz, another important item that is also not getting through is a large amounts of fertilizers or the raw materials needed to produce them. There is already growing …

Last week, the government announced that the Economic Stimulus Plan (ESP) has kept aside Nu 844 mn as a one-year interest subsidy of 4% for the hotel sector. It has been learnt that Financial Institutions are willing to given an additional 1% interest debate provided the ESP is approved. Around …

One of the big discussion points has been the impact of the 5 percent Goods and Services Tax (GST) on essential goods. While GST was expected to increase prices in food items like vegetables, fruits, beef, cereals (minus rice), flour, it was supposed to bring down prices in items like …

The internal target of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection is Nu 6.8 billion (bn) for six months from January to June 2026 with an average monthly target of Nu 1.133 bn. However, as of 11th March 2026, the total GST collection which …

Vehicle dealers across Bhutan have reduced prices under the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, as the combined GST and Excise Tax is lower than the previous Sales Tax and Green Tax. Price reductions were expected to range from 9 to 21 percent depending on the vehicle model and …

After taking tariff submissions from the Bhutan Power Corporation (BPC) and Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) for the three-year tariff revision cycle, doing a public consultation and its own analysis and number crunching, the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has proposed domestic tariff for High Voltage (HV) users, Medium Voltage (MV) …