At a special High-Level Thematic discussion called ‘Supporting Sustainable and Irreversible Graduation from the Least Developed Country Category,’ the Bhutanese delegation to the Least Developed Countries conference represented by Foreign Ministry Chief of the Social and Development Division in the Multilateral Department, Ugyen Dorji, expressed Bhutan’s fears and expectations over …

The United Nations Least Developed Countries (UNLDC) conference which is a once in a 10-year meeting of 46 LDC countries, UN agencies and donor countries was held this year in Doha, Qatar from March 5 to 9. LDC countries simply put are the world’s 46 poorest and most vulnerable countries …

Bhutan is set to graduate from the Least Developed Countries status in December 2023 based on the 3 criteria of per capita income, human development assets (education, health) and vulnerability and 14 indicators under them. However, if one takes a closer look everything is not hunky dory as Bhutan graduates …

A Helicopter of Druk Air crashed at Wachey in Lunana on Friday at 2.30 pm in the afternoon before reaching its destination. The helicopter was carrying a father, mother and two daughters. The mother and one daughter was confirmed dead while the father and another daughter survived with injuries but …

By the end of November 2022 a delegation of Indian officials from India’s Petroleum Ministry were expected to come to Thimphu as part of a joint working group to discuss and finalize an MoU on fuel with Bhutan. It was hoped that such an MoU can lead to Bhutan getting …

On the night of 24 February a Bhutanese citizen Maya (name changed) came back from Kalchini and found the main gate at Phuentsholing being closed after 11 pm. She approached the RBP on duty at the gate and showed them her CID card, but they said they can only allow …

At the end of January 2022, it was announced that the Government of India (GoI) would offer a concessional rate for the third internet gateway, but details were lacking. Earlier negotiations were stuck with Indian PSU Telecom provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) which wanted to charge USD 8 per …

A total compilation of the Druk Gyalpo’s Relief Kidu set up in April 2020 shows that Nu 5.933 billion (bn) was given out as Kidu to 99,656 people. This is not including around 14,565 people given ration support which are basic essential items for the households during the first lockdown. …

For sometime now, large numbers of civil servants have been resigning mainly on economic grounds and the majority of them have been heading to Australia. Now to motivate the civil servants and in part to stem the flow, a Sixth Pay Commission has been constituted with the DHI Chairman Dasho …

In a first for Bhutan, the Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) will fully fund and construct the 600 MW Kholongchu project on its own. This is the first time that Bhutan will be financing and constructing a mega hydro project on its own as so far all mega projects like …