The government will not do away with the USD 200 per day Sustainable Development Fee (SDF) for tourists and INR 1,200 per day (SDF) for Indian tourists, but it is considering giving major waivers to promote the tourism sector in Bhutan which is in a major slump after the pandemic. …

So far it is well known that business outlets in major towns like Thimphu and Phuentsholing are not doing well with reduced customers, but now even the iconic Paro Town is suffering with the same issue. The reporter talked to a range of business outlets and found that it is …

In what is the most senior figure detained till date, the Anti Corruption Commission recently detained the Deputy CEO of the DrukPNB bank and a credit officer from the Thimphu branch of the bank. The two were detained for some days after seeking a remand order from the court and …

The focus so far has mainly been on the large numbers of students leaving for Australia, but on the other hand there is also a silent and significant migration happening to the Middle-East. Qatar has around 1,000 Bhutanese and a lot of them have come recently. When the Prime Minister …

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 …