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 …

For months now flights to Bangkok have been going full or nearly full from Paro, but only a handful would be getting off at Bangkok, as the majority had transit flights onto Australia. In addition to this, entire flights are being chartered as the normal flights are not enough. The …

Bhutan’s trade statistics makes for some depressing reading as our imports far exceeds our exports, but the lone bright spot is our trade with Bangladesh which is the only country with which we have a positive trade balance. Smooth until 2013 It all started in the late 1980’s when Bhutan …

No courses offered from CLCS The Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) on 26 January 2023 released the list of undergraduate and diploma courses for 7 government colleges under it. The biggest notable change was the entire Arts and Humanities Programs of Sherubtse College like BA in Dzongkha and English, BA …

All general elections till now from 2008 to 2013 to 2018 have thrown up big surprises, but the 2023 elections looks to be the most unpredictable of all so far. On one hand new parties and even old ones are hopeful of doing well going by past trends, but the …

The passing of the Civil Service Reform Act means that changes have to be made in 46 Acts and passed in Parliament. All the Acts have some provisions amended due to the Civil Service Bill, but it is not reflected in the mother acts which is what must now be …

Opposition not keen about full budget till 2024 One of the undesirable features of the Bhutanese electoral cycle every five years is that there is a massive dip in the GDP growth rate as a full budget cannot be passed, major new works don’t happen, an interim government takes over …