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The earlier Nu 1 million (mn) that MPs got as a lumpsum amount to buy vehicles has been enhanced to Nu 2.5 mn with the additional amount being released in June 2025 to the MPs. A senior government official said the amount was not a monetization of the vehicle quota …

Plans implementation in schools from next academic year The Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) has completed aligning Bhutan’s National Education curriculum with the internationally recognized Cambridge curriculum. In a conversation with The Bhutanese, an official clarified that this process does not mean a full adoption or replacement of …

The Department of Revenue and Customs (DRC) under the Ministry of Finance (MoF), in a letter addressed to 42 vehicle and bike dealers in the country on 15th July 2025, has come out with a solution on the difficulties faced by them in selling vehicles in 2025 due to the …

His Majesty The King granted an Audience to Lt. Gen. Raghu Srinivasan, Director General of Border Roads (BRO), Ministry of Defense, India on 29 July 2025. BRO develops and maintains road networks in India’s border areas and some neighboring countries. Project Dantak, established in 1961, is managed by BRO.

In a 12-month period from the July 2024 to June 2025, a total of 6,186 Bhutanese students and their dependents have availed themselves of student visas. This is the third highest ever number of visas granted compared to 15,552 visas in 2022-23 financial year and 9,787 visas in the 2023-24 …

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 …

Vehicles previously assigned to P1-level officers and Specialists have now been withdrawn and reassigned to the general vehicle pool following a directive issued by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) earlier this year. Finance Minister, Lekey Dorji said only Ex-3 and above can be assigned duty vehicles. The move came after …

His Majesty The King granted Dakyen to appoint the new Chief Justice of Bhutan on 23 July 2025. His Majesty also granted dhar to appoint Ambassadors to Kuwait and the Permanent Mission of Bhutan to the United Nations in Geneva. The new Chief Justice of Bhutan is Norbu Tshering, who …

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 …