The National Assembly yesterday tabled the Renewable Energy Tax Exemption Bill of Bhutan 2026, proposing time-bound and conditional tax breaks to attract investment and accelerate the development of ...

Kuensel is the national newspaper of the Kingdom of Bhutan. It was the only local newspaper available in Bhutan until 2006 when two more newspapers were launched. The government of Bhutan owns 51% of ...

Bhutan is confronting a mounting demographic crisis that economists warn could undermine the country’s ambitious 10X National Economic Vision, as declining fertility, rising youth outmigration, and a ...

Ugyen Dorji The government has dropped the proposed airport project at Pongchola in Mongar after technical reassessments concluded that the site is not feasible for safe aircraft operations. The ...

The government has proposed a budget of Nu 153.3 billion for the fiscal year 2026–27, representing 30 percent of the 13th Plan’s total outlay.

As Bhutan gears toward achieving a 10X economy, the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) will remain a crucial factor in reaching this target.

Amid growing concerns over misinformation, declining public trust and recent drop in international press freedom rankings, journalists, regulators and government representatives gathered yesterday to ...

The three small hydropower projects - the 18MW Suchhu, 32MW Yungichhu, and 54MW Burgangchhu, are expected to generate 494 million units (MU) of electricity annually.

Thousands of bank accounts across the country’s financial institutions (FIs) have become dormant, holding idle funds for years because customers stopped using them, forgot about them, or shifted to ...

In a public notification issued today, the ministry warned that recurrent ASF outbreaks in the country were often linked to poor on-farm biosecurity, inadequate husbandry practices and unsafe feeding ...

Two Bhutanese consumers just lost Nu 78,000 to a 'TikTok Shop' scheme. Here is how the trap was set on Facebook and Instagram.

All foreign workers employed in the country for more than a month are required to open Bhutanese bank accounts.