BUSINESS

Having waited enough for solutions from the government, businessmen expressed urgency for solutions to improve the situation Business community across the country are impatient and gripped by serious worries as more than three months has passed since the private sector submitted various issues to the government during a meeting with …

Water infrastructure in the country looks to get a facelift with the government’s endorsement in principle, the proposal by Ministry of Works and Human Settlements (MoWHS) to clearly delineate roles and responsibilities of stakeholders. This comes as a timely intervention in the current scene where there are no clear terms …

The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) on Tuesday launched a book on the first ever study of local government elections in Bhutan. It was co-launched by the Danish ambassador to Bhutan Freddy Svane and the chief election commissioner of Bhutan Dasho Kunzang Wangdi. The whole process of research as well …

If everyone is the same and if everyone is dubbed ‘a political party’, then probably one of them will pull a wild card… to stand out. In a press conference yesterday the Bhutan Kuen-Ngyam Party (BKP), Spokesperson Sonam Tobgay presented ‘a very rare political ethos’ as he described it. The …

 The Labor Ministry will send 15 University graduates to Thailand Vocational Training Institutes (VTI) as English teachers. This is the ministry’s initiative planned since five years back. Initially, around 172 graduates competed for 19 slots but 15 students were selected and 4 as standby after all the written exam and …

The Health officials in Paro clarified the recent incident at the Paro Dzongkhag hospital involving a 73year old woman who passed out during a routine tooth extraction process by two dental technicians. A clarification letter was sent to this paper by the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the Paro dzongkhag …

TashiCell on August 15 went full circle to achieve nationwide coverage as 960 mobile subscribers in Lhuentse connected to its network. Five year old TashiCell, Bhutan’s first and only private cellular service provider has now upped its customer base to 133,000 registered and active users. The nationwide connection was achieved …

Chicken meat production in eastern Bhutan is a business that majority desisted to undertake due to religious stigmas but a lone farmer rose to the occasion and started a farm. It’s now been a few months and the farmer, Sonam Wangdi, is more than glad he did not ‘chicken out’ …

Electric vehicles have started to pick up in popularity but, of late recharging the car battery has been a bit of an issue for those who have purchased the environment-friendly machine. There is however inspiring news on that front. Karsang Dorji an Executive Engineer for Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) …

APIC will allow stalls to operate on Tuesdays starting this week till November end in view of the tourist peak season; however vendors expressed various business hindrances including lack of customers and maintenance of the CB For the first time this year, shops at the Craft Bazaar (CB) in the …