The government also plans to appoint a chief personnel solely to cater to the rural businesses and cottage industries The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) government plans to find ways to provide loans to small and medium industries in line with the Economic Stimulus Plan (ESP). Economic Affairs Minister Norbu Wangchuk …

The Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) marked the World Tourism Day (WTD) with a series of events in Punakha yesterday. As a part of the celebrations, message of the Secretary General of United Nation World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Taleb Rifai was delivered by the Director of TCB, Chhimmy Pem. The …

In addition to the various existing debit and credit cards, the Bank of Bhutan Limited (BoBL) will soon launch the VISA corporate credit card (domestic and international). The VISA corporate credit card is expected to facilitate the corporate fund management and also help make cash less transactions. The corporate credit …

However, PM said investigations into the lottery scam needs to be closed first The PDP government will resume the lottery business as committed, Lyonchhen said at the ‘Meet the Press’ session yesterday evening. Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay said, “I need to point out the fact that Bhutanese lottery selling in India …

The question was from a private media house on government support for media houses, but it soon turned into the cabinet airing its views on what it saw as one-sided coverage of the Parliament by the National Broadcaster and Radio and also to some extent the National Paper. The Prime …

Given that Bhutan’s foreign policy was an election issue the Prime Minister in response to a question on bilateral and multilateral ties laid out the broad contours of Bhutan’s foreign policy in the coming years. He said, “The government is going to continue with policies that were started and implemented …

An eminent 10-member d elegation led by chairperson of Special Committee on Official Development Assistance (ODA) of the House of Councilors, H.E. Ms. Eriko Yamatani called on Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay at the Gyalyong Tshogkhang, Thursday. The delegation and Lyonchhen discussed on pertinent areas of development for extending Official Development …

Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE) will conduct a training which will focus on surveying bird diversity and distribution in the Himalayas around Yongkola, Mongar in November. The training will emphasize study design, field data collection, statistical analyses and interpretation, and effective communication of results. Explaining the reason …

Although renovation works are underway for the Thimphu- Punakha highway, it has added to the existing inconveniences for now Commuters along the Thimphu to Punakha highway have complained that the highway is in its worst shape, riddled with potholes and ditches not only posing risk of fatal accidents, but giving …

The National Land Commission Secretariat (NLCS) in its response to the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) report on “Leasing of Government Land, Government Reserved Forest Land and Mines” cited excessive responsibilities, lack of clear written land policy, no proper institutions capacity and human resources. The RAA report found that the various …