The staff of central range office in Ligmethang under Mongar sighted a dead female Barred Buttonquail in Thrumshingla National park (TNP). A dead female Barred Buttonquail was found in the dry Chirpine forest area in Lingmethang at an elevation of 630m above sea level. The same bird species was sighted …

Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay went on a working visit to Japan at the invitation of the Government of Japan from 30th June to 3rd July. He had a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on 30th June and held wide ranging discussions on bilateral relations, on regional and international issues of …

During the last session of the Parliament, the government informed the House that they were working with the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) on doing away with the preliminary examination (PE), a pledge made by the government. RCSC has not entertained the letter from the Ministry of Labour and Human …

Regulation for Bhutanese job agents also launched The Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR) launched the National Employment Policy 2013 and Regulation for in-country Bhutanese Employment Agents 2014, yesterday in Thimphu. According to the Ministry the Royal Government has consistently placed high priority on the creation and promotion of …

To ease the limited capacity borrowings in the market, the Druk Holdings and Investments plans to set up a non-banking financial institution (NBFI). NBFI aims to lend more amount of money than any of the financial institutions in Bhutan to help meet the requirement of investing in larger projects of …

According to the Department of Hydro-Met Services under Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA)  the forecast for monsoon rainfall from June to September is to be 5.1% below the normal rainfall range. This would also mean that the annual total rainfall is forecast to be below normal. For June and July, …

Druk Holding and Investments’ (DHI) revenue increased by 9% this year mainly contributed from energy and resources and also the communication and transport sector Presenting the performance report of the DHI and DHI owned companies for 2013, on Thursday the Chairman of DHI, Dasho Sangay Khandu said, the revenue has …

As the monsoon season has started urban areas across Bhutan show all their inadequacies in full glory. While in places like Thimphu roads get flooded and sewers get choked the less said about Phuentsholing and other urban centers the better. However, considering that Thimphu Thromde is generally the best funded …

The emergence of the rupee crisis and the consequent credit crunch from 2012 onwards highlighted the biggest and most immediate challenge facing Bhutan – its economy. The main agenda of the 2013 elections was the state of the economy and the party that came into power, PDP, promised to take …

The PDP government is in the process of studying and making some changes to the existing, Economic Development Policy (EDP) 2010 and the Foreign Direct Investment Policy (FDI) 2010 to promote economic activities and make Bhutan more investment friendly. Minister for Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk said, …