Member of Parliament from Sombeykha Constituency, Dorjee Wangmo asked the Agriculture Minister if  there are any plans to set up a milk packing unit for the benefit of the people in order to improve the country’s economy and promote agricultural and livestock products during the question and answer hour session …

During the question-answers session in the National Assembly on Friday, the Member of Parliament (MP) from Chhumig- Ura Constituency, Karma Wangchuk, asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) to share with the House how the government will use the Endowment Fund to secure crops and livestock for the people. …

After an extensive deliberation on the Civil Service Reform Bill 2022, the National Assembly (NA) adopted Civil Service Reform Bill of Bhutan 2022 with the recommendations and changes. The Bill consisted of four chapters and 38 sections, of which Sections 7, 8, 10, 11,31, 37 and 38 required minor changes. …

Guides say better monitoring required to ensure they are hired As per Department of Tourism (DoT), a total of 11,093 tourists have arrived in the country from September 23 to November 8, 2022. A total of 2,349 tourists who arrived in the country are paying the full USD 200 Sustainable …

The Department of Information Technology and Telecom (DITT) has collected Biometric Data of 432,911 individuals against the initial target of 200,000 citizens. The collection will be carried out till end of December 2022. DITT has also completed the development and testing of 3rd PoC (Proof of Concepts) of the National Digital …

Higher prices for everything from fuel to everyday necessities, as well as rising housing rentals, are hitting the middle and low-income households. Many people residing in the city shared that they are struggling to cover their daily expenses. Sonam Dorji, 33, a machine operator in one of the private construction …

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between BRO Project DANTAK and Green Bhutan Corporation Limited (GBCL) on Friday at the DANTAK office in Thimphu to employ environmentally acceptable green approaches for slide mitigation at the request of the Department of Roads (DoR) under Ministry of Works and Human Settlement. …

Many people across the country are talking about how education consultancy companies are getting a lot of Australian visa refusals for diploma courses. To determine if the assertion was factual or false, The Bhutanese talked about the matter with a few education consultancy companies in the country. According to the …

Clarifying on the education loan being stopped by Tashi Bank, the Prime Minister (Dr) Lotay Tshering said that the government has no direct authority over banks. The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) has the authority to provide a loan and interest rate in accordance with the RMA act. “If you study …

According to the Prime Minister (Dr) Lotay Tshering, global food shortages, starvation, and hunger have always existed, and have now been aggravated by the Russian-Ukrainian war.  The Prime Minister stated that production is going to be less due to acute shortage of chemical fertilizers as it being nipped at the …