Once again, the concept of Gross National Happiness (GNH) took center stage at the United Nations as Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley, an ardent advocate of GNH, elaborated on the topic and how Bhutan has been able to make progress through the pursuit of this policy in his keynote address …

BICMA directed the Kamji Middle Secondary School principal to withdraw the allegations In the last week of July, 2012 during the monthly meet the press, two reporters from The Journalist newspaper came under a scathing attack from the Education Minister Lyonpo Thakur S. Powdyel for improper personal behavior in investigating …

With no response from the Road Safety and Transport Authority on  bus fare revision following the diesel price increase of Nu 5.25 last month, bus operators have approached the communications ministry to intervene. Passenger bus operators said transport fares remained unrevised despite increase in operational cost. “Even if bus operators …

Says no laws were violated and there is no legal basis to pursue the case against anyone Twenty days after the Gyelpozhing land case investigation report was submitted by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the Office of the Attorney General (OAG), in its ‘opinion’ found no legal basis to pursue the …

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 …

With the government yet to respond to their earlier grievances, the private sector representatives proposed a host of solutions saying the economy is going through an unprecedented crisis If the government and the central bank does not address the current liquidity crunch for another few months the whole economy is …

The capital may see a silent protest, if the government chooses not to pay heed to the business community’s proposal Members of the business community said they have waited enough for the government to look into the Pedestrian day policy and declared they will hold a ‘silent protest’ against the …

The private sector since the last few months is faced with a serious issue of loan repayment partly caused by unavailability of additional loans from the commercial banks. The Druk PNB (DPNB) CEO N.K Arora said this should not be used as an “excuse” by the private sector to default. …

A drastic Nu 5 per liter or 12% hike on diesel price in the country starts today Bhutan is directly hit by India’s first diesel price hike, a substantial increase by Indian Rupee (INR) 5 per liter after more than a year. As usual Bhutan felt the pinch today that …

Members said the main highlight will be on the credit crisis and pedestrian day The private sector and Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry will hold a meeting on Monday, September 15 to sort out, discuss and find possible solutions to major issues faced by the members both new and …