From what conclusions were drawn among media personnel, both foreign and local, during the ‘Round table session on media and its impact on policy’ at the recently concluded Mountain Echoes, Media in Bhutan has fared well, and its horizon is not all that bleak. Award-winning British writer and Historian from …

There is good news on the Education City front. It’ll be featured in the upcoming Infrastructure 100: World Cities edition, which will be released on 3 July 2012 at the World Cities Summit in Singapore. The Bhutan Education City Project (ECP) has been selected as one of the most innovative …

The Nu. 100 mn Teacher-empowering project backlash| Update The education ministry has finally, reacted to the uproar in the aftermath of complaints from teachers who claim to have overpaid for ‘poor-quality laptops through Ministry of Education’s (MoE) poorly coordinated ‘Empowering Teachers’ project’. The issue earlier was that many teachers have …

The Draft Right to Information (RTI) Bill, drafted by National Council (NC) member Sangay Khandu as a private members bill is likely to perish at its preliminary stage, given the poor response of National Council MPs. During the 63rd plenary session of the NC, on 4th May 2012, the legislative committee …

Consumers are finding it tougher to find familiar eatables, medicines, lifestyle items etc and are   paying more for the ones they do Current restrictions by the government on imports of consumer goods are affecting shopkeepers and their customers from all walks of life as much as the restrictions on …

The Nu 100 mn project of the MoE that bought laptops and desktops for around 3000 teachers comes under fire The Ministry of Education’s (MoE)  ‘Empowering Teachers’ project which was initiated in mid-2009 and ended in April  this year has created loan repayment and miscommunication problems among three agencies – …

The Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has proposed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) on May 29. A 40-member business delegation led by A K Azad, president of the FBCCI will be in Bhutan from May 28 …

WB representative to Bhutan reflects on his experience and talks about the new Country Director The World Bank (WB) has appointed a new Country Director (CD) for Bhutan and Afghanistan, Mr. Robert J Saum who already assumed office in Kabul on 1st May, WB representative to Bhutan Mark LaPrairie told …

Bhutan is finally set to sign the long drawn out transit agreement with Bangladesh in the forthcoming meeting between the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) and the Bangladesh Ministry of Commerce (MoC). The primary objective of the meeting is to heighten bilateral trade and expedite transit facility between the two …

One of the major remedies adopted by the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) to contain the Indian Rupee (INR) crunch is increasing the credit to deposit ratios and also risk weightages dramatically, which in short means that banks in complying with these measures have little or no cash to lend. One …