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Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay, who is on a 4-day visit to Tsirang Dzongkhag, met with the people of Damphu town, Kilkhorthang and Tsholingkhar gewogs today. Meeting residents of Damphu town and the two gewogs, Lyonchhen said that he would be visiting all gewogs in the country to interact and hear from …
Read More »MoF cites SC tax verdict and Nu 6.6 bn fiscal incentives of ex-govt to justify book tax exemption
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) in a pres s conference on Friday evening countered the Opposition Party’s assertion that the Tax exemption granted on books by the MoF was in violation of the Constitution and the Supreme Court’s tax verdict of 2011. Finance Minister Lyonpo Namgay Dorji said that the …
Read More »Meet the new Home Minister
His Majesty granted Dhar to officially appoint the new Home Minister, Lyonpo Dawa Gyaltshen, who is the Bongo-Chapcha constituency member of parliament in the National Assembly. The Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan Article 17.3 states that a minister of the government is appointed by the Druk Gyalpo from among …
Read More »MoEA Lyonpo says action being taken on PHPA 2012-2013 Audit Report
The Minister for Economic Affairs Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk said that the PHPA has submitted an action taken report to the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) on the joint audit report of the RAA of Bhutan and Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India on PHPA – I from 1st April 2012 …
Read More »His Majesty in Paro Wochu
It was a special day for the people of Wochu and other villages in Paro’s Lungnyi Gewog, who welcomed His Majesty The King to their homes and fields, before enjoying a Public Tokha granted by His Majesty, together with their friends, neighbours, and their King. His Majesty on 29th July …
Read More »MoF exempts all books from both Customs and Sales Tax
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) in a notification issued yesterday said that all books imported during 2015 will be exempted from both customs duty and sales tax. The notification said that this was being done to encourage Bhutanese to read especially in the context of the National Reading Year 2015. …
Read More »DNT welcomes decision to remove Foreign Minister
The Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) has welcomed the decision of the government to remove the Foreign Minister Lyonpo Rinzin Dorji but in doing so has asked the government to look into other issues like BOIC and the electric car. The DNT release said, “Any form of corruption is an impediment …
Read More »Bhutan now has 432 HIV positive cases with 29 new cases since last 7 months
The Ministry of Health has detected 29 new HIV positive cases from 1st December 2014 to June 2015.Of the 29 new cases 16 are female and 13 are male. As of now the total detected cases in the country since 1993 stands at 432 cases. 217 of them are males …
Read More »His Majesty the King visits ACC, RAA and ECB offices
His Majesty the King visited the offices of the Election Commission of Bhutan, Royal Audit Authority, and Anti Corruption Commission, on the 17th, 16th and 15th of July respectively according to a post on the official Facebook page of His Majesty the King. His Majesty granted Audiences to the staff …
Read More »Climate smart pig farms to reduce LPG import
The largest-ever installed biogas plant in Bhutan in the National Piggery Development Centre (NPiDC), Gelephu aims to supply bio fuel, enough to replace 30 Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) gas cylinders annually, that would otherwise cost about Nu 15000 per year if imported. According to the NPiDC, as of now, the …
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