With the green tax on fuel coming into effect last Thursday, the Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA) said that the transportation fare is likely to increase. The Director General of RSTA, Lham Dorji, talking about a hike in bus and taxi fares, said, “We haave already done a bus …

During the seminar on lessons learnt by the five political parties on their ten-day study tour to Denmark on June14, the five party representatives, despite their political differences, shared similar experiences, the feeling of being Bhutanese first. One of the panelists, the Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) President, Lily Wangchhuk, said …

A joint report by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the National Statistical Bureau conclude that civil service pay hike would have a very minimal impact on inflation. It says that aggregate demand is not going to rise so much as to give inflationary pressure in the economy. “ This …

A new report by the Office of Consumer Protection under the Ministry of Economic Affairs which was drafted on the direction of the MoEA Minister Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk highlights various recommendations to fight inflation. The report is titled ‘Report on Price Increases and Inflation,’ and was made in collaboration with …

Bhutan will be hosting the eight meeting of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) ministerial council in Thimphu on 24th July 2014 at the convention center. This will be the first time that Bhutan will be hosting the SAFTA ministerial council (SMC) meeting. Some issues like reduction of sen¬sitive …

His Majesty The King on 10th July installed Sachu Bumter at the site of the Wangduephodrang Dzong, where theUtse and the Kuenreyof the Dzong will be built. The installation of the Sachu Bumter signifies the re-sanctification of a site and restores blessings to it. The reconstruction of the Wangduephodrang Dzong …

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 …

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, …

According to a release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of Bhutan accompanied by Aum Tashi Doma will be on a four day Working Visit to Japan from 29th June-3rd July 2014 upon the invitation of the government of Japan. Lyonchhen’s delegation will include Lyonpo …