As youths graduate from colleges or finish their high schools, the first thought is usually to get into a salaried job, preferably a government one. The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) working with the government and National Land Commission (NLC) wants to instead encourage entrepreneurship and boost Bhutan’s economy and exports …

Speaker cites Constitutional requirement to do so  The National Assembly Speaker Tshogpon Jigme Zangpo said that the National Assembly (NA) will be heading for a 11th session sometime by June 2018, in order to fulfill a Constitutional requirement of having two NA sessions in a year apart from other Constitutional …

TCB submits to the cabinet measures to manage and improve the experience for regional tourists which include mandatory e-permits, hiring only Bhutanese vehicles and guides, etc In what is becoming a matter of increasing concern for Bhutan’s ‘high value and low impact’ tourism policy, the regional tourist numbers for the …

Recommends administrative action and rescinding of awards  The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has found in-transparency and administrative lapses by the Bhutan Film Association (BFA) for the 16th National Film Awards (NFA) in the case of the criteria for best three films that received the Prime Minister’s award along with Nu …

This is would be one of the major initiatives to celebrate and mark the 50 years of diplomatic ties between the two nations When Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay met the visiting Indian Foreign Secretary on 3rd October to discuss, among others things, the celebrations over 50 years of diplomatic ties, the …

The success of any visit by a leader to a foreign capital is judged by three counts. The first is on who the leader is meeting, the second is on the nature of the talks and the third is the press coverage. In that regard the Royal visit to New …

The Late King, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej served as Thailand’s longest reigning Monarch for a record 70 years since His Late Majesty’s enthronement on 5th December 1927. In this remarkable 70 year rule, despite evolving times with periods of volatile international and domestic circumstances, the institution of the Thai …

The Association of Bhutanese Industries (ABI) in a letter addressed to the Finance Minister and Economic Affairs Minister has requested to raise taxes on certain imported goods which are already being manufactured by local industries. The letter says that if there is a slight increase in the Bhutan Sales Tax …

The 2-5th October visit of the Indian foreign secretary Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar saw his call on meetings with Prime Minister Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay and the Foreign Minister Lyonpo Damcho Dorji leading to discussions on an array of mainly economic issues. The Foreign Secretary, according to a senior government official on …

In what will be a major change in the top management of the Punatsangchu Hydroelectric Project Authority (PHPA) I and II the 1020 MW PHPA II is expected to soon get a separate MD that will look after P II exclusively. In another major development the current MD of P …