Eyewitnesses say about 30 unidentified men, well-armed with guns and khukuris (machete like knives), abducted four people from Norbugang village in Shomphangkha gewog, Sarpang at around 8 pm on August 7. According to a reliable source, no person in the village was physically hurt. There were no theft of material …

During the Meet-the- Press session held yesterday, the Prime Minister said the electric vehicles (EVs) are the future of transportation in Bhutan. He said even leading experts around the world share the same conviction. “We have a wonderful opportunity to use cheap, renewable resources that we produce in Bhutan by …

The DHI BEGIN (Business Entrepreneurship Growth and Innovation) is one of DHI’s mandates to lead and stimulate the private sector development through a culture of innovation, creativity and enterprise. The 5th batch of DHI BEGIN, that began three months ago, ended on July 29. In the closing of the program, …

The G2C(Government to Citizens) project was started with the aim to provide the rural people with access to the public service delivery online through the Community Centres(CCs), but out of 159 G2C services, only 32 are accessible online, a research on“G2C Project: Our Way Forward with E-Governance” reveals during the …

The officials from Ministry of La-bour and Human Resources say that the youth, “desperate” for jobs, who were registered under the Guaranteed Employment Program (GEP) are not serious about the program and are wasting the time and resources of both employers and job seekers. The ministry added that the youth …

During the 8th SAFTA (South Asia Free Trade Area) Ministerial Council meeting, the SAFTA ministers agreed to set up of the SAARC Development Bank, currency swap arrangement and improving inter-connectivity amongst the SAARC countries on July 24 at Thimphu. There is to be further discussion on this outcome at the …

With the new vehicle taxation policy that is in effect already, a luxury passenger car now costs upto Nu10 mn and the Indian manufactured passenger cars will cost at least Nu 0.4 mn. The cost of the vehicle will also depend on the current price of the car and the …

With the new vehicle tax coming in, many Bhutanese will opt to import vehicles from India rather than third countries as the tax difference is at 45-125 %. The General Manager of Bhutan Hyundai Motors, Pema Loday, said, “Only few would be able to buy the cars from the third …

Need a venue for playing sports, or holding a large academic gathering, or meetings, fairs or shows? You might want to check out the multi-purpose hall at the Royal Institute of Management (RIM). The hall, the first of its kind, is the biggest sporting complex in the country and has …

To ease the limited capacity borrowings in the market, the Druk Holdings and Investments plans to set up a non-banking financial institution (NBFI). NBFI aims to lend more amount of money than any of the financial institutions in Bhutan to help meet the requirement of investing in larger projects of …