Chairperson of the Social and Cultural Affairs Committee, National Council (NC) member of Bumthang, Nima, presented the preliminary report on review of the National Employment Policy, Program and Strategies this week. NC found the need to review the policy as it was a national policy, to create and promote gainful …

The 21 members present in the National Council adopted the recommendations on the election-related issues, to be submitted to the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) for consideration, yesterday. The House adopted the proposal submitted by the committee to refrain from amending the Election Act that can be addressed by the …

With 19 ‘yes’ votes and two ‘abstaining’ votes, the National Council adopted to submit the issue regarding the legality of the Business Opportunity and Information Centre (BOiC) to His Majesty the King. The Upper House argued that the setting of BOiC is illegal as per the Civil Service Act as …

The government was questioned on the fulfillment of its pledges, especially the pledge on providing service utility vans and power tillers to each sub-block (chiwog) in the dzongkhags, in the National Assembly session on May 21. The Opposition Party also questioned the government pledge on the blacktopping the gewog centre …

The Minister of Information and Communication confirmed no new taxi driver license will be issued in Thimphu and Phuentsholing city. A study conducted by the ministry to look at possibilities to raise the number of taxis found there were 3,822 in operation out of 5,185 registered in October 2013. The …

Providing a power tiller in every chiwog in Bhutan is not possible within one year, Minister of Agriculture and Forests, Yeshey Dorji, said while responding to a question from the Member of Parliament, Radhi Sakteng, on power tillers reaching all the chiwogs, and about management and maintenance service of power …

Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, during the question hour session in National Assembly on May 19, said the Nganglam-Deothang highway construction is not cancelled, but it has been postponed for a year based on security issues in the south. The question on why the government had cancelled the highway construction was …

The joint sitting of the Parliament passed the Tenancy Bill 2014, with a vote of 66 to two with four abstaining. The chairperson of the joint committee, Karma Tenzin, said that the bill will benefit the society because the amendment would give equal rights and benefits to both tenants and …

The Local Government Members Entitlement Bill 2014, adopted at the joint sitting of the Parliament on 12th, will have to go through the provisions of the Constitution. The chairperson of the joint committee and Chumig-Ura representative, Tshewang Jurmi, said that the bill would not bring change in the local government …

The government is set to sponsor the second round of World Cup qualifying match after the fund release has been included in the national budget. In response to a question from the writer, the Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, during the 16th Meet-the-Press on Thursday, said that the draft budget is …