BUSINESS

The launch of Green Public Procurement (GPP) in Bhutan is a strategic approach to scale up the public demand to procure environmentally and socially preferable goods, services, infrastructure, and to bring sustainability logic into the consumption and production habits in Bhutan. According to the European Commission, GPP is defined as …

In a sign of the times the bulk of the few buying vehicles after the lifting of the vehicle ban have been civil servants using their vehicle quotas. Car dealers in Thimphu and Phuntsholing told this paper that even though the vehicle ban had been lifted after two years the …

An eighth entry has been made to the faunal diversity in the Royal Manas National Park (RMNP) in Gelephu with the discovery of yet another bird species, the Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans) in the park. The confirmation of the new species was made by an Ornithologist, Sherab, of the Ugyen …

Following the recent pay hike for civil servants in July, most workers in the private sector were hopeful of a pay hike as well. But most of the private companies that this paper interviewed said that they are not in the position to increase the pay for their workers due …

Car dealers in Bhutan are busy taking vehicle orders after the two-year ban on import of vehicle, which was placed in July 2012, was lifted. They have been receiving enquiries and bookings from customers for mainly the Indian manufactured vehicles. The Deputy General Manager, Bhutan Hyundai Motors, Pema Lodey, said …

The tourism industry is growing at a steady rate, with 116, 209 tourist arrivals in 2013, a record high for inbound visitor arrivals in the country. It is growth rate of 10.25% over the previous year. The Bhutan Tourism Monitor Annual Report 2013 states, “Majority of 83.84% were tourist that …

Following the highest ever hike in the price of eggs in the market, the Department of Agriculture and Marketing Cooperatives (DAMC), Ministry of Agriculture and Forests has intervened to curb the rising price of the eggs. DAMC is also seeing to it that there is no shortage of eggs in …

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 …

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 …

The SAARC Secretary General, Commerce Ministers and Heads of delegation from the SAARC member countries who are attending the Eighth SAFTA Ministerial Council Meeting made a joint call on to Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay . During the call on which was on 24th July , Lyonchhen and the heads of delegations …