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Regulation for Bhutanese job agents also launched The Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR) launched the National Employment Policy 2013 and Regulation for in-country Bhutanese Employment Agents 2014, yesterday in Thimphu. According to the Ministry the Royal Government has consistently placed high priority on the creation and promotion of …

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 …

The Prime Minister launched the Guaranteed Employment Program (GEP) in YDF hall in Thimphu on June 25. GEP is a strategic response to address unemployment issue and is specifically designed to engage unemployment youth with class 10 and above who are willing to take up the GEP. Speaking on the …

The State of the Nation report, presented by the Prime Minister to the Parliament, stated that the Paro International Airport will be granted autonomy. It will also be expanded and upgraded to meet the international standards and the airport will be renamed the Jigme Singye Wangchuck International Airport to mark …

Bhutan and Japan commemorated the milestone event of the 50th anniversary of Japanese assistance to Bhutan at the Taj Tashi Hotel on June 18. During the event, the President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Akihito Tanaka, said, “The development is a continuum. There is no beginning or an end. …

The importance of promoting tourism was stressed on during The State of the Tsa-Wa-Sum report presented to the joint sitting of the Parliament on June 18 by the Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay. The PM said, “Tourists are very important. Last year, we had 116,200 tourists visiting Bhutan, around 63,500 came …

With the Preliminary Examination (PE) just around the corner, many university graduates are left anxious and wondering whether the PE is still on or done away with as promised by the government. The Member of Parliament,Panbang, Zhemgang, Dorji Wangdi, said one of the popular pledges among the 100 days pledges …

In just one night, three chortens in two different gewogs of Punakha were vandalized by miscreants on the night of May 16. Of the three chortens, two were vandalized in Shenga Bjemi gewog in Punakha and a 30-year-old suspect was arrested on May 18. Following a tip off, the police …

With just a month or two left for the farmers in the east to harvest potatoes and transport the harvest to the auction yard in Samdrup Jongkhar, the MP of Drametsi Ngatshang, Ugyen Wangdi, expressed his concerns regarding the collusion between the ex-employee of Samdrup Jongkhar auction yard and few …

Question and answer session The Member of Parliament of Bartsam-Shongphu asked for an update and the progress made so far on opening more colleges in the country, out of which three colleges are to be opened in the east. To which the Education Minister, Lyonpo Mingbo Dukpa, said the Constitution …