BUSINESS

The labor ministry (MoLHR) will soon launch its first Human Resources Development (HRD) advisory series to curb unemployment issues and develop an appropriate human resources development policy, plans and programs for all the agencies. A total of around 140,000 jobs will be required in the 11th Five year Plan and …

When we watch a football match, we hardly bother to see who the referee is because we remain focused on the players and the match. Fact is behind every successful match, the role of a referee is of great importance to help the match come out into the ones that …

Popular votes are on the need for farmers to maintain consistent supply and quality vegetables plus there should be room for negotiations on the otherwise exorbitantl price the farmers hope for The customer is always king, if any economically sensible business is not bereft of the most common sense, that …

Problem number one on the list of business related issues from all pockets of the country are loans, town planning, and business fronting. The business community now banks their hopes and look to the Bhutan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) and the government for answers.   In the South …

Winter in all its glory may not be sensually appealing but for those who improvise on fashion with every changing season even winter inspires its own trends. And complementary to that shopkeepers who try in every which way to cater to the tastes, the likes and obsession of the Fashionistas, …

The Phuentsholing Thrompon has assured that by January 2013, the road leading to Kabreytar in Phuentsholing will be black-topped and residents along with those travelling the route can enjoy the road. Be that as it may, residents today, especially the drivers are complaining about the road which is worse than …

There is not much works around in winter and farmers of the country are a bit relaxed but it is not really the case for Lhuentse farmers who always kept themselves engaged in off-farm activities which mainly focus on weaving by women of all ages. The principle source of the …

Eminent scientists and decision makers from the Asia-Pacific regions are in Thimphu to participate and contribute expert opinions on collective actions to open access to agricultural information and enhance knowledge sharing. Most times such research findings do not find their way to the farmers, therefore this meet will delve on …

Call it winter’s boon or more accurately the efforts of health officials, the Samtse hospital did not record a single case of malaria as well dengue cases this year. Samtse’s District Health Officer (DHO) Sonam Dorji said, the main reason for zero malaria and dengue case would be because of …

Jigme, an Information and Technology (IT) graduate has been jobless for a year. Even after applying for job vacancies regularly, he failed to get his course related job. Similar to him many students who graduated with computer background are not able to get jobs in Bhutan. They say that the …