BUSINESS

Though faced with initial challenges  the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) is developing more effective food storage technology, to avert the huge loss of food grains, experienced by farmers in the east every year. However, it is not yet clear if these concrete storage silos are still better than …

It’s a question that ECB will answer by conducting the 2013 elections of the National Assembly and the National Council candidates   After the letter of intent, 235 candidates will contest for the primary rounds and each candidate will cost Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) more than Nu 0.1mn which …

The 39 year old tour operator, Dorji Tshering, who was detained by Paro police after he was accused of assaulting and sexually harassing a 29 year old foreign national of Melbourne, Australia in a drunken state on the early morning of 5 December, 2012 was granted bail by the Paro …

It stinks and that is pretty evident from its name, but its multiple use from medicinal benefits to acting as appetizer has placed on it a marketable value. The subject in discussion here is the ‘Stink Bug’ or ‘Marmorated Stink Bug’ locally known as ‘Naa Boo’. This practice is most …

As part of the vegetable production and marketing plan to gear Bhutan toward self-sufficiency in vegetables, the Department of Agriculture and Marketing Cooperation (DAMC) is facilitating producers with major buyers and linkages. It also provides market information to build up sustainable long term market relations. The six eastern dzongkhags of …

The National Land Commission Secretariat (NLCS) will soon create a center for Geographical Information Management System (GIMS).  This will herald a sustainable geo-information system of land governance. The NLCS promised that by the 11th Five Year Plan they would mainstream geo-information and provide technical backstopping to government agencies. GIMS is …

Despite a number of surprise inspections and the many advocacy efforts on Tobacco Control Act, tobacco and tobacco products still make their way into Bhutan. And the trend is disturbingly on the rise with authorities increasingly making arrests and seizing contrabands every day. In a recent surprise inspection, tobacco was …

The Labor ministry (MoLHR) with its recently launched National Human Resources Development (NHRD) advisory series hopes to tackle the mismatch of skills and jobs to address overall unemployment issues. Labor Minister Dorji Wangdi said “currently, different agencies have their own Human Resources Development (HRD) policies, plans and programs which are …

A suspected Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) outbreak was detected on 29 December last year on a lone poultry farm in Lhamoizingkha under Dagana. Farm Gaon located about 2.5 kms away from Lhamoizingkha town is prominent for rearing mixed types of birds like ducks, pigeons, geese, chicken. And often, wild …

The members of the Happy Green Cooperative has started their annual retreat in Phuntsholing which is aimed at building and exploring the possibility of establishing business linkages with interested business houses especially in the Agriculture sector both inside and outside the country. The first day of the Annual retreat was …