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The Engineering Council of Bhutan was launched on friday. With the start of operation, all Engineering Professionals in the country will be required to register with the Engineering Council of Bhutan. A presenter from MoWHS said that in the past there was fewer engineers in the country and now through …
Read More »As meat prices remain high MoAF plans an ice factory
When the pandemic began import of meat was banned in the country except for frozen and packaged meats. As a result, prices skyrocketed in the capital since availability of meat was in short supply. The price of beef being sold in the capital’s market is in the range between Nu 350 …
Read More »MoEA recommends liberalizing tourism tariff while MoF wants restriction on new hotels
Both ministries support re-opening tourism in a safe and select way The Ministry of Economic Affairs as part its economic revival strategies and interventions after COVID-19 has recommended some reforms in the tourism sector of which the main one is liberalization of the USD 250 tariff system. It recommends that …
Read More »Rethinking the future of Tourism after COVID
The Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) on friday launched a Bi-monthly program to provide platform for multisectoral stakeholder discussion named as Bhutan Tourism Dialogue. Director General (DG) of TCB Dorji Dhradhul said that the Bhutan Tourism Dialogue is one of the many interventions that the Royal Government of Bhutan is …
Read More »Lone CT scan machine in JDWNRH broken down since 5th October fixed only recently
The only Computed Tomography (CT) scan machine in Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) brokedown since 5 October 2020 and was only fixed recently. There was some delay in fixing the machine as the technician was out of Thimphu. They had used Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as an alternative …
Read More »Vegetable prices shoot up
The pandemic has caused vegetable prices to increase in the capital. Potato and cauliflower were available at Nu 50 kg and Nu 120 a kg, respectively, as against Nu 35 and Nu 100 a kg few months ago. While the prices of tomatoes and onion in retail market jumped to …
Read More »More than 100 Bhutanese to leave for Middle East next week to earn and support families back home despite risks
Amid Covid-19, a total of 133 people will be leaving for Kuwait and Dubai next week signing the undertaking letter that they are understand the risk and are leaving the country for jobs that they have. Most of them came for vacation and could not return back due to ban …
Read More »No onion in the market since India banned export of onions
According to the Director of Food Corporation of Bhutan Limited Dorji Tashi, FCBL has not imported any onions since the export of onion from Indian has been banned about few weeks ago and the situation remains still same to this day. He said that with regards to tomato, FCBL is …
Read More »Govt giving shape to Fiscal Incentives 2020 with COVID in mind
Finance Minister says economy will recover to 1.3 % growth by June 2021 The Fiscal Incentives 2017 will be running out by 31st December 2020. The incentives which were originally brought in from 2010 are mostly tax breaks given to various sectors of the economy like services, manufacturing and others. …
Read More »Lockdown lesson: Haa Dzongkhag focuses on vegetables all year round
According to the Haa Dzongdag Kinzang Dorji, the dzongkhag is going forward with the strategy of self sufficiency in vegetables all year round and ideally within the dzongkhag itself. He said that the lockdown in the country happened when there were plenty of vegetables in the upper Haa. If this …
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