The Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC) awarded the Sports Excellence Award (SEA) to the medal winners of the 13th South Asian Games held from 1st to 10th December, 2019 in Nepal. The Secretary General of the BOC, Mr. Sonam Karma Tshering congratulated the medal winners and encouraged them to be more determined …
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Shompangkha MP Tek Bdr. Rai, during Q&A Hour Session in National Assembly, asked the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) for on an update on the status and deadline of the project completion for Jigmeling Industrial Estate in Gelephu. He said that the government initiated and identified four industrial estates in …
Read More »The government is in the process of drafting an E-commerce policy that will allow online business or online shopping if done legally. The issue was discussed in the National Assembly (NA) after the Kilkhorthang Mendrelgang MP Bimal Thapa raised his concern over the matter. He said that online shopping and …
Read More »The Annual Report 2019 by the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) highlights recent macroeconomic development, medium term economic growth prospects, RMA’s interventions, medium term challenges and research and empirical studies on selected macroeconomic issues. Report shows the slowdown in economic growth to a 4-year low of 3.03 percent in 2018 was …
Read More »The Parliament has adopted the Mines and Mineral Bill of Bhutan 2020 along with amendments made to the former Act on 30 January. Numerous deliberations towards the expedient need to reform the law on minerals and mines, in order to ensure inter-generational equity and sustainability of the mineral resources in …
Read More »Giving an example of her own constituency, the Member of Parliament (MP) from Sombaykha, Dorjee Wangmo, said that almost 80 percent of farmers in Sombaykha and Ghakiling gewogs in Haa are dependent on cardamom as the main source of income, but the poor yield and price of cardamom since last …
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His Majesty The King granted an Audience to the participants of the 13th Scouts Leadership Training at Tencholing, Wangduephodrang on 12 January, 2020. 63 girls and 62 boys participated in the three-week training programme, which started on 23rd December. The scouts are class 10 students selected from their various dzongkhags …
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The Ambassador of Bangladesh to Bhutan, HE A.K.M. Shahidul Karim presented credentials to His Majesty The King at the Tashichhodzong on 17 January 2020.
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The Prime Minister, Dr Lotay Tshering in a recent interaction with the private media opened up on any array of issues including on the difficulties and strains of the Prime Minister’s post. The statement was in the context of the Prime Minister talking of doing away with the Five-year plan …
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The first legislative public hearing on mining operations by the National Assembly (NA) was conducted on 10 January. The hearing was informed of the adverse effect of the mining operations on the nation, economy and the people.10 members of the National Assembly were present at the public hearing to address …
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