BUSINESS

Part of a mushrooming industry of youths developing user friendly apps Oie Dish8Door is the first food-ordering App in Bhutan. It was started on 13 April 2018. Anyone can place a food order from the popular restaurants registered with the App, without physically going to restaurants and placing the orders …

A 49-year-old woman lost her life in an accident at Yusipang, Thimphu on 15 August after the Santro taxi she was travelling in veered off the road, 30 feet below the road. The accident took place during early morning hours at around 5:30 AM. Along with the deceased, there were …

The Emergency Department (ED) of the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH), in Thimphu received 36,886 patients in 2018. The department starts to get overcrowded after 3 pm everyday. Records maintained by the department show that treatment of battery and fighting cases are common on weekends. It has also …

The Parents’ Committee in a formal letter submitted to the Finance Secretary on Friday has sought information from the Ministry of Finance on the government guarantee or sovereign guarantee for the Japan Overseas Learn and Earn (LEP) employment program. The letter asks information with regard to the sovereign guarantee provided …

A big surprise in this Parliament session for the small business community who make up the majority of the 40,000 business licenses in Bhutan was fronting being added as a Fourth Degree felony which means imprisonment from three to four years without the possibility of paying Thrim-thue. There was outrage …

140 were shared for administrative action and 87 were dropped In 2018, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) received 333 complaints with an average of about 28 complaints per month. This is 28 more complaints than in 2017. 18 cases were forwarded to OAG for prosecution while ACC prosecuted 12 cases …

Thimphu police have detained a 29-year-old man for stabbing his 24-year-old in-law following a tussle on the night of 17 July 2019. The initial complaint was lodged to police by doctors on duty in the emergency department, JDWNRH when the victim was brought to hospital on 18 July at around …

In response to the Opposition’s criticism of the government’s Pay Revision Bill, the government reminded the opposition about when it was in power and how the pay raise was done along with the impacts that it had brought in. Lyonpo Tandi Dorji said, “Everyone is aware of the impact of …

Opposition Party, Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT), supported the government’s plan on expanding foreign diplomatic relations during the Opposition’s press conference on 5th July. The Opposition also cautioned the government to take proper measures to avoid possible threats associated with the security of the country. It was stated in the press …

The Meet-the-Press session by the Opposition Party, Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT), raised issues with the government for approving the Pay Revision Bill without study or research on the implication of the pay revision in the future. Opposition Party said that the pay revision at this time is too early, and …