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The closing ceremony of the 20th session of the National Council (NC) was graced by the Prime Minister, Speaker and Gyalpoi Zimpon on December 7. The Chairperson Thrizin Dasho Dr. Sonam Kinga in an emotional closing address reminded the members three valuable points commanded by His Majesty the King at …

The National Assembly had approved establishing a stabilisation fund to insulate the domestic economy from economic shocks. The government will pump in Nu 100 mn as seed money to start the fund. The fund will maintain macroeconomic stability by sterilizing lumpy inflows from electricity exports and convertible currency related flows …

The Wamrong Constituency MP, Karma Tenzin brought to the notice of the Economic Affairs Minister on the issues where people reported incidences of mixing kerosene with fuel at the stations which has led to several cases where specific vehicle parts were damaged, causing unnecessary huge maintenance cost to the vehicle …

Coinciding with the Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen formally launched the “Bhutan for Life” initiative. Bhutan for Life, a joint initiative of the Royal Government of Bhutan and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), is a strategic and long-term solution to ensure that …

Tshering, 32, of Lungnyi gewog, Paro, is the country’s first woman to serve as deputy chairperson of the Dzongkhag Tshogdu (DT), the highest decision making body at the district level. Tshering served as Mangmi for five years when she was elected in the first round of the local government election …

The western districts of Punakha, Wangduephodrang and Gasa will be the focus of a high-level advocacy tour by Her Majesty Gyalyum Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck from 12th to 22nd of November. The ten day tour will create awareness on public health and social issues such as HIV/AIDS and STDs, suicide …

Inflation is at 4.91 percent in September. This was 0.43 percentage points lower than inflation in August, which stood at 5.34 percent. As per the consumer price index (CPI) published by the National Statistics Bureau (NSB), the prices of food increased by 6.53 percent and non-food commodities by almost by …

During recent 3rd ICT conference the information and communications minister, D.N, Dhungyel, shared some of government’s achievements in the 11th plan, which ends in June 2018, in using ICT to improve access and delivery of government services and create employment. Speaking at the gathering Lyonpo said the theme “Digital Inclusive …

The government will promote spring paddy since it means rice can cultivated thrice in 15 months, the agriculture minister, Yeshey Dorji, said last week at the monthly meet the press session in the capital. “This is possible in southern parts of Bhutan and we are hoping for 85 to 90 …

The vendors at the Gelephu vegetable shed have been requesting for power supply at the vegetable shed for a very long time but to no avail. The vendors said that in the absence of power supply at the vegetable market, it becomes very inconvenient for them to do business at …