BUSINESS

Thailand is Bhutan’s third largest trading partner To stimulate the existing trading and economic relations with Thailand, the second Joint Trade Committee meeting was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 31st August. The Bhutanese delegation for the high-level committee meeting was led by Lyonpo Lekey Dorji, Minister of Economic Affairs and …

Chillies rot hanging, the leaves drying. Aum Dema is busy uprooting the chillies the diseased plants which are typically caused by fungi such as mildews, rusts, and smuts. She is worried that she might not be able to harvest their cash crops like chilli and other vegetables. “I don’t know …

The Bhutan Network for Empowering Women (BNEW) is coaching, mentoring and nurturing women to build leadership capacity and skills as the next general election in 2018 draws near. BNEW has conducted Leadership Workshops for elected women in local government. The fourth workshop, which is yet to be completed, gathered 160 …

Goods imported from India should be cheaper by zero to 28 percent in Bhutan according to initial government estimates because of the GST (goods and services tax) system that was rolled out in India from July this year. The prices of top ten commodities imported from India will fall by …

Prado and Land cruiser prices go up due to moving taxes from point of entry to sale With the implementation of Good & Service Tax (GST) in India import of Indian cars to Bhutan have become cheaper but third country imports have become more expensive. Under the GST rates, prices …

Graduates of Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) in India, whose degrees are considered as distance education and therefore cannot compete for government jobs or contest for a seat in parliament, have appealed to the prime minister for the second time to help them. One of graduate who appealed to the PM …

The National Graduates Orientation Program (NGOP) is being organized every year with numerous objectives of enlightening the graduates on the policies, basic culture and tradition of the country, and instigate positive outlook in life. The more than a week long program also focuses to provide the much anticipated information on …

It’s six in the morning and Ap Sonam is heading to the base of the Taktsang Monastery, one of the holiest Buddhists sites in the Himalayan region frequented by tourists. He carries a bunch of walking sticks on his back and a  bottle of water in his right hand. A …

With increasing drug offenders across the country the Treatment Assessment Panel (TAP) in Thimphu is overburdened resulting in delayed treatment. This is causing inconveniences to the RBP and to family members who have to escort the clients to Thimphu from other dzongkhags. To speed up treatment services the Bhutan Narcotic …

The former Minister for Economic Affairs and the current Education Minister Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk during the monthly meet the press session said that Bhutan’s hydro projects will not be affected by a power surplus and falling tariff rates in India. India’s main electricity regulator the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) had …