DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

The National Assembly (NA) endorsed the Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between the Royal Government of Bhutan and Government of India (GoI) during its session on Thursday. The Royal Government of Bhutan has signed the agreement with GoI for the avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with …

The National Council (NC) that has again taken up the issue of mining and natural resources conservation has passed three recommendations with regards to the sector’s activities and future direction during its session on Thursday. Councilor Jigme Rinzin, chairperson of the council’s natural resources and environment committee said that it …

The 67 kilometer Shingkhar -Gorgan highway construction that runs through a core tiger habitat at Thrumshingla Park, which is said to have been stranded because the previous government faced a budget shortage, is now underway. The agriculture and forests ministry’s minister Yeshey Dorji said for the last ten years there …

36 enthusiast housewives from the Changjiji community in Thimphu have enrolled themselves in the free literacy classes provided by Read Model Center under Read Bhutan in Changjiji. The center provides one hour class, four times a week. The class has been divided into basic and advance categories with 24 and …

Thimphu Tech Park Limited (TTPL) is very important, given the huge investment that has been made by the government on it, Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay told local reporters on Thursday. Lyonchhen said the TTPL, if it succeeds, will help out the private sector, as it is likely to create employment for …

The first session of the second parliament shall discuss the issue A pledge by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) government that has most of the urban sections of the country waiting, may soon be realized as the Tenancy Act is slated to be discussed in the first Parliamentary session of …

And that the government needs time to deliver Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay once again shared his concerns on the employment issue and reiterated on his earlier stand that the responsibility lies with the government to provide employment opportunities. At the government’s first ‘Meet the Press’ session last Thursday, Lyonchhen said, …

At the 21st round of boundary talks between the Royal Government of Bhutan and the Government of the People’s Republic of China was held in Thimphu on August 22, the two sides agreed to conduct a joint technical field survey in the first week of September in Pasamlung area in …

In the press conference on August 20, the four-member delegation announced, among others, Japan’s intent to establish an embassy in Thimphu after the end of their fiscal year in March. “The lower house fully supports the notion of a Japanese embassy in Bhutan,” said Mr Katsuyuki Kawai, “And we shall …

The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has said that the same procedures as the National Assembly (NA) general elections will be employed for the first by-election of the National Assembly in Nanong-Shumar constituency. ECB announced in early October 2013 as the start of the election process with a Royal Decree …