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With 19 ‘yes’ votes and two ‘abstaining’ votes, the National Council adopted to submit the issue regarding the legality of the Business Opportunity and Information Centre (BOiC) to His Majesty the King. The Upper House argued that the setting of BOiC is illegal as per the Civil Service Act as …
Read More »Government looking at possibility of starting online lottery
The government is looking into the possibility of starting an online lottery business. The Finance Minister, Lyonpo Namgay Dorji, said the government has approached Switzerland and Singapore where the online lottery business is popular. This was revealed during the question-hour session of the National Assembly session on May 26. MP …
Read More »Draft Public Private Partnership policy invites private sector to provide infrastructure and services
Two main economic challenges that have bedeviled the government is the weak condition of Bhutan’s private sector and also limited resources to provide a host of public infrastructure and services. In an effort to address both of the above, the Ministry of Economic Affairs has come up with a draft …
Read More »No plans for a slaughterhouse in Bhutan: Prime Minister
During the question hour session in the National Assembly on May 19, North-Thimphu MP, Kinga Tshering, questioned the government on its alleged plan of setting up mega livestock processing plants that will include butchering of cattle and pigs in the country by December 2015. He said such a livestock processing …
Read More »Bhutan gets Nu 1.943 bn excise duty refund for 2014
A delegation led the Director General of Directorate General of Inspection, Customs and Central Excise, Government of India (GoI), P.K Mohanty, visited Bhutan, from May 13 to 22, for verification and qualification of the Excise Duty Refund (EDR) claim of the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) for 2014. During the …
Read More »Now Government says there never was a slaughterhouse plan
A senior government official, on the condition of anonymity, told this paper that the government had no plans for a slaughterhouse as was being widely discussed. Weather this final stance is due to modification of plans or a simple rectification of a major miscommunication is expected to be officially clarified …
Read More »Bhutan will attempt to break the tree planting Guinness World Record on 2nd June
In a first ever, Bhutan will be attempting to break a very green Guinness World Record as part of the 60th birth anniversary celebrations of His Majesty the Fourth King. The record attempt which will be held on 2nd June 2015 will involve planting at least 40,886 trees by 100 …
Read More »Meat shops in Thimphu get fantastic sales before month long ban
Meat shops in the capital city are crowded with just three days left for them to be closed for the next one month. Vendors are even running short of meat to meet the increased demand as people rush to buy stocks for the next one month. Meat shops that this …
Read More »Bhutan’s tourism sector feels the Nepal quake
157 cancellations within just 20 days Ever since the major earthquake in Nepal on 25th April 2015 around 20 days ago the Tourism Council of Bhutan has seen 157 cancellations from 31 tour companies almost all from the Kathmandu sector. Given that the tariff is USD 250 per tourist and …
Read More »Health strategy asks ministries to set aside 1% of budget for health promotion
The Ministry of Health has come up with a National Health Promotion Strategic Plan (NHSP) 2013 – 2023 that all major government ministries and agencies allocate at least one percent of their annual budget for health promotion activities related to the respective agencies. This is because under the plan the …
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