Of the ten submissions made by the business community, seven were shot down by the PM for lack of intelligence Almost a month after the private sector submitted their wish list to the government through the Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (BCCI), the government responded to the issues at …
Read More »Detoxification and Treatment Center at Gidakom
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has proposed a 50-bedded Detoxification and Treatment Center at Gidakom in Thimphu in the 11th five year plan. The Center to be built on a four acre land at Gidakom is mainly for the treatment for alcohol and drug dependence cases. Initially it was planned …
Read More »New and improved Pedestrian Day will not allow taxis
Save for a not-so-distant reaction to be pre-empted from the Taxi community, the Business sector should stand appeased for now as the government has taken into account a fair share of their Pedestrian day proposal. The BCCI Secretary General, Phub Tshering said the private sector’s submission was clearly to provide …
Read More »The not-so-curious case of Patient Kali Maya
The absence of a mental asylum for patients who wander aloof to different places and authorities brings the need to establish suitable facilities high on agenda for the country’s authorities and policy makers who are yet to figure out their lines of jurisdiction to handle such cases which are noticeably …
Read More »National roads and highways unsafe for Motorcycles
It is not safe to ride motorcycles on the roads of Bhutan. And this piece of warning comes from the people who are designated experts when it comes to roads. Also, while this debate comes to light only just now at home as to whether a motorcyclist is exposed to …
Read More »PM and ministers will return land in Gyelpozhing Township
The Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley and ministers who have land allotted to their names in the Gyelpozhing Township will voluntarily give back the land to the government. “As a show of appreciation and support for the work of the ACC, shall voluntarily return to the government land allotted …
Read More »14, 281 cases of violation and 80 deaths in nine months
And those are not the death toll accounts from a natural catastrophe or that from a massive crime scene. It would actually come as a bit of a revelation that an everyday thing such as commuters, highways and pedestrians could amount to such nauseous concoction of unending paper works and …
Read More »Bhutan drops to 111th position in Economic Freedom Index
The index is jointly compiled by the Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal The government in Bhutan may not yet have acknowledged the severity of the economic crisis facing the domestic economy but a slew of international economic rankings show that all is not well with Bhutan’s economy. Just short …
Read More »National Butterfly not strictly national but survival is now on the cards
The sightings of the supposedly Bhutan-reserved Ludlow’s Bhutan Glory in India could mean that the national Butterfly is not endemic to the country. For the species however it is good news as it ups the chances for survival. Recently on 3 November, sightings of the Ludlow’s Bhutan Glory were reported …
Read More »Druk Chirwang Tshogpa joins the 2013 race after registering with ECB
Druk Chirwang Tshogpa yesterday registered as the second party to enter the 2013 fray at 11.30 am in the Election Commission. This will now push the list of prospective players from three to four parties in 2013. “We submitted a list of 45 candidates out of which some are tentative …
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