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The Royal Audit Bill 2017 is the only new legislative Bill the National Council (NC) will deliberate this session. It will be deliberated at the National Assembly in the next session. Presenting a brief background on the bill the NC’s legislative committee chairman, Tashi Phuntsho, said the Audit Bill was …
Read More »Missing boy’s death still a mystery as grandmother under medical evaluation
The grandmother of the four-year old boy, who went missing on April 27th and was found dead the next day in the Wangchu river, has been admitted in the psychiatric ward of the JDWNR hospital in Thimphu according to police. She has been admitted for further treatment based on her …
Read More »ICT is not an option: MoIC Minister
On April 27, 36 girl students from six schools cut a cake and then went on a tour to meet with women working in the IT divisions of various offices with the department of information technology and telecom (DITT). The tour was part of the Girls in ICT Day celebrations, …
Read More »A private water Co partnering with schools to provide clean drinking water
Mawongpa Water Solution, a private firm, is partnering with schools to provide clean and sufficient drinking water to students. As a start, the company will partner with Gomtu Middle Secondary School in Samtse. Mawongpa Water Solution founder Sonam Dorji said the company was interested in providing clean water in Gomtu …
Read More »Bangladesh media asks about BBIN and hydropower cooperation
The Bangladesh media contingent was most interested about talks on the BBIN agreement and the trilateral cooperation on hydropower. In response to questions on the issues form the Bangladeshi press contingent Foreign Minister Lyonpo Damchoe Dorji said BBIN motor vehicle agreement and the trilateral Hydropower Project MoU were among the …
Read More »Contractors say body needed to regulate unreasonable price fluctuation of materials
With prices of construction material perpetually rising, local construction contractors say an authority is needed to keep fluctuations at reasonable levels so that contracts do not suffer. “There is constant increase in the prices of cement and steel and contractors are affected because when we put in a tender it …
Read More »Establishment of three colleges in the East to start this year
The establishment of three colleges in the eastern part of country pledged by the present government will begin in July or August this year according to officials of the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB). One college will be established in Gyelposhing Central School where the school and college will co-exist …
Read More »Be ready to pay Nu 5000 for speeding
Increased fines for traffic offences are a key addition to the new Road Safety and Transport Bill, which is being drafted to replace the RSTA Act of 1999. “There is a need to increase traffic fines because the current amount has lost their deterrent effect,” a RSTA official said. The …
Read More »Thrompon and Thromde Ex Secretary’s different positions on tracksuit review
Last week there was a curious incident of the Thimphu Thrompon Kinley Dorji and the Thromde Executive Secretary Pasang Dorji giving different views from the same organization over review of the tracksuit notification. The Thimphu Thrompon in an interview to The Bhutanese clearly said that the tracksuit rule would be …
Read More »Off-season chillies hit the market at Nu 700 per kg
Kinley Dendup, who took an interest free loan from the Loden Foundation to start off-season chilli cultivation in Punakha a few months ago, has started selling his first harvest in the Punakha market. As the sole vendor with local chilli produce, Kinley is selling a kilogram of chilli for Nu …
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