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Relax evaluation guideline to include graduates, say contractors
Works and Human Settlement Secretary, Phuntsho Wangdi, Contractors say the finance ministry’s evaluation guideline is too restrictive and needs to be relaxed. The guideline restricts contractors from...
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Local contractors and CDCL at loggerheads
Local contractors in the country are asking the government to provide a level playing field while competing with the government in the construction sector. Most contractors feel the Construction...
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Of declining Golden Mahseer
Department of Livestock under agriculture ministry says the endangered fish species, Golden Mahseer could decline up to 80 percent in the future, if conservation efforts are not initiated. Golden...
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Bhutan trains custodian of Xylography
Ten monks of Dechenphodrang Monastic School in Thimphu are undergoing a training to preserve one of Bhutan’s oldest art form of engraving letters on wooden blocks. They are the first group to undergo...
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Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting launched
A report, Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting in Bhutan, has been launched to address gender discrimination. The report says some noticeable forms of discrimination still continue in education,...
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Labour ministry to investigate Qatar case
Labour ministry has started a probe to determine whether more than 50 Bhutanese were not paid their monthly salary in Qatar. The Bhutanese, working for Quality Hyper Market in Qatar, supposedly did not...
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Labour ministry cuts the number to send jobseekers abroad by half
Instead of 30,000 jobseekers the labour ministry had initially planned to send abroad, they will now send only 9,000 by the end of 11th plan. Labour minister, Ngeema Sangay Tshempo said they have...
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BOiC to operate as Rural Enterprise Development Corporation
The controversial Business Information and Opportunity Centre (BOiC) will now operate as Rural Enterprise Development Corporation Limited. The finance minister, Namgay Dorji said it will continue to...
View ArticleRules for Publication
Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority’s (BICMA) Rules for publication leaves publishers unhappy and confused. The post Rules for Publication appeared first on BBS.
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Dismal voter turnout for LG elections in Phuentshogling grave concern: PM
The Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay, during the recent Midterm Review, said poor voter turnout for Local Government Elections in Phuentshogling is a grave concern. Lyonchhen said there are many people...
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New technique to keep elephants at bay
After electric fencing failed to keep one of the most intelligent animals at bay in what is considered elephants’ hotspot conflict zone, a time had come for a new technique. The villagers of...
View ArticleBhutan records lowest inflation in last two years
Price of goods and services in the country remained more or less stable since early last year. In fact, the economy recorded one of its lowest inflation in the last two years. Bhutan’s consumer...
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Awarding works to lowest bidder compromising quality: contractors
Some contractors say awarding tender to the lowest bidder is compromising the quality of infrastructure in the country. The lowest quoted bid is the amount quoted by the bidder whereas lowest evaluated...
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Qatar case of unpaid Bhutanese workers “not severe”
Labour ministry will not send officials to investigate the case of unpaid Bhutanese workers at Quality Hyper Market in Qatar. Bhutanese Embassy in Kuwait has recommended the ministry not to send...
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Complaints filed with ACC increasing with LG elections approaching
Just like five years ago, the number of complaints filed with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is increasing as the Local Government elections draw closer. ACC’s complaint trend analysis says the...
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Security guard shoots co-worker
Druk Punjab National Bank’s security guard allegedly shot his co-worker, this afternoon. Thimphu police said the 60-year-old suspect was under the influence of alcohol during the incident. The...
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Duty Free Shop inaugurated
The finance minister, Namgay Dorji inaugurated the Duty Free Shop of the newly formed State owned enterprise, Bhutan Duty Free Limited in Thimphu, today. Bhutan Duty Free Limited’s CEO, Kapil Sharma...
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Our towns need a transport planner: Thrompons
As the towns in the country grapple with traffic congestion, the thrompons of two major towns; Thimphu and Phuentshogling suggest a transport planner to be included in the National Transport Policy....
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Would Bhutanese women take up HPV testing by self sampling?
A research is being carried out to see if the women in the country will take up Human Papilloma Virus testing by self sampling. Health officials say Bhutanese women are reluctant to come for Pap smear,...
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Court reviewing DPT versus Dasho Benji’s case
Thimphu District Court has not summoned Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and the Advisor to the National Environment Commission, Dasho Paljor J. Dorji, popularly known as Dasho Benji since February, this...
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