Bhutanese can now have a complete organic bath at their homes with the first ever organic soap out in the market. It took 18 months to design, develop and procure the necessary equipments to produce the soap for Bio-Bhutan. It will also be the first ever commercially produced bathing soap in the country. Called the Bio-Soap, it is branded as a complete skin treatment based on gso-ba-rig-pa tradition. The soaps come in two sizes. The small bars, which... (more...)
The Chief Election Commissioner of Bhutan, Dasho Kunzang Wangdi , talks to Business Bhutan’s Sonam Pelden, after allegations by a research group that the electronic voting machines used in India can be tampered The Chief Election Commissioner of Bhutan, Dasho Kunzang Wangdi What do you think about the recent EVM incident in India? There are a lot of people who try to challenge the EVM but so far no one has been successful. Similar machines from... (more...)
The first independent Dzongkha newspaper, Druk Neytshuel, is all set to launch tomorrow amid concerns of a limited market The chief editor and deputy CEO, Chungdu Tshering Will number seven prove to be lucky for the Dzongkha newspaper that will be launched tomorrow? The answer remains vastly divided among the existing six newspapers all of whom feel that the market is already saturated in numbers. But Druk Neytshuel is here to carve its own niche... (more...)
Mobile phone ban in schools will be strictly enforced; government will help to find jobs for former gang members; maximum punishment for regrouping gangs is community service Tattooed teenage girls in baggy pants and tight tops stood with their male friends from different gangs at the official disbanding ceremony of the gangs of Thimphu Thursday afternoon. “I am confident that I will respect the pledge and never again form a gang or be a member... (more...)
The Motithang Takin Preserve has doubled the number of takins and has major plans to improve the Preserve including charging fees for visitors The reason to visit the Motithang Takin Preserve below the BBS town in Sangaygang in Thimphu has doubled with the Preserve having doubled the number of national animal taking the total number to 14 now. The new takins were translocated to the Preserve as part of an initiative to increase the genetic diversity... (more...)
Following an acute shortage of Science and Mathematics teachers in the country, the education ministry introduced a scarcity allowance in 2006 for the subject teachers from India, letting them earn more than their Bhutanese colleagues. But after four years of complaining and cajoling, Bhutanese teachers who teach Science and Mathematics will get their rightful share of the allowance, Business Bhutan has learnt. “I think it is fair to also give the... (more...)
Reviving the lifeless stock market and streamlining a proper system of rupee management in the country will be the top two priorities of the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA), the newly appointed governor of the central bank has asserted. “The dead stock market and the rupee management are on my priority of my work list,” said Daw Tenzin, 54, after being appointed the first governor of the central bank by His Majesty the King on Wednesday. Despite... (more...)
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