Acknowledging the need of local human resources development in the field of cultural heritage management, research and policy, the Department of Culture and Bhutan Nyo Foundation (BNF), a religious organization founded under Sumtrhang Chojee entered into an understanding to enhance manpower and professional expertise needed for the Department of Culture as an authority overlooking Bhutan’s […]
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The Department of Information Technology and Telecom (DITT), information and communications ministry (MoIC) will launch the Bhutan Space Week from February 17 to 23, in commemoration of the 40th birth anniversary of His Majesty the King. Hereafter, the space week would be an annual event. “The space program in the country was started under the […]
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Following the government’s announcement to introduce Goods and Services Tax (GST) at 7% in the National Assembly, a Public-Private Dialogue on GST was held at the office of the Bhutan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI) yesterday afternoon. The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister, Finance Minister, parliamentarians, government officials and stakeholders from the […]
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Financial Institutions Training Institute (FITI) conducted a winter training program for students at Thimphu from January 6 to 17 to equip them with entrepreneurship skills. The training included 24 students aged between 13 to 16 years from different schools. The participants were selected based on writing skills or business ideas through a social website. They […]
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Vehicle sale in Bhutandropped last year, but the number still passed the healthy revenue generator for second hand cars brokers. Vehicle showrooms sold more than 1,500 new cars. Although buyers spent more on vehicles, showrooms had to prop up sales with record discounts, according to vehicle sold report 2019. Following a long trend, around 70% […]
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The Office of Attorney General (OAG) forwarded the Japan’s Learn and Earn Program (LEP) case against the owner and a business partner of Bhutan Employment Overseas (BEO) along with nine other staffs to the district court yesterday. The OAG charged owner of BEO Jurmey Tshewang and his partner Tenzin Rigden for 697 counts of forgery […]
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Paro police apprehended six men for alleged smuggling of more than thousands of sex toys along with some other Chinese goods on November 29 this year. The suspects were arrested from Tsento gewog in Paro. All of them were men from Tsento. The seized articles are worth around Nu 200,000. The smuggled goods were contained […]
Read MoreStandard Operating Procedure (SOP) for multi-sectoral response will address Trafficking in Persons in the country. The objective of the SOP is to provide clarity on the roles and responsibilities of all relevant agencies and to strengthen coordination among key stakeholders in preventing and combating TIP in a more effective and efficient manner, in line with […]
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Aspiring to become the country’s biggest ever all-in-one online market platform, Dragon Coders Private Limited (DCPL), a team of Bhutanese developers launched a user-friendly app called Zhabtog a week ago. “It is an Indian Amazon version of Bhutanese made and provides different choices with variable price range,” said DCPL’s Chief Executive Officer, Leki Choden adding […]
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In a bid to supply schools and hospitals with domestically produced quality food and vegetables, 464 farmers of 29 groups were linked to 18 schools and a hospital in Trongsa Dzongkhag. The farmer groups have signed the agreement with the schools last month and they will supply their vegetables to schools and hospitals on a […]
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