The Thrompon says that Phuentsholing one day will be the next Singapore Though not to perfection, but the border town of Phuentsholing has witnessed and undergone drastic development as compared to a decade or two. It’s likely to be a new town for those who haven’t been to Phuentsholing for long. Concrete buildings across the […]
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From 2008 to 2017, DHI and Group covered 50.30% of the total recurrent expenditures The government’s investment arm, Druk Holding and Investments (DHI), has set an ambitious target to fund the entire recurrent expenditure of the government projected at Nu 68.77bn by 2030. This is one of DHI’s 10-year plan, according to its publication ‘Into […]
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The delay in receiving payments from importers is a major issue confronted by boulder exporters while exporting boulders from Bhutan to Bangladesh. It has been learnt that payments for some exporters were blocked for months even after having had delivered the boulders to the destination. The exporters feel there could be discrepancy between the importers […]
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Many challenges wait to be addressed if our locally produced products are to meet international market standard Due to the lack of information on local food products, many food consumers are complaining about these food products. They say they have had purchased food items with valid dates, only to find out later that the food […]
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Development of private sector has been constrained by factors such as skills shortage, small size of the domestic market along with limited access to foreign markets, and lack of competition. Access to finance is also one of the repeated challenges voiced by the private sector. A World Bank report ‘Bhutan development report; a path to […]
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The development works on the much awaited township project along the left bank of the Amochhu in Phuentsholing have begun. The Construction Development Company Limited’s Project Director, TsheringDrupchu, during the stakeholders meeting on January 24, said the works on zone A have begun in November by AFCONS Infrastructure Limited and have not seen disturbances so […]
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Over Nu 7mn has been collected in fines from smuggling of banned vegetables More than 10 metric tons (MT) of vegetables worth Nu 15mn were seized following the ban of green chili, cauliflower and beans in the country from 2016 till December 2018. Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA) temporarily banned cauliflowers and beans […]
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The orange export this season is not only doing good business in Phuentsholing, but it is also expected to end early this time. The orange export season is estimated to last till January or the first week of February. However, in the past years, the season lasted till February end or March. The exporters believe […]
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Famers in many parts of hazelnut plantation areas have lost hope of reaping the benefits as hazelnut trees refuse to fruit even after a decade or so. However, Bhutan Mountain Hazelnut says farmers are impatient and hazelnuts have been harvested in older orchards A decade back, farmers in the east especially in Mongar and Pemagatshel […]
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The market is flooded with food products that are labeled in languages like Mandarin and Thai among others despite the Food Act of Bhutan 2005 stating that prepackaged food intended for sale in the country must be labelled either in English or Dzongkha. The Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA), Ministry of Agriculture and […]
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