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The countryโ€™s first and the only financial newspaper, Business Bhutan Private Limited, was conceived on June 1, 2009 and officially launched on September 26 the same year. The main motivation behind starting the weekly newspaper was to cater to the growing corporate and business sector in the country. The idea was to establish a newspaper with a unique niche of its own, primarily focusing on business and finance, offering more in-depth news coverage in these fields.

๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉBy Ugyen Tenzin, ThimphuOn June 19th, 2024, His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wan...
22/06/2024

๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ
By Ugyen Tenzin, Thimphu

On June 19th, 2024, His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, affectionately known as King Jigme beyond Bhutan, received honorary doctorate degrees from seven distinguished Thai universities in various fields. This latest accolade is not His Majestyโ€™s first, yet it has filled the Bhutanese people with immense pride and joy. The recognition is seen as a testament to the monumental endeavors His Majesty has undertaken since his enthronement. Moreover, citizens say that this honor acknowledges His Majestyโ€™s role in setting exemplary standards for global leadership.
https://businessbhutan.bt/celebrating-21st-century-leadership/

22/06/2024

๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‡๐‡๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ซ: ๐๐Œ

The opposition member from Khaling-Lumang, Lam Dorji, asked the Peoples Democratic Party about their pledge that the party would send one person from each household either to Australia or Canada, by offering incentives. However, the PM said that the government will not be doing this to all households. โ€œIf someone from one household has left also, we will not be able to help them. It is for the economically disadvantaged, who require financial assistance.โ€ The PM mentioned that by sending one family member from the poor families, he/she will be able to work, acquire skills and ultimately help other members of the family.

The PM further said those children from poor families who wish to avail this kind of assistance should study hard.

Speaking further, the PM said that an office to assist those who are returning to Bhutan or those who wish to is being set up. The main function of the office is to help and assist those returning on opportunities that Bhutan has for them. The PM said that the government would assist them in ventures they can invest, business establishments they can start and also ways through which they can join the civil service if they wish to.

22/06/2024

๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ฃ๐จ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐‰๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ก๐š๐ซ

As one of the main promoters of our culture are the film and entertainment industry, the National Assembly (NA) member from Tsirang Toe, asked the Home Minister about measures and possible areas of support from the government to the entertainment industry, both in Bhutan and those living beyond.

Underlining that a major problem faced is in marketing or showing films made, the Home Minister said that movie theatres would be constructed in Samdrup Jongkhar and Bajo. He further added that in the 13th FYP, a film city/studio would also be constructed.
Going further, the minister said assistance would also be provided to non-commercial films including documentaries. The government has plans to support six movies per year, apart from providing guidance and other support.

เฝขเพ’เพฑเฝฃเผ‹เฝเฝ–เผ‹เฝ“เฝ„เผ‹เฝ‚เฝฆเฝผเผ‹เฝ–เฝ เฝฒเผ‹เฝ˜เฝเฝฆเผ‹เฝ˜เฝ†เฝผเฝ‚เผ‹เฝ•เพฑเฝฒเผ‹เฝ˜เฝฒเฝ เฝฒเผ‹เฝฃเฝบเฝ“เผ‹เฝ“เฝฒเผ‹เฝจเฝฒเฝ“เฝ˜เผเฝขเพ’เพฑเฝฃเผ‹เฝเฝ–เผ‹เฝ“เฝ„เผ‹ เฝ‚เฝฆเฝผเผ‹เฝ–เฝ เฝฒเผ‹เฝฃเฝฆเผ‹เฝ‚เฝกเฝผเฝ‚เฝ”เผ‹เฝ˜เผ‹เฝฃเฝ„เผ‹เฝ”เฝขเผ‹เฝกเฝผเฝ‘เฝ”เผ‹เฝฃเฝฆเผ‹ เฝ‚เฝฆเฝผเผ‹เฝ–เฝ เฝฒเผ‹เฝžเฝ–เฝฆเผ‹เฝเฝผเฝ‚เผ‹เฝฆเพคเพฒเฝผเฝ‘เผ‹เฝ“เฝฒเฝ ...
22/06/2024

เฝขเพ’เพฑเฝฃเผ‹เฝเฝ–เผ‹เฝ“เฝ„เผ‹เฝ‚เฝฆเฝผเผ‹เฝ–เฝ เฝฒเผ‹เฝ˜เฝเฝฆเผ‹เฝ˜เฝ†เฝผเฝ‚เผ‹เฝ•เพฑเฝฒเผ‹เฝ˜เฝฒเฝ เฝฒเผ‹เฝฃเฝบเฝ“เผ‹เฝ“เฝฒเผ‹เฝจเฝฒเฝ“เฝ˜เผ

เฝขเพ’เพฑเฝฃเผ‹เฝเฝ–เผ‹เฝ“เฝ„เผ‹ เฝ‚เฝฆเฝผเผ‹เฝ–เฝ เฝฒเผ‹เฝฃเฝฆเผ‹เฝ‚เฝกเฝผเฝ‚เฝ”เผ‹เฝ˜เผ‹เฝฃเฝ„เผ‹เฝ”เฝขเผ‹เฝกเฝผเฝ‘เฝ”เผ‹เฝฃเฝฆเผ‹ เฝ‚เฝฆเฝผเผ‹เฝ–เฝ เฝฒเผ‹เฝžเฝ–เฝฆเผ‹เฝเฝผเฝ‚เผ‹เฝฆเพคเพฒเฝผเฝ‘เผ‹เฝ“เฝฒเฝ เฝฒเผ‹เฝฃเฝดเผ‹เฝ‚เฝ‘เฝผเฝ„เผ‹เฝฃเฝ“เผ‹เฝ–เพฑเฝดเฝ„เผ‹เฝ‘เฝผเผ‹เฝกเฝผเฝ‘เฝ”เผ‹เฝจเฝฒเฝ“เผ เฝ‘เฝ€เฝ เผ‹เฝ„เฝฃเผ‹เฝ–เฝฆเฝฃเผ‹เฝ“เฝฒเฝ เฝฒเผ‹เฝ‘เฝผเฝ“เผ‹เฝฃเฝดเผ‹ เฝ‚เฝžเฝดเฝ„เผ‹เฝ‚เฝฒเฝฆเผ‹ เฝ‚เฝฆเฝผเผ‹เฝ–เฝ เฝฒเผ‹เฝ˜เฝเฝฆเผ‹เฝ˜เฝ†เฝผเฝ‚เผ‹เฝ•เพฑเฝฒเฝ เฝฒเผ‹เฝขเพ’เพฑเฝฃเผ‹เฝเฝ–เผ‹เฝฃเฝฆเผ‹เฝฃเฝบเฝ“เผ‹เฝ“เฝฒเผ‹เฝจเฝฒเฝ“เผ‹เฝ˜เฝฆเผ

เฝ‘เฝบเผ‹เฝกเฝ„เผ‹ เฝ‚เฝฆเฝผเผ‹เฝ–เฝ เฝฒเผ‹เฝ–เพณเฝผเฝ“เผ‹เฝ”เฝผเผ‹เฝขเพŸเผ‹เฝ˜เฝ‚เพฒเฝฒเฝ“เผ‹เฝขเพกเฝผเผ‹เฝขเพ—เฝบเผ‹เฝ‚เฝฒเฝฆเผ‹ เฝ‘เผ‹เฝฃเพŸเฝผเผ‹เฝšเฝผเฝ‚เฝฆเผ‹เฝกเฝผเฝ‘เผ‹เฝ”เฝ เฝฒเผ‹เฝฆเพ’เฝ„เผ‹เฝกเฝผเฝ‘เผ‹เฝ˜เฝฒเผ‹เฝฆเพคเพฑเฝฒเผ‹เฝšเฝผเฝ‚เฝฆเผ‹เฝ“เฝ„เผ‹เฝฆเพณเฝ–เผ‹เฝกเฝผเฝ‘เฝ”เผ‹เฝจเฝฒเฝ“เผ เฝ•เพฑเฝฒเผ‹เฝ˜เฝฒเผ‹เฝ‚เฝฆเฝผเผ‹เฝ–เฝ เฝฒเผ‹เฝ˜เฝเฝฆเผ‹เฝ˜เฝ†เฝผเฝ‚เผ‹เฝšเฝดเผ‹เฝกเฝ„เผ‹ เฝ‚เฝ“เฝฆเผ‹เฝฆเพเฝ–เฝฆเผ‹เฝ€เพฑเฝฒเผ‹เฝ‘เฝผเฝ“เผ‹เฝฃเฝดเผ‹เฝจเฝฒเฝ“เฝ˜เผ‹เฝ‘เผ‹ เฝ‘เฝ„เฝดเฝฃเผ‹เฝ•เฝผเฝ‚เฝฆเผ‹เฝกเฝ„เผ‹เฝ‚เฝžเฝดเฝ„เผ‹เฝ‚เฝฒเฝฆเผ‹เฝฆเพคเพฒเฝผเฝ‘เผ‹เฝ“เฝฒเผ‹เฝจเฝฒเฝ“เฝ˜เผ‹เฝ‘เผ‹ เฝ เฝ–เพฒเฝดเฝ‚เผ‹เฝ‚เฝฒเผ‹เฝฃเฝฆเผ‹เฝ‚เฝกเฝผเฝ‚เฝ”เผ‹เฝ‘เฝ„เผ‹เฝ•เพฑเฝบเฝ‘เฝ”เผ‹เฝ‘เผ‹ เฝ˜เฝเฝผเผ‹เฝ‘เพฒเฝ‚เฝฆเผ‹เฝฆเพฆเฝบเผ‹เฝฆเพคเพฒเฝผเฝ‘เผ‹เฝ“เฝฒเผ‹เฝจเฝฒเฝ“เผ‹เฝ˜เฝฆเผ
https://businessbhutan.bt

22/06/2024

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ซ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐

About two years ago, when Taktshang and its surrounding areas were designated as a National Heritage Site, 27 households (HHs) who were running businesses had to shut their shops. However, the then government assured them that they would be compensated, which has not yet happened.

During question hour on June 21st, 2024, the National Assembly (NA) member from Lamgong Wangcha, Paro, asked the Minister of Home Affairs about the measures being taken to compensate the affected people.

In response, Home Minister Tshering acknowledged the issue. He informed the Assembly that when the shops were shut, the government provided three alternatives to the affected people: the government would buy all the goods they had, they could sell the goods from their homes, or they could use avenues like Kaja Throm to sell their products.

The Home Minister also noted that the 27 households are not the only ones affected. Those who were doing business in Dechenphug and Chimi Lhakhang also had to relocate when these areas were designated as heritage sites.

Nonetheless, the Minister said that the government is looking into the matter and assured that the people would be compensated.

22/06/2024

๐‘๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐ง ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ

Arecanut (doma) is one of the most important cash crops in southern Bhutan. However, as farmers can sell the product only through the Jaigaon office of India, those far away from Jaigaon are unable to benefit. The National Assembly Member from Shompangkha constituency, Sarpang, asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade about the measures undertaken by the government to assist these farmers.

In reply, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (M*FAET) explained that the Indian government does not permit any other country to export arecanut to India. However, due to the close relationship between India and Bhutan, 17,000 metric tons of the nut can be exported by Bhutanese farmers.

โ€œWe have requested the Government of India (GoI) to permit our farmers to sell the nut through Samdrup Jongkhar, Gelephu, Lhamoizingkha, and Nganglam,โ€ the Minister said. He further mentioned that the GoI was positive about this request. โ€œDue to the Indian elections, the Indian central government might not have had the opportunity to speak with the state governments of Assam and West Bengal,โ€ the Minister added.

๐๐€ ๐š๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅBy Dechen Tshomo, ThimphuThe National Assembly (NA) on Friday unanimously adopted the M...
22/06/2024

๐๐€ ๐š๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ
By Dechen Tshomo, Thimphu

The National Assembly (NA) on Friday unanimously adopted the Marriage Amendment Bill of Bhutan after the Chairperson of the legislative committee, Kuenga moved the motion for the adoption of the Marriage (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2024. The National Assembly has amended only one section of the bill, which pertains to the marriage age for females. With it, the marriage age is raised from 16 to 18 years.
https://businessbhutan.bt/na-adopts-marriage-amendment-bill/

๐‹๐จ๐š๐ง ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž๐‘น๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’‘๐’๐’‘๐’–๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’๐’‡ ๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’—๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐’…๐’Š๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’šBy Tashi Nam...
22/06/2024

๐‹๐จ๐š๐ง ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž
๐‘น๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’‘๐’๐’‘๐’–๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’๐’‡ ๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’—๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐’…๐’Š๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’š
By Tashi Namgyal, Thimphu

Access to rural credit is a compounding issue, which, if not taken care, could prove to be a menace for the country later on. While dzongkhags like Thimphu, Paro and Chhukha continue enjoying the fruits of rural loans, there are dzongkhags like Gasa, Lhuentse and Trashiyangtse which are still struggling to have access to credit.
https://businessbhutan.bt/loan-accessibility-still-an-issue/

๐‡๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž: ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซโ€ฆ..๐’‰๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“, ๐’Š๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’Ž ๐’”๐’๐’๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’By Sherab Dorji, Thim...
22/06/2024

๐‡๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž: ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ
โ€ฆ..๐’‰๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“, ๐’Š๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’Ž ๐’”๐’๐’๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’
By Sherab Dorji, Thimphu

Facing an acute shortage of health workers, the government has implemented temporary measures to address the crisis, including hiring expatriate health professionals at higher pay rates than national workers.

Health Minister Tandin Wangchuk acknowledged the shortage, stating, โ€œIt is true that there is a shortage of health workers in the country, and the government had to hire health workers.โ€ He emphasized that the measure is temporary and that the government had no choice but to pay expatriate workers more due to the urgent need.
https://businessbhutan.bt/hiring-expatriate-health-workers-imperative-health-minister/

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ˆ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ญ๐ก ๐…๐ข๐ฏ๐ž-๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐งBY Sherab Dorji, ThimphuIn an effort to boost agricultural product...
22/06/2024

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ˆ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ญ๐ก ๐…๐ข๐ฏ๐ž-๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง
BY Sherab Dorji, Thimphu

In an effort to boost agricultural productivity and economic growth, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MoAL) has included 24 irrigation water channel projects in the 13th Five-Year Plan (FYP).

Agriculture Minister Younten Phuntsho announced that these projects are expected to cover approximately 140 kilometers of irrigation channels, benefiting around 4,000 acres of land and 2,700 households nationwide.
https://businessbhutan.bt/24-irrigation-projects-included-in-13th-five-year-plan/

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ By Sangay Rabten, ThimphuThe Ministry of Finance (M*F) and the Royal Monetary...
22/06/2024

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ 
By Sangay Rabten, Thimphu

The Ministry of Finance (M*F) and the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) are collaborating to strengthen the Bhutanese economy through a comprehensive monetary policy for financial institutions. This initiative was highlighted by Finance Minister Lekey Dorji during the parliamentary session on June 21, in response to a query from a Member of Parliament (MP) Yeshey Jamtsho.
https://businessbhutan.bt/comprehensive-monetary-policy-in-the-offing/

๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆBy Sherab Dorji, ThimphuTourism is not important just for the gov...
22/06/2024

๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ
By Sherab Dorji, Thimphu

Tourism is not important just for the government to earn revenue. It is important as there are many stakeholders of the industry, who depend on it. Further, the government is committed towards ensuring balanced development in tourism across the country.
https://businessbhutan.bt/government-committed-to-balanced-development-in-tourism/

๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐๐ŒBy Tashi Namgyal, ThimphuReplying to a question about the human resource policie...
22/06/2024

๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐๐Œ
By Tashi Namgyal, Thimphu

Replying to a question about the human resource policies that the government is undertaking to fill in gaps created by attrition of civil servants during question hours on June 21st, 2024, Prime Minister (PM) Dasho Tshering Tobgay replied that compared to other countries Bhutan has sufficient civil servants. Additionally, the PM said that the government is in dialogue with the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) and other related agencies to address the issue.
https://businessbhutan.bt/bhutan-has-sufficient-civil-servants-pm/

๐‘๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐คBy Sangay Rabten, ThimphuOne of the common pledges made by the Peoples Demo...
22/06/2024

๐‘๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ค
By Sangay Rabten, Thimphu

One of the common pledges made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bhutan Tendrel Party (BTP) was to increase rural life insurance from Nu 30,000 to Nu 150,000. While there are indications that this may remain a pledge as the government has not included any increase in this component in the budgets of 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, the minister of finance, Lyonpo Lekey Dorji, told the paper that the 13th Five Year Plan is already under deliberation in the 1st Session of the Third Parliament for implementation from July, 2024, and the Governmentโ€™s pledge to increase life insurance from Nu.30,000 to Nu.150,000 is still a work in progress.
https://businessbhutan.bt/rural-life-insurance-increase-out-of-the-pack/

๐๐„๐‘๐Ž๐‹๐€๐‚ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‹๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎBy Dechen Tshomo, ThimphuNEROLAC, a leading name in innovative pa...
22/06/2024

๐๐„๐‘๐Ž๐‹๐€๐‚ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‹๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ
By Dechen Tshomo, Thimphu

NEROLAC, a leading name in innovative paint solutions, has launched its latest offerings in Bhutan. On June 21st, the NEROLAC TSรˆN showroom opened its doors at Changzamtok in Thimphu, providing customers with a state-of-the-art color picking technology and an extensive range of high-quality paints.
https://businessbhutan.bt/nerolac-introduces-latest-painting-solutions-in-thimphu/
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๐„๐๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ:๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซOn June 19, 2024, within the venerable walls of the historic Paro Dungkhar Dzong, a momentou...
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๐„๐๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ:
๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ
On June 19, 2024, within the venerable walls of the historic Paro Dungkhar Dzong, a momentous event etched a new chapter in Bhutanโ€™s history. Seven prestigious universities from Thailand conferred honorary doctorate degrees upon His Majesty the King. This is not the first time His Majesty has been honored in such a distinguished manner, yet each accolade remains invaluable, representing recognition of His Majestyโ€™s exemplary leadership across different significant themes.
https://businessbhutan.bt/leader-of-the-hour/

๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญBy Nidup Lhamo, ThimphuThe Ministry of Agriculture and Livestoc...
21/06/2024

๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ
By Nidup Lhamo, Thimphu

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MoAL) is making efforts to facilitate and enhance export of agri-commodities including vegetables to improve the income and livelihoods of farmers.
https://businessbhutan.bt/government-taking-steps-in-bolstering-agricultural-export/
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Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Royal Government of Bhutan

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐€๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž (๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ) ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’The Chairperson of the Legislative Committee mov...
21/06/2024


๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐€๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž (๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ) ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’
The Chairperson of the Legislative Committee moved the motion for the adoption of the Marriage (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2024 today.

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ข๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐ฒ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ...
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๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ข๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐ฒ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Š๐ฎ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

The Member In-charge of the Agreement, the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, moved the motion for ratification of the Air Services Agreement between the Royal Government of Bhutan and the Government of the State of Kuwait 2024 today.

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INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAYHundreds of yoga enthusiasts, including Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay and Indian Ambassador...
21/06/2024

INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY

Hundreds of yoga enthusiasts, including Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay and Indian Ambassador Sudhakar Dalela gathered at the Clock Tower Square to celebrate International Yoga Day this morning. This global event, held annually on June 21, was established by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), thanks to the relentless efforts of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The International Yoga Day 2024 theme is โ€œYoga for Self and Society.โ€ This subject emphasizes the double benefits of yoga practice: enhancing personal well-being and improving society at large.

In its resolution, the UNGA recognized that "Yoga provides a holistic approach to health and well-being apart from striking a balance between all aspects of life."

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Modi is set to lead the International Yoga Day celebrations in Srinagar today, highlighting the worldwide significance and unifying spirit of this ancient practice.
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20/06/2024

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19 June, 2024: Seven Universities from Thailand presented honorary doctorate degrees to His Majesty The King, in a cere...
19/06/2024

19 June, 2024:
Seven Universities from Thailand presented honorary doctorate degrees to His Majesty The King, in a ceremony held at the Dungkar Dzong today.

Delegations from the universities, led by the respective University Presidents, travelled to Bhutan to present the honorary degrees.

His Majesty thanked the Universities for their meaningful gesture of recognition, and the people and Kingdom of Thailand for their genuine friendship and goodwill for Bhutan.

The Universities share a close connection with Bhutan, and have educated many Bhutanese students. The honorary degrees presented to His Majesty further strengthens the ties of close cooperation between the education sectors of the two countries.

His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

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๐“๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ In India's prestigious business award in celebrating excellence in business, the Washington Digital University, United States of America, conferred an Honorary Doctorate Award to a Bhutanese horticulturist in New Delhi today. Rinchen Pelzang, 40, was awarded a Doctorate in Horticulture Science and Development by the Yellow Achieverโ€™s Award. The Yellow Achiever's Award is a prestigious corporate award platform that recognizes and honors remarkable achievements, innovation, and dedication in the business community. It is a platform to recognize companies, entrepreneurs, individuals, organizations, and service providers around the world for their creativity, innovation, quality, leadership, excellent performance, and achievements in their respective fields. Rinchen Pelzang, 40, a retired civil servant, established Bhutan's first commercial seeds and seedling nursery, 'Bhutan Seedlings', in 2009. The nursery started as a small-scale operation in Punakha and later expanded to two acres of land. The aim is to promote sustainable conservation and diversity of horticultural fruits, ornamental plants, and vegetable seeds and seedlings. The nursery supplies seeds and seedlings nationwide, enhancing food security and creating job opportunities, in addition to providing free seedlings and technical support to monasteries and schools. He is also a recipient of the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam International Award 2023.

The residents of Phuentsholing experienced heavy rainfall this evening. Waterlogging were witnessed at Bhutan-India gate and some other parts.

๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ณ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ In yet another tryst between Mt. Everest and the Bhutanese people, 67 year-old Nim Gyaltshen from Bhutan finished the Everest Marathon in 7hrs 39 minutes just now. The Everest Marathon is an Annual International High Altitude Adventure Sports Event held on May 29 from Mt. Everest Base Camp, celebrating the historic Everest ascent by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1953. Video Courtesy: Kinga Tshering

Bhutan Waste Bank stakeholder's meeting. Greener Way Bhutan Association of Women Entrepreneurs Bhutan Ecological Society Department of Surface Transport, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport Association for Recycling, Innovation and Environmental Services Royal Body Guards @project dantak

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Underground sewage outburst. Location: Expressway, infront of IBest Studio. Time: 1300 hours, May 3, 2024

The Management and Staff of Business Bhutan express our heartfelt gratitude to the Father of Modern Bhutan on the auspicious occasion of the birth anniversary of the Third Druk Gyalpo. May the paths laid down by His Late Majesty continue to unfold countless opportunities as the country progresses along the 21st century and beyond.

Third Meet-The-Press PM on the Wobthang Organic Wonders (WOW) project

#NowHappening A fire has started on the slopes adjacent to the Royal Bhutan Army cantonment in Samarzingkha, Thimphu. Firefighters are rushing to the scene to prevent any further escalation of the conflagration.

A forest fire above the Yangchenphhug HSS in Thimphu due to sudden gush of strong winds has prompted firefighters and rescuers to be alerted on the spot ASAP.

๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ โ€™๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž; ๐€ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐›๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ By Nidup Lhamo, Bumthang For over two decades now, Bumthang Deshi has been able to feed its people with rice that is exclusively grown locally. This dry winter climate zone has achieved a major miracle with a good yield of paddy since its introduction in 2004. Despite Bumthangโ€™s success story, the region now is hanging by a thread as challenges loom. https://businessbhutan.bt/bumthangs-battle-a-tale-of-resilience-against-rice-blast/ Bhutan Media Foundation UN Bhutan GEF Small Grants Programme

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