MPs lock horns on maternity leave
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Assembly: Of the 9,228 women civil servants in the country, 606 have availed the six months maternity leave, according to a report labour minister Ngeema Sangay Tshempo...
View ArticleNon-uniform labourers will be routed through proper channel
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Immigration: Project DANTAK and IMTRAT have agreed to bring their non-uniformed employees under labour and immigration laws the government has pointed out to the National...
View ArticleAmochhu land reclamation project to start in October 2017
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Infrastructure: If everything goes according to plan, the Amochhu Land Reclamation and Township Project in Phuentsholing is expected to start by October next year.
View ArticleBe ambitious, not pompous
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Entrepreneurship: Wanting to become rich overnight had killed many a brilliant business ideas.
View ArticleTeach a man to fish…
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : In a move towards self-sufficiency, almost 70 percent of freshwater fish demand in the east is now being met by local fisheries.
View ArticleNC rejects BBIN agreement
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Council: Foreign minister Damcho Dorji yesterday spent one and a half hours in the National Council session explaining the merits of the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal...
View ArticleImport of seaweed banned
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : But shops continue sales of the product Food: Citing toxic levels of heavy metals in seaweed products, the Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority banned the import...
View ArticleIndia forms task force to facilitate notes-exchange for Nepal, Bhutan
Sify : IN : Kathmandu, Nov 17 The Reserve Bank of India has formed a task force to deal with the issue of providing note-exchange facility to Nepali and Indian residents in the Himalayan nation who...
View ArticleIndia hopes Bhutan will join BBIN Motor Vehicles Agreement
Yahoo! News : US : New Delhi, Nov 17 After the upper house of Bhutan's parliament rejected a move to have the country join the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal Motor Vehicles Agreement ), India on...
View ArticleIndia forms task force to facilitate notes-exchange for Nepal, Bhutan
Yahoo! News : US : Kathmandu, Nov 17 The Reserve Bank of India has formed a task force to deal with the issue of providing note-exchange facility to Nepali and Indian residents in the Himalayan nation...
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Kuensel Newspaper : BT : The State Trading Corporation of Bhutan launched the Toyota Prius, a hybrid technology vehicle in Thimphu yesterday
View ArticleBhutan's private sector underdeveloped: WB
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Employment: Growing unemployment in Bhutan can be attributed to several intra-personal and societal reasons. The demand and preference to join the public sector by jobseekers...
View ArticleBabesa sewage treatment plant upgrade to begin soon
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Sewage: Thimphu thromde has contracted work to construct and upgrade the sewerage treatment plant in Babesa to 12 million litres per day capacity. The total capacity at present...
View ArticleCustoms Act in the offing
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Council: The National Council yesterday deliberated on the Customs Bill, which aims to modernise customs administration in the country.
View ArticleMongar town residents ask dzongkhag to shift fuel depot
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Safety: Mongar town residents have requested dzongkhag officials to shift the Bhutan Oil Distributor fuel depot out of the town.
View ArticleRoad contractor fails to meet deadline
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Pleads for a nine month extension Road: Blacktopping of the Tingtibi-Praling stretch on the Tingtibi–Panbang road continues despite the contract period of 15 months expiring on...
View ArticlePreventing forest fires through public involvement
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Fire: Forest officials in Wangdue conducted an awareness campaign on forest fire management in schools and communities in Wangdue and Punakha, recently.
View ArticleKhuruthang's sewerage network finally completed
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : Facility: With a sewerage network finally completed residents of Khuruthang town in Punakha are looking forward to living in a cleaner environment.
View ArticleNA debates defining fronting as a criminal offense
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : NA's legislative committee will review inclusion of fronting in the Penal Code Assembly: While 'fronting' has been recognised as major source of revenue leakage for the...
View ArticleHonouring the rule of law
Kuensel Newspaper : BT : It is heartening that Project DANTAK and IMTRAT have agreed to streamline non-uniform labourers in accordance with the labour and immigration laws. This is a good example set...
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