Bleak picture of secondary market growth October 3: The miniature stock market of this small Himalayan kingdom did not show any brim hopes of expansion this year as well with only six out of 20 companies registered for trading made transactions. The share market has no formal setting and very few active players, thanks to … Read more
October 2: The violent strike by the earthquake on September has finally opened up Druk vision for setting building standards and codes to avoid any further disaster in future. A team of Bhutanese engineers have visited the disaster hit areas in eastern districts this week to assess the situation and to study the technical fault … Read more
October 2: The new media industry of the country gets yet another media outlet, when Bhutan got the first women magazine on Wednesday, in less than a week the country received first specialized magazine on business and economy. The country’s first magazine exclusively on feminine content “Yeewong” adds glamour and color to Bhutanese society, which … Read more
September 30: Possibly for the first time in Bhutanese history that government initiated debate on freedom of expression, independence and pluralism on which media thrives, recently in Thimphu. The gathering sponsored by UNESCO was called by the Ministry of Information and Communication where representatives from the sponsoring UN agency, government and media outlets attended, primarily … Read more
A highly placed source at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that altogether 16,000 Bhutanese citizens have been resettled in various developed countries so far. The statistics update from the UNHCR showed that until April 11, 2009 some 10,934 individuals have resettled in the United States of America under the third country … Read more
The Royal government of Bhutan will receive a total of IRs 5.6 billions in grants in the new fiscal year 2009-10 from the government of India
The government projects ton create at least 16,000 jobs for jobseekers in the next four years, when the first elected government ends its tenure
The ongoing session of the Lower House National Assembly has concluded that civil service bill contradicts with some provisions in anti corruption commission act, election act and royal audit authority act
A veteran writer vice Chairman of the National Council, Upper House, Karma Ura has resigned from the post owing to health conditions
Four members from the family of human rights leader Tek Nath Rizal have flown to Canada on Monday under resettlement program