Monthly Archives: December, 0
New tax reform adopted despite stern opposition
Essential items for affected students
Boys lose all their belongings
Biggest Thongdroel consecrated
Fuel and LPG become costlier
The price of petrol, diesel, kerosene and LPG will increase from tomorrow. A litre of petrol will cost Nu. 47.69. That is an increase of Nu. 3.5.
Foreign land ownership not necessary: NC
The Economic Affairs Committee of the National Council have reviewed that it is not necessary to allow foreign land ownership to meet Bhutan’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policy objectives. One of the Committee members remarked that unlike manufacturing and industrial sectors where FDI companies seek to own land, attracting FDI in the service sector is not determined by the land ownership aspect.
NA decides to increase the National Work Force wage rate
Religious heads share experiences
A weeklong Annual Dratshang Conference began today in Thimphu. Lam Netens from 20 Dzongkhags, Secretaries, Shedra Uzins, five Lopens and Sector Heads from Zhung Dratshang are attending the Conference. The opening was graced by his Holiness the Je Khenpo.
4 killed in an accident
Three men and a woman were killed on the spot when the WagonR taxi they were travelling in fell 1,100 ft below the road. The accident occurred at Lumi-tsawa in Punakha while they were travelling from Lobesa to Thimphu.
Reports on Bhutanese student molestation not true
With regard to the reports by the Indian media that a 14-year-old Bhutanese girl studying in Kodaikanal Public School in Chennai was molested by a faculty member, the Royal Bhutan Embassy in New Delhi has carried out an investigation on the case. According to the release from the Embassy there are no Bhutanese students studying in Kodaikanal Public School.
