The ranking should not be the yardstick to measure the ease of doing business says MoEA minister
Economy: Further impact of reforms made in the areas of ease of doing business would be visible in a year or two.
NA: The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) blueprint will be tabled to the cabinet for approval in March next year.
Those washing cars or storing construction materials by the roadside will be penalized
Thromde: To maintain the roads’ condition, Thimphu thromde will start deputing inspectors to monitor the roads in the city.
Aviation: The two patients airlifted from Laya in Gasa on November 17 are in stable condition.
Cricket: BCCB T20 Cup 2015 is underway at the Pelkhil Oval in Pelkhil School, Thimphu.
Diplomacy: The first annual bilateral consultation between Bhutan and Sri Lanka on November 16 in Colombo discussed several issues from political relations, trade, investment, tourism, human resource development, to cultural exchanges, and cooperation in regional and multilateral forums.
Preterm birth is the leading cause of neonate and infant mortality in the country
Health: One in every 10 children born in Bhutan is premature and the number of premature births across the country is growing, according to paediatricians.
Graduating into a middle-income country means losing access to multilateral LDC specific funds
UN: Bhutan has surpassed the thresholds on GNI per capita and human asset index, which makes it eligible to graduate from the status of a Least Developed Country (LDC) but its weak achievement in economic vulnerability index will be a challenge that Bhutan needs to pay attention to.
A new section against fronting was recommended for inclusion in the Companies’ bill
Council: The National Council yesterday directed its economic affairs committee to consider its recommendation of adding a new section in the Companies bill against fronting.
Health: Regional hospitals in Mongar and Gelephu will have to wait until the end of this Plan to have a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computerised Tomography (CT) scan equipment.
A drone was recently seized from a tourist in Paro. The tourist was using it to take photographs of Kichu lhakhang.
The activity may seem harmless but there is a need for drone use to be strictly restricted or banned until regulations are in place.
Decision leaves 25 BSc students and their parents worried
Education: The four-year BSc Nursing course, for 25 Bhutanese students studying in Indo Asian Academy Degree College in Bengaluru, India, is hanging in the air after the college, consultant and parents are caught up in disagreements over a financial aid programme.
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