BHUTAN TODAY The New Perspective

Chimmi Dema, a 21 year-old (born 1997, from Nobgang, Punakha) 1st year student of RTC is one of the most promising female athletes in the country. She is the first Bhutanese female to win the full marathon 42kms – Bhutan International Marathon 2017. Chimmi also won many Marathons and Cycle races including the recent off-road Thunder Dragon Marathon (28th May …

  By Kinley Yonten The Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) does not have a Tourism Act or a comprehensive tourism policy, according to the Royal Audit Authority’s (RAA) latest performance report of Tourism sector. The tourism bill and draft policy were under discussion since 2005. In the absence of these basic legal instruments, RAA observed a lack of concerted effort …

Prime Minister Tshering Tobgday has lambasted the Druk Namrup Tshogpa for making noise so that they may be seen and heard. The issue follows what DNT said about the government’s fiscal policy. They asked for the Prime Minister and the Finance minister’s resignation reasoning that the fiscal incentives the government decided was unconstitutional. The Prime minister hit where it hurts …

  By Tshering The Bhutan Development Bank Limited (BDBL) launched a new core banking solution, ATM Switching System Migration and Correspondence Bank in Thimphu on Friday. BDBL was using the Ascend Banking System (ABS), which was procured in 2007, while functioning as a credit institution. Now BDBL will transform its technology infrastructure creating a strong platform to support its business …