BBSCL

The Bhutan Standards Bureau (BSB) has flagged defective fuel dispensers and inaccurately calibrated digital weighing machines during its ongoing verification of weights and measures in four districts. The inspection which began earlier this month covers Dagana, Tsirang, Sarpang, and Zhemgang. Officials said while most of the mechanical weighing machines were found to be accurate and reliable, many digital weighing machines...

While unlimited late-night data plans offered by the two telecommunications company in the country have been there for some time, their benefits and drawbacks remain a highly contested subject. While the Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA) says the benefits outweigh the risks, people are calling for a rethink. In the silent hours of night, when most are asleep, a...

An initiative designed to promote sustainability is, ironically, placing unsustainable pressure on banks. Bank of Bhutan alone has Non-Performing Loans amounting to over Nu 41 M from more than 30 EV taxi owners. The bank has already seized five taxis as part of its loan recovery measures. As of March this year, some 32 EV taxi owners have failed to...

Imagine being able to plan road construction, protect farmland from floods, or respond faster to disasters, all by looking at a map. That is now possible in the country, thanks to new digital topographic maps. The Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA, handed over two maps to the land commission today. The maps were developed as part of the “Project for...