The DPT in its recent meeting appointed 10 MPs to be in charge of the 10 ministries similar to the shadow ministers system present in countries like the United Kingdom, Canada etc. The DPT prefers to call them a more diplomatic ‘opposition in charge of the ministry’ though the function …

Four men topped all three categories of the Bhutan Civil Service Examination (BCSE) while the overall pass percentage dropped to 62 percent this year, from last year’s 79 percent, as per results that the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) declared on Thursday. Kezang Wangchuk, 24-year-old from Kangapara, Trashigang who holds …

The 2013 Elections, was equivalent to the ‘Bhutan Spring’ – where a powerful and increasingly autocratic political structure fell down to put the world’s smallest Opposition party in power. There were several factors like- the state of the economy and unemployment, but the critical voices and stories that surfaced in …

The PM has instructed that all govt payments be cleared within the month to help the banks 11 o’clock Monday morning saw worried heads of all financial institutions trooping in to meet the Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay who had called for the meeting to discuss the non- performing loans (NPLs) …

In the early years of the previous government the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) had come out with a Performance Audit on the construction of the Tala project. The RAA report while appreciating the construction of the project pointed out several lapses including avoidable costs, overpayments and lapses in the project. …

Lately, the country has seen an increase in the number of diplomatic passport holders which could lead to high chances of misuse of the document in the absence of stern rules and regulations in place. One of the concerns raised is that the value of the diplomatic passport would be …

The Cabinet sets up a national level task force to finalize the ESP within a week   The latest draft Economic Stimulus Plan (ESP) of the PDP government has recommended a Nu 5 bn stimulus plan up from the earlier Nu 3bn ESP pledged by PDP during the campaign process. …

A high-level advocacy meeting on climate change and protecting human health from its impact was conducted in the capital yesterday. During the event, representatives from the World Health Organization (WHO), National Environment Commission (NEC) and Department of Public Health (DoPH) made presentations on various topics. Climate change leads to change …

The Gyelpoizhing land allotment case takes center stage yet again, as hearings on 70 pending civil cases for land recipients began on November 26 at the Mongar District Court. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed restitution case against 71 land recipients following the Gyalpoizhing land case that ended early this year …

Bhutan has embarked on a mission to help mitigate climate change, and at the same time, curb the country’s Indian Rupee (INR) shortfall by way of encouraging the use of electric vehicles. This is evident from the government’s recent executive order to lift the ban on electric vehicles, recent media …