A journalist, during the 17th Meet-the-Press session, asked the Prime minister on the plans and polices to retain professional government servants as many of them are moving to Australia to work in fields not relevant to them. Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay said that the government cannot stop people from moving to …

A workshop on protecting disabled children was conducted by Ability Bhutan Society (ABS) on 8th of July. Ten teachers who work at schools for students with special needs as well as 35 teachers from all over the country participated the training held at Changzamtog Lower Secondary School in Thimphu with …

The Annual Performance Agreement (APA) 2015-2016 was signed between the Prime Minister and the ministers of the 10 ministries yesterday in Thimphu. Ministry of Works and Human Settlement (MoWHS) took the top rank with a score of 94.95 out of 100 in APA 2014-2015. Minister of Works and Human Settlement, …

Greener Way a waste management company has alleged that Thimphu District Municipality (TDM) has chosen USD for the collection and disposal of waste of the North Zone at Nu.445,000 per month for a period of 5 years, while Greener Way was offering it at Nu.231,000 per month. Greener Way has …

With 361 suicide deaths between 2009 -2013 suicide has become a major issue in Bhutan. To address the issue the Ministry of Health supported by other stakeholders has come up with a Suicide Prevention Plan to be implemented over the next three years at a cost of Nu 29 mn. …

His Majesty the King of Bhutan has officially declared 2015 as the National Reading Year in the country. It is exciting and an appropriate year to mark Reading Year dedicated to His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo’s 60th Birth Anniversary. And the event has inspired many schools in the country …

And until we stop importing so much goods and services from India, we won’t be able to solve the Indian Rupee shortage that we face today. Given the small population that we have compared to one of the most populated countries on the planet, it is both a blessing and …

For a project whose costs escalated from the estimated Nu 35 bn at 2006 price levels to around Nu 97 bn today, one would have expected the Punatsangchu Hydroelectric Project Authority Management (PHPA) -I  to be more thrifty but an audit report shows otherwise. A joint audit report of the …

Infinity and ILFS will however have to show bills to claim the above In a final step to bring closure to the Bhutan Education City (BEC) project, the government has agreed to pay Nu 99.38 mn to the BEC project developers Infinity and Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (ILFS) to …

Yangphel CEO confident of a turnaround with improved approach road  In 2011 the National Pension and Provident Fund (NPPF) and Yangphel Housing partnered together on a ‘Home Ownership Project’ designed especially for NPPF members by starting the construction of 136 apartments in a three acre land in Kabesa, Thimphu. However, …