Noting that the MTR began early, with only two years of the 11th FYP having been completed, in order to commemorate the review of socio-economic and plan development goals with His Majesty the Fourth King’s Birth Anniversary, the progress of the Ministry of Woks and Human Settlement was presented. The …

This newspaper, ran a story around two weeks ago on three children who were begging for food as their family was going through very difficult circumstances. The paper brought out the story to highlight the growing phenomena of urban beggars in Bhutan. We expected some reaction and then the interest …

On August 26th 2015 by the time I reached home I was ready for a nap because it was a long day at the training centre followed by the long walk back home but I saw my neighbor was taking all their furniture out. I thought the young couple was …

The two women at the heart of the ‘chilli controversy’ Daw Zangmo (27) and Mindu Wangmo (26) denied the RBA press release allegations of them sleeping with other men or having male ‘customers’. In the interview with the paper they, for the first time, gave their own version of events …

Unknown to most, the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) and the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) have been engaged in a long standing and escalating tussle since 2010 over who has the final authority on Human Resource decisions like recruitment, promotions, administrative actions etc for ECB. The RCSC, through all …

After this paper did a story on three children begging for food on the streets in Thimphu, there have been some major developments in the lives of the children and the family. There is a reason why the girls, 8-year-old Tshering Uden and 6-year-old Khandom are full of smiles these …

Tenzing Lamsang/Thimphu The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) in the recent past had been at logger heads with the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) over the need to have more independence in terms of its Human Resource (HR) options. In fact the main heart of ACC’s demand for more independence was …

Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR) met with the employers and employees, mostly women, of eleven drayangs across Thimphu. Director, MoLHR, Jigme Thinley briefed them on the Labour Act 2007. He said that MoLHR is enforcing the provident fund (PF) scheme in drayangs, where 5 percent of amount is …

Druk Holding and Investments (DHI) and Loden Foundation have collaborated to jointly promote entrepreneurship in Bhutan by providing a new business financing window “Loden-DHI Fund” to aspiring entrepreneurs. It was launched on September 2, in commemoration of the 60th Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye …

Statistics show that each year there is an increasing number of IT graduates and lesser jobs to go around. According to the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources, the IT job vacancy in government agencies has reached a saturation point. This is main reason why one of the biggest groups …