On January 31 2018, a week after the first flush of this season’s snowfall in Haa, Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP) announced Lam Dorji, former Finance Secretary, as its candidate from Bji-Katsho-Uesu constituency in Haa. The party also opened its Dzongkhag Party Office amid much excitement of its members and supporters …

The Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) conducted awareness workshop regarding Package Pilgrimage Rules and Regulations 2017 in 10 places which includes Phuentsholing, Gedu, Thimphu, Samdrup Jongkhar, Bangtar, Narphung, Gelephu, Tingtibi, Panbang and Dagana in the month of January. An OCP official said, “OCP …

The regional Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA) office in Phuentsholing has introduced an online driving test (eTest) to curb the culture of favoritism and nepotism, as perceived by the public, in the issue of driving licenses. “We have many traffic rules to maintain smooth and safe traffic and one …

Druk Gaki Tshogpa held its first party convention on 14 January where its founder, Chheku Dukpa, popularly known as Jackson Drukpa, was unanimously elected as its president. He secured 54 votes of around 64 members who were present there. A civil engineer by profession and currently working in a private …

Druk Gaki Tshogpa, a new political party, is ready to register with the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) after it holds its first convention on 14 January this year. The party is confident it can win the election. Party founder Chheku Dukpa, a civil engineer by profession and currently working …

Some government schools in Thimphu have decided students shall wear T-shirts and shorts instead of tracksuits during Health and Physical Education (HPE) periods and annual sports days. “The decision is the resolution of the teacher – parent meeting where the school management board resolved that students of Changzamtog Lower Secondary …

The Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan Limited (RICBL) has launched a new insurance policy called Nyekor Nyensung for people travelling on pilgrimage. Nyekor Nyensung is a comprehensive travel insurance policy for Bhutanese pilgrims travelling both within and outside the country. The insurance policy aims not only assure safe and sound …

Responding to queries on the alleged prevalence of rampant undercutting in the tourism industry the prime minister said, “undercutting is illegal”, during the meet the press session on December 27. “While it is quite possible that undercutting maybe in practice, how rampant it is needs to be questioned because we …

The Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and its stakeholders such as Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan Limited (RICBL) will initiate an advocacy program on the Package Pilgrimage Regulations 2017, which came into force on November 24, 2017, …

An incident in which a Subash Transport passenger coaster bus which was parked at the Road Safety and Transport Authority’s (RSTA) bus station in Phuentsholing moved forward without driver and caught fire burning a part of the office has once again put the issue of safety and monitoring by RSTA …