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 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. …

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 …

Gross National Happiness (GNH), the most talked about subject is also least known to many in the remote pockets of the country. 22 peer coordinators under Nazhoen Yarab, an organization under Yarab Communication which deals with youth-related issues has started a project on education and advocacy on GNH in far …

The Wangduephodrang Dzongkhag Court, last week, pronounced its verdict on Dorji Gyeltshen who was alleged of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl on the night of June 26. The court found him guilty of the offence and was slapped a prison term of nine years. In the verdict, passed on November …

In what could be another milestone for the nation’s first and only private mobile company, TashiCell is all set to launch the third generation (3G) network on December 3 in Thimphu, with the services initially available in places like Thimphu, Paro, Punakha, Bajo in Wangduephodrang, Gelephu, Gedu, and Phuentsholing. Until …

Ambassador of Australia to Bhutan, Patrick Michael Suckling presented his credentials to His Majesty the King at the Tashi Chhodzong yesterday morning. Ambassador Suckling also called on Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay and Foreign Minister Rinzin Dorji. Lyonchhen extended a warm welcome to the ambassador and congratulated him for having presented his …

Jigme Pelden, 36, who once contemplated suicide after all the pain he went through in life, is now a happy responsible father who earns for the welfare of his children, and also writes about his life. Jigme, originally from Goenpakarp under Lhuentse, was painting a four-storey building in Phuntsholing when …