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Government to support disadvantaged senior citizens

The government will look into how it can take care of the country’s elderly citizens, deprived of home and shelter, not based on what they see around the world but taking local traditions and culture into consideration. This was said by the works and human settlement minister Dorji Choden during …

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Graduates hope no prelims for next year

As pledged by the PDP government during its campaign Each year, more than half of the university graduates are screened out during the Royal Civil Service Commission’s (RCSE) preliminary exams, making them ineligible to appear for the main Bhutan civil service examination (BSCE), which most graduates feel is unfair and …

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A much better half for BOBL

The bank’s half yearly performance in terms of net profit have increased by 8.78% Despite a poor economic situation, the half yearly performance of Bank of Bhutan Limited (BoBL), the country’s largest commercial bank saw a significant progress this year as compared to the previous year. BoBL’s total deposits for …

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Setbacks of PHPA-I delay to be known by the end of next month

Bhutan could lose billions in revenue due to the geological blow for ‘setbacks are definite’ The precise time period of the delay and additional costs caused by the sinking of the right slope situated above the Punatsangchu Hydroelectric Project (PHPA) –I dam site will be known after September 19 when …

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Corporate Social Responsibility is not philanthropy

The study also offers various critical feedback with regard to CSR in the country Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the country is usually linked to philanthropic action which is a misconception, key findings of a general study by the Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) explains. The study by …

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BNCA introduces drug treatment and rehabilitation program

The Bhutan Narcotics Control Agency in collaboration with the Royal Bhutan Police inaugurated the Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation program for the prison inmates convicted for drug related offences on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at Thimphu District Jail. The inauguration was marked by lhab sang tursoel  ceremony of the session room …

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Suspect re-arrested after decades

A 48-year-old suspect involved in robbing a lhakhang in Rubisa gewog, Wangdue Phodrang in 1988, who had escaped from police custody 25 years back, was rearrested on May 10, 2013 at Mongar by the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP). The suspect, from Rubisa gewog, had broken into the Tshokhorlo lhakhang and …

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