The King urged citizens to work in unity and to confront the challenges, and also acknowledged civil servants across the country for their service to the nation While the limelight of the National Day this year was on civil servants, His Majesty the King, in his address to the nation …

The government, on Wednesday this week, approved the Implementation Strategy of the Economic Stimulus Plan (ESP) and will lend Nu 2.1bn, almost half of the total Nu 5bn ESP to local banks. The government will charge the banks an interest of six percent, which the banks would then provide as …

The family members of the 13-year-old girl who was brutally raped and murdered in Sarpang on April 12 this year are still awaiting justice. Sarpang police are waiting for the DNA report due from Kolkata where samples of blood and stains collected from the crime scene were sent in May. …

The Opposition Leader has been elected as the new DPT president Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) president Jigmi Y Thinley on Tuesday made way for Opposition Leader (OL) Dr Pema Gyamtsho to fill in his position. Having served for six years with his party, former Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley officially …

The DPT in its recent meeting appointed 10 MPs to be in charge of the 10 ministries similar to the shadow ministers system present in countries like the United Kingdom, Canada etc. The DPT prefers to call them a more diplomatic ‘opposition in charge of the ministry’ though the function …

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 …