His Majesty The King graced the inauguration of the Kurizam-Gyalposhing Highway, built under the Desuung National Service Road Project. The inauguration ceremony was presided over by His Holiness the Je Khenpo.  The road was widened and improved to a higher standard with the aim to pilot quality road construction, develop …

A 17-year-old girl from one of the schools in Punakha ended her life in late November after an alleged argument with her schoolmate in Punakha. According to an official from Punakha Dzongkhag Education, the deceased had been transferred to Punakha from Lhuntse this year to improve her performance in studies, …

His Majesty The King graced the Attestation Parade of the 78th Batch Male Recruits and the 2nd Batch Female Recruits of the Royal Bhutan Army, at Tencholing in Wangduephodrang on 21st December 2021. The 151 men and 149 women who have completed the yearlong training will now join the Royal …

According to the Royal Monetary Authority’s (RMA) annual report of 2021, the retail transactions have gradually shifted from paper-based to electronic forms since the adoption of the digital payment system. It states that due to the pandemic, it has become increasingly important to adopt and use new digital technologies in …

The Facebook page of the Association of Bhutanese in Perth Incorporated (ABPI) with around 8,900 members is a good place to go to to get a pulse of what is happening in the largest Bhutanese settlement in Australia. The posts from members are usually about social events, job openings, business …

The Australian Government has announced that the student visa work hours’ restrictions which had been temporarily relaxed from January 2022 to meet a workers’ shortage will end on 30 June 2023. Before January 2022 those on student visas were not allowed to work more than 20 hours a week or …

The Joint Sitting of the Parliament endorsed Royal Bhutan Police (Amendment) Bill 2021 on 7 December with all the 70 members in the House in favour of the amendment. The Joint Sitting deliberated on all the 9 disputed clauses. The Joint Committee was instituted to review the disputed clauses, deliberate …

Under the category of fraud and corruption the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) has listed four issues against the Pendent Cement Authority Limited (PCAL) The PCAL had cases of its 3 employees working in the Finance and Procurement Division deploying vehicles registered in their names or in the name of their …

The Chairperson of the Good Governance Committee (GGC), Member of Parliament (MP) Tenzin presented the committee’s review report on the Anti-Corruption’s Annual Report 2021-2022 in the National Assembly (NA). After presenting the review report, he submitted five recommendations to the House, to enhance the effectiveness and efficient functioning of ACC …

In what will come as a major relief for people in rural areas the National Assembly accepted the National Council proposal to reduce the 0.1% land tax on Kamzhing land (dry land) by 50% if it is under cultivation. Chuzing or wet land had already been granted a 90% tax …