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 …

The National Assembly today accepted all the five changes recommended the National Council to the Civil Service Reform Bill. The four changes were minor changes in language and does not affect the bill while the main and fifth change was the removal of section 31 by the NC which said …

A first of its kind assessment was done on gender issues in major hydropower, road and bridge construction project sites in Bhutan, including communities in the vicinity of those sites. Though the construction industry accounts for more than 5 percent of the total labor force, only 13 percent of them …

With various opinions and concerns of the Members on the complexity and the technical nature of the Civil Liability Bill of Bhutan, the National Assembly shifted the session into a plenary for an in-depth deliberation on the topic of Principles of Liabilities in Negligence. During the plenary session held with …

His Majesty The King granted citizenship Kidu to 579 individuals at the Tendrelthang on 24th November 2022. The recipients took part in an Oath Taking Ceremony, and received an Audience with His Majesty The King.  His Majesty The King has granted citizenship to around to 25,000 people till date, in …

Bhutanese World Cup fans can take part in two World Cup events supported by BNB. They can firstly watch live world cup matches for free on a large screen at the volleyball ground in Changlimithang in a collaboration between the Bhutan Football Federation and the Bhutan National Bank. The facility …