The Bhutanese Leading the way.
Ever since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, Bhutanese have been the recipient of an extraordinary monetary assistance firstly in the form of the Interest Payment Support Kidu from His Majesty The King, followed by a blanket loan deferral for more than two years from March 2020 to …
Read More »First of its kind Semjong Integrated Water Supply Scheme project launched
Lyonchen Dasho Dr. Lotay Tshering graced the inauguration ceremony of the Semjong Integrated Water Supply Scheme in Tsirang on 26 November 2021. Officials from His Majesty’s Secretariat, MoAF, MoWHS, Armed Forces, De-suung, and DHI joined the Local Government and the people of Dangreygang Chiwog under Semjong Gewog to mark the …
Read More »DPT accuses Govt of policy and political corruption in 12th Plan reprioritization
The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) in a press release said it came to learn during the recent reprioritization of the 12th Plan activities, some critical national programs have been dropped, and the Government has diverted disproportionate amount of budget to the Prime Minister’s and Bye-Election Constituencies. The party said further, …
Read More »Remittance rush continues with record breaking Nu 5.139 bn till Aug 2021
In 2020 Bhutan saw the highest ever remittance flow of Nu 8.269 billion (bn). This was higher than the combined remittance of Nu 2.901 bn in 2019 and 3.032 bn in 2020. It was theorized by some that the 2020 remittance may be a one off due to COVID and …
Read More »RAA finds MoF used General Reserve Funds for Finance Minister’s Constituency and Dzongkhag
The 2020-21 Annual Audit Report has found that the Ministry of Finance (MoF) transferred Nu 19 mn from the ‘Local Government Election’ budget under the General Reserve to fund capital works activities in various Gewogs under Paro Dzongkhag during the Financial Year (FY) 2020-21. Of the five Gewogs that got …
Read More »As PDP asks for action over GRF issue Finance minister replies and PDP rebuts again
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in a press release said acknowledged the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) for the thorough investigation and its report on the misuse of General Reserve Fund (GRF) by the Finance Minister Namgay Tshering. PDP’s say “We are alarmed that the Finance Minister who is charged with …
Read More »RAA says Nu 123.16 mn in malpractice and abuse by STCBL
Total of 133 mn under Fraud and Corruption in RAA Annual Audit Report The Royal Audit Authority (RAA) in its Annual Report of 2020-2021 said it found Nu 123.16 mn in malpractices and abuse by the STCBL. Of the total 133.066 mn under the fraud and corruption heading the bulk …
Read More »Bhutan at COP26
The UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, UK is happening from 31 October to 12 November 2021against the backdrop of the latest IPCC Report which showed that unless there are sustained and large-scale reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, the Paris Agreement goal of 1.5 degree Celsius will be impossible …
Read More »RUB suspends lecturer and forwards case to RBP
After conducting its own investigation in the Sherubtse Harassment case, the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) has suspended the assistant lecturer Dorji Phuntsho, and handed his case over to the police. The RUB Vice Chancellor Nidup Dorji said, “We have handed over the case to the Trashigang Police for further …
Read More »His Majesty Concludes Royal Tour of the South
His Majesty The King arrived in Thimphu after a Royal Tour of the South on 21 October, and entered quarantine. During the tour, His Majesty visited Gelephu, Samtse, Lhamoyzhingkha and Phuentsholing. While in Samtse, His Majesty met with the De-suups training in the 46th Batch De-suung Training Programme in Tendruk, …
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