Marking the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of Child, which was celebrated on November 20, Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering signed the voluntary global pledge, renewing the government’s commitment to the full implementation of the Convention. The signing of the global pledge expresses the government’s renewed commitment …

The Board of the Druk Holding and Investments will a meeting in the first week of December to decide the pay and allowances of the 7,725 DHI staff working in 14 DHI companies including DHI itself. The expected outcome of the pay hike is that it will maintain the 15 …

ACC writes to the PM recommending need to institute a system of declaring Conflict of Interest in Cabinet meetings The Anti Corruption Commission has dropped the ‘Le Meridian’ (Thimphu) Fiscal Incentives case finding no policy corruption against former Minister Lyonpo Dasho Yeshey Zimba. The ACC said that 25 January 2018, …

It says ambiguities of Security Protocol for VVIPS 2014 must be fixed The Anti Corruption Commission dropped the ‘Wall Case’ of the former Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay finding no corruption or violation of the ACC Act, misuse of resources or any other wrong doing. The ACC said on 12 …

World Prematurity Day is observed on 17 November every year, with November month being the ‘Prematurity Awareness Month’. The day is observed to create awareness on the prevention and management efforts of prematurity and to provide support to families with preterm birth. The theme is “Born too Soon: Providing the …

The Department of Cottage and Small Industry (DCSI) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs will be organizing the annual Cottage and Small Industries (CSI) Fair from November 22-24, 2019 coinciding with the Global Entrepreneurship Week. The main objectives of the fair is to showcase CSI products, exchange ideas and to …

The Opposition Party in a recent press release (pg 8) had criticized the government’s one-year performance on several fronts in response to the government’s own one-year report. One criticism was on the issue of transparency with the Opposition asking the government to publicize the names of shareholders of Rigzom Academy, …

Points to failures in 120-day pledges, economy, employment, 12th plan, health, education, rule of law, transparency and rising social problems The Opposition Party, in an official press release today challenged several aspects of the government’s one-year report card and instead pointed to several areas where it said the government has …

In the first of its kind a collaborative book ‘India-Bhutan: Friendship Through The Decades and Beyond’ has been launched with nine articles on various aspects of the India-Bhutan relationship by a mix of Bhutanese and Indian writers giving two viewpoints on same areas. The topics are political ties, economics, culture …

Lyonchhen (Dr) Lotay Tshering participated in the 21-kilometre coronation run Bhutan Olympic Committee organised on the morning of 1st November to commemorate the 11th Anniversary of His Majesty’s Coronation in 2008. “I thoroughly enjoyed,” he said. “For a 50-year-old, to be able to complete the run without much practice, not …