The Bhutanese heard from two senior party officials of both the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Republican National Committee on their parties’ strategies for the upcoming 2016 United States Presidential race. The Democratic Party has been leading in most major polls on the General Election outcome between the two …

Bank advertisements announcing the auctioning of land, buildings and vehicles of lenders unable to pay back loans is an increasingly common occurrence. This is because the average Non Performing Loans or NPL touched a high of Nu 4.1 bn in 2015, which is the highest till date in terms of …

The weather was on a lot of practical minds before the 16th April Zhabdrung Kuchoe and naming ceremony of His Royal Highness The Gyalsey. This was because rain was forecast for Punakha on 16th April 2016 with a real possibility of the gathering in the Punakha Dzong and the public …

Dismissing some rumors about the Bhutanese co-pilot ‘fainting,’ the Druk Air Managing Director, Tandi Wangchuk said that it was in fact the Bhutanese co-pilot or First Officer Tshering Penjor who landed the plane safely in Guwahati during a hail storm strike. He said that happened because the Greek Pilot or …

Bhutan is normally in the news with one or two articles in a few days to a week, but the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on 14th April and their meeting with His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen saw around 3,000 plus international news …

when Helicopter services were first launched in Bhutan on 5th November, 2015 it was immediately put into medical service 12 days later on 17th November when an overdue pregnant woman in Laya BHU, with her fetus in a transverse position, was airlifted. Both the mother and child survived due to …

The Finance Minister Lyonpo Namgay Dorji said that the Ministry of Finance is currently studying the issue of maternity leave for State Owned Enterprises (SOE). “The SOE’s are independent with their own service rules and we cannot directly order them but we can indirectly influence them.” Lyonpo said that once …

With the cabinet and Royal Civil Service Commission recently announcing a six month maternity leave for civil servants, the women employees of government corporations and even private companies have been wondering about their fate. Lyonpo Dorji Choden in her capacity as a cabinet member and Chairperson of the National Commission …

The Prime Minister said that the recent cabinet reshuffle is in the larger national interest. The reshuffle saw the announcement of the resignation of the Education Minister, transfer of the Minister for Economic Affairs to the Ministry of Education and announcement of a new minister in the form of Bardo-Trong …

Workload for teachers to also be reviewed The recent cabinet reshuffle saw the announcement of the transfer of the Minister for Economic Affairs Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk to the Ministry of Education after the voluntary resignation of the current minister Lyonpo Mingbo Dukpa. The new, to be appointed Education Minister, acknowledged …