In a clear and unequivocal message His Majesty the King in the 107th National Day Address said that the highest risk to development in Bhutan is corruption. “Our national development efforts will be hindered by unchecked corruption,” said His Majesty. This strong message of His Majesty the King was also …

Just a couple of days after the Cabinet announced the handing over of three secretaries; the social media went into a tizzy over a leaked letter allegedly written by MoEA Minister Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk to the Prime Minister on 24th October 2014 over the Enertia issue. The letter showed Enertia …

The Opposition party has called on the government to reinstate the three surrendered government secretaries while the RCSC carries out an investigation, effectively adding a political twist to a bureaucratic drama so far. It has also accused the government of not following due process and surrendering the secretaries in a …

The government, in a press release issued on yesterday morning, announced its decision to hand over three Government Secretaries to the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC), and also discontinue the Committee of Secretaries (CoS). The Secretaries are the Cabinet Secretary, Dasho Penden Wangchuk, Ministry of Economic Affairs Secretary, Dasho Sonam …

The Bhutanese is in possession of the letter sent by the Foreign Secretary to the Indian Ambassador on 2nd December 2014. The letter was sent on the instructions of the Committee of Secretaries (CoS) to protest against some news articles in Enertia and allegations of corruption in the hydropower sector. …

The Cabinet decision to surrender three Secretaries and discontinue the Committee of Secretaries (CoS) is mainly based on the four meetings held by the CoS between October 2 and November 27, which discussed two articles published by ENERTIA. The issue first came up through a letter from the Ministry of …

The National Assembly on Monday, 1st December 2014 endorsed and passed the Human Rights Committee (HRC) report that recommended that Financial Institutions (FIs) should not publish the pictures of loan defaulters in the media. It says that the final decision to publish such pictures or not should be left to …

Asenior Royal Bhutan Police official in Samtse said that he was ‘100 percent sure’ that the death of the maid was not caused by ‘rape and murder’ as alleged by some Indian media outlets. He said that when the police reached the spot the maid was found lying in the …

Concerned with an Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) report against Rabdhuen, the sole private company dealing in explosives, and also a separate Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) report, the cabinet is looking into the possibility of the government taking over the explosives sector. The cabinet already met and discussed the issue a …

This is also in the backdrop of concerns over the performance of some of its MPs and some government decisions   The PDP government came to power in July 2013 with a mandate of change, and one of the first things the party did was to come up with an …