On 24 August 2022 the Bhutan Football Federation (BFF) announced that the wining tender bid for the replacement of the artificial turfs at the Changlimithang National Stadium and the Changjiji worth USD 560,000 in total or Nu 45.87 million (mn) was awarded to an international sports supplier company named Limonta …
Read More »Fight against sexual harassment and rape boosted by recent judicial verdicts and victims coming forward
It is said that a court speaks through its verdicts and in recent times a string of verdicts from the Supreme Court, High Court and even district court shows a higher conviction rate of sexual harassment cases and a willingness to give weight to the voices of victims. The verdicts …
Read More »India hikes Chukha tariff by 45 Cheltrums per unit
A joint statement on the visit of His Majesty The King to India announced that the Bhutanese side welcomed India’s offer to revise the tariff of the 336 MW Chukha project to Nu 3 per unit, which represents a 17% increase over the earlier tariff. The tariff currently is Nu …
Read More »Prime Minister says no change in stance on border talks and nothing new was said
This is after Indian media outlets misrepresented his interview to a Belgian newspaper and blew it out of proportion The Prime Minister Dasho Dr Lotay Tshering told The Bhutanese that he had said nothing new in his statements to the Belgian paper, La Libre, over Doklam and the Bhutan-China boundary …
Read More »Civil Servants to be assessed based on an upgraded MaX system
One big question on the minds of civil servants are how they will be assessed individually, what will be the rewards or punishments and what are they expected to do. The RCSC said that civil servants will be assessed through an improved version of the current Managing for Excellence (MaX) …
Read More »Phuentsholing town and Pedestrian terminal to be open for 24 hours to boost local economy
A second smaller pedestrian terminal will come up too The Indian side has agreed to Bhutan’s proposal to keep the Pedestrian terminal at Phuentsholing open for 24 hours so that Indian visitors can come and go at any time. This will also allow Bhutanese people stuck across the border at …
Read More »Govt likely to give SDF waivers for longer stays and one-night border town halts
The government will not do away with the USD 200 per day Sustainable Development Fee (SDF) for tourists and INR 1,200 per day (SDF) for Indian tourists, but it is considering giving major waivers to promote the tourism sector in Bhutan which is in a major slump after the pandemic. …
Read More »Paro Town drying up with migration, reduced buying power and lack of tourists
So far it is well known that business outlets in major towns like Thimphu and Phuentsholing are not doing well with reduced customers, but now even the iconic Paro Town is suffering with the same issue. The reporter talked to a range of business outlets and found that it is …
Read More »DrukPNB Deputy CEO and a credit officer detained by ACC in Phajo Nidup case
In what is the most senior figure detained till date, the Anti Corruption Commission recently detained the Deputy CEO of the DrukPNB bank and a credit officer from the Thimphu branch of the bank. The two were detained for some days after seeking a remand order from the court and …
Read More »Six Graduates in Qatar share why they left and what would make them come back
The focus so far has mainly been on the large numbers of students leaving for Australia, but on the other hand there is also a silent and significant migration happening to the Middle-East. Qatar has around 1,000 Bhutanese and a lot of them have come recently. When the Prime Minister …
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