For months now flights to Bangkok have been going full or nearly full from Paro, but only a handful would be getting off at Bangkok, as the majority had transit flights onto Australia. In addition to this, entire flights are being chartered as the normal flights are not enough. The …

Bhutan’s trade statistics makes for some depressing reading as our imports far exceeds our exports, but the lone bright spot is our trade with Bangladesh which is the only country with which we have a positive trade balance. Smooth until 2013 It all started in the late 1980’s when Bhutan …

No courses offered from CLCS The Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) on 26 January 2023 released the list of undergraduate and diploma courses for 7 government colleges under it. The biggest notable change was the entire Arts and Humanities Programs of Sherubtse College like BA in Dzongkha and English, BA …

All general elections till now from 2008 to 2013 to 2018 have thrown up big surprises, but the 2023 elections looks to be the most unpredictable of all so far. On one hand new parties and even old ones are hopeful of doing well going by past trends, but the …

The passing of the Civil Service Reform Act means that changes have to be made in 46 Acts and passed in Parliament. All the Acts have some provisions amended due to the Civil Service Bill, but it is not reflected in the mother acts which is what must now be …

Opposition not keen about full budget till 2024 One of the undesirable features of the Bhutanese electoral cycle every five years is that there is a massive dip in the GDP growth rate as a full budget cannot be passed, major new works don’t happen, an interim government takes over …

The Prime Minister Dasho (Dr) Lotay Tshering said that while there has always been Bhutanese going out, the trend has become more alarming in the last couple of years. He said that apart from civil servants there are large numbers of graduates also leaving because when civil servants themselves are …

The government’s decision to do away with the cut-off point for class 11 students and essentially ensure class 11 admission for every student passing out from class 10 has been heavily criticized by private schools and others on various grounds. This is also regarded as one of the more controversial …

With an increasing number of Civil Servants resigning with each passing month, there is an increasing concern on the impact on service delivery and even running the government. The government is currently racking its brains to stem the loss of civil servants and it is thinking of offering attractive incentives …

On 6 November 2022, three Bhutanese helicopter pilots, Ugyen Dorji, Garab Wangchuk and Kuenga Wangmo, of the Royal Bhutan Helicopter Services Limited or RBHSL (now named Drukair Helicopter Services), wrote a complaint letter to the management asking for ‘urgent safety intervention for the Bhutanese Low Time Pilots’. The letter alleged …