The hottest topics of discussion these days, especially in government offices, are the proposed pay hike and house rent allowance for the civil servants. Even in the recent past, when civil service pay hikes was being considered, there was a strong and enthusiastic interest shown by civil servants on the …

The Opposition party Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) has issued a review of the government’s report on its first 100 days in office. This comes six days after the government claimed of having achieved 74 % of its pledges to be delivered at a press conference on November 9. Save for …

The government also mentioned that the rest of the nine pledges are partially fulfilled Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, at a press conference on November 12, on behalf of the government announced to the media that of the People’s Democratic Government (PDP) government’s 34 pledges, promised to be fulfilled within the …

The Ministry of Health (MoH) will henceforth follow the new design for constructions of Basic Health Units (BHU) across the country in the 11th plan after having found that some of the existing structures are either too small or too big. MoH has now come up with a third design, …

Mary Werntz, Head of the Regional Delegation of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Delhi called on Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay at the Gyalyong Tshogkhang earlier this week, on Thursday. She was accompanied by Charles Sabga, Regional Legal Advisor at the ICRC. Lyonchhen said that cooperation with ICRC, which …

Considering that Punakha fortress was built in 1637, 1627 can be ruled out. We can also rule out 1747 or any later years for one reason. The biography of Desi Sherab Wangchuck (1797-1765) gives us different administrative divisions of Wangdiphodrang and a different number of households. Those administrative divisions are …

In the year 1987 His Eminence Barstsham Rinpochey Lam Naku told us that the Bhutanese people would first earn their living by selling timber, then next would be water and at last stones. Mining in Bhutan has become a polemic subject although almost every item in the house comes from …

Asia Society announced Kesang Chuki Dorjee, Director, KCD Productions and Lungten Zangmo Wangchuk as part of the Class of 2013-2014 Asia 21 Young Leaders, a prestigious group of the region’s emerging leaders under 40 in fields including government, business, policy, education, and arts. This will be Asia Society’s eighth class …

Steer into any major conversation these days-and the topic will inevitably gear around to the how the new government is doing. There are those who feel that the government, like its predecessor, should be given time to settle while there are also those who feel differently, and are starting to …

Any employee is now eligible for consumer loans from the bank without fulfilling the earlier requirement of three years in service   Incorporating feedback from clients, the nation’s oldest and largest bank, Bank of Bhutan Limited (BOBL) has come up with a much softer eligibility criterion for those applying for …