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Responding to the queries on the government’s view on the increasing anonymous social media users in the country and its implications, Lyonchhen said that social media users should learn to disregard the comments from the anonymous accounts that can demean an individual or a political party. “I think anonymous users …

Two men aged 25 and 45 are being held for further investigation by the Thimphu police after they were caught with a stash of prescription drugs. The men were arrested on the afternoon of February 7 by a Thimphu police crack down team. Police seized from them 3 bottles of Corex …

During the 29th Meet the Press session yesterday in Thimphu, Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay minced no words saying the invasion of privacy of two Bhutanese women in Melbourne who were allegedly filmed by their housemate while taking shower was a matter of great shame. “The police in Melbourne are prosecuting …

The government’s pledge to provide a 20 percent quota for women in politics in Parlaiment , given their dismal representation at the moment, is not viable according to key stakeholders, the country’s only woman minister Dorji Choden said  at the monthly meet the press. “The women quota is an important …

Poor Internet connectivity is proving to be a major obstacle in getting work done in the gewog offices of far-flung locations such as Laya and Merak. Laya Gup Lhakpa Tshering said that they face lots of difficulty in transferring official documents because of poor Internet connection. “So we have to …

The National Statistical Bureau of Bhutan will be conducting Bhutan Living standard Survey (BLSS) from 1st of March to the 31st of April this year. The last BLSS was carried out in 2012. BLSS is carried out with the intended purpose of gathering information in respect to health, employment, housing, …

As Gups happily received the keys to the Gewog boleros one issue also nagging them was on the annual budget of Nu 60,000 which they say will not suffice to meet the gewog utility vehicle’s fuel and maintenance expenses and this might result in the facility not fully serving its …

A total of 65 houses in Tashiding gewog in Dagana are empty, a 21 percent increase over the previous decade. Of the 358 households in Tashiding Gewog 65 are empty households. Tashiding Mangmi, Rajman Blon said, “Behind the increase in empty houses is the graying of the village population and …

Targets ‘at risk’ of not being achieved were the focus of discussions during the mid year review of the annual performance agreements (APA) for 2016-17 signed between the 10 government ministries and seven autonomous agencies and the prime minister. While targets on the ‘Achieved and On track’ checklist were acknowledged …

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 362 of the Financial Services Act of Bhutan 2011, the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan (RMA) issued the guidelines on Certificate of Deposits(CDs) which will be effective from 03 January 2017. The above guideline on CD was approved by the RMA Board …