Headline Stories

One of the pledges of the DNT government that attracted a lot of attention was its pledge to amend immigration rules to allow the hire of foreign domestic maids. Apart from this, the National Assembly in its last session passed a resolution to open up addition entry points in southern …

The Home Minister Lyonpo Dasho Sherub Gyaltshen said that on 16th January in the 1st session of the third Parliament, after in-depth discussions, the NA decided to retain the post of gaydrungs (gewog clerks) and under favorable circumstances regularize their services [long-term contract]. Today there are 199 Gaydrungs of whom …

The agreement for the 2560 MW Sunkosh project, by all indications, was supposed to be signed last year as part of the 50 years of diplomatic relations. Bhutan’s Foreign Ministry listed it as one of the highlights of the celebrations and the former Prime Minister said that the project would …

The National Council on 15th February had sent a letter to the government expressing its concerns on the Government’s decision to remove cut-off point for Class X students. The National Council, in the letter, expressed deep concerns on the government’s decision to remove cut-off point for Class X students commencing …

The affected parents and students of the ‘earn and learn’ program have decided to file a case against the agent, Bhutan Overseas Employment (BEO). The parents and students had waited for a solution from the government, answers from the agent and more findings by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). “The agent, …

The United Nations Development Programme presented a Special Award of Recognition to His Majesty The King to honour His Majesty’s leadership in advancing human development, and the wellbeing and happiness of the people of Bhutan. The UNDP announced that the Award takes into account three major Human Development Achievements: His …

The govt earlier claimed it achieved 11 pledges, had 11 on track with only three not achieved in 120 days Sonam Yangdon, Damchoe Pem, Pema Seldon, Tshering Delma and Tenzing Lamsang / Thimphu During the thematic monthly meet-the-press around the 120 days of the government on 8th March, when The …

After the idea came under a lot of flak the PM says it will not happen if the civil servants don’t want it On 15th February, the Prime Minister in a press conference announced that the government had asked the 4th Pay Commission to come up with a performance based …

One narrative of the now infamous ‘learn and earn program’ in Japan was that it was only a small group of students making noise and that the rest were doing just fine. This line was even pushed by the government and the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources, among others. …

Other methods are through tax grants, innovative financing, soft loans and FDI The Nu 310 bn 12th plan has an official shortfall or fiscal deficit of Nu 29 bn. However, given that most of DNT’s main pledges are not in the plan this fiscal deficit is expected to go up …