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In another finding this week, the parents’ representatives found that having Japanese language fluency was enough to get a working visa. “It was not necessary for the students to attend the language school or pass the N2 or N3 Japanese language proficiency test exam,” said the parents committee lawyer Ngawang …

The two-member parents’ committee investigating the Japan program, which arrived in Japan on 22nd February, have so far met with around 254 Bhutanese students and come up with various findings. One main finding according to the committee is that the employment agency SND, which is BEO’s partner agency in Japan, …

The ministry forwarded the case to RCSC only after a second letter from ACC insisting that it do so The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) is looking into recommendations by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on taking administrative action against the Director General of the Department of Employment and Human …

During the National Tourism Conference, various stakeholders of the tourism sector like Association of Bhutanese Tour Operators (ABTO), Hotel  and Restaurant Association of Bhutan (HRAB), Guide Association of Bhutan (GAB), Civil Society of Bhutan (CSO) and Non Government Organizations (NGO) submitted to the Tourism Council of Bhutan that lack of …

DHI and private companies tussle over mine ownership and strategic minerals worth billions Bill likely to come up in the summer session and if not then by the winter session this year The mining industry has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons in the last one decade. A …

One major source of worry for Bhutan’s high value and low impact tourism has been the huge explosion in the numbers of regional tourists coming to Bhutan and its related side effects. However, the figures from the Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) shows that in 2018 there was only a …

Hoteliers engage in price wars with empty rooms and loan repayment pressures According to the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA), the service and tourism loan, comprising mainly of hotel construction loans amounted to Nu 27.935 bn as of November 2018 with the growth rate of 27 per cent over 2017. This …

In a major departure from how civil servants are paid, the Prime Minister Lyonchhen (Dr) Lotay Tshering said that he has asked the 4th Pay Commission to come up with a performance based pay hike for civil servants. “I said (to the Pay Commission) that I will not be happy …

Three private radio stations and two news magazines have also folded In a reflection of the long standing and ongoing sustainability crisis in the private media, the Druk Neytshul newspaper, a private weekly Dzongkha newspaper shut down this month. The owner of the paper, Namgay Wangdi, said, “The main reason …

Reservations remain high among some private school owners and faculty members on the allotment of the class ten passed students in government and private schools, with the fee structures decided by the government. Many believe the system will have negative implications, especially for the private schools. Of the 21 private …