His Majesty The King arrived in Thimphu after a Royal Tour of the South on 21 October, and entered quarantine. During the tour, His Majesty visited Gelephu, Samtse, Lhamoyzhingkha and Phuentsholing. While in Samtse, His Majesty met with the De-suups training in the 46th Batch De-suung Training Programme in Tendruk, …
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This is after amendments to the RMA’s money lending rule Starting from 1st April 2017 till date, the Judiciary, as per the Private Money Lending Rule and Regulation (PMLR) 2016, declined to accept any money lending cases for loans made above Nu 500,000. Under the PMLR rules only money lenders …
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The Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) under the instruction of the Vice Chancellor Nidup Dorji has sent its own team to Sherubtse to conduct its own investigation and collect any additional information and facts. The VC said that the team was supposed to go on 17th October but was delayed …
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Farmers may have lost heavily due to the unseasonal rains from 16th October onwards, but the hydropower sector has earned an additional Nu 289 mn due to the rains. Before the rains, the river levels were going down and all projects were not operating at full capacity, however, the non …
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His Majesty granted DasainTika to representatives of the Hindu community of Gelephu at the Shivalaya Mandir in Gelephu ON 15th October. DasainTika granted by elders and parents convey special blessings and protection. Dasain marks the victory of the Dharma King Rama, who was an emanation of Vishnu, over the demon …
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New chat evidence shows same assistant lecturer had dated and kissed a student in ILCS Two Sherubtse lecturers had been terminated earlier for sexual harassment After The Bhutanese published news of the harassment complaint of 10 Sherubtse girls against Assistant Lecturer Dorji Phuntsho, two girls from two prior institutions of …
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On the 8th of October, the Prime Minister Dasho (Dr) Lotay Tshering met the Gross National Happiness Commission (GNHC) Secretariat and asked them to do a review of the five year planning cycle on whether it should continue as it is or if there are any alternatives and improvements that …
Read More »After more than a month’s delay from when the rape case was first registered by a 17-year-old girl against her step father, the Punakha police have finally sent the rape case to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) for prosecution. Following a story by The Bhutanese last week highlighting …
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The Foreign Minister Lyonpo Dr Tandi Dorji and the Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, Wu Jianghao signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Royal Government of Bhutan and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Three-Step Roadmap for Expediting the Bhutan-China Boundary Negotiations. The …
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The day of 13th October 2011 will go down as one of the happiest in Bhutan’s history as not only did the Royal Wedding take place and His Majesty The King find a Royal partner, but Bhutan got a Queen. The people were happy not only for the moment, but …
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