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After learning that teachers of both public and private schools are providing tuitions to students to earn money, the Ministry of Education (MoE) will not allow teachers to provide private tuitions to students. Instead, the government will have the schools provide free tuitions to students in the form of remedial …

GST, Income Tax Act, Property Tax, FI 2020, Supplementary Budget and Tourism Levy Exemption all coming in this mega finance NA session The third session of the third Parliament of Bhutan scheduled from 15th January to 6th March 2020 will see a host a taxation laws and amendments coming into …

The plan was for the 720 MW Mangdechu project to generate around 3 bn units a year at the rate of Nu 4.12 a unit to generate Nu 12.3 bn in revenue of which around Nu 4 bn would be deducted for loan repayment. This may still be possible if …

The Prime Minister, during the meeting with the Association of Private Schools (APS), had announced that for the 2020 academic session, the government will provide 2,700 students to the private schools. The schools were asked to either choose a revised fee structure of Nu 35,000 per each day-scholars and Nu …

December is actually a low season time The month of December is usually regarded as a low season for tourism in Bhutan, but the country is in the midst of a huge rush of regional tourists coming in from India and also Bangladesh. The main reason seems to be rumors …

TCB draft study found Thimphu, Punakha and Paro already had an excess of 35 tourist standard hotels with 232 more cleared for construction from 2016 to 2019 By now even an average Joe on the street would have noticed the excessive number of hotels coming up in Thimphu and Paro, …

Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering, during the Meet-the-Press session, on 27 December announced that in order to make it possible for the children in Bhutan to join the National Service at the age of 18 years, the admission age to enroll children in pre-primary grade will be reduced to 5 …

The key focus and main announcement of His Majesty The King’s 112th National Day address was the announcement of Gyalsung or National Service. His Majesty’s address did not announce the Gyalsung right away but the entire address built up to it by identifying some key challenges and issues for Bhutan …

The Under-23 football team recently made history for Bhutan by winning the first-ever silver medal in the South Asian Games (SAG) in Nepal. The team, with its professional and disciplined performance, along with a lot of heart, also won the hearts of the Nepalese fans, with the unprecedented scene of …

The biggest announcement of the 112th National Day was the announcement of the Gyalsung or National Service for youth at or above the age of 18 from 2022 onwards. The Bhutanese following the announcement talked to an array of of youth over the next few days to gauge their reaction …