The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) despite a recommendation by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) decided to not suspend Sherab Tenzin, Director General of the Department of Employment and Human Resources (DoEHR). The RCSC in a detailed press release cited sections of the Supreme Court verdict in the Gyelpozhing case …
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The program has been criticized in Japan and internationally for a high rate of deaths and abuse of foreign workers The Labour Minister says that Bhutanese youth will not encounter such programs and it will be well monitored One would have thought that the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources …
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Home Minister and RICBL officials have appealed to high court In what came as a major shock to the DNT government, the Thimphu Dzongkhag court on 27th August convicted Home Minister Dasho Sherub Gyeltshen to two months in prison for falsely claiming vehicle insurance worth Nu 226,546. The crisis is …
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Picture of the baby when she was still alive. She passed away later. (Picture used after consent of the family) A baby girl, aged one month and 14 days old, was brought to Lajab BHU in Dagana in a critical condition on Tuesday, 26 August. And the next day, towards …
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The Thimphu District Court’s conviction of the current Home Minister Lyonpo Dasho Sherub Gyeltshen today for two months for claiming vehicle insurance worth Nu 226,546 fraudulently means the minister will have to vacate his office, unless he appeals to the High Court. This is because an elected official convicted of …
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In December 2017 the ACC had forwarded a case to the OAG with the charge that the former RICBL CEO, Namgyel Lhendup has embezzled Nu 237,907 from the Ex-gratia fund and CEO’s public relations fund of the RICBL without authorization from the management committee of the fund. The OAG, two …
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His Majesty The King granted an Audience to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at the Throne Room of the Tashichhodzong on 17th August. The Prime Minister of India was on a two-day State Visit to Bhutan. Prime Minister Modi was escorted into the Tashichhdzong in a traditional Chipdrel Ceremony, and …
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The OAG has chargesheeted the ACC’s overseas employment case involving the the Japan Learn and Earn Program (LEP) case and an Indian agent’s case to the Thimphu District court yesterday. The Indian agent case involves the former Labour Minister and his wife and niece, the current Labour DG and his …
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Kholongchu to also be expedited In what is a strong statement of political intent on the so far static 2,560 MW Sunkosh hydro project, a joint statement during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit made reference to start the construction of the project. The joint statement of both the governments said, …
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Heavy rainfall and poor sanitation to blame among others The first endemic dengue outbreak in Bhutan was reported in 2004 in Phuentsholing with more than 2,000 cases. However, it generally started declining with 850 cases in 2016, 240 cases in 2017 and only 20 cases in 2018. However, 2019 has …
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