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In what will be good news Kinley Wangchuck (second from right in the photo), an 18 year old student with hearing loss, and his family will not be deported from Australia. Australian Immigration Minister David Coleman MP has used his discretionary powers to grant permanent residency to Kinley and his family. This …

Today morning a Bumpa Transport bus going on the Thimphu-Tsirang route was hit by falling boulders which pushed it below the road. The bus, as a result, fell and landed in the Punatsangchu river  below. The RBP said that the final death count for the Thimphu-Tsirang Bumpa bus accident is eight …

According to the National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) Bhutan will most likely not feel the direct impact of cyclone Fani, but it will feel its peripheral impact. This will mean heavier than normal rains from 4th May onwards going on to 6th May by when the effects should …

Cheaper than many mass tourism sites in India the added incentive for Bhutan is being a cheap foreign destination along with Kathmandu Bhutan has been groaning for a while now with the explosion in the number of regional tourists, with their numbers going from 50,722 regional tourists in 2012 to …

The cost is higher than that for constructing an entirely new road An anonymous letter addressed to the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) with copies to the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) and The Bhutanese raises some serious concerns on the abnormally high estimate of Nu 167.20 mn for a 2.5 km …

JDWNRH says deaths mainly due to complications from premature birth The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) unit of JDWNRH had 22 cases of infant death until 10th April this year. 18 were pre-mature births and four were term babies. Out of 22 cases of death, nine were in January, two …

1.5 bn approved by cabinet for the Tourism Flagship program Until recently, the Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) aimed to get in 500,000 tourists by 2023 as part of the tourism flagship program. This is up from the 274,097 tourists that came into Bhutan in 2018. However, the TCB, after …

Farmers and local leaders across Bhutan have expressed their disappointment that their much anticipated hazelnut plantations are not bearing fruit even seven to eight years after plantation. Currently, there are more than 10,000 households and community groups engaged in hazelnut cultivation in more than 14,000 acres of hazelnut orchards across …

The Cabinet has given instructions to the Ministry of Finance to rework the fourth pay commission report after an initial cabinet meeting on the issue. In addition to this, cabinet ministers have also been instructed to read the entire report and come with their own perspectives on the issue. The …

After the release of the Fourth Pay Commission report, the debate inevitably has focused around the increase in basic pay which is 14 percent at higher levels to 21 percent at lower levels in the civil service ranks from O 1 to Ex 1. There is also a 14 percent …