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The advisers will be dividing their time between the ministries and their offices and will be meeting once a week The Chief Advisor of the Interim Government, Justice Tshering Wangchuk allotted the respective ministries to be handled by the nine advisors of the interim government. Chief Advisor Chief Justice Tshering …

Dasho Tshering Tobgay in his capacity as People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President and the outgoing Prime Minister during the PDP convention on 4 August and the last meet the press on 9 August clarified on what he said was a series of lies being perpetuated against the government by political …

In what will come as a big boost for businesses and shops along Norzin Lam and also for customers who use the parking space there, the cabinet in its last meeting did not approved plans by the Thimphu thromde to pedestrianize Norzin Lam or remove the parking space there. Thimphu …

The outgoing Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay and his 10 ministers today handed back their duty vehicles. Dasho Tshering Tobgay said, “Today I returned the prime minister’s official duty vehicle, the very same vehicle that I returned in 2013. The Toyota Prado served me well for 10 years. But the …

1 August 2018: The outgoing Prime Minister, Speaker, Cabinet Ministers of the second elected government offered Chhawang to His Majesty The King at the Tashichhodzong. The government will immediately dissolve when an interim government is formed. In accordance to Article 19, Section 2 of the Constitution of Bhutan, “The Interim …

The current government’s decision to hand back the government duty Prados and not seek to take them like past ministers will mean a total saving of Nu 102.2 mn for the government exchequer. This is because the Prime Minister, 10 ministers, Speaker, Thrizin and Opposition Leader are eligible for Prados …

The Royal Bhutan Police on 31 July, Tuesday night arrested DPT’s Trashigang coordinator ‘Gyembo’ Dorji from Thimphu for giving specific instructions to conduct violence on a DPT WeChat group of Bartsham-Shongphu constituency in Trashigang. The audio recording instruction to the group given in Tshangla is chilling. It says, “I am …

The 11th session of the Parliament saw a compromise between the government and the opposition with a provisional and limited budget being passed until a new government comes in, probably by late October or early November 2018. The compromise was required since the government had the Constitutional responsibility to pass …

The Prime Minister Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay in meet-the-press on 30 July 2018 said that the cabinet would be handing back their duty Prados, laptops, printers and all other equipment down to the last pin on finishing their term. He said that it is important for the current government to set …

His Majesty The King granted an Audience to the visiting Vice Foreign Minister of China, Mr. Kong Xuanyou. The Chinese Vice Foreign Minister was on a 3-day visit to Bhutan.