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On June 27, 2017 the Royal Embassy in Kuwait alerted the Ministry of Labour and Human resources on the grievances shared by a girl working in Dubai, alleging that ‘Yarphel Overseas Recruitment Agent’ had lured and cheated 23 girls to work in Dubai by making false promises to them. The …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), on 29th June, issued a press release saying that China’s building of a road inside Bhutanese territory is a violation of the 1988 and 1998 written agreements between the two countries to maintain peace and tranquility and the status quo pending a final settlement …

In the recently held Chukha tariff revision talks between Bhutan and India in New Delhi on 22nd June, though both sides agreed that it is time for a revision, there are differences in what could be the final revision. The 1974 agreement on Chukha project outlines that the tariff will …

Staff Reporter/Thimphu   The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release has asked for the status quo to be maintained in the Doklam area as before 16 June 2017.   The ministry said that in view of the many queries raised recently in the media regarding the Bhutan-China boundary …

A Bhutanese government delegation led by the secretary for the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Dasho Yeshi Wangdi along with other relevant officials from the MoEA and Foreign Ministry, had talks with an Indian delegation of a similar composition on 22nd June in New Delhi. The three main items for discussion …

The much publicized legal case between Tandin Bidha and her daughter Dr Shacha Wangmo versus Sonam Phuntsho was considered to be closed in early April 2017. However, the Supreme Court is doing a final review of this last judgment which has given some hope to Tandin Bidha and BNB that …

FIFA has selected two women from Bhutan to serve as referee and assistance referee from the handful of women referees in the country. Choki Wangmo, 25, a graduate from Gaeddu College of Business Studies, will take the post of a referee while Tshering Choden,  23, a class XII student will …

The Bhutanese Embassy and the Ambassador in Kuwait rescued the four remaining girls from United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman from their jobs as housemaids. These Bhutanese girls were sent by Drupthub Education Consultancy as housemaids to UAE and Oman. The Labour Ministry in Thimphu had alerted the embassy. Of …

After arriving in Kuwait they were immediately taken out of public sight, locked in a room and ‘distributed’ late at night to different households The girls felt they escaped additional harassment or abuse in their respective work places only due to the timely and frequent visits made by the Bhutanese …

The infamous AK-47 bullets case earlier this year has taken a new turn with the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport police informing Bhutan’s Foreign Ministry that they have closed the case. The IGI police which had filed an FIR against school teacher Sonam Choden and put the case in a …