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A Civil service hike would only be considered once hydro revenue starts flowing in The government on 22nd February, 2017 announced the formation of the third Pay Commission to look into the pay, allowances and benefits of the local government (LG). The commission was formed based on the recommendations of …
Read More »Focus on amending rules to allow withdrawal or deferment of BBIN
In a sign that the Parliament is still trying to resolve the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal Motor vehicles agreement (BBIN) quandary the 4th May Joint Sitting for BBIN was postponed to 15th June. According to a Member of Parliament (MP) this postponement was decided on after a meeting between …
Read More »Parliamentary Entitlement committee discusses MPs entitlements
The Parliament’s ‘National Committee on Parliamentary Entitlements’ comprising of members from the ruling party, opposition party and National Council recently met to discuss and propose two entitlement issues that came before it. The first was on exemption of sales tax and customs duty or vehicle quota for both the outgoing …
Read More »Tracksuits allowed on Fridays & Saturdays: Thimphu Thromde
The Thimphu Thromde has relaxed the tracksuit rule by a day and decided to allow students in the capital to wear tracksuits on Fridays and Saturdays, but not on other days. According to earlier directives students were allowed to wear tracksuits only on Saturday during their health and physical education …
Read More »How New Delhi and Thimphu saved BBIN and activated BIN
Now the challenge in Bhutan is to convince the joint committee and then the joint sitting to defer the BBIN agreement A release from the Foreign Ministry on 27th April said that Bhutan has decided to give its consent for the activation of the BBIN Agreement among the three member …
Read More »Body of missing boy found in river
Thimphu city is still recovering from the tragic news of the four-year-old boy Loday who went missing on Thursday afternoon only to be fished out the next morning from the Wangchu or Thimp Chhu River, below the Terma Linca Resort in Babesa. The child’s shirt was stuck in a rock …
Read More »Vehicles from India increasing but Bhutanese vehicles to India still higher
The main underlying current against the BBIN agreement started from the exponential increase in the numbers of regional tourists coming into Bhutan with their own vehicles. The vehicles, most of which are from India cannot be directly stopped unless there are specific reasons like lack of immigration clearance or the …
Read More »External Commercial Borrowing through foreign FI registered in Bhutan
Over the years one of the main financial demands of Bhutan’s big business and industrial sector has been about allowing them to borrow from outside Bhutan given the limited liquidity in Bhutan for major projects. However, the ground reality has been that even the major business houses have not been …
Read More »With numbers stacked against it govt withdraws BBIN
In an extraordinary move the government has decided to withdraw its BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal) motor vehicles agreement from the Parliament. The government’s decision was communicated to a plenary session of the National Assembly where it received support from the Opposition members as well. It was felt that it …
Read More »State visit further enhances Bhutan-Bangladesh bilateral relations
His Majesty The King granted an audience to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina in Tashichhodzong on 18th April. Sheikh Hasina was on a 3-day visit to Bhutan, from 18th to 20th April. She was welcomed in a traditional chipdrel ceremony and presented a Guard of Honour at Tashichhodzong, …
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