This is after His Majesty The King had expressed concerns on the impact of private money lending over a year ago The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) has come out with draft private money lending rules, which, for the first time, not only imposes interest and loan amount restrictions on private …
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His Majesty The King will celebrate the 109th National Day in Trongsa. The historic town of Trongsa is aglitter with anticipation for the celebration, which will be the most important event to take place in Trongsa since His Majesty’s investiture ceremony as Trongsa Penlop 12 years ago. Streets are spotless …
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The 104 land owners whose 31.7 acres in Hejo is to be acquired for the long pending Diplomatic Enclave have seen a new ray of hope as the National Land Commission (NLC) is working on a new solution to minimize the loss of land. It is understood that the NLC …
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Great leaders are not born but are made over time, as history has often shown. In December, 2005 when His Majesty The Fourth King announced His Majesty’s abdication it sent a shockwave throughout Bhutan as people wondered what the future held after decades of strong and dynamic leadership of His …
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One of the most important reforms instituted by His Majesty The King was a Land Kidu exercise that not only gave land to the landless and many Bhutanese households but also resolved land issues and considerably enhanced land administration. On 24th September 2007, His Majesty Commanded that, “Land issues must …
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A much-respected PM of India, I. K. Gujral compared His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck to a man who has attributes of Plato’s philosopher King. The long and cherished reign of the His Majesty The Fourth King, infused with charismatic leadership, set the bar very high for any leader. The political …
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Education minister also says no to NC committee proposal to teach History in Dzongkha Prospective employees may already know this, with most job applicants even unable to write a decent application letter in English, but a survey has confirmed that Bhutanese students find English more challenging to learn than Dzongkha. …
Read More »To commemorate the 10th Anniversary of His Majesty the King’s accession to the Golden Throne, a Nation Wide Cleaning Campaign will be conducted on 9th December 2016. Videoconferencing with the Dzongdags of 20 Dzongkhag from Thimphu yesterday, Lyonchhen said “the real gift to His Majesty the King would be to …
Read More »According to a senior government source, Bhutan is waiting for the India to exchange around INR 2.5 bn or INR 250 crores of demonetized INR 500 and INR 1000 notes from Bhutan. However, though Bhutan’s Foreign Ministry and its Embassy in Delhi has sent requests to India, the Reserve Bank …
Read More »With the ongoing ban of chillies from Falakata in North Bengal and soaring domestic prices, the government is importing 20 Metric Tons or 20,000 kg of chillies from the Indian state of Gujarat via Kolkata. Agriculture Minister Lyonpo Yeshey Dorji said that the ministry has carried out chemical test on …
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