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In a sign of the importance of the North Thimphu contest, both the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader criticized each other’s party candidate’s statements and both also said that they are confident of a win. The Prime Minister focused on the statement made by the DPT candidate Kezang Wangmo …
Read More »Cabinet approves Fixed Deposits to be tax free
The Prime Minister Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay said that the cabinet in a meeting on Friday decided to make Fixed Deposits exempt from taxes. Currently interest earned from fixed deposits in bank is considered to be part of one’s income and so is taxed under the Personal Income Tax. The Bhutanese …
Read More »The North Thimphu manifestos
Both the ruling People’s Democratic Party and the Opposition Druk Phuensum Tshogpa party candidates have released their respective party manifestos. PDP’s Tshering who has a more detailed and longer manifesto made specific promises for different parts of the North Thimphu constituency. The main focus of the candidate is on giving …
Read More »Stabilization fund to be set up from Hydro revenue
The Ministry of Finance and the Royal Monetary Authority have started working on setting up a Stabilization Fund where a percentage of hydropower revenue and free royalty energy will be saved. The aim is to have the fund in place before the end of the current government’s term. The fund …
Read More »RBP nabs Water Terrorist who confesses to pumping Phenol and Chemicals into drinking water supply of five Thimphu buildings
The residents of five upper Mothithang buildings comprising under a 100 residents thought that the worst of their water problems was a saboteur repeatedly pumping kerosene and chilli into their drinking water supply. However, when the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) recently nabbed the culprit, Sangay Dorji, he not only confessed …
Read More »His Majesty travels to Lunana
His Majesty The King began a 6-day trek to Lunana from Laya, in Gasa Dzongkhag, on 20 October following the route that is internationally known as the Snowman Trek. In Laya, His Majesty graced the inaugural edition Royal Highland Festival, which was held from 16-18 October. The festival saw the …
Read More »Draft 12th plan size at Nu 322 bn
The latest draft of the 12th Five Year plan has the 5 year plan at a whopping Nu 322 bn well above the current Nu 217 bn 11th plan. A major feature of the plan is that unlike the almost equal balance between capital and current expenditure in the current …
Read More »Saboteur strikes again pumping fuel into drinking water supply of 6 Mothithang buildings
A saboteur, on 29th September had pumped diesel into the Thromde drinking water supply of a Mothithang building above the minister’s enclave. A baby residing in the building even had to be rushed to the hospital for checks after the parents, without realising, fed the baby with food made from …
Read More »North Thimphu poll day on 4th November
The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has released a set of election dates related to the North-Thimphu bye-election where the 4th of November has been set as poll day. The Election Commission of Bhutan issued its notification after a Royal Decree of His Majesty The Druk Gyalpo was issued on …
Read More »Bhutan to establish science focused ‘Premier School’
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has a proposal to establish Bhutan’s first ‘Premier School’. Like central schools, the premiere school will receive increased funding, and the main objective is to bring about a premier quality of education. The ministry found that the quality of education in science subjects are comparatively …
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