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The Department of Culture (DoC) and Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) are alerting people about a rise in the number of religious beggars and people asking for donations with fake receipts. They also said that fake religious beggars are going door-to-door asking for money after reciting prayers. An official from DoC …

The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) has completed its report on the review of the interest rates and will be presenting it to the RMA board soon. However, according to a senior RMA official the review report is much broader than just focusing on interest rates but also looks at other …

The National Council’s  ‘Foreign Workers and Illegal Immigration in the Country’ report pointed out several issues on illegal immigration, non documentation of certain workers, large numbers of workers and issues faced by the immigration department. The Bhutanese based on the findings of the National Council (NC) report questioned the Home …

The Member of Parliament (MP) from Panbang constituency, Dorji Wangdi, during the Question Hour session, questioned the government on Press Freedom, and on senior journalists leaving the profession. The MP, without providing any specifics and names, said that on the World Press Freedom Day, issues of interference by the government …

Meanwhile RMA is looking at tinkering with base rates and creating a Money Market for more funding options Many, from the ordinary person on the street to the government now feel that Bhutan’s banks pay low rates on deposits and charge too much with much higher loan interest rates. This …

A seventh one will finish his term by next month Government offices in Thimphu and around the country are agog with speculation on who would be the next seven governments secretaries, as five of them will be finishing their Constitutional five year term by end of June 2016, a sixth …

The National Council (NC) held an extensive discussion on the large numbers of foreign workers and illegal immigration into the country based on a report prepared by the Legislative Committee of the NC. The report said that immigration of workers to Bhutan dates back to 1960s, when expatriate workers were …

Meanwhile both companies have pledged to improve their services soon Mobile and internet connectivity has been a growing headache for many users across the country but now the days of  ‘business as usual’ is over as both the Telecom giants in Bhutan Telecom and Tashi Cell has been put on …

Both DNT and DCT also said that contrary to the BKP President’s denials the idea of three parties uniting was discussed with BKP Brushing aside any controversy and speculation the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) came out once again to say that its offer of uniting the three new parties into …

The Ministry of Education (MoE) based on a survey found out that 55% of teachers are not satisfied with the profession of teaching, which the MoE Minister Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk said is a great concern for the government as well as for the people and society.“Teachers are the ones who …