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Responding to The Bhutanese investigation Finance Minister says if proven government will discuss issue at government to government level and also take legal action The government is in the process of forming a State Owned Enterprise (SOE) to start the Bhutan Lottery business, first in Bhutan, and then gradually after …

On 28th February 2015, the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) in its decision had announced its intention to ‘reassign’ the three government secretaries. Since then the former Cabinet Secretary has already retired completing his term but the question over the former Secretary of Ministry of Economic Affairs Dasho Sonam Tshering …

The critically endangered bird species, White-Bellied heron, count in Bhutan has dropped down to 27. Last year the count was at 28. The entire world only has around 200 to 250 of these rapidly declining birds left. Despite the numerous initiatives taken by the Royal Society for Protection of Nature …

With a recent installment of Nu 1.997 bn the Government of India (GoI) has released a total of Nu 17.576 bn to RGoB which is 39.06 percent of total committed allocation of Nu 45 bn in the 11th Five Year Plan Period. The GoI has committed a total of Nu …

In the recently concluded session of the Parliament the National Assembly (NA) and the National Council (NC) could not reconcile some key differences over the so far low key Jabmi Amendment Bill. They decided to go for a joint sitting in the next session of the Parliament which will be …

Bhutan may be on the verge of facing a major food crisis in the form of an impending ban on beef export by the West Bengal government, but Bhutanese government agencies have done nothing so far to convince the West Bengal government to do otherwise. On the other hand the …

With the increasing number of unemployed youth on the lookout for jobs these days, it comes as welcome news that a fish company in Scotland, United Kingdom wants to recruit 35 workers from Bhutan.  There are 400 Bhutanese applicants vying for the 35 slots. Lama Consultancy, located in Thimphu, had …

They are, however, willing to export buffalo meat to Bhutan   The Chief Secretary of the West Bengal state government, in a recent meeting with the Consul General of Bhutan in Kolkata has communicated the West Bengal government’s stand that it does not want to export beef from Jaigaon in …

Cabinet approves major structural changes in ministries proposed by RCSC  The Cabinet recently approved some far reaching structural changes in various government ministries proposed by the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) as part of its Organizational Development (OD) exercise. The biggest one which has been kept for the 12th plan …

The sale of vehicle quotas, often advertised on various social media forums, is not permitted by law. The Ministry of Finance is aware of such practices taking place in the market including online social media. However, the ministry said that it is impossible to prove that the actual sale of …