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His Majesty the Fourth King’s 34 year golden reign saw many important and far reaching changes. However, the sheer nature and scope of the changes required not only good leadership but also a strong personality and sheer will to make things happen. One person who saw, up close, how a …
Read More »“The militants matched us almost evenly in manpower & weapons but we had His Majesty” :Goonglen Batoo
The 2003 Operation All Clear was one of the most important moments in Bhutanese history as the Royal Bhutan Army; led by His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo removed 32 militant camps from Bhutanese soil. The Chief Operations Officer (COO) of the RBA, Goonglen Batoo Tshering was one of the …
Read More »PM says rise in WB ranking will mean more investment
Bhutan has risen by a record 54 places from 125th position in 2014 to the 71st place in 2015 in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business index. Bhutan had ranked 141st in 2013. Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay said this was possible only because of all the hard work the …
Read More »PM and Health Minister welcomes RCSC proposal on maternity leave
Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay, in the monthly meet the press, said that based on what he had seen in the newspapers, he welcomed the Royal Civil Service Commission’s (RCSC) maternity leave proposal. The Prime Minister also called it a progressive proposal from the RCSC. He said that the Cabinet would sit …
Read More »Chang Ugyen sentenced to three years non-compoundable jail term
The High court in its verdict on the Chang Ugyen case yesterday stipulated a three years non-compoundable jail term to the former Royal Advisory Councilor and Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) Vice President, Chang Ugyen in connection to an illegal land transfer case during his term as a Chang Gup in …
Read More »His Majesty the King celebrates Dashain
It was a special Dashain for the people of Lokchina Gewog, who were privileged to welcome His Majesty The King to their gewog and receive Tika personally from their King on 22nd October. Hundreds of people from the gewog, as well as from neighbouring areas, were gathered at the school …
Read More »Govt creates a new SOE for Duty Free Shops
Thimphu’s duty free shop, located along the Norzin Lam, is an iconic landmark where senior bureaucrats and politicians go to get their annual quota of duty or tax free shopping in the form of mainly fine wine and the occasional perfume. The shop also does brisk business with many tourists, …
Read More »RCSC proposes 6 months maternity leave plus 6 months flexi time
The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) has finalized its proposal on maternity leave, and is expected to put it up for approval by November 2015. This is after the government put up a proposal for maternity leave to the RCSC in January 2015, in line with its own election promise. …
Read More »Govt’s Law Review Taskforce finds many laws are ‘missing’, in conflict and not implemented
You may have heard of people and things going missing, but Bhutan is facing a unique situation of enacted laws going ‘missing,’ among many other major legal anomalies found by the Law Review Task Force, set up by the Cabinet on 20th April 2015. The government set up the task …
Read More »131,347 acres granted as Kidu to 109,499 beneficiaries
As part of His Majesty’s land reform exercise, 8,143.34 acres of land kidu was granted to 7011 thram holders of Chhukha Dzongkhag on 15th October 2015. During an Audience granted to the people of Chhukha dzongkhag at the Dzong, His Majesty described land as a scarce and precious resource. With …
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