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The report also proposes some new solutions which are finding traction with the private media The private newspapers have been voicing out on the business downturn due to the reduced government advertisement revenue and the priority given to the state media over the last few years. But nothing was …
Read More »A Lolay recitation before His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen to mark Nyilo
A group of children from schools in Thimphu recited lolay to mark Nyilo yesterday (Winter Solistice in the lunar calendar) before His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen at the Lingkana Palace. Nyilo (marking the return of longer days according to the lunar calendar) is traditionally observed as …
Read More »RCSC puts 3 secretaries on approved absence and asks govt to submit evidences
After days of suspense the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) on Monday announced that, for the moment, it cannot accept the surrender of the Cabinet Secretary, Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Secretary of Ministry of Economic Affairs. It has, in short, advised the cabinet to pursue the …
Read More »Violence in Assam’s Bodo regions affects Bhutan
Bhutan’s neighbor Assam, or at least its Bodo dominated areas consisting of four districts including adjoining areas are up in flames after 81 people got killed in violence initiated by militants of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-S) of the I.K Songbijit faction on 23rd December 2014. Of the …
Read More »Land Kidu of 123,071 acres granted to 102,336 beneficiaries so far
His Majesty The King granted land kidu to 9,758 beneficiaries from 11 gewogs in Samdrup Jongkhar. The beneficiaries received a total of 15,328.28 acres of land as Kidu, as well as excess cost exemption and refund. With Samdrup Jongkhar, land kidu to resolve accumulated land issues across the country has …
Read More »Cabinet Secretary admitted to not informing Cabinet on CoS issue
Meanwhile a letter and CoS minutes throw more light on the issue A senior Cabinet Secretariat official told The Bhutanese, on the condition of anonymity, that the Cabinet Secretary Dasho Penden Wangchuk in a 9th December 2014 cabinet meeting had admitted to not informing the PM and the Cabinet on …
Read More »His Majesty asks nation to guard against corruption
In a clear and unequivocal message His Majesty the King in the 107th National Day Address said that the highest risk to development in Bhutan is corruption. “Our national development efforts will be hindered by unchecked corruption,” said His Majesty. This strong message of His Majesty the King was also …
Read More »Govt refutes unsigned letter leaked on Social Media
Just a couple of days after the Cabinet announced the handing over of three secretaries; the social media went into a tizzy over a leaked letter allegedly written by MoEA Minister Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk to the Prime Minister on 24th October 2014 over the Enertia issue. The letter showed Enertia …
Read More »Opposition says reinstate secretaries while Govt says don’t politicize issue
The Opposition party has called on the government to reinstate the three surrendered government secretaries while the RCSC carries out an investigation, effectively adding a political twist to a bureaucratic drama so far. It has also accused the government of not following due process and surrendering the secretaries in a …
Read More »Three Secretaries surrendered to RCSC and Committee of Secretaries discontinued
The government, in a press release issued on yesterday morning, announced its decision to hand over three Government Secretaries to the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC), and also discontinue the Committee of Secretaries (CoS). The Secretaries are the Cabinet Secretary, Dasho Penden Wangchuk, Ministry of Economic Affairs Secretary, Dasho Sonam …
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