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Concerned with an Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) report against Rabdhuen, the sole private company dealing in explosives, and also a separate Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) report, the cabinet is looking into the possibility of the government taking over the explosives sector. The cabinet already met and discussed the issue a …

This is also in the backdrop of concerns over the performance of some of its MPs and some government decisions   The PDP government came to power in July 2013 with a mandate of change, and one of the first things the party did was to come up with an …

His Majesty The King appointed Dasho Tshering Wangchuk as the new Chief Justice of Bhutan, in accordance to Section 4 of Article 21 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan, which states that: “The Chief Justice of Bhutan shall be appointed from among the Drangpons of the Supreme Court …

The service center will also buy farm produce from farmers One of the key points of the PDP’s manifesto that caught the imagination of the people, especially of the rural masses, was a promise of one power tiller per chiwog, two helicopters, a local bank for every gewog, and a …

The tragic stories of school children committing suicide are on the rise. For a small country, like Bhutan, the number of suicide cases is disconcerting, to say the least. Mentioning the suicide cases in Bumthang and Dremetse, the Dremetse-Ngatsang MP, Ugyen Wangdi, asked the Education Minister on the measures taken …

Pointing out the many shenanigans of mining companies in creating subsidiary companies or businesses that took away the profits from the main company and hence minority shareholders, the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) had recommended legal provisions to protect them. The new Companies Bill 2014 is expected to address this lacuna …

With the government counting on mining as one of the key growth areas of the economy, however, the performance audit on Bhutan’s mining sector by the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) points out some issues in service delivery and delays in processing mining applications. The data provided by Department of Geology …

The Royal Audit Authority (RAA) in it performance audit report on the mining sector has found weak and ineffective monitoring by the government and also certain practices by mining companies which favored promoters and disadvantaged minority shareholders. The report titled, ‘Performance Audit of Tax on Mining and Quarrying Sector,’ covers …

The Finance Minister Lyonpo Namgay Dorji on Monday 17th November 2014 will be sharing the response and the actions of the government on various resolutions on financial matters passed by the National Assembly and National Council. The minister in his report has said that the government carried out a detailed …

“Long Live Our King” written on a banner and carried by many colourful helium-filled balloons floated high in the clear blue sky. Below were thousands of children, youth and elders looking at the floating balloons, one of the exciting moments, at the celebrations of the 59th Birth Anniversary of His …