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“Like in other parts of the world, Chronic Kidney disease is also seen as a growing problem in Bhutan. National statistics tell us that the number of patients diagnosed with Chronic Kidney disease is rising each year,” said the Health Minister Tandin Wangchuk, during the event of World Kidney Day, …

The Pay Commission report, according to a reliable source will propose around a 20 percent pay hike for civil servants. The exact details are not yet forth coming but a 20 percent hike is confirmed for Civil servants. This paper has also learnt that the report in line with the …

Apart from a lot of handshakes and diplomatic niceties at the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) one main issue is how Bhutan gained at the end of the day. The Prime Minister Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay said that apart from the summit he was …

Indian government also grants approval to four JV project agreements The Indian PM Manmohan Singh’s assurance to the Bhutanese PM Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay of releasing an additional Nu 17.65 bn for the Punatsangchu 1 project will ensure that work can go on in full swing in the project. This is …

This would push the total fund amount to nu 4.7 bn of the nu 5 bn esP Bhutan will be getting an additional Nu 1 bn for the Economic Stimulus Plan by the end of this month. This would take the total ESP fund to Nu 4.7 bn from the …

Government may also launch an investigation on other aspects of the project The Prime Minister Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay said that the Cabinet had decided to close the Education City project and has instructed the Bhutan Education City board to complete the remaining procedures to wrap up the project. The Lyonchhen, …

The Opposition party’s press conference alleging that the government had not done much in 200 days has the government taking out their performance record. The Prime Minister said the Cabinet, in less than seven months, had 27 cabinet meetings while the former government took 10 months to have 27 cabinet …

T he police have arrested 364 people in connection to drug-related offence since a major crack down operation to make Bhutan a drug- free zone , starting from December last year till February 26, 2014. The news was announced by Chief of police during the press conference held at the …

Responding to allegations from the Opposition party that the government had not yet offered a new strategy to deal with public debt, the Prime Minister said that public debt minus hydropower debt had actually come down under the new government. He said that as of June 30, 2013, the total …

The Cabinet, in a meeting held on February 17, decided to close down the Education City project based on the several legal issues and objections raised by the National Land Commission over the proposed allotment of 1,000 acres of land to the project. The first half of the meeting saw …