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The social media, these days, is often taken as a good barometer of public opinion. In the past few days, the same social media which until recently was used by civil servants and corporate employees to complain, underwent a magical transformation. Social media outlets, especially on Facebook, saw civil servants …

The apprehended miscreants who were poaching inside protected park areas in the high altitude zones of JSWNP were caught after officials recovered one of the culprit’s CID from the vicinity of the crime scene Poaching in the country, like in many other nations, is fast becoming rampant with reports of …

This is the second release of funds by GoI for the ESP The Ambassador of India to Bhutan, V.P. Haran handed over a cheque amounting to Indian Rupee (INR) 1.5bn to Finance Minister Namgay Dorji yesterday for the government’s Economic Stimulus Plan (ESP), in the presence of Prime Minister Tshering …

The government also presented its 11th FYP at the meeting to ensure better alignment of development assistance with national priorities Many of the development partners representing more than 60 partner organizations at the 12th Round Table Meeting (RTM) were impressed by Bhutan’s achievements over the few decades and have further …

The PM has instructed that all govt payments be cleared within the month to help the banks 11 o’clock Monday morning saw worried heads of all financial institutions trooping in to meet the Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay who had called for the meeting to discuss the non- performing loans (NPLs) …

In the early years of the previous government the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) had come out with a Performance Audit on the construction of the Tala project. The RAA report while appreciating the construction of the project pointed out several lapses including avoidable costs, overpayments and lapses in the project. …

Lately, the country has seen an increase in the number of diplomatic passport holders which could lead to high chances of misuse of the document in the absence of stern rules and regulations in place. One of the concerns raised is that the value of the diplomatic passport would be …

The Cabinet sets up a national level task force to finalize the ESP within a week   The latest draft Economic Stimulus Plan (ESP) of the PDP government has recommended a Nu 5 bn stimulus plan up from the earlier Nu 3bn ESP pledged by PDP during the campaign process. …

In 2009, when the government unveiled its decision to hire McKinsey for USD 9.1 mn or Nu 443 mn with the aim of accelerating socio-economic development in Bhutan, there were many critics of the move. Four years later, a Royal Audit Authority (RAA) Report on procurement of consultancy services has …

The fund has been used to set up the Abe Scholarship that will fund two new college students every year Bhutan saw a sharp rise in the number of tourist arrivals in 2012, and the Japanese tourists more than doubled in numbers replacing American tourists as the largest tourist nationality …