On the 14th of June 2023 a Druk Air flight to Delhi via Kathmandu encountered a bird hit while in Paro Airport. However, the flight carried on as the system did not show any problems with the plane and so a review was done and they carried on. However, after …
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Earlier Acting Finance Secretary said no money in the budget for SOEs hike Two weeks ago this paper carried a story quoting the Acting Finance Secretary Leki Wangmo saying there are no resources within the government’s finance to accommodate a 50 percent (pay hike) subsidy to any Ministry of Finance …
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With stricter measures put in place after a comprehensive 190-page Migration Review Report by the Australia’s Home Affairs Department released in March 2023, Bhutanese exploring the Australia dream have started facing increasing visa refusals. Those who were rejected are now trying for a new option, the Canadian visa. Education consultancies …
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His Majesty The King granted an Audience to the Indian Foreign Secretary, His Excellency Vinay Mohan Kwatra, in Gelephu on 07 July, 2023. The Foreign Secretary is in Bhutan to discuss plans to further expand bilateral cooperation between Bhutan and India, which were discussed between the two governments during His …
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However, Finance Minister still defensive about NSB calculation On 23 June 2023 before the deliberations on the Annual Budget of 2023-24, the Economic Affairs Committee (EAC) of the National Council pointed to a story done by The Bhutanese Newspaper on 10 June 2023 titled ‘How we could be underestimating real …
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It is well known that Bhutan has been contributing soldiers and police personnel to the United Nations Peace Keeping (UNPK) missions since September 2014. Other developing countries who contribute troops for such missions deduct 5 to 10 percent of the Mission Subsistence Allowance or Individual Reimbursement of their soldiers. Some …
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The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) has increased its incentives on remittances from 2 percent to 10 percent, to increase the inward flow of remittances, to encourage Bhutanese residing overseas to send money back home from a period of June to December. However, this increase brings in the question of whether …
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The 21 days leave provision introduced by the National Assembly will incur about Nu 500 million (mn) per annum to the government, according to the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC). RCSC had earlier introduced 12 days Annual Leave (AL), which the National Assembly (NA), taking into account numerous factors, raised …
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The Paro police on 3rd July 2023 detained a Druk Air employee and his wife in connection to a large amount of US dollars seized from him by Thai customs on 23 June 2023. It is alleged that in their random checking Thai customs checked the baggage of the man …
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The National Recovery Symposium was graced by Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen on 28 June, with the aim to to help address the issues of substance use and substance use disorder, strengthen continuing care and aftercare services for individuals coping with substance use disorder (SUD) and to foster the development of …
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