Under the Royal Monetary Authority’s (RMA) monetary measures IV, hotels and restaurants (tourist standard/budget) got deferment of loan repayment for up to 2 years in June 2022 till June 2024 as they were identified as high risk being severely affected by the pandemic. There is just another year of deferment …
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His Majesty The King granted an Audience to participants of the 56th Batch DeSuung Training Programme, ongoing at Pelrithang, in Gelephu on 8th March 2023. The 56th DeSuung Training Programme is special, as it is a three-and-half-months long programme which pilots a part of the training designed for Gyalsung, …
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The United Nations Least Developed Countries (UNLDC) conference which is a once in a 10-year meeting of 46 LDC countries, UN agencies and donor countries was held this year in Doha, Qatar from March 5 to 9. LDC countries simply put are the world’s 46 poorest and most vulnerable countries …
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Bhutan is set to graduate from the Least Developed Countries status in December 2023 based on the 3 criteria of per capita income, human development assets (education, health) and vulnerability and 14 indicators under them. However, if one takes a closer look everything is not hunky dory as Bhutan graduates …
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Generally, there is a prejudice that students who study humanities usually have trouble getting employed. Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) will be doing away with humanities subjects in government colleges and is replacing it with more technical courses to make students more employable and relevant to the job market. However, …
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The Bhutanese talked to some civil servants and professionals on why they are leaving for Australia and what changes they would like to see. While they agreed for their first names to be used they did not want their full names or the names of their agencies to come out …
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On the night of 24 February a Bhutanese citizen Maya (name changed) came back from Kalchini and found the main gate at Phuentsholing being closed after 11 pm. She approached the RBP on duty at the gate and showed them her CID card, but they said they can only allow …
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At the end of January 2022, it was announced that the Government of India (GoI) would offer a concessional rate for the third internet gateway, but details were lacking. Earlier negotiations were stuck with Indian PSU Telecom provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) which wanted to charge USD 8 per …
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In the month of January 2023 figures from Australia’s Home Affairs Department shows that exactly 2,000 Bhutanese got education visas. Prior to that in six months from 1 July to 31st December 2022, 6,497 Bhutanese got education visas. This means that a total of 8,497 Bhutanese got education visas in …
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With the removal of Arts and Humanities programs in government colleges, a majority of the students who have passed class X are rushing to take up the Science Stream in class XI and XII. A very minimal number of students have opted for the Arts Stream this year. According to …
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The Bhutanese Leading the way.