His Majesty The King arrived in Thimphu on 14 March after having concluded a weeklong tour of the South. His Majesty travelled to Gelephu and Samdrup Jongkhar, and visited Gyalsung Academy sites, various ongoing De-suung Water Projects and De-suung Skilling Programme centers, and the Jigme Namgyel Engineering College in Dewathang. …
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In what is the most senior figure detained till date, the Anti Corruption Commission recently detained the Deputy CEO of the DrukPNB bank and a credit officer from the Thimphu branch of the bank. The two were detained for some days after seeking a remand order from the court and …
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3 other employees and 1 private individual convicted for other things The Thimphu District Court recently convicted the ATM Custodian of DrukPNB bank Thinley Jamtsho for embezzling Nu 10,474,750 or 10 million (mn) from 9 ATMs in Thimphu. Thinley was embezzling the amounts from machines and replenishing them from other …
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The Thimphu District Court recently gave its verdict on the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) case against the former Minister of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR) Ngeema Sangay Tshempo, the former Director General Sherab Tenzin and five others. Of the total seven accused in the cases four were acquitted while of …
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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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The Bhutanese Leading the way.