10 February 2023: Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen graced a prayer ceremony to light a thousand butter lamps for those affected by the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria earlier this week. Over 21,000 people have lost their lives, and millions more have been affected by the disaster. The ceremony was …
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For months now flights to Bangkok have been going full or nearly full from Paro, but only a handful would be getting off at Bangkok, as the majority had transit flights onto Australia. In addition to this, entire flights are being chartered as the normal flights are not enough. The …
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Bhutan’s trade statistics makes for some depressing reading as our imports far exceeds our exports, but the lone bright spot is our trade with Bangladesh which is the only country with which we have a positive trade balance. Smooth until 2013 It all started in the late 1980’s when Bhutan …
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Three commercial banks, Druk PNB, Bhutan National Bank (BNB), and Bank of Bhutan (BoB) has so far released education loan worth Nu. 8.969 billion as of early February 2023. The education loan, reopened under the new loan scheme by Royal Monetary Authority (RMA), Special Education loan is offered in two …
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No courses offered from CLCS The Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) on 26 January 2023 released the list of undergraduate and diploma courses for 7 government colleges under it. The biggest notable change was the entire Arts and Humanities Programs of Sherubtse College like BA in Dzongkha and English, BA …
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All general elections till now from 2008 to 2013 to 2018 have thrown up big surprises, but the 2023 elections looks to be the most unpredictable of all so far. On one hand new parties and even old ones are hopeful of doing well going by past trends, but the …
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The Ministry of Education and Skill Development (MoESD) is currently collecting information on the teacher requirement in all the schools in the country. MoESD completed its reassessment of the Regular Contract Teachers (RCT) and National Contract Teachers (NCT), and the result of the assessment will be out in the end …
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One of the most regular features of the Cabinet was that it met every week to take important executive decisions for the government, and also for giving the final green light for policies, rules and even Bills. However, after the creation of the Committee for Coordinating Secretaries (C4CS) the Cabinet …
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His Majesty The King was in the State of Kuwait on a Royal Visit from 16th January to 19th January. His Majesty The King arrived in Kuwait on the morning of 16th January, and was received by the Crown Prince of Kuwait, His Highness Sheikh Mishaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at …
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The passing of the Civil Service Reform Act means that changes have to be made in 46 Acts and passed in Parliament. All the Acts have some provisions amended due to the Civil Service Bill, but it is not reflected in the mother acts which is what must now be …
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