Staff Reporter/ Thimphu As per the latest data from a period of January 2022 to October end 2022 a total of 1,704 civil servants have separated from the civil service of which 1,033 have voluntarily resigned. Both of the above numbers which are for 10 months are higher compared to …
Read More »Around 60,000 passports being flown in next week
In mid August there was a lot of unhappiness as the Passport Office under the Foreign Ministry ran out of passports due to unprecedented demand and started issuing travel documents. It was said then that the passports are expected to come by the end of October 2022 as per the …
Read More »‘I Believe in Building Bridges’ – Ryhaan Giri
In a first, the popular Voice of Nepal singing competition welcomed its first Bhutanese contestant, 22-year-old Ryhaan Giri, who performed barefoot on stage during the blind audition round on 9 September 2022, winning both the hearts and respect of the Nepalese musical judges and the mass audience that follows the …
Read More »An update on the T-Bank and Druk PNB education loans
There has been a lot of anxiety after the Tashi Bank followed by Druk PNB bank stopped their special education loan products for students wanting to study in Australia. There are many students who have either got offer letters from Australian Universities, have done IELTS or have plans to go …
Read More »Consultancies state the reasons behind higher visa refusals
Many people across the country are talking about how education consultancy companies are getting a lot of Australian visa refusals for diploma courses. To determine if the assertion was factual or false, The Bhutanese talked about the matter with a few education consultancy companies in the country. According to the …
Read More »RCSC to conduct leadership assessment for P1 officers now
Starting November 12, 2022, the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) will be conducting leadership assessment exercises for Officers in P1 Management (P1 M) position level as part of the process to identify potential candidates for Executive-level positions, according to a release, P1M forms the critical talent pool for leadership positions …
Read More »Now Druk PNB stops education loans for Australia
The Druk Punjab National Bank (PNB) has stopped giving the special education loans for students aspiring to go to Australia. This comes a few weeks after the Tashi Bank had also stopped the same. T-Bank had to stop its education loan after exceeding the RMA rules that forbids any bank …
Read More »New online system to give you a business license within a day and identify those holding it up
Integrated Business Licensing Service system to bring all regulatory bodies, 20 Dzongkhags, 4 Thromdes and agencies into one platform so that business licenses applicants don’t need to run around for clearances For business people, big or small, one of the main headaches is getting a business license and renewing it …
Read More »Govt says 16,000 guests from 2017 to 2019 came without SDF and so SDF now applicable for all official and personal guests
Some Civil Servants and the Private sector worry about its impact on grants, capacity building, business investments, and idea sharing In a three-year time period from 2017 to 2019 various government organizations invited 11,856 people as official guests waving off the need for them to pay the USD 65 SDF. …
Read More »10 Bhutanese lose 350,000 within 1 week to WhatsApp scams
In a timespan of just one week, the Thimphu City Police Station registered 10 cases of online scams in the name of Bitcoin on Telegram and KBC on WhatsApp. Many Bhutanese have fallen victim to the online scams. In the process, they have lost a total amount of around Nu …
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