The Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) is currently in the midst of revamping many courses, doing away with some and getting in new courses in all 10 institutes under it and also the two private colleges affiliated to it. The Vice Chancellor (VC) Nidup Dorji while confirming the above said …
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With the country’s foreign reserves getting lower by the month the government is looking at ‘rationalizing imports,’ whereby the imports of certain non-food and non-essential commodities may be restricted. Lyonpo Namgay Tshering of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) said that Bhutan currently has USD 845 million (mn) of foreign currency …
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During the initial stages of implementation of the Buy Back Scheme (BBS), in 2016, 2017, and 2019, the Food Corporation of Bhutan Limited (FCBL) was able to generate a profit of around Nu 3.34 million (mn), Nu 4.43 mn, and 4.85 mn respectively from buy back of paddy, maize and …
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The National Assembly of Bhutan has come with a controversial and restrictive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the media which many journalists feel will hamper the ability of journalists to report in the Parliament. While there are nineteen rules reflected in the guide lines there are five rules targeting the …
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His Majesty The King granted an Audience to the Indian Chief of Army Staff, General Manoj Pande, at the Throne Room of the Tashichhodzong. General Manoj Pande is on a two-day visit to Bhutan, his first since his appointment as the Indian Army Chief in April 2022. The General was …
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It is an open secret that larger than usual numbers of civil servants have been resigning in recent times with a record 1,023 civil servants voluntarily resigning from July 2021 to June 2022. However, the popular misconception is that this has been happening only in the last 12 months or …
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But no pay hike in the horizon given limited resources Until now the Civil Servants have mainly been seeing the stick end of the civil service reforms, be it in the managing out of the executives or the strict Rules for Administrative Disciplinary Actions (RADA). However, it may not all …
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In early 2021 all the Australian banks informed their Bhutanese counterpart banks that they could no longer be the Correspondent Banks for the Bhutanese banks. A banker on the condition of anonymity said that the Australian banks found that the business generated by the Bhutanese banks was too small and …
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The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) led the reorganization of the civil service agencies along with a group of executives, and has come up with proposals aimed at bringing about a lot of changes in the structure of the 10 ministries and other agencies. The changes The main proposal is …
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With tourism opening in Bhutan on 23rd September 2022, under the new USD 200 Sustainable Development Fee (SDF), there are already Bhutanese tour operators selling discounted packages after paying the SDF. Discounted package For example, a tour operations company in Nepal that sells tour packages for a Bhutanese tour operator …
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