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In the second meeting between the government, private sector and Financial Institutions on monetary measures, the entire Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) team was absent. The RMA instead had sent a note to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) either shooting down all the requests put forth by the private sector in …

The Ministry of Education (MoE) in partnership with the Bhutan Narcotics Control Agency (BNCA) will be testing staff and students on the use of controlled drugs and substances in 12 identified schools based on certain information. The Officiating Secretary Karma Galay of MoE said drug test kits have arrived in …

Bhutanese community leaders meet and discuss in Perth The USA may have experienced the California Gold Rush in the mid 19th century, but Bhutan is experiencing its very own ‘Australia Rush’ that started as a trickle around a decade ago, but is now a mighty and roaring river. The city …

Certain provisions of the Royal Civil Service Commission’s (RCSC) new rules for civil servants called Rules for Administrative Disciplinary Actions (RADA) that limit the ability of civil servants to share information or express themselves has set the cat among the pigeons not only among civil servants, but also media professionals. …

Fake Bhutanese currencies have so far been amateur efforts that even ordinary Bhutanese can make out with the naked eye, the touch of the paper quality, the colour and the lack of some security features. However, this now seems to be changing with the latest haul of Nu 23,000 worth …

The Ministry of Labor and Human Resources (MoLHR) has been receiving some cases of forced labor bond though the numbers are very few. The employees are made to sign a bond with certain terms and condition wherein if the employee wants to resign, he or she has to pay the …

As part of the larger reforms a committee in the Ministry of Finance is studying the concept of ‘Clean Wage,’ system that provides a comprehensive pay package free of allowances, both open and hidden. The aim is to bring in transparency, motivate the civil servants and also change their behavior …

If the two most wasteful budget heads can be identified under the annual budget head of the government then they would probably be the short term trainings or conferences in luxury hotels in Paro and Punakha where the outcome is usually questionable, and also the endless number of consultants hired …

July is supposed to be the peak monsoon season benefitting farmers and our hydro projects, but over the past two weeks, most parts of the country have seen largely dry weather and temperatures being above average in a heatwave. A weather forecast from the National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology …

With the opening of borders and travel, globally, the risk of monkey pox transmission is likely to increase, and Bhutan is no exception, as there is every chance of importing monkeypox into the country. Even while the world is still fighting the COVID -19 pandemic, there is now the monkeypox …