Thimphu, January 17: After much debates of debacles, the government has finally came up with the proposal to increase the salary of the government employees in the board by 35 percent and 45 percent for local government functionaries. Similarly, the government proposed to increase the salaries by 61 percent of the low graders like care-takers, … Read more
Thimphu, January 17: Ministry of Health and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) agreed on establishing first medical college in Bhutan by February 2011 with funding by India. A Bhutanese delegation led by health secretary Dr. Gado Tshering held consultation with the experts from AIIMS on technical requirements for the college – human resource … Read more
Thimphu, January 17: The National Assembly has asked the government not to create any new geogs until 2001, saying there is need for study on impact of boundary delimitation. The parliament also asked the Home Ministry to prepare a guideline to define minimum requirements and prerequisites for creating or merging the geogs or chiwogs. Four … Read more
Thimphu, January 16: The increasing cases of faults in education sectors were extensively discussed at the second session of the National Assembly. The MPs also suggested government on ways to improve country’s education quality besides raising several questions to education minister relating to curriculum, textbooks, rural schools, teacher deployment and planning of education. The … Read more
Thimphu, January 16: The national monastic body has appealed King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk to revoke the decision of the National Assembly on lifting ban on sales of meat during religious months — daw dangpa and zhipa. Though the decision was welcomed by meat sellers, it has been challenged by the religious fundamentalists, who believe … Read more
Thimphu, January 16: The country has just over 12,000 security force, including the Royal Bhutan Army, but the government has agreed on providing security cover to all civil servants, members of parliament and business tycoons. On January 12, the MPs from southern districts have demanded security cover for them during public function and movement in … Read more
Zhemgang, January 16: People in Zhemganag have barred from continuing the construction of the Sonamthang irrigation channel, Panbang, saying their gup embezzled money while buying cement for the construction. Construction of the irrigation channels, that benefit 63 households in the village, began in 2006 with assistance from the east-central region agriculture development project, Helvetas. The … Read more
Thimphu, January 16: The DPT-led government has unveiled its long-expected dreams for a prosperous and beautiful Bhutan on January 10 at a function organized in the capital. In the presence of some 300 senior bureaucrats and the Bhutanese media, the agendas read out by Prime Minister Jigmi Thiney seemed to be a distant dream to … Read more
Thimphu, January 16: The two parties in National Assembly reached near the boiling point on use of word ‘independence’ in Police bill, which is under discussion at the parliament. The DPT government denied given independent administration authority to the Royal Bhutan Police while opposition party strongly opposed the idea. Police chief Kipchu Namgyal just said … Read more
Thimphu, January 15: A recent media impact study by Center for Media and Democracy has revealed that radio still has been the primary source of information for common Bhutanese while newly emerged print media have greater role in influencing decision making at government level. The radio run by Bhutan Broadcasting Service has covered 33.8 percent … Read more