Excess payments made due to laxity of officials: PAC
March 3rd, 2020
If excess payments made to contractors are a recurrent lapse across government agencies, laxity and non-diligence on part of dealing officials were the reasons.
Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Phuntsho Rapten, pointed out this yesterday while presenting the committee’s report to the joint sitting of parliament.
Interventions key to keep the young in the East
March 2nd, 2020
Bhutan must implement policies and programmes immediately to stop and revert...
Kids who missed PP admission can try next year: MoE minister
February 29th, 2020
Despite meeting the admission age criteria, Kezang Dechen who resides in...
More Bhutanese moving between rural areas
February 28th, 2020
The migration of people from rural to urban centres is no...
Speaker finds ‘wow factor’ missing in report on BCCI
February 27th, 2020
Issues surrounding the legality of the Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and...
Birth Anniversary celebrations begin with prayers
February 22nd, 2020
To mark the 40th birth anniversary of His Majesty The King,...
Govt. supports relocation of offices, but not motion
February 21st, 2020
The National Assembly yesterday shot down the motion to relocate some...
NA overturns its decision on SDF
February 20th, 2020
Two weeks after the National Assembly (NA) endorsed the exemption of...
Two Houses at loggerheads over unnatural sex provisions
February 19th, 2020
National Assembly (NA) rejected the National Council’s (NC) recommendation on section...
Money Bills passage raises questions
February 18th, 2020
Some of the money Bills that are being deliberated in the...
Residents near mine blame coal company for cracks
February 17th, 2020
Kuchi, 72, of Dewathang, Samdrupjongkhar moved in a semi-permanent house. She...
COVID-19 coughs loses in the millions on airlines
February 15th, 2020
Bhutan’s two airlines have been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak...
Police bust air couriered psychotropic substance racket
February 14th, 2020
Following a complaint to the Bhutan Narcotics Control Authority (BNCA), Thimphu...