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Of the 10 recommendations the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) made to the finance ministry on in-country travel claims, six are partially implemented. The RAA had pointed out weak administrative, supervisory and monitoring controls on in country travel claims. Three recommendations were not implemented and one is in the process of …

Two non-Bhutanese men from Jalapiguri in West Bengal, India, died on impact when the Bolero they were travelling in veered off the road on the early morning of April 22 in Sombaykha, Haa. Another non-Bhutanese died on the way to Dorokha hospital in Samtse. The other 10 passengers, also non-Bhutanese, …

At least 38 civil servants were demoted or terminated between 2014 and 2018 on administrative disciplinary actions, according to records maintained by the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC). The commission’s annual report, 2018-2019, states that agencies through their respective human resource committees (HRC) also took administrative actions against 64 civil …

The Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) secretariat is waiting for an endorsement of Terms of Reference (ToR) for its president to call a General Assembly to elect a new party president. Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering currently holds the post of party president although the party’s charter does not allow a …

Given the need to incorporate new regulatory provisions, the Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA) is working on revising the Bhutan Medicines Rules and Regulations (BMRR). Since the first edition of the medicines rules and regulations came into effect in 2005, the rules have been revised twice. To read more, please subscribe …

Paro police forwarded the case involving three women who were charged for battery and libel to court on April 22. Following a complaint filed to police after the video of a woman slapping and abusing another woman went viral on social media in February, the three suspects were arrested the …

Hundreds of pine trees along the Thimphu-Paro-Haa highway are turning brown and dying. The condition is called die-back, in which a tree begins to die from the tip of leaves or roots. The die-back is attributed to disease or unfavorable environmental conditions. To read more, please subscribe by registering at …

Residents of Tandingang village in Bumthang are expecting a good yield from their first green house chilli plantation. The green houses were distributed by the gewog and the dzongkhag administrations. The residents are divided into three groups with six members in the bigger one and three members each in two …

Non-compliance to rules, lack of staff and fund for renovations are some of the major challenges facing the Gasa Tshachu management today. There are only three staff managing over 1, 200 guests during peak seasons. To read more, please subscribe by registering at www.ekuensel.com

On the recommendations of the Bhutan Education Blueprint 2014-2024, National School Curriculum Conference 2016 and the resolution of the 19th National Education Conference, the Royal Education Council has revised and rationalised school curriculum and instructional time. Irrelevant and obsolete contents from textbooks have been screened out, errors rectified and information …

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) last week wrote to the Prime Minister, asking him to follow due diligence on the alleged corruption case involving home minister Sherub Gyeltshen. The ACC in January last year had implicated the home minister for an alleged false insurance claim worth Nu 226,546 from the Royal …

The government’s pledge and its subsequent decision to do away with class III examination from the next academic session is in line with the Bhutan Council for School Examination’s (BCSEA) survey findings conducted sometime in 2016. BCSEA did a “Review of Classes III and VI year-end assessment” and one of …