The Member of Parliament (MP) from Panbang constituency in Zhemgang, MP Dorji Wangdi, asked the government about the Prime Minister Office (PMO) harassing the media and rationale behind the appointment of the press secretary during the Question and Answer session yesterday. On the harassment issue, according to MP Dorji Wangdi, the opposition had received information […]
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Government not having followed parliamentary procedures by tabling the Pay Commission recommendations to the Parliament as a Money Bill among PDP’s 11-point suggestion As the government has presently tabled the Pay Revision Bill of Bhutan 2019 in the National Assembly, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has come out with their 11-point alternative views and comments […]
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Most of the public servants are concentrated in the urban areas where house rents are shooting up yearly hence the government has proposed a house rent allowance (HRA) of 12% at the highest level to 127% at the lower levels of public servants. Public servants at S2 (Supervisory Support categories) and above will get 20% […]
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Minister of Works and Human Settlement Dorji Tshering was questioned on the progress of the Trashigang-Samdrup Jongkhar road widening works during the Question and Answer session of the National Council yesterday. National Council representative from Trashigang Lhatu pointed out that the works were not complete despite having started in 2007. MP Lhatu said there is […]
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The government has made changes to the fourth pay commission’s recommendations on the pay revision with an increase of 6% at the highest level of position to 35% increase to the lowest level. The government has proposed to decrease the salary raised for Prime Minister to executive level among the civil servants and increased the […]
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They say increase in 3MT would make no difference The revision of the loading capacity or the Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) of a 10-wheeler truck from 25MT to 28MT by the government has not gone down well with truck owners in the border town of Phuentsholing. Meanwhile, information and communications minister Karma Donnen Wangdi informed […]
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The removal of 5% voucher tax will be discussed only in the third session of the parliament. Finance minister Namgay Tshering said all the tax reforms and fiscal policy reforms will be presented in the third session. The Member of Parliament (MP) from Nganglam constituency, Choida Jamtsho, questioned the finance minister on the government’s pledge […]
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The number of private newspapers has come down from 11 to five today The number of private newspapers is gradually disappearing from the newsstand after years of operation and the recent one to call it quits is Gyalchi Sershog, the only private Dzongkha newspaper in the market. With the recent suspension of the last private […]
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Of three mega South Asia Sub-regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) projects, two packages are complete in Pasakha. The Department of Roads (DoR) has contracted the entire project which is split into three packages. The first package was the construction of the Bhalujhora bridge. The second package was to construct the multicellular box culvert across Bahunijhora, and […]
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The 31st joint meeting of the UNWTO Commission for East Asia and the Pacific and the UNWTO Commission for South Asia (31st CAP-CSA); the 57th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for South Asia (CSA); the 53rd Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for East Asia and the Pacific (CAP) and the ‘UNWTO Regional Conference on Sustainable […]
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