REDCL fake loan scam dominated issues in Tsirang
YEARENDR: Rural Enterprise Development Corporation Ltd loan scam was one of the most discussed issues in Tsirang in the past year. The Office of the Attorney General investigated and found two party...
View ArticlePicture of Trashigang and Trashiyangtse in the last one year
YEARENDR: The Fire Female Bird Year returned Trashigang’s lost wing with the resumption of the domestic airport at Yonphula in Kanglung gewog on November 11 last year. Four years after the airport was...
View ArticleExit the Rooster, Enter the Dog! The “best” and “worst” of Asia in the year...
As the countdown continues in Bhutan to Losar and the Year of the (Earth) Dog, we take one last look at what dominated Asia’s headlines in the year that was. In the outgoing Year of the Rooster, who...
View ArticleSome progress, many delays for MoWHS
YEARENDR: The rooster year saw the works and human settlement ministry mired in delays. The year did not see much completion of highway constructions but ministry officials insist there has been...
View ArticleAn eventful year for the education sector
YEARENDR: The rooster year was an eventful year for the education sector. As part of the major education reform process and to promote holistic education through theatre, the education ministry...
View ArticleThe rooster didn’t favour women and children
YEARENDR: The fire female bird year started with debates on whether it was necessary to have a quota system in place for larger women representation in elections or whether it would undermine and...
View ArticleJudiciary strives to maintain public trust
YEARENDR: The fire female bird year started on a positive note for the judiciary with the institution agreeing to endorse regulation on accountability in March. Referred as the Judicial Responsibility...
View ArticleHome ministry takes it slow
YEARENDR: The female bird year saw several issues unfolding in the home and cultural affairs ministry, which the ministry was unable to resolve. It started with few affected people questioning the...
View ArticleWhen the rooster pecked the economy
YEARENDR: The rooster began crowing at the peak of dawn when it felt the impact of putting all its eggs in one basket. Such is the saga of the country’s economy. Investment in hydropower sector was...
View ArticleWhat the Male Earth Dog Year has in store
For expectant mothers, the Male Earth Dog Year is indeed special. It is Mewa Gumar, which according to Buddhist belief is considered lucky – prosperity will come to the family with the birth of a...
View ArticleRadiotherapy service marks a new beginning
Bhutan’s health system has come a long way. When the nation began planned development in the early 1960s, we had just two hospitals. Today we have more than 30 hospitals, close to 200 basic health...
View ArticleSubstance abuse family support group awaits training
A month and a half after the Bhutan Narcotic Control Authority (BNCA) launched the first family support group (FSG) in Lungtenphug, Thimphu to address substance abuse issues in the family, the...
View Article14 NC members to recontest
Six members including the Chairperson have decided not to recontest Fourteen incumbent National Council (NC) members are heading to their dzongkhags to recontest the upcoming elections slated for...
View ArticleAn amateur artist takes up dotted art
A canvas, a steady hand and patience is what takes a promising artist, Manzil Lama in Phuentsholing, to painstakingly craft a surreal portrait of Punakha dzong from a billion points (dots) of ink pens....
View ArticleWangdue reports three forest fires last week
The fire at Kameychhu is not completely contained Soon after the Khujula fire was contained in Wangduephodrang, a forest fire in Khotakha and Kameychhu broke out on February 15. Wangdue dzongdag Sonam...
View ArticleThromde to strictly monitor encroachment of footpaths
Thimphu thromde would no longer allow shopkeepers and vendors stacking and selling their goods on the newly built footpaths in the city, thromde officials said. Thimphu thromde on January 26 issued a...
View ArticleMeet the people programme suspended during election period
Following the Election Commission of Bhutan’s public advisory to avoid public meetings and gatherings from February to May and August to October this year, the weekly Meet the People Programme has been...
View ArticleMan convicted for abusing and possessing cannabis
A non-Bhutanese was convicted for solicitation Thimphu dzongkhag court’s bench I sentenced a 25-year-old man from Samtse to a year in prison for possession and abuse of marijuana on February 14. Police...
View ArticleCourt orders litigants to produce evidence in next hearing
The High Court’s Bench I yesterday asked both the defendants and RBA prosecutors to produce evidence during the evidence hearing on March 20 and 23. The court has asked the defendants, Major Ugyen...
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Nu 20B revenue forgone between 2011-16
A revenue of Nu 19.8B has been foregone from fiscal incentives, tax holidays and exemptions from 2011 to 2016, according to national revenue reports of 2011-12 to 2016-17. Tax holidays on selected...
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