Farm road spill over in next  FYP   The gewog is planning to put up the construction of a 15-kilometer farm road between Atola and Tongkala in the next five year plan since it could not be completed due to budget constraints during the 10th FYP. The road will be benefit …

  Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuk inaugurated the Ability Bhutan Society (ABS) by unveiling the office plaque yesterday at the Lingkana palace. The Gyaltsuen granted an audience to six underprivileged children accompanied by their parents and the chairman of the ABS, Chief Election Commissioner, Dasho Kunzang Wangdi and its board members. …

The High Level Committee report of 2003 brought  to the forefront 45 cases involving influential people and hundreds of acres of grabbed land in Thimphu. However, an investigation by The Bhutanese has shown that no serious action has been taken against the land officials, Dzongdas and Drangpons involved. This paper …

National Land Commission (NLC) is in the process of revising the land tax rates in both rural and urban areas with the aim of generating revenue, preventing speculation over land, and also concentration of land holdings in a few hands. The rates are yet to be finalized and will have …

Article 7 Section 23 of the Constitution states that every Bhutanese shall have the right to file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) if it fulfills the criteria required by the court but according to an eminent judicial expert from the Thimphu district court there are no specific legal provisions relating …

Seven registered companies in the country were dissolved with effect from February 1, 2012 after they failed to comply with ‘The Companies Act 2007’ and operational rules. These companies had registered with the Company Registry Division (CRD), under Department of Industry, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA). The companies dissolved are …