On March 6, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) forwarded an embezzlement case involving the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) accountant, Karma Chophel, to the district court. He has been charged for embezzling a little more than Nu 5.5mn from his earlier workplace, the Ministry of Works and Human Settlement …

Greener way, Bhutan’s first private waste management firm’s hopes to transform the face of waste management in the capital  received further impetus when the government allotted it an acre of land below the fly over bridge near the truck parking for the construction of a Material Recover Facility (Transfer Station). …

An investigation by The Bhutanese has found that well armed timber mafia from India and local tribes in collusion with corrupt law enforcement officials there are engaged in large scale illegal logging and smuggling of trees from southern Bhutan.An understaffed Bhutanese forest rangers team has been unable to catch most …

  Dzongkha lopen targeted with two bombs and warning pamphlets from gang members Around 11 teachers of Bajo Higher Secondary school were rudely woken up by two loud blasts on the night of March 1. In the morning teachers and staff found that two ‘bombs’  exploded outside Dzongkha teacher Lopen …

In a sign of the rupee crunch panic spreading, fuel stations and gas depots saw people stocking on these products in anticipation of a shortage. In an attempt to address such growing national panic the finance minister Lyonpo, Wangdi Norbu said that there is no need for alarm as the …

The Bhutanese film industry saw its worst year in 2011 with 18 of the 26 releases flopping big time at the box office. Most films that failed were introduced by new directors including fresh graduates who learnt filmmaking elsewhere and wanted to start their own production as soon as they …

One of the early foundational pillars of modern Bhutan was the emancipation of serfs in 1959 by His Majesty the third king. This meant the abolishment of feudalism and redistribution of land to the landless and vulnerable sections of society. In Bhutan, unlike in the west, land has much more …

All around the world, people have figured out a system of eating out; it is not unusual to eat less at home and definitely not unusual to pay separately while in a group. It gets me wondering about the evolution of dining etiquettes and the social construct from within this …

The construction of the National Secretariat Complex was shelved during the 10th Plan due to budget constraints, but the Ministry of Works and Human Settlement (MOWHS), which proposed the project expects that it would be taken up during the 11th FYP. For the last one decade, the National Secretariat Complex …

Paro His Eminence Dungse Thrinley Norbu Rinpoche’s pujrang was conducted on March 3 at the Dago phug Goenpa, Lango, Paro. The ceremonies which started at around four in the morning and lasted till afternoon was attended by members of the royal family, the cabinet including the prime minister and around …