Meanwhile OAG files another case in the High Court challenging ACC’s right to prosecute the Gyelpozhing case After the High Court verdict upheld the stay order against the suspension of the Speaker and the Home Minister the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) may soon approach the Supreme Court to appeal against …

The question of Bhutanese officials endorsing Chinese claims of Bhutanese territory on the basis of an outline of a Chinese map in their passport does not arise at all, foreign minister in-charge Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk told The Bhutanese yesterday. “The total Chinese territory is over 9.6 mn sq km and …

This is to be done through a ‘Letter Rogatory’ issued through diplomatic channels from the Kerala High Court to a Court in Bhutan In an exclusive interview the CBI Superintendent K. Krishnakumar investigating the Bhutan Lottery scam in India said that the CBI has requested the Kerala High Court to …

People of Ngangla, Bjoka and Goshing gewogs have started asking what government would do with the old suspension bridge when Bhutan’s second longest bridge over Drangmechhu in Panbang, Zhemgang completes its construction. The old suspension bridge served as a lifeline for the people of these gewogs for many decades. It …

Taw Tshering the father of the 17 year old victim, raped and impregnated by the 75 year old neighbor Bapula is relieved with the justice received on 27 November  as the convict was slapped a prison term of nine years and three months after he was proven to be the …

Winter is only begun and a fourth incidence of forest fire in Lobneysham in Chapcha gewog under Chukha dzongkhag on November 22 destroyed approximately two acres of Blue Pine forests. The fire is believed to have started early in the morning towards 6 to7 AM on 22 November. As per …

Development activities yet to be completed People in the gewog are content that all the development activities are about to be completed. One kilometer of rural water supply scheme (RWSS), an additional source in Tashilingmaed with the budget of Nu 80,000 and two kilometers of source protection in Zomling chiwog …

In the ongoing archery tournament in Changlimithang two matches were played on 29 and 30 November. Thus far the teams which have been knocked out are BNBL, Chari Tshen, Dhajuden Lhenkha, Mountain Journey, Karma Auto and Bhutan visit from Pool A and BSMT archers, Trowa 11, Namcha united, Charo 13, …

Five SAARC countries of India, Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Bhutan will come together for a Cultural festival on Traditional Drumming in Thimphu and make it a unique SAARC cultural festival to be held in Bhutan for the first time where rhythm and tradition will embrace each other through cultural …

The diplomatic storm in Asia over Chinese passports printed with Chinese maps showing disputed territories with its neighbors like India, Vietnam, Taiwan, Brunei, Malaysia and Philippines as its own may now affect Bhutan. This paper has found that Bhutanese Immigration and Visa officials for the past few months have been …