The Bhutanese has found that the cabinet violated government laws to provide abnormally high compensation rates to landowners in Pemagatshel with the biggest beneficiary being a close relative of the Prime Minister. The land in question is 116 acres of rural Kamzhing land owned by 26 thram holders and the …

The Denchi case in Pemagatshel Dzongkhag brings to the fore again, serious issues of respect for rule of law and conflict of interest over land involving our elected leaders. The issue at hand is the cabinet bending national laws on to offer a higher rate of land compensation than is …

Response to “PM and Ministers eligibility for 2013 in doubt due to Gyelpozhing and ECB rules”   Well, it is very sad yet the truth is open now. I personally met a family whose land got taken in the pretext of a government project. It was 5 acres of land …

Non-Performing Loans with commercial banks are increasing by the month Commercial banks in the country still suffer the backlash of the Indian Rupee (INR) shortfall which left scars more visible than pre-empted. The percentage of Non-Performing Loans (NPL) and Non-Performing Assets (NPA) with commercial banks in the country have rapidly …

The Shingkhar-Gorgan road drew a lot of controversy as it cuts through the core area of the Thrumshingla National Park, a safe haven for the Royal Bengal Tigers Inspite of the forest department’s express reservations on the road, the Department of Road (DoR) has gone ahead with the Environmental Impact …

With a senior Election Commission official saying that politicians who have a court case registered against them, will not be allowed to participate in 2013 the nature of the potential legal charges against them in the Gyelpozhing case have taken center stage. This is in the backdrop of ACC’s ongoing …

The reopening of a two kilometer irrigation Channel will aid Gongdue gewog farmers in Mongar to resume paddy cultivation after 10 years. More than 26 households of Yangbari village will be able to harvest rice coming year onwards. The channel supported by the Agriculture Marketing and Enterprise Promotion Program (AMEPP) …

When 2623 graduates sits for Preliminary Examination (PE) this year for the civil service examinations, some students of Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) will have to wait another year to do it. Students said losing one whole year after studying for three years and to wait for another year to attend …

The Vice Foreign Minister of China Ms Fu Ying, who lead an eight-member delegation for the 20th round of boundary talks, called on the Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley at the Gyalyong Tshokhang last Thursday. The boundary talks between Bhutan and the government of the People’s Republic of China …

In the latest on the alleged unfairly awarded printing works of the education ministry worth almost Nu 35mn, winning bidders have stepped-up to defend themselves. Previously, accusations were made against the companies who won the bid for the printing works in which one of the strongly mentioned point was that …