In 2008 the then PHPA MD convinced the cabinet to shift the P-1 dam location to the current site which in all eventuality will now have to be abandoned with billions in losses. Nobody thought to ask if adequate studies had been done on the new site. Bhutanese hydro officials …

STANFORD/BOSTON/PARIS – The arrival of COVID-19 vaccines is giving the world hope of ending the pandemic, but many countries remain consumed by the virus’s spread. So, as we wait for widespread availability and distribution of the vaccines, preventive health measures such as social distancing, mask-wearing, and hand-washing will remain critical …

In 2015 the same ACC had taken a different stance to another similar letter On 18th September 2020 the National Council had sent a letter to the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) to validate if there were any contraventions of sections 54, 58 and 63 of the ACC Act (ACAB) over …

Second consignment of 400,000 vaccines to come by second or third week of March The Ministry of Health (MoH) has started listing people for the COVID-19 vaccine and with help from the local governments, people in the rural parts are also registering. Similarly, people in the urban areas are also …

Since the launch of Build Bhutan Project (BBP), the BBP department under Ministry of Labor and Human Resources have registered 5, 831 candidates seeking for jobs at construction sites. Of the total registered candidates 2,045 are women of which they could engage only 175 women so far. Of the 175 …

The Bhutanese, over the week, was contacted by a source with information on the case pertaining to the detention of the Supreme Court Judge Kuenlay Tshering, Pemagatshel Drangpon Yeshey Dorji, RBG Commandant Brigadier Thinley Tobgye and Khandu Wangmo also known as Bumden Khandu Wangmo. The source, who is an ordinary …

With the recent Non Performing Loans (NPL) framework resolution released by the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA), it means that the private sector or those sectors that had been listed under the NPL were provided an extension of 3-year period for their NPLs. Many private firms stated that it was much …

Royal Court of Justice has received 93 COVID-19 related cases so far. Priorities were given to domestic violence related cases and breach of COVID-19 protocol related cases once the courts resumed after the lockdown. Cases could not be registered or cases were kept pending in the courts as it remained …

It has been two months since the Economic Affairs Minister inaugurated the country’s first ever Cottage and Small Industry (CSI) Market below the Start-up center located at Changzamtog. The Minister had stated that there would be more such market places created in other parts of the country which was launched …

The Bhutan Power Corporation Limited (BPC) said it has been receiving numerous complaints regarding the –electricity bill amount for the bills raised after the 2nd nationwide lockdown. As a part of BPC’s COVID-19 contingency plan and standard operating procedure (SoP), BPC resorted to the average billing of the customers during …