It is well known that His Majesty The Fourth King Jigme Singye Wangchuck became the Druk Gyalpo at the tender age of 16 in 1972 after His Majesty The Third King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck passed away in Nairobi, Kenya. What is less known is the sheer discipline, the will, preparation, …
Read More »Stories About a King
The year was 2015 and Bhutan was preparing to celebrate the 60th Birth Anniversary of His Majesty The Fourth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuck on 11th November. As part of the celebrations, Dechencholing Higher Secondary School in Thimphu had put up large posters of His Majesty outside the school. One …
Read More »Three key ministries outline what they are doing about growing online scams including PandoraBiz
During the meet-the-press The Bhutanese asked the Home Ministry (MoHA), Ministry of Finance (MoF), and Ministry of Industry Commerce and Employment (MoICE) on how they plan to tackle increasingly complex scams spreading much faster, especially through social media, with the latest being crypto-based scams. The paper asked that while various …
Read More »The truth behind Sandeep’s ‘trading videos’
So far, The Bhutanese has investigated how Sandeep Rai Chamling of PandoraBiz and ‘SRC Mentorship Plans’ has not kept his promise to train mentees in trading, promoted online crypto gambling sites under the guise of earning Bitcoins, and also collected referral commissions without his mentees knowing. A large part of …
Read More »Frozen Fries entrepreneur’s dream comes to an end
Back in 1st August, the Minister for Industry Trade and Commerce (MoICE), Namgyal Dorji, had assured that the ministry will help Entrepreneur, Jangchub Dorji, of Kuen-Gha Potato Fingerling. In line with that promise, MoICE tried to push for the Nu 10 million (mn) ESP loan of Jangchub that had earlier …
Read More »Sandeep detained by South Thimphu police and more details come out
Sandeep Rai Chamling of PandoraBiz was detained by the South Thimphu police towards the end of last week based on a complaint by Kezang Choden who had given him Nu 9,162 for USDT 10 tether and promises to teach her trading, which did not happen. The police have taken a …
Read More »More complainants come forward in PandoraBiz SRC case
Sandeep goes full steam ahead as Regulators discuss what to do A total of 28 complaints has now been filed against Sandeep Rai Chamling of PandoraBiz with regard to his ‘SRC Mentorship Plans’ in the Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (CCAA). This is up from 4 complaints last week, and …
Read More »ACC clarifies Conflict of Interest allegation in ESP probe
The anonymous account Drukpa Dorje has alleged that there is an undeclared conflict of interest in the Economic Stimulus Plan (ESP) probe by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) as the preliminary investigation was led by Kelden Jamtsho, who is the brother-in-law of a sitting PDP MP from Phuentsholing. The Bhutanese took …
Read More »DHS report shows higher Bhutanese overstay rate in USA in 2023-24 FY
There was much outrage and shock earlier in 15th March this year when Bhutan was on a draft Red List of 11 countries scheduled for a travel ban according to reporting by the New York Times. Bhutan was not sitting idle though, and it was already in touch with US …
Read More »Bhutan’s self-proclaimed Crypto Currency Guru and his ‘billions’ runs into reality and trouble
There are two Facebook pages called ‘Sandeep Rai Chamling Official’ (SRC) with around 7,389 followers and Sandeep Rai Chamling with 6,800 followers. There are another 9,048 followers on Tiktok and 1,694 followers on Instagram. There are frequent videos of Sandeep Rai Chamling claiming to earn hundreds of dollars a day …
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