Pema Dorji (23) was driving his truck loaded with hollow blocks into Bhutan through the Bow Bazar gate in Jaigaon on 28th September when he was stopped by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). The SSB soldiers said he had been carrying scrap a few days earlier from Phuentsholing and was …

Attempts to resolve a dispute between Kalu Rinpoche and a Bhutanese couple in Perth, Lhaki Dema and Tashi Dorji, over the management of the Druk Community Center Australia (DCCA) and statements made by Kalu Rinpoche on TikTok have failed to produce an agreement. Lhaki Dema and Tashi Dorji, under legal …

Scrap export comes to a halt and affects livelihoods of the most vulnerable More details have emerged on the Nu 10,000 Gunda Tax per truck of scrap demanded by politically connected goons, in addition to the existing Nu 4,000 that is paid to officials in Jaigaon, putting an effective dampener …

After a delay of around six months, the draft supplementary agreement, along with the finalized construction methodology and schedule for the right bank of the 1200 MW Punatsangchu I project, has finally been shared with the construction company Larsen & Toubro by the overall consultant Water and Power Consultancy Services …

Sonam (name changed) had been seeing a notification for some days on Facebook, asking clients to update their details with the bank as per instructions from the Ministry of Finance. It warned that users who failed to do so would have their accounts suspended immediately. While scrolling through Facebook, she …

A small but important economic sector in Bhutan is the scrap business. Thimphu alone is estimated to have around 150 scrap businesses, and when other dzongkhags are included, the total could rise to 250 to 300. This growing sector not only gets rid of our unwanted waste, but also makes …

The National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC) sent a media directive to all media houses on September 7 titled ‘Safeguarding Minor Privacy and Preventing Indirect Identification.’ The Directive rests its legal basis on the Child Protection Act 2011. It says that, with immediate effect, all media houses and journalists …

Under the National Fuel Price Smoothening Framework (NFPSF), the Government has provided a total of Nu. 2.047 billion (bn) in fuel price support from March 11 to September 1, 2026. The bulk of this amount has been for diesel. 62,963 kiloliters of diesel or 62.963 million (mn) liters sold to …

Gups and Mangmis in danger with LG polls in January In the past, the only way an audit clearance could be denied to a senior official was if the memo was directly issued to them with either Direct Accountability or Supervisory Accountability. However, the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) is enforcing …

With the results of the Speaker election, where the ruling party nominee Lyonpo Tandin Wangchuk got only 23 votes against the Opposition candidate Tempa Dorji, who got 24, there has been much speculation about it being a confidence vote against the Government. There has been much speculation that the ruling …