The first meeting of the Project Steering Committee on India Bhutan Rail Links project was held on 20th November in New Delhi. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Munu Mahawar, Additional Secretary (North) and Karma Wangchuk, Secretary, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. The deliberations focused on the implementation modalities of …
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P I Construction to start in first quarter of 2026 During his recent visit to Bhutan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 1020 MW Punatsangchu II project which has been generating and exporting power, however, there was no announcement on the tariff rate. This left some puzzled as the tariff …
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The future of the entire Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) project depends on the Gelephu International Airport (GIA) getting the two key routes through India for landing and takeoff. Bhutan formally placed a request for the two routes, Igay and Taray in the east and west, to directly fly out and …
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People may have started wondering why the promised mobile data price cut is still not happening despite a GovTech letter to Bhutan Telecom (BT) asking it to slash mobile data by 50% from 1st July 2025 onwards. This is because so far neither BT nor the regulator BICMA are budging. …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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