The combination of rising kidney failure cases, and the lack of an organ donation system in the country, is leading to a thriving and growing black market in kidney trade. Bhutan Kidney Foundation (BKF) Founder and Executive Director, Tashi Namgay, said that there was one instance where a person was …
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On 10th October 2024 a delegation from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MoIT), led by former Secretary Phuntsho Tobgay, held discussions with India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation regarding the Air Service Agreement between the two nations. During the meeting, Bhutan formally submitted a request for the approval of two …
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On 3rd March 2023 Gyem Gyeltshen from Lunana lost his 38-year-old wife, Dresang Dema, and his four-year-old daughter, Nima Peday, to a helicopter crash, and despite Druk Air having an insurance policy of USD 200,000 for each death, the international reinsurance companies only offered USD 10,000 each. They cited local …
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His Majesty The King, as the Executive Chairperson of the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) Board, granted the ‘GMC Law No. 1 of 2024’ at the Machhen Lhakhang of Punakha Dzong, in accordance with the tradition of seeking blessings from the nation’s most sacred shrine for significant national undertakings on 26th …
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Sonam Norbu (39) was convicted The father of late Namgay Dolkar (24), Singye Wangchuk, is in a state of shock and not happy with the Thimphu District Court sentencing the killer of his daughter to 14 years 11 months and 29 days only. Singye said, “If this is the legal …
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The Criminal Bench of the Thimphu District Court today sentenced businessman Sonam Norbu (39) of voluntary manslaughter of Namgay Dolkar (24) on the evening of 13th August 2023. The sentencing is for 14 years 11 months and 29 days. Voluntary manslaughter is a felony of the second degree and has …
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The main highlight of the 117th National Day Address by His Majesty The King was the mention of ‘The Diamond Strategy’, where the current ‘One Country, Two Systems’ of the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) would converge back into ‘One Country, One System,’ where innovations emerging from the GMC must be …
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On 17th December 2024 two units of the P II project started generating power with its inauguration by the Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Gem Tshering. The two units are of 340 MW capacity and as per procedure it directly is not allowed to generate as much in one …
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The High Court, this week, dismissed the Constitutional Case filed over Freedom of Religion by Damphu building owner Rajen Tamang. Rajen had requested the Court to allow religious gatherings in his karaoke on the basis of freedom of religion. The Tsirang Dzongkhag and Municipality under the Dzongda had cut water …
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The Head of the Legislative Committee and Nyisho-Sephu MP, Kunga, in a National Assembly Press Conference said that after elections, when a Cabinet Minister joins office ,the minister gets Nu 600,000 as an office joining amount and the Prime Minister gets Nu 1.2 million (mn). He said that this amount …
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