The much publicized auction of Aum Tandin Bidha’s building did not see any buyers coming forth on the 30th March 2017 auction date, as set by the Department of National Properties (DNP), under the Ministry of Finance. With no buyers turning up the auction was cancelled and the matter is …

Mathematics, too often, strikes a combination of fear and boredom in many students in Bhutan. However, that was to change on Saturday evening on 18th March as Professor Marcus Du Sautoy (OBE)  from Oxford University, with an international reputation and body of work in popularizing maths,  kept a hall full …

However, frivolous complaints with intent to defame may see contempt proceedings The Supreme Court has come up with a draft Judicial Accountability Guidelines 2017, which for the first time sets up an entire system along with guidelines to complain against Judges and also investigate them. Judges, if found guilty, can …

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has started collecting and reviewing documents and criteria related to the National Film Awards. This is after the film director Karma Lhatrul Rinpoche filed a complaint of corruption and collusion against the Bhutan Film Association (BFA) with the ACC last week in relation to the …

The 16th National Film Awards has come in for high controversy with a film director Karma Lhatrul Rinpoche, filing a complaint of corruption and collusion against the Bhutan Film Association (BFA) with the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). The controversy centers on the selection of the best films category, whose top …

In a development that would cause the government to revise revenue estimates and recalculate its expenditure for the next five years, both the 1,200 MW Punatsangchu I (P I) and 1,020 MW Punatsangchu II (P II) projects are expected to undergo huge additional delays. A government official, on the condition …

If all went to plan on the hydropower front, Bhutan would have come closer to becoming a self sufficient economy during the course of the 12th five year plan (FYP) period. But this has all gone ‘topsy turvy’ after the government received a recent report in February 2017 where of …

A big change in the 12th Five Year Plan (FYP) is the fact that the preliminary capital expenditure to the local government has been doubled from Nu 25 bn in the 11th FYP to Nu 50 bn in the 12th FYP. Of the Nu 300 bn 12th FYP the capital …

Dr Shacha Wangmo and her mother Tandin Bidha will be losing nine of their apartments in their building on March 30th 2017. This is because the building is jointly owned by Tandin Bidha’s other daughter Sonam Wangmo who Ap SP alleged took money from him and won a case in …

The 2010 Economic Development Policy (EDP) had a lot of grand aims but except for a few areas it failed to achieve most of its targets. The 2017 EDP document learning from the failures of the 2010 EDP has come up with a number of game changing and bold reforms …