On 9th September, when DPT introduced Chencho Nidup as its new North Thimphu candidate to its party members and the media, requests for interviews or questions from the press were strangely declined. This was because behind the scenes Chencho Nidup’s appearance at the event almost did not happen as the …

In a first, Bangladesh will be the first country apart from India to invest in a major hydropower mega project in Bhutan, in the form of the 1125 MW Dorjilung project. This comes after India recently and informally agreed to the investment from Bangladesh in Bhutan. India’s assent is important …

The upstream JV reservoir project would benefit Chukha, Tala and the Wangchu projects which are downstream   The only reservoir Joint Venture (JV) project which is the 180 MW Bunakha project has been stuck for more than two years now since its DPR received approval from the Bhutan government in …

The Punatsangchu Hydroelectric Project Authority (PHPA) that looks after the 1,200 MW Punatsangchu I and 1,020 MW Punatsangchu II will get a new Joint Managing Director (JMD). The term of the current JMD Dasho Phuntsho Norbu came to an end in April 2016 according to the cabinet. The JMD had …

In response to a question from The Bhutanese on poor mobile and internet connectivity the Prime Minister on 3rd June 2016 had said that if services don’t improve by September, the government may be compelled to consider opening the market to a third operator. The PM had said that the …

Around 10 days ago a Druk Air flight to Bangkok had to do an emergency landing back in Paro airport after take-off as its sensors showed there was a problem in the plane’s hydraulic system. The Hydraulic system of the plane is important to control the plane’s landing gear, wing …

One of DPT’s brightest political stars, MP Kinga Tshering of the North-Thimphu constituency has stated his intent to resign from his post as a sitting DPT MP in the Parliament. Though both the Speaker and Opposition Leader declined to comment on the issue, political circles in Thimphu including some social …

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the High Court verdict in the Dr Shacha Wangmo’s Mother Tandin Bidha versus Sonam Phuntsho case but there was also a significant change. The original verdict of the High Court which had been previously upheld by the Supreme Court was that Tandin Bidha had …

The Tala project also suffered during the heavy monsoon rains in July end that had even cut of the Phuntsholing-Thimphu highway. A landslide knocked out an Auxiliary Supply Transformer that supplies power to the butterfly valve chamber. This chamber can stop the flow of water to the generating units from …

In 2008 the world was rocked with the ‘Rice crisis’ when rising prices, some shortages and speculation led to rice exporting countries like India stopping the export of rice. This also affected Bhutan, which imports the overwhelming majority of its rice from India. It was only after a special request …