As fuel prices go through the roof also pushing up the cost of goods, the Department of Trade is expected to make a presentation to the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister to reduce the fuel price from India. The presentation will give a basic background of the discussions so far …

The Druk Thuendrel Tshogpa (DTT) is the newest party on the block and while it has elected a President in the form of former DPT North-Thimphu MP Kinga Tshering and a Vice President in the 2018 DPT candidate from Thrimshing, Chenga Tshering, the party is still a largely unknown entity. …

The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has completed its investigation into the stabbing and assault of the ACC Director of Investigation Gyeltshen, assault of the ACC Commissioner Jamtsho and general ruckus at the Supreme Court. The investigation report will be sent to the OAG on Monday.  The investigation established that it …

In an interview to The Bhutanese in January 2020 the Prime Minister Dasho (Dr) Lotay Tshering had first announced the idea of doing away with the traditional 5-year plan system. He said that he is not in favour of leaving a draft 5-year plan for the next government as the people would …

A WeChat audio clip of the Foreign Minister Dr Tandi Dorji talking to his constituents about fuel prices has gone viral. The audio clip in which the minister seems to be answering a query says that the government is also concerned about rising fuel prices, but cannot do anything about …

The 2021-2022 budget had predicted an annual domestic revenue of Nu 35 bn but as of mid April 2022 the government has only collected Nu 23.6 bn in revenue and is still Nu 12 bn short with just two months left until the budget year ends in June 30 2022. …

In September 2012, around 20 days after the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) submitted its Gyelpozhing Land Scam investigation report to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) saying 67 of the 99 plots are illegal, the OAG under then AG Phuntsho Wangdi issued a bland press release on its website …

ACC also has to take over remaining 4 plots of land with Ugyen Tenzin’s family While the Supreme Court verdict on the Trongsa Land Scam is out, there are two ends of the case that now needs to be tied up. The first is what will happen to the Viewpoint …

Former Dzongda Lhab Dorji’s comment and signature on a letter from DSLR asking him to delete 8 plots in Trongsa which he did not do but instead got 4 plots transfered to his wife Late last year, Upel Dakini Dorji, the daughter of former Trongsa Dzongda Lhab Dorji, put up …

One question that is increasingly being asked these days is on who will hold the judiciary and judges accountable. This will soon be answered as the Judiciary led by the High Court Chief Justice Duba Drukpa and other High Court Judges have drafted many rules for Judges and judicial staff …