As of April 2022 Bhutan is paying Nu 12.23 more per liter for petrol and Nu 11.48 more per liter for diesel than Nepal from the same Indian PSU Oil companies and even from the same geographical locations. Unlike Bhutan, Nepal has a bilateral agreement between the two countries on …

With the Office of the Consumer Protection (OCP) declaring the Enagic Alkaline Water Ionizer and Water Filtrations of Kangen Water Machine as a Pyramid Scheme that is forbidden in Bhutan, the next big headache is monitoring. Though there are no exact figures there are significant numbers of those claiming to …

National positivity rate from flu clinics is 43 percent The government announced additional relaxations based on the good health data so far. While for international travelers, the five days mandatory facility quarantine will continue to monitor emerging variants, in-bound Bhutanese travelers can home quarantine for fie days.  The respective regional …

The Minister for Economic Affairs Loknath Sharma had a series of important meetings with the Chief Ministers of West Bengal, Assam and Meghalaya, apart form other ministers and senior officials on issues related to Bhutan’s exports and also transportation that either go to or pass through these states. The minister …

In what will be the first high level visit in more than two years since Bhutan closed its borders due to the pandemic, the Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar will be making an official visit on 29 April 2022. The visit follows an invitation extended to the MEA …

For around four months the Department of Trade (DoT) had been trying everything officially and unofficially to get a break up of the fuel prices charged to Bhutan by fuel Oil companies in India. This is especially after the much lower base rate (minus taxes) charged to Indian dealers, and …

Normally, when the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) audits an agency it places accountability at various levels and follows up in the following years. However, the RAA will no longer fix accountability only in its Audit reports via Audit clearances etc, but it is now taking accountability to another level by …

One main evidence used to convict 56-year-old Dil Bahadur Chhetri Neopani (DB Chhetri), former Officiating Principal of Gosarling School, was his written statement to the police on 6 November 2019 on the day of his arrest. He read out the same statement to the police in an on-camera recording, which …

Around 6% of fuel price already goes to dealers to cover costs and returns You may think your fuel price is high enough, but it could go slightly higher if the government approves the recommendation of a government committee to revise fuel transportation rates for tankers of oil distributors. Currently, …

Oil Companies shy away from sharing fuel cost break up Nepal buying same fuel from same companies at cheaper rate than Bhutan Last week, this paper did a story showing the vast differences in prices between what Indian Oil Companies charge fuel pumps in India as compared to Bhutan including …