The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has finished its investigation into the Monument Fee corruption case at Punakha Dzong. A total of 47 people are being charged, of which 40 are guides, 4 are ticket officials and three are RBP personnel at the gate. The charges for the guides are active bribery …

It may be interesting or even entertaining to watch or read the news on unfolding international political developments with the United States of America (USA) intent on withdrawing from international bodies, tariff wars between major economies, the European Union (EU) planning to rearm etc., but a closer look shows that …

In the next three month, if you see a low flying helicopter zipping over your head at a low altitude with specialized equipment, don’t worry — as these are not spying on you but are looking for mineral wealth under Bhutan’s soil. Two specialized helicopters from Australia have finally reached …

In the last issue of this paper, we did a story on how the Department of Geology and Mines (DGM) has hired two especially equipped Australian helicopters to do aerial surveys of the country using magnetometer and LiDAR or laser scanning to map areas in Bhutan at or under 10,000 …

The Department of Geology and Mines (DGM) will be auctioning 11 boulder collection sites by June 2025 followed by about 26 remaining sites after July 2025 in a staggered manner. Earlier, the Department of Forest and Park Services (DoFPS) had put up 53 sites for auction and of this, 47 …

The Department of Geology and Mines (DGM) and its geologists, surveyors and staff have been keeping very busy in recent times looking for Gold, Tungsten, Copper, Graphite, Limestone, Iron Ore, Lead, Zinc, Coal, Rare Earth Minerals and anything else they can find in major field surveys, including ongoing tests of …

Bhutan using its dams strategically to minimize penalties and avoid high import costs Until late 2022, Bhutan could import power from India in the absence of any legal agreement as part of its winter requirements. However, coinciding with power sector reforms in India to ensure Grid Stability, and also Bhutan’s …

On 20th January 2025, the Chinese Artificial Intelligence start up DeepSeek launched DeepSeek-R1, an open sourced AI model which is cheaper to train and comparable to OpenAI’s o1 AI model in performance. The launch and the performance of DeepSeek led to a major slump in tech stocks in USA with …

The current government’s pledge to give Nu 10,000 per month to a third child till the child turns three is one of the most discussed pledges. It has been learnt that this pledge will now be incorporated under the larger program of, ‘an inclusive and comprehensive social protection system,’ already …

The United States of America (USA) has withdrawn from the World Health Organization (WHO) after President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to that effect just a few hours after his inauguration on 20th January 2025. USA, by far, is the bigger donor to WHO, and its withdrawal is already …