There was a big twist in the disappearance and death case of nine-year-old Dena Koirala earlier this week when the the forensic report submitted by the forensic team says that the probable cause of death of nine-year-old Dena Koirala is due to ‘Ligature Constriction’ or strangulation which happened before any …
Read More »Bhutan sees large rush of regional tourists eager to beat SDF fee
December is actually a low season time The month of December is usually regarded as a low season for tourism in Bhutan, but the country is in the midst of a huge rush of regional tourists coming in from India and also Bangladesh. The main reason seems to be rumors …
Read More »Hotel Bubble: TCB advises people to not invest in new Hotels in Western Region
TCB draft study found Thimphu, Punakha and Paro already had an excess of 35 tourist standard hotels with 232 more cleared for construction from 2016 to 2019 By now even an average Joe on the street would have noticed the excessive number of hotels coming up in Thimphu and Paro, …
Read More »Bhutan’s National Team Football Players only get paid Nu 10,000 a month: Chencho Gyeltshen
The Under-23 football team recently made history for Bhutan by winning the first-ever silver medal in the South Asian Games (SAG) in Nepal. The team, with its professional and disciplined performance, along with a lot of heart, also won the hearts of the Nepalese fans, with the unprecedented scene of …
Read More »RBP says investigation still on after forensic report says strangulation is probable cause of death of Dena Koirala
The report says exact cause of death could not be determined It also does not confirm or rule out rape though no sperm samples were found In what has come as a major surprise to the police, the forensic report submitted by the forensic team under the Department of Forensic …
Read More »‘We had great difficulty making ends meet but what gave me hope was that Dena said she would become a doctor and help her family’: Mother
Dena’s father and grandfather are in prison unable to pay a private moneylender Mother says RBP Thimphu did not send any personnel to search for her girl on the first day despite an official complaint Geeta Maya Adhikari, 33, the mother of the deceased Dena Koirala, not only threw more …
Read More »GDP growth rate crashes to second lowest rate ever at 3.03% in 2018
The National Statistics Bureau (NSB) has finally released the much delayed Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate for 2018 and it shows that the economy had its second worst year ever on record with GDP touching 3.03 percent. The last time Bhutan’s economy had such poor numbers was after the …
Read More »RICBL in a deep hole with record high NPL, 1.4 bn loss and downgraded credit ratings
The company is in the midst of root and stem reforms to deal with the fall out RICBL is Bhutan’s largest insurance company and handles all life insurance and most vehicle, equipment, projects, building and other insurance The country’s biggest and oldest insurance company is in unchartered waters as it …
Read More »DRC’s digital tax net aims to capture all taxable income and assets for taxation purposes
The DNT government in its 2018 manifesto says it will recover Nu 10 bn by strengthening the tax collection system and avoiding tax evasion. This has become all the more imperative as the government faces a Nu 40 bn deficit in the 12th plan to meet its many pledges, some …
Read More »Bhutan and India looking for a middle path on Sunkosh project: FM
One of the main agendas of the Foreign Minister, Lyonpo Tandi Dorji during his recent trip to India was to try and find a solution to untangling the 2560 MW Sunkosh project which is currently stuck due differences between the two countries on the implementation modality. Bhutan wants to implement …
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