The Foreign Minister Lyonpo Tandi Dorji confirmed that Bhutan and China are scheduled to have boundary talks though there has been no formal date and formal requests yet. Lyonpo said that Bhutan’s Embassy in New Delhi and the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi had informally discussed the need to have …

Recently the automobile and vehicle dealers approached the government complaining of banks making vehicle loans more tough. There has also been issues with an ongoing liquidity crunch with banks going slow on loans and even stopping loans and turning away many seeking loans. The few loans that are being given …

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) based on its findings with the BHEL case has clearly found that BHEL’s hiring of a local commission agent is wrong and it has asked for its removal in this and future projects as it inflates the cost of the hydro projects and to also …

The solutions however could push the completion date from 2024 to March 2025 If there is one project that has caused much national worry, then it is the 1200 MW Punatsangchu I project costing Nu 93.7 bn. The main issue has been the stability of its so far volatile right …

Decision on RGoB and GoI college students’ stipends to also come soon On 11th July 2019 the Tashichhoeling MP Dil Maya Rai proposed that the stipends of college students be raised from the current Nu 1500 to Nu 2500 and that day scholars be given an additional Nu 1500 for …

If the land prices and the building frenzy are any indication, then Bhutan’s economy has been enjoying a period of strong growth since the low of 2012-2013. However, the good times may be coming to an end or at least slowing down due to a double whammy of slowing credit …

ACC files appeal to the Supreme Court and says letters, calls and texts from ACC Chairperson and Commissioner to AG on case went unanswered ACC in a press conference points out that defense law firm of JPLP was formerly owned by AG AG fires back saying non-appeal done based on …

The death penalty in Bhutan was abolished on 20th March 2004 in a Royal Kasho by His Majesty The Fourth King. The last time the death penalty was imposed was in 1964 as part of a semi-domestic and semi-foreign judicial process in the trial of Chabdha in relation to the …

The Bhutanese Newspaper’s 21st September news article and post on MP Tshewang Lhamo’s view that the Constitution and Bhutan Penal code should be amended to give the death penalty for rape of children under 12 has elicited a lot of debate. Even before her personal views, it was clear that the …

With reports of heinous crimes against children every alternate day, it is clear that we have a national and social problem on our hands. The problem has to be tackled at two levels: One is the successful prosecution of the crime and second more important bit is prevention. On the …