A 28-year old male was killed on the spot when the truck he was travelling in met with an accident at Taksha farm road which is about five kilometers away from the Taksha Baazar in Wangduephodrang on the morning of 25 March. The victim had sustained head injuries and multiple …

In what some are already calling a case of conflict of interest, the former Director General of the Department of Civil Aviation, Phala Dorji, who is held accountable in the RAA report on domestic airports, has permitted an arbitration on the RAA report. He has done this in his new …

The RAA’s final report on the domestic airways reconfirms several of the earlier findings in its draft report on the Younphula and Bathpalathang airports. In both the airports the report confirmed overpayments, substandard works, flawed tendering processes, ineligible bidders chosen, wasteful expenditure and etc.   Younphula airport Millions in Overpayments …

Despite heavy rainfall, people from Jarey gewog attended the Zomdu elections to cast their votes on their lone candidate. The gewog gave its green signal to Tempa Dorji who gave up 21 years of service from Bhutan Power Corporation (BPC) as he secured 194 ‘Yes’ votes and just 4 ‘No’ …

The Ministry of Information and Communication’s woes with the domestic airports may not just end with a damning Royal Audit Authority Report (RAA) as the RAA report has been sent to the Anti Corruption Commission as well. The RAA report says, “Lack of segregation of responsibilities and strong supervisory mechanism …

A 25-year old man has been detained by the Wangduephodrang police after he was accused of throwing his new born baby on the wall which led to death of the baby on the night of 14 March in Sephu under Wangduephodrang dzongkhag. On the morning of 14 March, the accused …

Development activities completed in the gewog A new Outreach Clinic (ORC) has been newly constructed in the gewog with the budget of Nu 130,000. The rural water supply scheme (RWSS) which was under maintenance in Zemto, Tshioto and Goempa chiwogs has finally been constructed with the gewog’s administrative budget. The …

0A 28-year old male was killed on the spot when the truck he was travelling in met with an accident at Taksha farm road which is about five kilometers away from the Taksha Baazar in Wangduephodrang on the morning of 25 March. The victim had sustained head injuries and multiple …

Response to ‘Domestic Airports Scam – Part 3: Millions wasted in illegal overpayments, substandard works and violation of tender rules in Bathpalathang Airport’ If the RAA draft report is true, and I believe at least 70% would be it is apparent why Bhutan remains a developing country despite planned development …

The MoIC minister in an interview with regard to the RAA’s report on the Domestic Airways questioned how this paper got the information or the report. Now, though some may dismiss the minister’s defamatory insinuations as an attempt to divert attention from the real issues, the minister’s flawed logic on …