The Thimphu District Court’s conviction of the current Home Minister Lyonpo Dasho Sherub Gyeltshen today for two months for claiming vehicle insurance worth Nu 226,546 fraudulently means the minister will have to vacate his office, unless he appeals to the High Court. This is because an elected official convicted of …
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In December 2017 the ACC had forwarded a case to the OAG with the charge that the former RICBL CEO, Namgyel Lhendup has embezzled Nu 237,907 from the Ex-gratia fund and CEO’s public relations fund of the RICBL without authorization from the management committee of the fund. The OAG, two …
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His Majesty The King granted an Audience to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi at the Throne Room of the Tashichhodzong on 17th August. The Prime Minister of India was on a two-day State Visit to Bhutan. Prime Minister Modi was escorted into the Tashichhdzong in a traditional Chipdrel Ceremony, and …
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The OAG has chargesheeted the ACC’s overseas employment case involving the the Japan Learn and Earn Program (LEP) case and an Indian agent’s case to the Thimphu District court yesterday. The Indian agent case involves the former Labour Minister and his wife and niece, the current Labour DG and his …
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Kholongchu to also be expedited In what is a strong statement of political intent on the so far static 2,560 MW Sunkosh hydro project, a joint statement during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit made reference to start the construction of the project. The joint statement of both the governments said, …
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Heavy rainfall and poor sanitation to blame among others The first endemic dengue outbreak in Bhutan was reported in 2004 in Phuentsholing with more than 2,000 cases. However, it generally started declining with 850 cases in 2016, 240 cases in 2017 and only 20 cases in 2018. However, 2019 has …
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Before the 2018 elections the perception in many capitals, including Delhi, was that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) government stood a pretty good chance of making a comeback. There was also a good personal equation and chemistry between Dasho Tshering Tobgay and the more elderly PM Narendra Modi. New Delhi …
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The Director General (DG) of the Department of Employment and Human Resources, Sherab Tenzin, had written directly to Bhutan’s Honorary Consul in Japan on 26 July, without informing the Cabinet or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The DG’s letter to Honorary Consul Dr Ryoichi Nagata had come in as a surprise to the Prime …
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As the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Bhutan there will be a slew of projects being launched and MoUs signed but silent in all this is the 2,560 MW Sunkosh project which Bhutan has been pushing since the term of three elected governments. The project is important because it …
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The Department of Information Technology and Telecom (DITT) under Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) has been receiving ALIVE signal from the CubeSat, Bhutan’s first space borne satellite BHUTAN-1, which was deployed from the International Satellite Station (ISS) on 10th August last year. A CubeSat is a miniaturized satellite for …
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The Bhutanese Leading the way.