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From 2008 onwards the ‘10,000 MW by 2020’ was projected as the solution to all of Bhutan’s economic woes, and the main basis by which Bhutan would become economically self sufficient. The basis being India’s perennial power shortage and the huge expected demand of the future. It was for this …

Remittances from Bhutanese youth working in the middle-east was around Nu 204 million last year according to records maintained by the Bhutan Postal Corporation Limited which is the only agency that operates Western Union, the international money transfer and payment services, in Bhutan. Most of the remittances came from the …

The Indian government has told a Bhutanese delegation from the Ministry of Finance that Bhutan would have to wait for two months before India can make any special concessions for Bhutan on the new Good and Services Tax (GST), which came into effect from July 1st A senior official said. …

The heavy monsoon downpour lead to the Punatsangchu river overflowing the coffer dam into the dam site work, that was underway on the other side. The P II coffer dam diverts the river away from the dam site on the other side to a single diversion tunnel. What has raised …

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on 7th July suspended the Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan Limited (RICBL) CEO, Namgay Lhendup and Executive Director Sonam Dorji, as part of its corruption investigation. A source said that the investigation is into RICBL’s financial dealings with Nubri Capital which is a private fund …

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) for the last three weeks has been investigating how a trusted ATM Teller of the Druk-PNB Bank embezzled around Nu 10 mn in cash from nine ATM machines of the bank in Thimphu. The bank started getting suspicious when not all its ATMs were working …

On June 27, 2017 the Royal Embassy in Kuwait alerted the Ministry of Labour and Human resources on the grievances shared by a girl working in Dubai, alleging that ‘Yarphel Overseas Recruitment Agent’ had lured and cheated 23 girls to work in Dubai by making false promises to them. The …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), on 29th June, issued a press release saying that China’s building of a road inside Bhutanese territory is a violation of the 1988 and 1998 written agreements between the two countries to maintain peace and tranquility and the status quo pending a final settlement …

In the recently held Chukha tariff revision talks between Bhutan and India in New Delhi on 22nd June, though both sides agreed that it is time for a revision, there are differences in what could be the final revision. The 1974 agreement on Chukha project outlines that the tariff will …

Staff Reporter/Thimphu   The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release has asked for the status quo to be maintained in the Doklam area as before 16 June 2017.   The ministry said that in view of the many queries raised recently in the media regarding the Bhutan-China boundary …