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Now the challenge in Bhutan is to convince the joint committee and then the joint sitting to defer the BBIN agreement    A release from the Foreign Ministry on 27th April said that Bhutan has decided to give its consent for the activation of the BBIN Agreement among the three member …

Thimphu city is still recovering from the tragic news of the four-year-old boy Loday who went missing on Thursday afternoon only to be fished out the next morning from the Wangchu or Thimp Chhu River, below the Terma Linca Resort in Babesa. The child’s shirt was stuck in a rock …

The main underlying current against the BBIN agreement started from the exponential increase in the numbers of regional tourists coming into Bhutan with their own vehicles. The vehicles, most of which are from India cannot be directly stopped unless there are specific reasons like lack of immigration clearance or the …

Over the years one of the main financial demands of Bhutan’s big business and industrial sector has been about allowing them to borrow from outside Bhutan given the limited liquidity in Bhutan for major projects. However, the ground reality has been that even the major business houses have not been …

In an extraordinary move the government has decided to withdraw its BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal) motor vehicles agreement from the Parliament. The government’s decision was communicated to a plenary session of the National Assembly where it received support from the Opposition members as well. It was felt that it …

His Majesty The King granted an audience to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina in Tashichhodzong on 18th April. Sheikh Hasina was on a 3-day visit to Bhutan, from 18th to 20th April. She was welcomed in a traditional chipdrel ceremony and presented a Guard of Honour at Tashichhodzong, …

The infamous ‘Water Terrorist,’ Sangay Dorji, who had confessed to the police of having repeatedly dumped bathroom cleaner phenol, paint thinner, paint and kerosene in the water supply of five Mothithang buildings from 2014 to 2016 is out after paying Thrimthue. This was made possible after the Office of the …

The Department of Roads (DoR), under the Ministry of Works and Human Settlement on Friday 14th of April changed the controversial welcome sign by Project Dantak at the entrance of the Paro International Airport. The new sign in the front now reads “Paro Dzongkhag Welcomes you to Bhutan” in English …

The Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Wazed will be on a three day state visit to Bhutan from 18th to 20th April on the invitation by His Majesty the King. The visit is expected to further strengthen the existing goodwill and friendship ties between the two countries. Speaking during …

The Bhutanese found that the school teacher at the center of the AK-47 bullets controversy is a Sonam Choden, 38 from Paro, who is on a three year leave from her school. She was married to a Major in the Royal Body Guards but was living separately from him from …