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His Majesty The King installed a Sertog on the Drukgyal Dzong’s Utse The first birth anniversary of His Royal Highness The Gyalsey on 5th February saw a host of spiritual and celebratory activities across 20 Dzongkhags. Coinciding with His Royal Highness The Gyalsey’s first birthday, His Majesty The King installed …

The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) will be investigating and taking action in response to a story done by The Bhutanese in its last issue on the death of a pilgrim and inconvenience to others in a pilgrimage tour organized from Bhutan. The story had also highlighted the mushrooming number …

Tsirangtoe MP case also comes up In response to a question by The Bhutanese, at the monthly meet the press, on the Foreign Minister and Tsirangtoe MP’s case,  the Foreign Minister Lyonpo Damcho Dorji said that while he might have made an oversight he does not accept the allegations of …

The Finance Minister Lyonpo Namgay Dorji said that the finance ministry has no option but to allow the Department of National Properties (DNP) to auction nine units of Tandin Bidha’s building following a Supreme Court order. “There is a separation of powers and the government has to follow the order …

While there have been increasing reports of fatalities and injuries to Bhutanese pilgrims in India, there are also growing accounts of Bhutanese pilgrims feeling duped and cheated on the booming pilgrimage tours organized from Bhutan. The Bhutanese talked to three recently returned Bhutanese pilgrims all of whom had a harrowing …

High drama after high profile defamation suit ends with withdrawal The much publicized defamation suit by Sonam Phuntsho, also known as Ap SP, against Namgay Zam and Dr Shacha Wangmo legally ended after Ap SP withdrew the case, a day before the verdict given on 24th January 2017. However, the …

The SC says it did the right thing under the circumstances On 18th August 2016, a joint bench of Justice Tashi Chozom and Justice Rinzin Penjore of the Supreme Court passed its verdict on Dr Shacha Wangmo’s mother Tandin Bidha versus Sonam Phuntsho case. The verdict essentially said that Tandin …

With the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) not appealing the Dasho Benji case verdict the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) will now be following due legal process, as outlined for it by the District Court order, which directed the OAG to coordinate the sedition investigation. The District Court in its …

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) and the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) are headed into another headlong clash, this time over the Trongsa land case that implicates the former Trongsa Dzongda Lhab Dorji, his wife and other local government figures at the time. On one side the ACC is …

Govt to not interfere with BICMA’s decision The producer of the movie ‘Hema Hema: Sing me a song while I wait,’ Pawo Choyning Dorji has written a letter, dated 18th January to the Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA) pointing out what he sees as anomalies in BICMA’s decision to …