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Three provisions in Bhutan’s umbrella Economic Development Policy 2017 (EDP) dealing with electricity trade clash with India’s 5th December 2016 ‘Guidelines on Cross Border Trade of Electricity,’ issued by its Ministry of Power in consultation with the Ministry of External Affairs. The EDP says that a Bhutan Power System Coordination …
Read More »Govt and National Assembly to finish term by 1st August 2018
NC to finish term by 9th May 2018 The current government has around 17 months left in its term before the National Assembly (NA) is dissolved by 1st August 2018 to make way for the 90 day election period for the 2018 Primary and General Election rounds. A new NA …
Read More »Security Guard bludgeoned to death in JDWNRH
The Thimphu police have detained a 32-year old man in connection with the death of a JDWNRH hospital security guard who died of severe head injury, while on duty on the night of February 8. The 24 year old security guard from Wangdue working under Jachung Security Service (JSS) for …
Read More »Much apprehension and confusion over India’s new electricity trade guidelines
A 5th December 2016 ‘Guidelines on Cross Border Trade of Electricity,’ issued by India’s Ministry of Power, in consultation with the Ministry of External Affairs has led to deep concerns and also a certain degree of confusion within Bhutan’s vital hydropower sector. The concerns are that since currently Bhutan is …
Read More »Nation comes together to celebrate HRH The Gyalsey’s first birth anniversary
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 …
Read More »MoEA to investigate and frame guidelines on pilgrim tours
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 …
Read More »Foreign Minister admits to oversight but denies corruption
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 …
Read More »DNP to implement auction order after due diligence
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 …
Read More »A harrowing journey for Bhutanese pilgrims organized by a Bhutanese tour company
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 …
Read More »“I bloody don’t care about the Nu 45,000”
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 …
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