According to forestry officials the driver while parking the excavator hit a power line leading to flickers that started the fire A forest fire, that started from an apple orchard in south Thimphu, rapidly engulfed a large stretch of forest and then a combination of wind and geography ensured that …
Read More »he Bangladesh Ambassador to Bhutan Jishnu Roy Choudhury has expressed his country’s full support for a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Bhutan, India and Bangladesh that would allow Bangladesh to invest in Bhutan’s hydropower sector. The MoU was drafted by Bhutan and sent two months ago to both Dhaka and …
Read More »More than two months ago the top bureaucrat of the West Bengal government in the form of its Chief Secretary informed the Bhutanese Consul General that the West Bengal government does not want to export beef from Jaigaon in West Bengal to Bhutan. If implemented, this move will have a …
Read More »The RMA Governor, Dasho Penjore and the Jaigaon Merchant’s Association General Secretary, R.S Gupta both said that as a result of the Rupee exchange counters, the informal Ngultrum and Rupee parity had been restored. Not long after the 2012 Rupee crisis, the shortage of rupee and limited means to exchange …
Read More »Bhutan is all ready to offer Bangladesh the opportunity to invest in a 1,024 MW run of the river Dorjilung hydropower project. This is once India agrees to a three country memorandum of understanding (MoU) on hydropower development, which has so far been endorsed by both Bhutan and Bangladesh. The …
Read More »The Union budget of the Indian government once again allocated the lion’s share of foreign aid and loans to Bhutan, in its 2016-2017 annual budget, presented a few days ago to the Indian Parliament. Under the title of ‘Grants and Loans’ to foreign governments India allocated a total of INR …
Read More »First draft of Integrated Project Development Report to be ready by mid May 2016 as DHI works to get international funding There is good news for both Bhutanese residents residing in Jaigaon and Bhutan’s business community as the Amochu Land Reclamation and Township Project (ALRTP) is expected to take off …
Read More »The senior levels of the government bureaucracy will see far reaching changes by June 2016 when seven top government secretaries head into retirement. This is because secretaries can only have a one five year term or retire at the age of 60. The only exceptions will be Ministry of Economic …
Read More »The so far cool political climate of Thimphu started heating up in the last two weeks with charges of regionalism and violation of the Constitution as both the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) criticized the government’s Rising East program. The DNT on Thursday issued a …
Read More »His Majesty the King is turning 36 from 21st February 2016 and to mark the day, celebrations will be carried out around the country. The main celebration will be in the Changlimithang stadium on Sunday with a variety of cultural programs by various schools and other organizations within Thimphu Thromde. …
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