Two Bhutanese women, Chandra Maya Rai, 24 and Bina Rai, 28 went missing from Jaigaon, India on March 14, 2014. The two unmarried cousin sisters hailed from Gomtu, Pagli Gewog in Samtse Dzongkhag. In the more than a year long disappearance of the two sisters they had been duped by …
Read More »Govt takes stock on completing two years
Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay said that the government would not rate itself on its performance in the last two years and would rather leave it to the people, but in terms of effort it would give itself 10 out of 10. “We have used the successes of the past governments …
Read More »The two women from Gelephu RBA give their version of events
The two women at the heart of the ‘chilli controversy’ Daw Zangmo (27) and Mindu Wangmo (26) denied the RBA press release allegations of them sleeping with other men or having male ‘customers’. In the interview with the paper they, for the first time, gave their own version of events …
Read More »A Cold War between RCSC and ECB leaves the career of 130 hanging in the balance
Unknown to most, the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) and the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) have been engaged in a long standing and escalating tussle since 2010 over who has the final authority on Human Resource decisions like recruitment, promotions, administrative actions etc for ECB. The RCSC, through all …
Read More »Desperate family gets Kidu from His Majesty the King
After this paper did a story on three children begging for food on the streets in Thimphu, there have been some major developments in the lives of the children and the family. There is a reason why the girls, 8-year-old Tshering Uden and 6-year-old Khandom are full of smiles these …
Read More »OAG asks for Nu 244 mn in restitution from 5 fronting cases
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) filed five cases yesterday against five business entities that were found to be running fronting businesses after an Anti Corruption Commission investigation. The OAG charge sheet based on the ACC investigation has asked for a total of Nu 244.697 mn in restitution in …
Read More »MP Rinzin Dorji stands to be disqualified as a MP
With the High Court convicting the Member of Parliament (MP) Rinzin Dorji in the DCM case, he now stands to lose his position as a MP if he does not appeal within the next 10 days or if the Supreme Court upholds the High Court verdict. This is because the …
Read More »Two women and RBA deny ‘chilli’ rumors
For the last few weeks a social media post posted by an anonymous user has gone viral. The post is about how two wives of two soldiers were beaten, chilli applied on their private parts and then chased from the Gelephu Army camp. However, now the alleged two women themselves …
Read More »27 Immigration Officials in line for termination
Out of a total of 83 cases filed by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) around 73 have been convicted in the Phuntsholing Immigration scam investigated by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). Of the 73 convicted so far there are 27 Department of Immigration officials who as per the …
Read More »Govt decides to set up State Owned Enterprise for Lottery business
However, issues from the past still remain unresolved This week, the cabinet approved the Ministry of Finance’s plan to set up a State Owned Enterprise (SOE) for the purpose of starting the Lottery Business. As a start the SOE will set up a paper lottery business like the Bhutan …
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