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After extensive rounds of meeting and negotiation, both Bhutan and India have agreed on Nu 1.740 bn as excise duty refund for 2012 from the Indian government. The formal agreement will be signed on Saturday evening between the Director of Revenue and Customs Bhutan and the Director General of India’s …

His Majesty The King celebrated His 34th birth anniversary in Punakha with thousands of people from Punakha and Laya, who had gathered in Thangzona, next to the magnificent Pungthang Dewachen Phodrang Dzong. In the morning, His Holiness The Je Khenpo received His Majesty at the Dzong and offered Kusung Thukten …

The Education City project unknown to most Bhutanese originally was thought up and planned by the Royal Education Council as early as 2007. The newly formed REC underwent a lot of consternation when its mega project idea was not accepted by the new government in 2008. Coincidentally a year later …

The controversial Education City project is standing on increasingly shaky legal grounds as a strong and detailed letter from the National Land Commission (NLC) sent on January 9, 2013 has declined to lease or allot the 1,000 acre land for the project. The letter, in a chronological order, states various …

His Majesty The King granted land kidu to 13,336 thram holders in Tashigang, resolving in 10 dzongkhags the longstanding land issues faced by the people, which were brought to light by the Nationwide The historic Cadastral exercise Resurvey. to resolve land issues that existed for decades in the country has …

One of the biggest problems of the last LG elections was many vacant dhemkhongs as the local government benefits were not attractive enough to attract good candidates. Apart from this issue the Local Government Entitlements Bill introduced by the Home Minister Lyonpo Damcho Dorji yesterday aims to ensure efficient and …

The bill, however, has to pass the National Assembly where each amendment and section will be voted on The National Assembly’s Legislative Committee, after several rounds of consultations and a thorough review of the Right to Information (RTI) bill, has removed most, if not all, restrictive clauses that had initially …

For months now, increasing number of credit and cash starved Bhutanese citizens, businesses and entrepreneurs have only read or heard about the broad generalities of the Nu 5 bn Economic Stimulus Plan (ESP) which is also expected to be approved by the National Assembly, as part of its Supplementary Budget. …

The National Assembly (NA) on Friday introduced the much discussed Right to Information (RTI) bill for discussion along with some progressive amendments and recommendations suggested by the NA Legislative Committee. The NA Legislative Committee Chairman, Lekey Dorji, introducing the RTI bill said, “We looked at RTI laws across the world, …

After much controversy and allegations, the final and much awaited Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report, with the main item being the audit observations on the two political parties, was an anti-climax. The essence of the report was the view of the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) which pointed out that …