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The Kabreytar gold rush which lured many visionary investors to own land in the area are now in a quagmire with the law which has classified their land as falling under the Green zone. The UGA (urban green area) is a designated area in which there should not be any …

Getting the political parties to come out of their closets was hard enough, now the candidates are flying below the radar so that there is a ‘safe’ time for them to appear publicly The political scene faces a dearth of potential candidates and reasons are many, but no one would …

Despite repeated reminders and allegations of graft by the community, the former Gup and committee have not yet made the accounts public The people of Debsi under Thimphu Dzongkhag contributed millions to construct a motorable bridge in 2007 but five years down the line the community is faced with a …

The National Land Commission on the request of the National Council (NC) made a presentation on the 2003 High Level Investigation Committee report on illegal transaction of land in Thimphu. This comes in the backdrop of a series of stories on the High Level Investigation Committee report by The Bhutanese. …

The elections are almost a reckoning-day away and up-and-coming parties are on the hunt for potential candidates, in a dearth of candidates’ pool. Those with the right laurels are unavoidably hounded with big promises. This piece of innuendo has been flashed on the political grapevine: The former Health Secretary, Dasho …

This is because while the project cost shot from Nu 7bn to Nu 9bn there isn’t adequate rupee reserve in Bhutan to cover the cost escalation Druk Holdings and Investment has requested the Indian government for Rs 2bn in grant to cover the additional cost overruns of the originally Nu …

The Nu. 100 mn Teacher-empowering project backlash| Update The education ministry has finally, reacted to the uproar in the aftermath of complaints from teachers who claim to have overpaid for ‘poor-quality laptops through Ministry of Education’s (MoE) poorly coordinated ‘Empowering Teachers’ project’. The issue earlier was that many teachers have …

Imagine the six hours arduous drive from Paro to Phuentsholing coming down to a few minutes of smooth flying. Imagine also the five hour journey from Siliguri to Phuntsholing cut-down to a few minutes. This is what the Phuentsholing Thromde envisions for a better Phuentsholing. The airport site has been …

The Draft Right to Information (RTI) Bill, drafted by National Council (NC) member Sangay Khandu as a private members bill is likely to perish at its preliminary stage, given the poor response of National Council MPs. During the 63rd plenary session of the NC, on 4th May 2012, the legislative committee …

In the wake of old problems persisting and new and improvised ones popping-up, compact and efficient, the government’s mantra for the civil service may not really be the way to go in the case of forest officials and park rangers whose numbers remain inadequate. Most of the foresters and Park …