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Ministry says that it will release money for unpaid bills but will have to be refunded by ‘memory loss officer’ Chenda Topgay The ministry of finance (MoF) recently released 13mn bhat or Nu 18mn as funds for outstanding medical bills in Bangkok pertaining to the former head of Chancery, Chenda …

With just two parliamentary sessions left before the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) government’s term comes to an end, certain quarters are raising concerns on the Right To Information (RTI) Bill that prime minister Lyonchen Jigmi Y  Thinley had assured would be introduced by his government within its tenure in power. …

  The Bhutanese has in its possession a copy of the High Level Committee report of 2003 which shows 45 cases of excess land being found registered within Thimphu from Chunzom to Pangrizampa. The High Level committee was instituted by the government in 2001 to study cases of excess land …

Earlier, the border towns of India ruled the roost where business was concerned, with Bhutanese shoppers flocking in herds for a wider and cheaper variety of goods. But now, with the rupee crunch, the scenario has reversed with Indians entering Bhutan so that the business community of places like Gelephu …

The former Heal th Secretary, Dasho Dr Gado Tshering who resigned “on moral grounds” after the health ministry was enmeshed in the corruption controversy, is now planning to join politics. However, he has no plans of forming a new party but will be joining one of the existing or new …

After the Orong incident in Samdrup Jongkhar which resulted in the death of two students, this time a 42- year old prisoner, Karma Gyeltshen from Lungzor jail, Trashigang has been referred to Thimphu Hospital with “peripheral neuropathy” (nerve damage) reportedly due to nutritional deficiency. ‘Peripheral Neuropathy’, according to a health …

The Gidakom Hospital in Bjemina is meant to be a recuperation center for serious T.B and leprosy patients referred from Thimphu. However, an investigation by this paper has found that the 26 TB patients and nine leprosy patients are being exposed to heavy air and noise pollution from nearby quarries, …

Both Phuentsholing and Gelephu internet gateways fall under the same Mumbai-Siliguri link which if disrupted will lead to a failure of internet services in Bhutan The much awaited second internet gateway for Bhutan was finally lit on March 26, 2012 but there is already a question mark on its long …

The Anti Corruption Commission, investigation into the Gyelpozhing land grab, has found, that most of the facts in the initial media reports on Gyelpozhing are true. The Bhutanese talked to a few affected people in Gyelpozhing who lost land and plots to influential people. On the condition of anonymity, they …

Mewang Gewog is one of the most mined gewogs in Bhutan with multiple quarries in Bjemina and the expanding Namseling quarry. However, in a sign of increasing awareness and concern over environmental destruction, the public of Bjemina and nearby Khariphu both under Mewang gewog recently turned down three major stone …