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With the Bhutanese economy being hit by a severe rupee crunch, people say one of the causes is fronting of businesses, especially in the manufacturing sector. But the government officials The Bhutanese talked to feel fronting could not be a cause of rupee crisis as much as it is believed …

The construction of Bhutan’s 10,000 MW hydropower projects is marked by competition between Indian construction giants fighting for price and quality. However, the projects will continue to have only one monopoly supplier of electro-mechanical equipment for the foreseeable future, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited or BHEL, which is an Indian government …

Thimphu police arrested two suspects, a 34-year-old man and his 25-year-old wife for breaking into the Thimphu district court on January 2 and robbing Nu 575,000. The woman was the court night guard’s sister. She was asked by the court to replace the night guard for a while after he …

As if the rupee crisis was not enough already, Bhutan will have to  gear up to avail more rupee loans than originally estimated for its upcoming 10,000 MW projects. The cost of the 1,200 MW, Punatsangchu I and 1,000 MW Punatsangchu II project has increased from its original estimate of …

Out of 40 pass-outs, only seven electrical engineers from Jigme Namgyel Polytechnics (JNP) in Dewathang, Samdrup Jongkhar   have been absorbed in the job market this year. As per the labor market information guide for Class X and XII, published by the labor ministry, the number of vacancies projected for electrical …

They have to chauffeur their bosses around during office hours and the rest of the time including weekends they spent their time doing odd chores as per the demands and dictates of their bosses’ wives, often receiving berating for making a slight mistake. They are even made to do farm …

Precursor chemicals are posing a problem worldwide as only a mere fraction of these chemicals is required to produce illegal drugs. Bhutan owing to its geographical location and its growing trade and industry could be in murky waters if used as a transit gateway for such lethal chemicals. Precursors are …

An investigation by The Bhutanese has found that well armed timber mafia from India and local tribes in collusion with corrupt law enforcement officials there are engaged in large scale illegal logging and smuggling of trees from southern Bhutan.An understaffed Bhutanese forest rangers team has been unable to catch most …

  Dzongkha lopen targeted with two bombs and warning pamphlets from gang members Around 11 teachers of Bajo Higher Secondary school were rudely woken up by two loud blasts on the night of March 1. In the morning teachers and staff found that two ‘bombs’  exploded outside Dzongkha teacher Lopen …

In a sign of the rupee crunch panic spreading, fuel stations and gas depots saw people stocking on these products in anticipation of a shortage. In an attempt to address such growing national panic the finance minister Lyonpo, Wangdi Norbu said that there is no need for alarm as the …