His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen, accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel and Gyalsey Ugyen Wangchuck, attended the Naadam celebrations at the National Stadium in Ulaanbaatar as the Guests of Honour on 11 July 2024. Naadam is Mongolia’s biggest and most important festival, held in …
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Photo published by paper helped identify this missing link Some of the things that did not make sense in the murder of 13-year-old Sumitra Chhetri was on why did she talk to her accused killer Cheten (pronounced Choiten) Tshering, an apparent stranger, why did she ask him a loan for …
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How BDBL went from 192 mn loss in 2022 to 378 mn profit in 2023 If there is a bank that serves farmers and rural folk in Bhutan, then it is the Bhutan Development Bank Limited (BDBL), and so it was a matter of major concern when the bank went …
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Friday morning, Gyem Gyeltshen’s legal representative, Karma Tshering, filed a legal suit in the Thimphu District court against Druk Air for the deaths of Gyem’s 38-year-old wife Dresang Dema, and his four-year-old daughter Nima Peday, in a helicopter crash on 3rd March 2023 that happened due to pilot error. The …
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In yet another sign of the state of the economy, Financial Institutions are unable to auction properties and even vehicles with most going unsold. This is a problem affecting all FIs who have tried auctions in the past few months like T-Bank, NPPF, BoB, BNB, RICBL and BDBL. Druk-PNB and …
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On the night of 27th June 2024, 100-year-old Tshering Yangzom Dorji or Tess La, the wife of the late Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigme Palden Dorji, passed away in her small and quaint two-bedroom cottage in Lanjophakha located within the estate of her son, Kalden Dorji. Tess La did not hold …
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Well known actor and former Mr. Bhutan and Mr. Asia, Sangay Tsheltrim, during a recent episode of Bhutan’s Got Talent, won the hearts of audiences through his compassionate act on screen. During the live telecast of the show, the actor revealed that he had watched audition clips featuring Chimi Dema, …
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The Paro District court on 28th June, 2024 sentenced 2 male students of Paro College (Paro NIE) to prison terms with Thinley, being charged for rape and another student named Robin, convicted for aiding and abetting his friend in the offence of rape of the victim. The Court convicted and …
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The Inaugural Bhutan Innovation Forum is set to be held at Dungkar Dzong in Pangbisa from 1-3 October, 2024. It will bring together the world’s most eminent thought-leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, artists, philosophers, scientists, philanthropists, and investors to build pathways for impact in Bhutan. Guided by a shared commitment to mindfulness, …
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In December 2010, the first elected government announced the shelving of the 20 MW Begana hydropower project proposed by the Bhutan Power Corporation (BPC) aimed at providing energy security to Thimphu and also a massive new source of drinking water. The BPC at the time remained hopeful that the project …
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