The Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law (JSW Law), held the Tashi Rabney ceremony of its campus in Pangbisa, Paro on 5 October 2023, coinciding with the auspicious 21st day of the eighth month. The ceremony was graced by His Majesty The King, His Majesty the Fourth Gyalpo, His Royal …
Read More »Growing concern of tax evasion and fronting in Tourism Industry
There are growing reports and increasing concerns of tax evasion in the tourism industry as tourists now only have to pay the USD 100 per day SDF and what they do and how much money they spend after this is up to them, which makes it difficult to track their …
Read More »Strong dollar and euro wipes out Nu 1 bn in profits of 126 MW Dagachu Project
The Dagachu Hydro Power Corporation Ltd (DHPC) in its 8 years of operations has made a total profit of Nu 673.675 million (mn). The profit margins were affected by the forex losses aggregating to Nu. 1,068.923 mn or Nu 1 billion (bn) over the same period. Without the forex losses …
Read More »Power Generation revenue in 2023 likely to fall behind projection
The 2023-24 annual budget is the tightest one till date with very little revenue room and this is setting to get worse as the hydropower revenue generation data so far from January to September 2023 shows that we are having our lowest power generation in the last four years. From …
Read More »NSB to overhaul Inflation Calculation
In the last Parliament session both the National Council and the National Assembly passed a resolution to direct the the National Statistical Bureau (NSB) to reexamine the method of calculating inflation to correct any anomalies and ensure that the calculation reflects the economic reality in Bhutan rather than just following …
Read More »2022 Supreme Court NPL verdict coming back to haunt the Judiciary and Financial Institutions
On 13 July 2022 the Supreme Court upheld a High Court judgment on the RICBL Vs Ugyen Wangchuk Non Performing Loan (NPL) recovery case which said that a Nu 102.39 mn loan owed by contractor Ugyen Wangchuk is to be divided equally between Ugyen Wangchuk, RICBL and the relevant RICBL …
Read More »Department of Tourism DG appeals to RCSC over assessment
The Director General of the Department of Tourism Dorji Dhradhul recently submitted his resignation to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment (MoICE) as he not satisfied with the RCSC MaX Annual Performance Assessment where he was placed under Partially Meets Expectation (PME). The DG was later convinced by higher …
Read More »Supreme Court issues a rejoinder and Changlo rebuts it
This paper as a follow up to its story last week on the Supreme Court giving two verdicts and not implementing its own verdict sent four questions to the Court. The first question asked for a definite date by when the case will be solved. The second question asked if …
Read More »Internet disruptions plagues Bhutan again with urgency mounting for Third Gateway
Bhutan faced severe Internet disruptions on friday as a result of a damaged link in India, causing congestion and unpredictable downtime. CEO of Tashi InfoComm Limited, Tashi Tshering, said, “Our TATA link has been damaged in India, leading to congestion. We depend on our partners, and when their fiber is …
Read More »Litigant accuses Supreme Court of giving 2 verdicts in same case and not implementing its own verdict against an influential former Lam
Normally when the Supreme Court issues a verdict one would assume it is the final verdict for the case and that it will be implemented. However, in an intriguing case between a farmer from Paro and an influential former Lam the Supreme Court first changed its signed verdict four months …
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