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And also maintain the electromechanical equipment In the first week of February 2026, the Punatsangchu Hydroelectric Project Authority (PHPA) held its authority meeting in Delhi, where one of the key agenda items was the stabilisation measures for the weak right bank. However, given the major slides at the 1,200 MW …

As night falls and streets grow quieter, many of Bhutan’s female taxi drivers choose to log off and head home, not because there is no business, but because of fear. While ride requests often increase during the evening hours, particularly in urban centers such as Thimphu, women behind the wheel …

The Supreme Court on 16th February 2026 upheld the High Court’s judgment sentencing 40-year-old Sonam Norbu to life imprisonment for the murder of 24-year-old Namgay Dolkar, dismissing his appeal. The case stems from the death of Namgay Dolkar in August 2023. On 13th December 2024, the Thimphu Dzongkhag Court had …

The domestic power tariff is supposed to be reviewed every three years and usually goes up due to higher cost of generation, cost of operation and maintenance, cost of power supply and inflation. The last revision was supposed to happen by July 2025, but at the time the National Energy …

PME expected to come up in upcoming Parliament session again In the Annual Executive Forum organized by the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) in Gelephu in January 2026, with around 90 executives, one of the topics that came up was the forced ranking Bell Curve methodology and Partially Meeting Expectations …

But another attempt to be made again One of Bhutan’s biggest looming natural disasters, building up with every summer season, is the huge Thorthormi Glacial Lake in Lunana one day breaking the shrinking moraine dam that separates it from the huge Raphstreng Tsho below. If it breaks, waters from Thorthormi …

A mysterious ‘Sonam Dema’ and ‘Tsering Dolma’ appear repeatedly in the recent Epstein files. These names appear numerous times in the email exchanges between them and their employers. The US Department of Justice released the last largest collection of the files on 30th January 2026, saying it included some 3 …

The Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate (BHSEC) examinations saw its worst pass percentage in 10 years for Class 12 at 77.84 percent in 2025, down by about seven percentage points from 2024. This triggered both students and parents to ask questions on why the performance was so poor this time …

In the Financial Year (FY) 2024–25, a total of 6,186 students and dependents from Bhutan were granted visas to Australia, indicating that the “Australia rush” had slowed compared to the previous two financial years. This figure was lower than FY 2023–24, when 9,787 visas were granted, and the peak of …

MoICE Minister says Cabinet had to reject an earlier version The much-discussed, anticipated, and widely criticised Bhutan Telecom (BT) data cut is expected to be announced soon, as the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment (MoICE) is in the final stages of internal review and decision-making of the promised data …