The sewage line of Norzin Lam near the main traffic has been dethroned as the most blocked one by the new champion in the form of the brand new but blocked sewage line built as part of the Nu 301 mn four lane road from Chubachu to Jungshina. The repeated …
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The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) busted a Spa in Phuentsholing town that was operating as a brothel for mainly Indian labourers under the cover of being a Spa. The issue came to light on Friday when a 28-year old female victim from Haa Dzongkhag reported to the police that she …
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His Majesty The King is in the east on a Royal Tour which began on May 26th. On 30 May in Trashigang, His Majesty granted Audiences to the faculty and students of Sherubtse College in Kanglung, and to Trashigang Dzongkhag Officials. During the Royal Tour, His Majesty visited Bumthang, Mongar …
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The owner of Choden Transport and Bhutan Ply in Phuentsholing, Phajo Nidup, is at the center for what is increasingly looking like a major defrauding of many banks and land buyers in Phuentsholing. As a result, banks and his alleged private victims have filed or are filing cases in the …
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With Bhutan in relaxation mode and the focus now shifting to the economy the Superintendent of Police in Phuentsholing wrote to his Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) counterpart in 27 December, 2021 requesting for extension of exit and entry timing for vehicular movements from the two gates in Phuentsholing. The letter …
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During the Question Hour session at National Assembly (NA) yesterday, the Member of Parliament (MP) from Khar-Yurung constituency, Tshering Chhoden, asked the Prime Minister (PM) Dasho Dr Lotay Tshering on the measures put in place by the government to normalize the tourism industry to revive the economy. MP Tshering Chhoden …
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The Royal Audit Authority (RAA) Audit report on the USD 31.526 mn or Nu 2.4 bn (1 USD = Nu 77) ‘Commercial Agriculture Resilient and Livelihoods Enhancement Programme’ (CARLEP), Wengkhar, Mongar project has shown poor implementation of the project targeted at farmers in selected gewogs in six eastern Dzongkhags of …
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The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) has submitted its advice to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) where it has said that the way to reduce fuel prices for Bhutan is to get India to remove bulk pricing being charged to Bhutan. Bulk pricing is the higher price that India …
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A Royal Audit Authority (RAA) audit of the Medical Store and Distribution Division (MSDD) in Phuentsholing, that supplies medicines and equipment to 20 Dzongkhags, found various irregularities in the audit period from July 2020 to June 2021. The RAA came across several ghost workers in the list with the MSDD. …
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The pandemic and travel restrictions have prevented Bhutan and India from discussing the revision of the 336 MW Chukha tariff which is due since January 2021 since the last hike had been effective four years ago from January 2017. However, with things getting back to normal officials from both sides …
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