It has been learnt that the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) which is an Indian Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) has taken the 720 MW Mangdechu Hydro electric Project to court by filing a case in the Delhi High Court in August 2021. BHEL filed the case after it was made …
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In October 2020 it was announced that Bhutan and India had finished a survey for the first ever rail link connecting the two countries with a 37.5 km stretch between Mujnai in West Bengal and Neyopaling village under Phuentshopelri Gewog in Samtse somewhere close to Gomtu. It was announced that …
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Pictures of convicted rapists to be made public from this year The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has started work in setting up a Sex Offenders Registry where the information of convicted sex offenders will be registered and submitted to all police stations. Colonel Pasang Dorji of Crime and Operations, RBP …
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In what is perhaps the most heinous rape case of 2021 on the 2nd of March 2021, Nima Dorji Sherpa aged 38 of Tsirang raped an eight-year-old, class two boy. The Tsirang Dzongkhag Court sentenced him to 16 years in prison for the crime on 3rd November 2021, but while …
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The husband and relatives of the 58-year-old lady who recently died after a streetlight pole collapsed and hit her on the head on 18 April 2021 at Changjiji colony in Thimphu, are not happy with how the whole case was dealt with. Dorji Phuntsho, the 67-year-old husband of the deceased, …
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After several months without positive COVID-19 cases from the community, Phuentsholing detected one positive case from the community on 6 January 2022, while conducting a regular surveillance exercise by the Ministry of Health (MoH). Phuentsholing Thromde went under lockdown for 72-hours starting from 6 am Friday. The person who tested …
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The Bhutanese takes a look back the year 2021 with a critical eye through its news breaks, critical stories and investigations. Lockdown January The year 2021 started with the second national lockdown still on after a 25-year-old woman tested positive in a Thimphu flu clinic on 20th December. There were …
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On 20 December 2020 Thimphu Thromde went into a lockdown after a 25-year-old female tested positive for COVID-19 at the JDWNRH Flu Clinic. Soon enough, more community transmission cases of COVID-19 were detected in multiple dzongkhags, and the nation went into its second lockdown national lockdown, with Thimphu being locked …
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In countries with poor regulatory checks and weak ethical systems, Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects often end up in controversy. Bhutan’s first PPP, in the form of Thimphu Thromde’s Multi-Level Car Park (MLCP), has been mired in controversial decisions, unexplained ballooning figures, huge loans with questionable collateral, and clear attempts …
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Starting in mid and late 2020 Bhutanese exports of vegetables and fruits started facing a lot of issues and problems with the Customs and Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) in India demanding paper works and formal documentation. The government, at the time, said the issues were due to the formalization of …
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