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Yeshey Lhadon The bus driver initially claimed that the accident occurred due to brake failure, a joint investigation points to another side.  A joint investigation conducted by the police and Road Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA) confirmed that the accident didn’t happen because of the brake failure. The joint investigation team said that they took the bus to the workshop in …

Yeshey Lhadon For the declining foreign currency reserve, the government is rolling its sleeves to address the decline by adopting holistic measures to intervene and replenish the reserve.  In doing so, a team of four experts from the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA), Druk Holding and Investments (DHI) and the Central Bank, Royal Monetary Authority …

…She expressed her wish to learn more songs in Bhutanese language Suchetha Satish is a 16-year old Indian girl currently studying in class XII and living in Dubai. She holds two Guinness world records for singing 120 multi-lingual songs in seven hours and 20 minutes. Her recent song ‘Toh Dha Tsoem’ is her debut Bhutanese song released on July 1 …

… KHEL faces shareholding, funding issues The 600-MegaWatt (MW) Kholongchhu Hydro Energy Limited (KHEL), the first-ever joint venture (JV) hydropower project in Bhutan formed between Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) and India’s Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) was initially planning to develop 10,000 MW by 2020. After pumping more than Nu 4.5 billion in the project, the JV will no longer …

… parents asked for detailed report on the cause of the death, death benefits More than two weeks ago on June 20, two men that went to fix a displaced electric pole in Phuntshothang in Samdrup Jongkhar disrupted by a landslide, two men that were electrocuted, one died at the spot while the other survived. It has been more than …

… 30-year-old sister stabs her 33-year-old brother to protect herself Earlier on June 26, a 30-year-old sister stabbed her 33-year-old brother around midnight in Umling, Sarpang. Sources claim it was unintentional, and the 30-year-old sister took arms for self-defense. Local leaders said, there are about five to six households in Umling experiencing DV cases on daily basis. Domestic Violence cases …

The main focus of the Tourism Levy Bill (2020) is on the value, to redefine the existing tourism policy of ‘High Value, Low Impact’, said the government. Telling that the tourism industry must benefit all the Bhutanese people, and that the high value definition has become redundant, the government proposed to increase the Sustainable Development Fund of USD 65 to …

With overwhelming priorities in the 12th Five-Year-Plan, the government is not in a position to implement one of its election pledges, the Sung-jeon App. Pointing reasons to pledge Sung-jeon App, the Layog Lyonpo Karma Dorji told the parliament that the Sung-jeon App was to benefit the whole country. Some of the reasons, Lyonpo said, it is for data security, and …

… economic diversification to conserve foreign currency reserve which stands at USD 1157.408 M Druk Holding and Investments (DHI) is working on two to three major projects according to Lyonchhen Dr Lotay Tshering. He said that the earnings from those projects are expected to generate foreign currency. The decrease in US Dollar (USD), the main convertible foreign currency reserve in …

… parameters of leadership assessment are irrelevant and unfair The former Director General (DG) of Bhutan Narcotic Control Authority (BNCA), Sonam Dorji was managed out without a single audit memo three years earlier before his superannuation after working for more than three decades. He served four government autonomous agencies and held seven key positions until the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) …