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The year started with good news! Bhutan climbed up a spot to make to the 26th position among 180 countries in the global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2017 that the Transparency International (TI) released. Bhutan had occupied the 27th spot consecutively in the previous two years. The chairperson of the …

The dog year pulled the curtain on Bhutan’s expectations from the hydropower sector. While Mangdechhu was for the pig year to relish, that the two Punatshangchhu projects were not likely to be completed in the 12th Plan was made clear. The delay in commissioning of the hydropower projects disrupted the GDP …

For the tourism sector, 2018 was about strengthening cooperation among the stakeholders. Association of Bhutanese Tour Operators (ABTO) and Hotel and Restaurant Association of Bhutan (HRAB) last year signed an agreement in June to strengthen cooperation and guide relations between the tour operators and hoteliers. The MoU is expected to …

It was yet again another year of reforms in the civil service in the dog year. But what stole the show was the politicisation of civil service and grievances against Individual Work Plan (IWP). The biggest achievement among the reforms initiated in the civil service was the launch of the …

Despite carrying out several developmental activities in Samdrupjongkhar, the dzongkhag experienced many mishaps in the earth male dog year. More than 20 people died in vehicle accidents, landslide and an explosion. Some remain unreported. An explosion inside the drift tunnel of powerhouse II for Nyera Amari hydropower project at Martsala gewog in Samdrupcholing …

Crimes against women and children made the most headlines in the dog year. Most of the crimes were reported in April. Three days after the disturbing news of anesthesia technician who allegedly raped a patient attendant at the national referral hospital on April 5 night, the news of an arrest …

The labour ministry in the dog year whimpered with major problems related to its overseas programmes.  The problems worsened in 2018 with the infamous earn and learn programme in Japan coming under Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) radar. More than 700 youth were placed by last year but complaints continued about Bhutan …

A daylong blood donation session in Trashigang collected 40 units of blood yesterday. The session was organised by DeSuups in Trashigang to commemorate the birth anniversary of The Gyalsey.  The blood collected was donated to Mongar Regional Referral Hospital.

The Natural Resource Development Corporation Ltd (NRDCL) is dredging two rivers and three streams in Sarpang. The dzongkhag tshogdu, in one of its sittings, decided to allow the corporation to dredge the riverbeds to avoid seasonal stream water and swelling rivers flooding villages and damaging infrastructures. Officials say work started since last year.

Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) investigation has found that a former gup of Naja gewog in Paro, Kado had allegedly embezzled Nu 62,228 of rural tax during his tenure 2012 and 2013. The gup completed his term in 2016. The Office of the Attorney General is reviewing the case for probable prosecution. …