Mongar Court Judge says that even Gyelpozhing plot recipients fall under the criminal case category

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Guest DpnO0

In what may come as a bolt out of the blue, especially for those contesting as candidates in the 2013 elections, the Mongar District Court Judge Gyembo Dorji told The Bhutanese that even those who received plots in Gyelpozhing are criminally charged. He said this was because the case of 71 plots of land is criminal and not civil in nature. This would mean that the sentencing of the case would come out as a criminal case verdict

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Mongar Court Judge says that even Gyelpozhing plot recipients fall under the criminal case category

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Posted on May 11, 2013 by Guest BZpyz

? This is not an isolated case. If the Bhutanese interview more people across the country; such cases will be aplenty.

Letters from the Editor

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Guest S2TbK

? This is not an isolated case. If the Bhutanese interview more people across the country; such cases will be aplenty.

BKP puts up an appeal letter to ECB

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Guest Z9vbM

Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP) says they have put up a letter of appeal to the Election Commission of Bhutan to reconsider the decision.

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Bhutanese on a spending spree

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Guest BZpyz

The monthly consumption expenditure per person has almost doubled within the span of five years, according to the Bhutan Living Standards Survey 2012. In 2003, the monthly consumption expenditure per person was about Nu.1,700. In 2007, it increased to about Nu

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New government will have to shell out Nu 52 mn to replace ministers Prados

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Guest xU26T

It will also have to circumvent vehicle import restrictions to get the new vehicles The Bhutanese has found that the new incoming government after the 2013 general elections will have to spend up to Nu 52 mn to replace the Toyota Land Cruiser of the Prime Minister and 13 Toyota Prados for the Cabinet Ministers, Speaker, National Council Chairman and the Opposition leaders. The Nu 52 mn figure is exempt of any taxes as government vehicles imported for ministers are tax exempt. However, if the 50 percent sales tax and 20 percent green tax is included then the market value of these vehicles go up to Nu 88 mn

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Outgoing Chairman of National Council says he will probably join DPT

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Guest z3mn1

? The incumbent National Council Chairman, Namgay Penjore said that he would “probably join the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT)” in an exclusive interview with The Bhutanese. The NC Chairperson, who will be formally leaving his office on 28th April, has made it clear that he will be joining the National Assembly only after the end of his tenure

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Outgoing Chairman of National Council says he will probably join DPT

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Guest 5xXnI

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Out of mind and out of sight

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Guest BZpyz

In response to a question by a reporter on the poor state of the economy, the Prime Minister threw back some questions of his own to the media gathered for the last meet the press. He asked the reporters gathered there if any of their friends and relatives lost jobs, if they had stopped consuming less, if they were no longer driving, if they had lost their homes or could not afford them, if they received less care, if farmers had complained and so on

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BCCI says rupee crisis to get worse in coming years

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Guest x6LzH

Hydropower construction will be a major factor Though the government has said that the rupee situation would improve in the near future especially with the commissioning of the mega hydro projects in 2017-2018, the Bhutan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) does not agree. In fact the BCCI has said that with the present rate of development, not only would the rupee situation get considerably worse but it would also threaten all other major economic sectors in Bhutan.

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Bhutanese participate in Baukhungri festival

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Guest XWV6J

A group of Bhutanese from Sarpang Dzongkhag led by the Dzongda participated in the first Baukhungri festival, along with other North Eastern States of India, in a remote place called Harinaguri in Kokrajhar District under the Indian state of Assam.

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MoIC Engineer admits to lapses and overpayment in airport construction

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Guest 9myDE

On the first day of hearing at the Construction Development Boards arbitration committee the Ministry of Information and Communication Deputy Executive Engineer, Gyem Dorji admitted that there had been lapses and overpayment in the construction of the Gelephu airport. As per the Royal Audit Authority report Nu 78.27 mn had been overpaid for surfacing of the airport and the MoIC and the Department of Civil Aviation had been accordingly instructed to recover the amount. The construction company Tashi Kunzom who had constructed the Gelephu airport had brought this issue among other grievances before the arbitration committee against the MoIC saying that he had not been overpaid

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Two more years for complete development of Gasa hot spring

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Guest wnvgD

The Gasa hot spring was washed away by a major flood in 2009. Although repair works have been completed; there has not been an official inauguration

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Mongar Court Judge says that even Gyelpozhing plot recipients fall under the criminal case category

Letters from the Editor

Letters from the Editor

BKP puts up an appeal letter to ECB

Bhutanese on a spending spree

New government will have to shell out Nu 52 mn to replace ministers Prados

Outgoing Chairman of National Council says he will probably join DPT

Outgoing Chairman of National Council says he will probably join DPT

Out of mind and out of sight

BCCI says rupee crisis to get worse in coming years

Bhutanese participate in Baukhungri festival

MoIC Engineer admits to lapses and overpayment in airport construction

Two more years for complete development of Gasa hot spring