Commission Raj in health ministry exposed
The faces of the people involved in the health ministry corruption cases are being revealed now. Of the many to follow in different cases, the first names include a joint director, an accountant and a...
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DPT vice president involved in Nu 300mn Thimphu land scam
Kuenzang Choden/Thimphu The Bhutanese has found that the vice president of the ruling Druk Phuensum Tshogpa, Chang Ugyen is involved in a Nu 300 million land scam in Thimphu. The land scam involves the...
View ArticleEngineer, whose faulty designs caused BHU collapse, whiffs millions
A 30-year-old dzongkhag assistant engineer has been charged for corrupt practices on seven cases, the amount sums up to millions in cash The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) forwarded five of the seven...
View Article(Investigation update) All parties except DPT call ACC probe into land scam
Three political parties, the existing PDP, the yet to be formed third Party of Dr Tandin Dorji and the recently announced fourth party have all asked for an ACC investigation into the Thimphu land scam...
View ArticleThe land of scams
The DPT Vice President’s involvement in a 10-acre land grab in Thimphu reveals once again how a powerful few can bend laws to amass assets worth millions overnight. This is corruption pure and simple....
View Article(Draft renewable energy policy) Pvt Sector can now own hydro projects
This is a key policy change as earlier private sector investment and FDI was not allowed in the hydropower sector. In a departure from its past policy the government will now allow Private firms to...
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17 local contractors join to form Bhutan’s first hydropower construction company
A monk watches trucks moving toward the Punatsangchu 1 power project. Now local private players can enter the hydropower construction scene which is now dominated by Indian compaines. (Photo by...
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