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Department of Law and Order drafting new guideline on soliciting public donations
The Department of Law and Order is drafting a guideline on soliciting donations and conducting crowdfunding activities. The guideline will be an expansion of the department’s public notification shared in 2022, which states that engaging in such activities without approval...
Paro District Court convicts two Indians for gold smuggling
The Paro District Court sentenced two Indians in two separate gold smuggling cases. They were handed down with prison terms ranging from more than five years to nine years. Both of them were arrested at the Paro International Airport last...
NC’s Natural Resources and Environment Committee to rework on human-wildlife conflict and crop damage compensation review report
The National Council will continue deliberations on the Natural Resources and Environment Committee’s ‘review report on compensation-related policies for human-wildlife conflicts and crop damage due to natural calamities’ tomorrow after the chairperson instructed the committee to rework on it. Members...
NA rejects recommendation to use gewog’s method to allocate budget for thromdes and districts
The National Assembly, today, did not approve the Economic and Finance Committee’s recommendation to use the same method as gewogs to allocate budget for thromdes and districts in the 13th Five-Year Plan. The plan document uses different resource allocation criteria...
NA’s Legislative Committee proposes females’ marriageable age to 18, aligning with other Acts
While presenting the Marriage (Amendment) Bill of 2024 in the National Assembly today, the Legislative Committee has proposed to raise females’ legal age of marriage to 18 years in the Bill, aligning it to other Acts in the country. According...
NA withdraws Impeachment Procedure Bill again
The National Assembly yet again withdrew the Impeachment Procedure Bill of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2024 from Parliament today. This is the second time that the bill is being withdrawn from the National Assembly. According to the chairperson of the...
Supreme Court orders Kosphu residents to give water to hotel owner
In a recent verdict, the Supreme Court has ordered the people of Kosphu in Trashigang’s Lumang Gewog to supply water to a hotel owner in Moshi. The case reached the Supreme Court after a long-standing legal dispute between the Kosphu...
Pyramid schemes and online scams on rise, authorities caution people
Recent news on pyramid schemes and multiple online scams have left individuals realising that there is no easy money. A new scheme known as Enveer is now under the Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority’s radar. The authority is investigating the...
Supreme Court orders Druk Gi Kalapingka organiser to pay season five runners-up
The Supreme Court has ordered the organiser of the singing reality show Druk Gi Kalapingka to pay over a million ngultrum to the second and third-place winners of Druk Gi Kalapingka season five. This decision came after the show organiser...
CCAA identifies Puth Group as pyramid scheme, issues alert
The Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority has identified the Puth Group, an investment platform, as a pyramid scheme. With over 6,000 active members across the country, the group has been gaining popularity. The authority has also notified all existing promoters...
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