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Phajo Nidup sentenced to 21 years for 17 cases 

Several Bank, Thromde, RSTA, NLC and RBP officials also sentenced The Special Bench set up on 5 September 2022 by the Supreme Court to hear an array of criminal and civil cases against Phajo Nidup delivered its verdict on 17 criminal cases involving Phajo on 14th and 15th March 2024.  Of this 14 were investigated by ACC …

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ADB masterplan model selected for Gelephu Airport

A few months ago, officials were looking at three models to build the Gelephu Airport and they have finally selected the Asian Development Bank masterplan by doing some additional studies on it. This envisages building a new 3,000 meters runway around 50 to 60 meters above the current runway with …

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When bank employees turn into bank robbers

The earlier trend of bank heists by bank employees in Bhutan was giving unauthorized loans or fattening up loans, but now there is a new shift in the trend with bank employees directly taking money from the accounts of clients or the banks own cash for the day. The first …

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SDF not to be touched under tourism reforms

The committee tasked to look at tourism reforms has submitted its report to the government and it has proposed a host of measures to boost tourism but the Sustainable Development Fund (SDF) is not being touched either as a whole or for border towns which had been asking for waivers …

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