KSKP Sharma

1. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · KP Sharma

   Taxes and regulations drive up business costs in Bhutan’s Phuentsholing (opens the original)

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   PHUENTSHOLING – Heavy taxes, import fees, and fragmented supply chains are driving up the cost of doing business in Phuentsholing, pushing consumers across the border into Jaigaon. A recent study by the Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (CCAA) found that local prices outpaced those across the border in nine out of ten retail categories compared in March, with electronics standing as the sole exception, costing 6.3 percent less in Phuentsholing. The price disparity is particularly striki

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2. Article · Jul 13, 2026 · KP Sharma

   Local Bhutanese town housing shortage intensifies, after floods displace 87 families (opens the original)

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   THIMPHU – Flooding triggered by last month’s heavy rainfall has intensified Phuentsholing’s already acute housing shortage, forcing about 87 families from their homes and exposing the town’s limited capacity to accommodate displaced residents. Of the affected families, 46 lived at the Amochhu Temporary Settlement (ATS) and 41 at the National Housing Development Corporation Limited (NHDCL) housing colony, where five residential buildings were severely impacted. While residents of the NHDCL colony

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