By Brian C. Shaw The timing of the birth of The Bhutanese (TB) in 2012, on the day of His Majesty The Fifth King’s birthday (a week after being formally licenced by BICMA), helped underline its patriotic credentials and aspirations for the future. TB’s Editor, Tenzing Lamsang (previously Reporter with …

By Dasho Kunzang Wangdi It seems like it was just yesterday when the first issue of The Bhutanese was released. It was such a great feeling to be given the honour, as a non-partisan and apolitical figure, and as the first Chief Election Commissioner of Bhutan, to be invited at …

MoLHR to use skills development to help youths get jobs According to the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR), there are about 13,000 unemployed youth who are actively looking for jobs and registered with the job portal currently, as opposed to 6,922 jobseekers in 2021. But the figures may …

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF), it is a huge challenge to keep the youth engaged in the agriculture sector, as many of them do not view farming as a viable career option in the long run. As a result, MoAF is planning to provide a social …

Like any other organization, the pandemic has impacted the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) with case investigations and in many areas of their mandates, responsibilities and functions. Given the protocols, they were not able to summon the accused for interrogations whereby they have many cases waiting for the pandemic to end.  ACC …

By Dasho Karma Ura The main trends for the last 10 years of our country as a whole has been nothing less than dramatic. Three factors that fuel each other have contributed to this: The rise of youthful population, political parties, and social media. Within broader changes of the country …

By Chimi Zangmo Ten plus years ago, there were houses sprouting to observe, watch, write about a fledgling democratic nation. Ten plus years ago, there was a rush to fill the columns and the seats in these houses Ten plus years ago, there were promises made by “whoever”, that these …

The conduct of the orientation program for the elected Local Government (LG) Leaders (Gups, Mangmis and Tshogpas) is impacted by the pandemic, whereby the newly elected leaders (who are not incumbent candidates), in particular, are facing issues in handling their roles as they do not know their exact roles and …

According to the Department of Information Technology and Telecom (DITT) under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC), almost all the components under the Digital Drukyul Flagship has been impacted by the current pandemic situation, and projects requiring physical presence, like face-to-face training with practical sessions, consultation meetings, stringing of …

The Health Minister Dasho Dechen Wangmo is worried these days. In an interview with the paper she said that the three things key to tackling COVID-19 is vaccines, restrictions or lockdowns and public cooperation. She explained this is how Bhutan managed to deal with three outbreaks of COVID-19, and each …