It is no big secret that the private sector in Bhutan still has a long way to go, but even at its current state it is the largest employer after agriculture and a sector that still absorbs the bulk of the educated youth that do not get government jobs. It …

Political parties and MPs are in a rush to finish their respective familiarization tours and constituency visits before 15th February, 2018, after which such meetings and visits will be strictly prohibited in view of the upcoming National Council elections. The ECB has already announced February to May as the NC …

Charles Darwin is often accredited with the quote ‘survival of the fittest,’ but Darwin himself attributed the original  quote to another author. This quote used by Darwin has been misunderstood to mean that only the strongest and fiercest animals survived. However, a central theme of Darwin’s ‘Theory of Evolution,’ actually …

SHANGHAI – China’s traditional industries are suffering. In the last five years, the country’s northeastern region – once a hub of basic industries like oil and steel – has been facing accelerating decline, as have the rich mineral resource centers in places like Hebei and Inner Mongolia. Over the last …

This paper in December 2017 broke news of an additional 11th session by June 2018 to fulfill a constitutional obligation of two sessions a year and to pass the current budget which consist of salaries, maintenance expenditure etc. However, a new concern that is cropping up is the need to …

In 2017 3,844 graduates applied for 494 RCSC vacancies which would leave out 3,350 graduates. Of this one could estimate that the smaller government corporate sector takes in another 350 still leaving behind 3,000. It is clear as day that the only viable job option for this remaining 3,000 is …

As Bhutan is gearing up for the third parliamentary election which is to be held this year, we have already started seeing a lot of public debates and discussions on social media about which party should be elected next and why. With about five political parties already registered to join …

An incident that occurred in the premises of The Bhutanese newspaper helped give us some insight into one aspect of ‘youth unemployment’ in the country The Bhutanese recently floated a vacancy for a Finance/Accounts officer for The Bhutanese Newspaper. The company was willing to offer Nu 12,500 per month as …

The Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan Limited (RICBL) CEO Namgay Lhendup and Executive Director (ED) Sonam Dorji on Wednesday had claimed they are stepping down from their post taking ‘moral responsibility’ for what they said were ‘alleged operational lapses’ under their tenure. They said that they submitted their resignation in …

For the past few months the nation has been in the grip of an intense debate on Zhemgang Dzongkhag Tshogdu’s resolution on the ‘Gho and Kira,’ adamantly pushed by its Thrizin who is also the Goshing Gup. Coincidentally the Anti Corruption Commission in early May 2017 detained and questioned the …