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At present, the hotel industry in Bhutan is facing many challenges, of which rapid decline in the average occupancy rate is the major concern which has placed the entire hotel industry at risk. This has been caused by the drastic increase in the number of hotels in recent years. To …

Phuentsholing Thromde, which is the second largest city in the country, the population has increased from 20,537 (PHCB, 2005) to 27,658 (PHCB, 2017). In addition, the city also has the second highest unemployment rate at 4.0% (PHCB, 2017) amongst the four Thromdes. For the 12th FYP, Phuentsholing Thromde has been …

Lyonchhen Dr Lotay Tshering arrived in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 12th April on a 4-day visit. At the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Lyonchhen was received by Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh and presented with the Guard of Honor. After arrival in Dhaka, Lyonchhen Dr Lotay Tshering visited the National Martyrs’ Memorial. At the Memorial, …

Different gewogs in Trashigang like Sakteng, Udzorong, Khaling, Bartsham, Phongmed, Radi and Shongphu are facing the twin problem of water shortage for both irrigation and drinking and poor road conditions to boot. Sakteng After numerous delays, the construction of a road was completed in 2017 and although it has benefitted …

The biggest trash tag challenge in the country took place last weekend saw an overwhelming turnout of 2,103 volunteers all across the country to take up the famous trash tag challenge which is trending on social media these days.  Over 3,997 sacks of wastes from all the dzongkhags were collected. …

Haa police apprehended six men for stealing 20 barrels of Bitumen from a Department of Road (DoR) site at Langchu and selling it to a private construction company. Police arrested four suspects on 20 March at around 2 am, while the other two was arrested on 21st March. Before the …

The Bhutan PISA-D National Report was launched yesterday. The report was on the performance of 15-year-old students in Reading, Mathematics and Scientific Literacy. Some of the major findings of the report are that the students performed slightly better in Reading and Scientific Literacy in comparison to Mathematical Literacy and while …

The Bank of Bhutan (BoB) informed that some fraudulent or unauthorized transaction has been made on VISA International Debit Cards after suspicious transactions were reported by its clients at its contact center at Phuentsholing in the morning of 22nd march, 2019. A total of 1070 fraudulent transaction on VISA International …

Based on past experiences reporters, made numerous recommendations to the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB). The ECB is taking up the recommendations as part of a learning from experience report. A reporter from said that duplication of paper work is an issue. He said that they have the media arbitrator …

The government’s new approach of engagement with the partners henceforth will focus on trade from aid unlike the traditional pattern. The foreign minister, Lyonpo Tandin Dorji, after the conclusion of the RTM said that Bhutan has to move from aid to trade and explore different forms of partnership as the …