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Of late many thinking minds of the nation and its media reported unemployment figures as misleading. However, the labor minister justified how 2.1% unemployment rate is accurate and is being collected through accurate and trustworthy methods. According to the Prime Minister’s recently delivered State Of The Nation Report unemployment rate …

The Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) has announced 15 more candidates and with this the party has publicized 22 candidates in total.Earlier the party had revealed seven candidates. The current crop of candidates are mainly young with most of them in their late 20s. . Namgay Om, Educationist Veteran educationist, Namgay …

The draft RAA report on the construction of Domestic Airports has pointed out several irregularities in the construction of the Nu 81.2 mn Younphula Domestic Airport. These include an irregular bidding process causing additional costs, selection of technically non eligible bidders, overpayments to contractors for works not done, poor quality …

A consortium of Bhutanese contractors has registered itself as Bhutan’s very own private hydropower construction company with the office of the Registrar under Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) as a Public Limited Company on 14th March. The company would be called as “Bhutan Energy and Infrastructure Limited”. The main aim …

  The first International Day of Happiness will be marked today to promote the idea that the pursuit of happiness is universal. The day, 20 March  was officialy declared by the UN to be observed as the International Day of Happiness. “How will you celebrate ‘Happiness Day’, the first ever …

A Draft Royal Audit Authority report has unearthed Nu 152.876 in illegal overpayments and more than Nu 83 mn in avoidable costs out of the total Nu 427 mn spent on the three domestic airports. The RAA also uncovered tenders being given to ineligible companies, fake bills, sub-standard works, conflict …

Earlier, the group of 50 had announced a sojourn from Trashigang to petition against the court verdict that convicted the two ministers The petition to be submitted by the 50 Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) supporters from Trashigang to the Supreme Court chief justice has been withdrawn. The submission was with …

The Bhutanese has found that buildings owned by some serving Cabinet Ministers and their wives house government offices and corporations paying large amounts of rent. In what is a case of conflict of interest and also violation of procurement norms these office spaces have been hired by the respective agencies …

The verdict of the Gyelpozhing land case has garnered mixed views from different sections of people across the country with many having mixed feelings on the sentencing of the committee members. These civil servants face a double jeopardy of, conviction of a year and termination without benefits. Some people have …

The Opposition Party has come out with its own 3,000 word ‘official response’ report to the governments 37,000 word State of the Nation which had primarily highlighted their achievements in the last five years. The Opposition party’s response has focused on critical issues like the State of the Economy, Rupee …