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Leki Tshering, 45, from Thimphu is running for the National Council Elections 2023.  He has 11 years of experience in the field of education and 5 years of experience in the private sector. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in primary education. He wants to be the one who regularly talks …

During the live public debate organized by the BBS, the two aspiring candidates for the National Council election 2023 from Bumthang shared their pledges. Kencho Tshering, 40 years old, contesting from Chhokhor gewog, Bumthang has studied Bachelor’s degree in commerce and has an advanced diploma in Eco-tourism management. He has …

An Industry Outreach Program was conducted by Project Dantak at Phuntsholing, aimed at encouraging local industries of Bhutan to participate in the country’s development by supplying construction and other materials to Dantak. The conference was co-chaired by Brig Jaswinder Singh, Chief Engineer of Project Dantak and Dasho Ugen Tsechup, President …

Finance Minister pledges to bring changes where needed On March 2, 2023, to bring attention to social protection issues faced by marginalised groups like people with disabilities, youth recovering from addiction, care-givers, and women, BCMD, in partnership with Phensem, RENEW, and Bhutan Canada Foundation, is organising an awareness campaign called #PeopleCenteredPolicy. …

Almost all the schools in the country are losing experienced teachers. From 1 January to 17 February 2023 around 243 teachers have resigned and 104 teachers have taken Extraordinary Leave (EOL). The highest numbers of teachers leaving are from the schools in Thimphu Thromde, so far. It has been learnt …

The Indian Rupee (INR) has been depreciating against US Dollars (USD) and with Bhutanese Ngultrum (Nu) pegged with INR, the Nu has been depreciating too. 1 USD is equal to Nu. 82.50 currently. This will impact the country’s economy in terms of loan repayment, foreign reserves and inflation.  Bhutanese Ngultrum …

Labour exploitation is quite rampant in Bhutan and most of it is in terms of unpaid work wages. Most labour exploitation happens in the private sector, with employees not being paid on time or not being paid at all for their services. Sangay, who worked at a private company was …

As per the GovTech Agency, the government is closely working with both the Governments of Bangladesh and India to realize the establishment of Third International Internet Gateway. According to the Prime Minister Dasho Dr Lotay Tshering, on Thursday  Lyonchhen met with the Foreign Secretary of India, and he have conveyed …

The Department of Information Technology and Telecom (DITT) has collected the nationwide biometric of 544,773 individuals as of December end 2022. The department has completed 76.47 percent of the project. Digital wallet testing has been completed within DHI. Biometric Data collection for Thimphu Thromde was officially closed by the end of …

The Bhutan Living Standard Survey and the Poverty Analysis Rate 2022 carried out by National Statistics Bureau (NSB) found that the report also finds that a person in the top 20 percent of the country’s population (37.3 percent) consumes four times as much as someone in the poorest 20 percent …