THE NATION

Zhemgang has five aspiring candidates contesting in the National Council Elections 2023.  Sonam Leki, 43, is a teacher by profession. He has pledged to uphold the mandate of the National Council, fight for people-centric public service delivery and facilitate agriculture and tourism policy interventions. Thinley Jamtsho is another candidate from …

Pemagatshel has three aspiring candidates, Jamyang Namgyal, Yeshey Jamtso and Choining Dorji for the 2023 National Council Election. NC candidate, Jamyang Namgyal, 34, from Shumar gewog, has studied BVSc & AH at Pondicherry University in India and Master of Sciences in Vector Ecology & Disease Modelling at the University of …

Bhutan bracketed along with Taliban controlled Afghanistan In what is both an inconvenience for skilled Bhutanese workers working in USA, and also an embarrassment, it has been found that the validity of H-1B visas given to skilled Bhutanese workers going to USA to work is only for three months. This …

As the National Council Election campaign has commenced, Trongsa has two aspirants who have been educators. Sonam Penjor, 39, is contesting for a seat in the Upper House for the first time. With a Masters in Mathematics from Berhampur University, India and served as a teacher for 13 years. He …

Currently, the country’s economy is not doing well, as we are saddled by high inflation, high cost of living, decrease in the purchasing power, attrition, businesses drying up, and less consumer spending. This leads to the question, are we going through an undeclared recession? A recession, in simpler terms, is …

The National Council election campaign period began on 14 March and ends on 18 April 2023.  There are 2 candidates for Gasa. Dorji Khandu, 37, is the incumbent NC member from Gasa, and he is re-contesting. “For the past decade, Gasa has been represented by the most seasoned and high-caliber …

The focus so far has mainly been on the large numbers of students leaving for Australia, but on the other hand there is also a silent and significant migration happening to the Middle-East. Qatar has around 1,000 Bhutanese and a lot of them have come recently. When the Prime Minister …

Burnout was a major factor among the health workers battling against the COVID-19 pandemic. Just when health workers were coming back into form, another dire situation has hit them, with a high attrition rate among the health workers. It is likely to add to the stress and burnout if it …

A Helicopter of Druk Air crashed at Wachey in Lunana on Friday at 2.30 pm in the afternoon before reaching its destination. The helicopter was carrying a father, mother and two daughters. The mother and one daughter was confirmed dead while the father and another daughter survived with injuries but …

Aim to increase fertility rate in 13th Plan TFR to increase by 2034 The declining trend of the fertility rate in the country has become the highest concern, whereby the Ministry of Health (MoH) has prioritized increasing the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) from 1.9 percent to 2.1 percent by 2034 …