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There are 54,821 foreign workers with work permits and at the least 20,000 day workers in Phuentsholing, Gomtu, Samtse, Samdrup Jongkhar and other border areas. With 74,000 expatriates workers there is a rupee outflow of more than Nu 7bn a year. This was stated by the labor minister, Lyonpo Dorji …

The cabinet recently approved the Renewable Natural Resources Research Policy of Bhutan 2012. In the face of the ban on vegetable imports, the policy is deemed timely by experts as it responds to the emerging challenge of transforming Bhutanese agriculture from subsistence to a commercial-based economy in the 10th Five Year …

Many families are unhappy with what they feel is an unfair student loan policy formulated by the National Pension and Provident Fund (NPPF). Students who score an aggregate of below 60% are not eligible for the Nu 0.5mn student loan offered by the organization. Apart from this, only students taking …

Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) which became an autonomous body since July 1, 2011 seems to be achieving its mission in upgrading tertiary education in the country notwithstanding a few hiccups. At the end of the University Council meeting held on January 30, 2012, the Director for Research and External …