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2.5 percent of Bhutanese unemployed

National Employment Board (NEB)

Apr 05, 2005 1 mins read 523 views
118 youths find jobs

National Employment Board (NEB)

Apr 05, 2005 3 mins read 520 views
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Who’s accountable when vetted election pledges go undelivered?

With the government now halfway through its five-year term, questions are being raised over who should be held accountable for campaign pledges that were vetted by the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB), cleared for public release, and yet remain unfulfilled or only partially implemented.

Aug 29, 2026 4 mins read 2,278 views
Their Majesties lead prayers for Nepal and China flood victims

His Majesty The King, His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, Her Majesty The Queen, Their Majesties the Queen Mothers, and...

Aug 29, 2026 1 mins read 2,212 views
Shared climate risks, fragmented response challenge HKH countries

Parliamentarians from the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region have called for stronger cross-border co-operation to address...

Aug 29, 2026 4 mins read 1,813 views
Many hands, one purpose in Gelephu

The sun beat down on Gelephu Public Ground yesterday morning, where volunteers from across the country had gathered before heading out to work. By the time they dispersed to their designated sites, they were singing aloud.

Aug 29, 2026 3 mins read 1,856 views
Bhutan runs short of engineers as megaprojects take off

Bhutan is facing a growing shortage of engineers as construction, hydropower, and other infrastructure projects expand,...

Aug 29, 2026 8 mins read 5,117 views
High Court overturns acquittal, sentences doctor to 10 years for raping minor patient

The High Court overturned a judgment by the Trashigang Dzongkhag Court yesterday, sentencing Dr Tshering Norbu to 10 yea...

Aug 29, 2026 2 mins read 6,473 views
Makeathon puts persons with disabilities at the centre of assistive technology design

More than 70 participants across the country, including persons with disabilities, teachers, caregivers, fabricators and...

Aug 28, 2026 2 mins read 1,813 views
Bhutanese pilgrims in Tibet to take alternative route to Nepal

Bhutanese pilgrims travelling to and from Lhasa are safe despite massive flooding in northern Nepal that has disrupted t...

Aug 27, 2026 2 mins read 4,751 views
Parliamentary scrutiny: How Question Hour splits along party lines

The Question Hour in Parliament provides elected representatives the opportunity to keep check on government functions,...

Aug 26, 2026 6 mins read 3,005 views
Hidden commissions and fake crafts endanger Bhutan’s tourism brand

Almost every craft retailer in Thimphu and Paro pays undisclosed commissions to tour guides for customer referrals, driv...

Aug 26, 2026 3 mins read 4,549 views
The true wealth of Dzambhala

The name Dzambhala — from the Sanskrit Jambhala — is traditionally associated with wealth and prosperity, reflecting his...

May 02, 2026 4 mins read 5,635 views
No amount of money can replace you

The early years — roughly birth to five — are critical for emotional development. While a child raised with consistency...

Apr 25, 2026 4 mins read 8,465 views
You’re not what you think you are

You are not alone in your confusion — and much of it arises from the word itself. Emptiness can sound like nothingness,...

Apr 18, 2026 4 mins read 7,329 views
Sundays at Le Méridien

The monthly Sunday brunch at Le Méridien has become a special experience that goes beyond dining, offering guests a rela...

Apr 13, 2026 3 mins read 6,894 views
The trap of spiritual materialism

Apr 13, 2026 4 mins read 7,362 views
ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ཁྲོམ་སྡེ་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་མ་ལང་མི་དེ་ སྲིད་བྱུས་དང་ ཁྱིམ་བཟོ་ག་གི་འཐུས་ཤོར་ཨིན་ན།

༉ ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་གི་ ལུང་ཕྱོགས་ནང་ སྡོད་ཁྱིམ་ལངམ་སྦེ་མེད་པའི་ དཀའ་ངལ་ལུ་བརྟེན་ འབྲུག་པའི་མི་ཁུངས་མང་ཤོས་ཅིག་ ས་མཚམས་ཕྱི་ཁ...

May 11, 2026 6 mins read 6,888 views
When will we feed ourselves?

May 09, 2026 2 mins read 6,294 views
Fuel crisis demands more than subsidies

Recent developments in the Middle East crisis suggest that a return to normalcy is still far away. Even if the war ends...

May 02, 2026 3 mins read 7,175 views
Demographic crisis demands bold reforms

Bhutan is facing a “national crisis” as birth rates plunge by 62.9 percent. If current trends continue, the country coul...

Apr 29, 2026 2 mins read 10,871 views

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Addressing the engineer shortage

Bhutan is entering one of the most ambitious periods of development in its history. Hydropower projects are expanding, major infrastructure investments are taking shape, and the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is expected to open new avenues for economic growth. However, a major constraint could undermine these ambitions: shortage of engineers.

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