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Saturday April 20 2024

Skilled Bhutanese workers call for better regulation

In recent years, there has been a massive increase in the employment of foreign workers. This trend has instilled worries among locally trained youths from different training institutes and are urging the government to take measures to protect their interests.

As judiciary looks to open up

One of the current challenges for lawyers in the country is...

WWF will fund USD 30 million in conservation for next five year

Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay and  President and CEO of World Wildlife...

Second phase peri-urban and urban-farming launched

Punakha—Following the success of the first urban farming initiative, as a...

Editorial

Cashing in on waste?

Have we finally found a solution to our mounting waste problem? Maybe, if cash incentives for waste segregation and proper disposal could be made possible. There is money in waste – our scrap dealers know it well. If waste can be segregated and disposed of properly, it is a good way to manage waste by allowing a few to make a living.

Regulating advertisements

Advertising goods and services is an integral part of...

PD is just the first step

The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) has unveiled an...


Features

Revised tax rates are not burdensome, say senior citizens

In the living room of a duplex in Semtokha, Thimphu, a group of women spanning generations engage in lively chatter about the recently implemented revised property and land tax.

Empowering women and enriching communities in rural Bhutan

The homestay business in Haa has been reshaping the...

Dzondrakha Tsechu: Tradition, custom, and community dynamics in Lungnyi

At 7 am, the residents of Lungnyi in Paro...

Reviving the tradition of natural pigments

Trashiyangtse —The introduction of natural pigment art as a...

Sports

Druk Lhayul FC is no more

With the exclusion of Lhayul, BFF Academy FC, who didn’t qualify for the top six position last year, has been given a chance to compete in the upcoming Bhutan Premier League (BPL).

Lhayul’s general secretary, Sonam Tenzin, said the club was dissolved because of financial constraints. “There is not a single sponsor for the club this time.”

The management has left it to the players to decide which club they want to join.

Why Bhutanese athletes do not win Olympics quota

Bhutan has only secured one recurve archery quota in...

BPL 2024 to witness four teams from southern region

Over the past five years, the Bhutan Premier League...

Bhutanese athletes vying for Paris Olympic quota

The Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games in France are...

Business

Finance ministry projects 5.68 percent growth this year

Thukten Zangpo The finance ministry projected Bhutan’s economy to grow at 5.68 percent this year, according to the ministry’s macroeconomic situation report for the second quarter for the fiscal year 2023-24. For 2025, the ministry forecasted the economy to expand by 8.97 percent and 3.16 percent growth for 2023. The economy is expected to show […]

Non-hydro debt set to reach threshold with Nu 35 billion borrowing in FY 2024-25

The government can borrow an extra Nu 35.88 billion...

Vehicle import ban saves Nu 5.3 Billion

The ban on importing vehicles could have helped Bhutan...

Bhutan’s economic growth could slow at 4 percent in this FY 2023-24: WB

The World Bank says Bhutan’s economy will grow slower...

Life Style

Ask Mr Bhutan

Natural selection is the process by which our genes have been pruned by our environment. Our genes retains that which is most conducive to our immediate survival and reproduction. Each one of our ancestors were a lab rat upon which our genes refined itself. Our bodies are a result of a very slow, painful and costly processes.

Ask Mr Bhutan

Why am I so inflexible and more importantly what...

Ask Mr Bhutan

What did Covid 19 pandemic teach you?  Please allow...

Videos

ANN

Bangladesh sees record potato production, yet prices going up

DHAKA – Potato prices are soaring even though farmers this year grew a record 1.04 crore tonnes, cutting the buying power of consumers, especially fixed and low-income people already battered by sustained high inflation.


Opinions

Protecting Children or Perpetuating Injustice?

The existing provisions under the Penal Code of Bhutan...

Protecting Children or Perpetuating Injustice?

The existing provisions under the Penal Code of Bhutan...

Jabmis’ call for improvement in justice system

The just-concluded three-day Annual General Meeting of the Bar...

Property Tax Reform: A small step toward citizen’s responsibility to develop Bhutan

In 2022, the government tabled the much-awaited property tax...

Employability initiative for college students and jobseekers launched by ADB, MoESD

The National Statistics Bureau’s new quarterly labor force survey...

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