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The Bhutan National Digital Identity or the Bhutan NDI app, has surpassed 200,000 users since its launch in October 2023. This is a nine-fold increase from last year’s figure. Additionally, the digital wallet is introducing new services, including the ability to open bank accounts remotely. One of the standout new features of the Bhutan NDI app is the ability to...

After more than a decade, winter cropping is making a comeback in Phangyuel Gewog, Wangdue Phodrang, thanks to the restoration of the irrigation water supply. Farmers have begun cultivating crops and vegetables, ensuring greater self-sufficiency. They say this has not only boosted summer agriculture but has also revived winter cropping, offering them new opportunities to improve their livelihoods.  The fields,...

A place of worship or a site of neglect? The newly built Hindu temple in Tsirang’s Tsirang Toed Gewog remains locked in the absence of relics and statues for worship. However, repeated break-ins have left the temple littered, with some even destroying electric bulbs and wiring, before it could serve its purpose. The main temple was constructed under the previous...

The industry, commerce, and employment minister said the government is committed to fostering inclusive workplaces in the private sector through fiscal incentives, public recognition, and direct support for employers supporting diversity. Highlighting a key initiative, he said that the newly launched Youth Engagement and Livelihood Program Guideline 2024 prioritises persons with disabilities by waiving the standard selection process. He emphasised...