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Youth unemployment rises to 18% in Q4 of 2024
The country’s youth unemployment rate increased to nearly 18 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year, an increase...
Stock market participation soars: transactions increase tenfold since 2018
The Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan, RSEBL, is seeing increased stock market participation. The stock market recorded more than 25,000...
Sonam Norbu appeals 15-year manslaughter sentence to High Court
Sonam Norbu who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter concerning the death of 24-year-old Namgay Dolkar has appealed against the Thimphu...
Patients at JDWNRH welcome additional token counters, call for more doctors
Additional token counters and expanded token areas in key departments, equipped with token dispenser machines have brought much relief to...
Innovate Bhutan Centre introduces KidsMBA for future entrepreneurs
To empower individuals and communities to create impactful solutions for a better future, Bhutan Youth Development Fund’s Innovate Bhutan Centre...
Turning plastic waste into opportunities
In most households, women play a key role in household consumption and recycling decisions, influencing the choice of plastic products...
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RCSC defends PME category, proposes targeted support for civil servants
The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) indicated that it is exploring alternative support measures for civil servants classified under the...
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Women footballers and sports instructors attend coaching course to improve women’s football
To enhance the skills of Bhutanese women footballers, the Bhutan Football Federation(BFF) is providing coaching training for women footballers and sports instructors. The two-week coaching course, which began on Monday, features participants, including members from the women’s national team, school sports instructors, and coaches from football clubs across Bhutan. The training classified as Asian Football Confederation, AFC C-level diploma course...
Bhutanese karatekas gear up for 1st edition of Sikkim International Karate Championship
Thirteen Bhutanese karatekas will represent Bhutan at the first edition of the Sikkim Open International Karate Championship in Gangtok. The three-day championship will kick off on the 28th of this month. Around 1,000 karatekas from Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and different parts of India will compete in the championship. Twelve karatekas from the Thimphu Karate Club and one from the Bhutan...
Crime rate drops, domestic violence cases rise: RBP statistics
Call it the result of heightened awareness or cases going underreported, the country witnessed a slight decrease in the overall crime rate over the past two years. The Royal Bhutan Police’s latest statistics show that the decline was mostly observed across offences such as substance abuse, illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, cannabis, and larceny. However, the data also...
Samdrup Jongkhar town to have clean and reliable drinking water
The long-standing water shortage in Samdrup Jongkhar town is finally expected to be solved. Residents can now look forward to clean and reliable drinking water as the construction of a new water distribution network was completed recently. Until now, they have been relying on the old distribution network which had leakages. To address the water shortage in the town, efforts...
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