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The government has secured over Nu 16bn toward its Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) target of Nu 500bn by 2029. The finance minister during the Meet the Press session yesterday said the hydropower sector continues to be a major driver of foreign investments. The government is now working on regulatory reforms to simplify procedures and attract more investments. Last year alone,...

The inflation has increased since October last year. This is according to the latest Consumer Price Index or CPI. The inflation in February this year reached 3.38 per cent, up from 1.34 per cent in October last year. The inflation is mostly driven by food and non-food items. So, in response to the increasing food inflation, the agriculture and livestock...

Local leaders in Chhukha, especially of larger gewogs, are worried about the decline in their block grant budget for the 13th Five-Year Plan. During the recent Dzongkhag Tshogdu, they raised concerns over the Resource Allocation Formula used in distributing the grant. They said that it will widen the economic development gap between larger and smaller gewogs. The local leaders are...

Exciting news from the National Innovation Challenge 2025! Sherubling Higher Secondary School from Trongsa and Martshala Middle Secondary School from Samdrup Jongkhar have taken the top spots. Their winning projects? A game-changing Sustainable Organic Liquid Fertiliser and the innovative Bashika Soap. These young minds are proving that creativity and sustainability go hand in hand. The students from Sherubling Higher Secondary...