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The news of a shortage of wooden boxes to pack oranges was rife last year. However, it is a different story today. The orange season has just begun, and exporters no longer worry about a lack of packaging boxes. The local sawmills are now making enough boxes.  After the government stopped the import of boxes from India in 2022, production...

The deadline to apply for loans under the Economic Stimulus Programme, ending tomorrow, will not be extended. However, for the Window I Concessional loans, if funds remain, the Bhutan Development Bank will reopen applications. Same applies to Window-II Reinvigoration Fund, but will be announced by all seven Participating Financial Institutions. The ESP loan which started receiving its application beginning September...

Residents of Dorokha are unhappy with the education and skills development ministry’s decision to downgrade Dorokha Lower Secondary School to a primary school. They argue that the school should instead be upgraded. A recent notification from the Samtse District Education sector has left Dorokha residents disappointed. Starting from the academic year 2025, nearly 200 students in classes seven and eight...

If you have some decent clothing piling in your closet that you no longer use, you can put it to good use by giving it to those in need. And you can do so by dropping them at Gola Gola Bhutan’s drop-off boxes placed in various districts across the country. This youth-led social network initiative has been working to address...