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Bhutan is making significant progress in its hydropower development, with several small, medium, and mega projects either under construction or in the pipeline. Three small hydropower projects are set for commissioning this year while works are underway to start construction for a medium and a mega project within the next three years. These projects are expected to enhance the country's...

Vegetable vendors in Gelephu are all smiles as the long-awaited market shed is finally complete after several delays. The new facility can accommodate over a hundred vendors. The vendors will move to the new shed by next week.  Laytshog Lopon Sangay Dorji and GMC Governor, Dasho Dr Lotay Tshering, recently inaugurated the newly constructed vegetable market shed. The new market...

Meat shop owners in Thimphu have raised concerns over what they describe as unfair business practices by the country’s sole beef supplier. They cite rising costs, excessive payment demands, and poor hygiene standards at the slaughterhouse. In a letter dated January 22, 2025, addressed to the Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), meat shop owners called for government intervention...

If your child enrolled in an Early Childhood Care and Development Centre is not developing at the same pace as their peers, it is probably because they are being taught by different facilitators who are trained differently. It has been found that the lack of a standardised curriculum among ECCD training institutes hindered the quality and effectiveness of early childhood...