With the Mangdechhu Hydropower Project Authority (MHPA) likely to be commissioned by mid-2018, an additional 2,925 million units (mu) of electricity will be generated of which most part will be exported to India. Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) projects that the domestic demand will decrease gradually once the Mangdechhu project is commissioned. “After MHPA, Punatsangchhu […]
Read MoreThe country’s unemployment rate this year is estimated at 2%, a drop from 2.7% in 2012, according to the Bhutan Living Standards Survey (BLSS) Report 2017 recently launched by Prime Minister Lyonchhen Dasho Tshering Tobgay. Unemployment remains a largely urban phenomenon with unemployment rate of 4.6% compared to only 0.8% in rural areas. The working-age […]
Read MoreThree teams of students from Royal Thimphu College (RTC) will represent their college and country in the much-coveted Mekong Business Challenge (MBC) 2017-2018, which is scheduled on March 17 next year in Thimphu. RTC has been chosen as the host this year in the wake of the college’s strong performance for the last two consecutive […]
Read MoreThe Thimphu-Wangdue tunnel road which was initiated six years back does not look like it will see the light at the end anytime soon. The obstacle is not just the mountains but the budget. No budget has been mobilized yet for the construction of the tunnel road. “The cost of building a tunnel is […]
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