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Pay gaps trigger job-hopping, deepen talent strain in Bhutan

Despite reforms aimed at standardising compensation through the "clean wage" system, significant differences in pay and benefits remain across the civil service, state-owned…

  • Published: April 27, 20268:35 am
  • Author Lhakpa Quendren
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Residents in Bhutan’s Samtse residents want unsolicited religious pamphlets investigated

On October 10, three local residents lodged formal complaints with the gewog administration, accusing a 52-year-old woman of distributing the religious pamphlets at their…

  • Published: November 25, 202412:06 pm
  • Author Lhakpa Quendren
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Judo takes Gelephu by storm

Coach Pema Dargay passionately notes, “Despite being a new sport for the kids, our judokas have excelled, bringing home about 25 medals in just two years.” He believes that…

  • Published: October 16, 202410:50 am
  • Author Lhakpa Quendren
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Railway link to be an economic game-changer for Bhutan’s Samtse

The current reliance on truck transport from the Banarhat railway station in West Bengal, India, incurs considerable inconvenience and cost. The new railway station within Bhutan…

  • Published: September 19, 20241:39 pm
  • Author Lhakpa Quendren

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