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- Aug 18, 2026
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Low wages, long shifts: Reality for Bhutan’s private security guards (opens the original)
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THIMPHU – Government offices, public institutions, corporate entities, and private businesses in the country pay substantial monthly fees to private security agencies to guard their premises. Yet the security guards who stand watch at those gates for 12 hours a day, sometimes even longer, take home little more than the bare minimum needed to survive. Several security personnel in Thimphu said their take-home pay remains below the amount paid by clients under security contracts. In one case, a mi
Bhutan government’s housing allowance lags behind rents, forcing public servants to foot the bill (opens the original)
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THIMPHU – Government housing allowances have fallen far behind even the cheapest end of a rapidly rising rental market, a gap that shows the housing squeeze in the country is no longer confined to low-income earners. The House Rent Allowance (HRA) scheme, introduced in 2015 as part of the public service remuneration package and based on prevailing market rates at the time, has remained unchanged ever since. The HRA was calculated at 20 percent of the minimum revised pay scale, while employees at
Bhutan's luxury hotels cash in on premium rates while staff wages lag behind (opens the original)
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THIMPHU – Bhutan’s five-star hotels and ultra-luxury resorts charge guests hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars a night. Behind the polished branding, however, many of these hotels pay measly salaries to its frontline workers. Despite guests paying top dollar for their stays, luxury hotels continue to rely on a low-paid local workforce. Employees in front-office, food and beverage, and housekeeping roles say they are treated as replaceable and paid wages that contribute to significant econo
A Bhutanese hospital’s radiotherapy service failure: Who is accountable? (opens the original)
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THIMPHU – A multimillion-ngultrum radiotherapy service at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) has remained idle for nearly five years, with no clear plans to resume operations even two years after the audit case on sub-optimal performance was closed. After four years of operation, the radiotherapy service was suspended in August 2021 following audit findings of lapses in planning, procurement, and implementation, which incurred a government loss of nearly Nu 117.98 mill
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