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๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž

โ€ฆ๐’ƒ๐’๐’†๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Ž๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’•๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’† ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” By Kezang Choden Bhutanese traditional ornaments, deeply rooted in the countryโ€™s rich cultural heritage, are being preserved through innovative designs that blend contemporary aesthetics with age-old craftsmanship. This initiative ensures that these ornaments, once an integral part of Bhutanese attire and identity, are not lost to time but continue to thrive in …

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๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐“๐š๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐‘๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐€๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Œ๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’๐’‰๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’„๐’„๐’ ๐’…๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’Š๐’Ž ๐’•๐’ ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’† ๐’‘๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’„ ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‰ ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’”๐’† ๐’‡๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’” ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’„ ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’‚๐’„๐’• ๐’๐’ ๐‘บ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ๐’” By Yeshi DolmaPrivate sector is preparing for increased financial pressure as the National Assembly debates the Excise Tax Bill 2025. The bill proposes higher excise duties on alcohol and tobacco products with the goals of reducing harmful consumption and increasing …

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๐‘๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐€ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’‚ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’†๐’“โ€™๐’” ๐’‹๐’๐’–๐’“๐’๐’†๐’š ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’˜๐’” ๐’‰๐’๐’˜ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’“๐’Œ๐’†๐’• ๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’š ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’‰๐’๐’๐’…๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” By Sonam Choden Youth involvement in agriculture remains vital for sustaining rural economies and ensuring food security, despite the challenges faced by traditional farming. The story of a young entrepreneur from eastern Bhutan shows how innovation, persistence, and the effective use of resources can …

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Government Divulges Ambitious Development Plan For Nganglam

โ€ฆ๐’Š๐’๐’‡๐’“๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’–๐’‘๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’†๐’”, ๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’“๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‹๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’–๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’‰๐’๐’๐’…๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’•๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’• ๐’Š๐’๐’—๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’๐’“๐’” By Kezang Choden In the ongoing parliament session, the Prime Minister and the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Lyonpo Chandra Bdr Gurung, outlined a set of strategic investments and policy measures focused on the development of Nganglam. A key component of this plan is the finalisation …

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Taxation Must Enable Growth, Not Restrain It

The Excise Tax Bill 2025, currently under deliberation in Bhutanโ€™s National Assembly, aims to curb the consumption of alcohol and tobacco by raising excise duties. While this objective is rooted in public health concerns, the economic impact on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) deserves equal consideration. In developing economies like Bhutan, taxation policy should function as an instrument for enabling …

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๐”๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ-๐’๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ข๐จ๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐“๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐”๐ซ๐›๐š๐ง ๐–๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ

By Tashi Tshewang In celebration of World Environment Day, Bhutan launched its utility-scale biogas project โ€œProduction of Commercial Biogas from Household Waste,โ€ aimed at converting Thimphuโ€™s organic urban waste into clean energy and biofertilizer. The South Asian Association of Regional Corporation Development Fund (SDF) and Bhutan Ecological Society (BES) led the initiative, marking an important step in countryโ€™s move toward …

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Gakiling Gewog Starts Coffee Plantation To Expand Agricultural Opportunities

โ€ฆ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ 2,000 ๐’”๐’‚๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’”๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’๐’•๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’” By Kinzang Lhamo Gakiling Gewog has initiated its first coffee plantation in Sektena as part of efforts to diversify crops and create sustainable income sources. Supported by the Haa Dzongkhag Administration, the project is currently on a trial basis and marks a new direction for the gewog …

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๐–๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’Ž๐’๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’Š๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’š ๐’Š๐’๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’† ๐’‡๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž ๐’…๐’†๐’„๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” By Sonam Choden and Yeshi DolmaAccording to a World Bank report, nearly 150,000 Bhutanese remain vulnerable to falling into poverty due to economic or climate-related shocks. As the country faces increasingly frequent natural disasters, including floods, landslides, and glacial lake outburst floods, building climate resilience has become a …

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๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐“๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐€๐‹ – ๐€ ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ก๐š๐ ๐ฌ

The comprehensive town development plan for Nganglam reflects a timely and strategic approach to balanced regional growth. By prioritising infrastructure, industrial investment and integrated urban planning, the initiative addresses both immediate needs and long-term objectives. This form of guided development is not only relevant to Nganglam but offers valuable lessons for every dzongkhag. What sets this effort apart is its …

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๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐‚ ๐–๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ก๐š๐ซ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’†๐’๐’•๐’“๐’†โ€™๐’” ๐’‘๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’Š๐’Ž ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚๐’…๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’–๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’†๐’„๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’Š๐’ ๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’–๐’๐’•๐’“๐’š By Kezang Choden The Agriculture Research and Development Centre (ARDC) at Wengkhar, located in Mongar Dzongkhag, is advancing agricultural technologies to tackle challenges faced by farmers in the eastern region of Bhutan. Researchers at the centre are focusing on practical …

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