…𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒇𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝑲𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒖 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒓 Rinzin Norbu The alarming level of littering at Khuru Ground, situated beneath the revered Buddha Point, poses a significant threat to the natural beauty and delicate ecosystem of the area. The once-pristine grounds, renowned for their serenity and charm, now suffer from the …

…𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚, 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎, 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 Phurpa WangmoJangphutse Chewog, located in the Toedtsho Gewog of Trashiyangtse Dzongkhag, has recently witnessed the completion of a much-needed irrigation channel. Constructed at a cost of 2.3 million, this crucial infrastructure project was successfully finalized on June …

…𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝑹𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 Phurpa WangmoTareythang, Gelephu is facing a concerning outbreak of rabies, as a middle-aged man who was bitten by a stray dog in late May remains in critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Central Regional Referral Hospital in Gelephu. The gravity of the situation has …

… 𝑴𝑷 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑬𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝑫𝒛𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒌𝒉𝒂 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 Tshering DorjiIn a recent parliamentary session, the Minister of Education and Skills Development faced scrutiny regarding the inclusion of a math paper in the Preliminary Exams (PE) for graduates of the College of Language and Cultural Studies, Sheldra, and …

……𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒗𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 2019 𝒕𝒐 2022, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒏 2022 Sonam Deki The agricultural sector faces a worrisome setback as vegetable production experiences a significant decline in growth from 2019 to 2022. According to the latest data released by the Department of Agriculture, the total vegetable production stood at 47,828 metric …

…𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒑 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆. Phurpa WangmoIn a groundbreaking move towards sustainable transportation, the first electric city bus is set to grace the streets of the capital, ushering in a new era of eco-friendly commuting. The Bhutan City Bus Service, under Thimphu Thromde, proudly …

…𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅, 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 Rinzin Norbu As an increasing number of individuals flock abroad in search of greener pastures, a remarkable phenomenon is emerging among Bhutanese youth. Instead of following the prevailing trend, a growing cohort of young Bhutanese is choosing to stay rooted in their homeland, …

…𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒑 𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚 Phurpa Wangmo In accordance with the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020 (WCA 2020) initiated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the 2022 …

…𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑪𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉, 𝑬𝒏𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 5,478 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 2023 Sonam Deki The football coaching program in Bhutan is witnessing a remarkable surge in enrollments as more and more children eagerly sign up for training, creating a buzz of excitement within the Bhutanese football community. This surge in enrollment is a testament to the growing wave of young …

The recent surge in Bhutanese citizens leaving their homeland in search of better earning opportunities or to enhance their qualifications and skills abroad has become a prevailing trend. This movement shows no signs of slowing down; instead, it is gaining momentum with each passing year. It begs the question: what are the driving forces behind this mass migration? While there …