…𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 2022, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝑼𝑺𝑫 7.06𝑴 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑵𝒖 46.68𝑴 (𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝑼𝑺𝑫 570,000) 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝑫𝑭 Tenzin Lhaden Despite the drop in visitor numbers, 16,520 people have visited the country since it reopened in September 2022, which is better than what the tourism sector forecasted. According to records from …

Pelden Dorji, popularly known as Ata Pelden, a man who has played role of a “Ata”- an elder brother to aspiring youths in the film industry with his relentless guidance and support driven with decades of experience and wisdom in this field, and an affable figure known for his simplicity and humility. Ata Pelden is one of the founders of …

…𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝑵𝒖. 1000 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒂𝒙𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒙𝒊 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 Sonam Deki The city bus picks up the majority of passengers in Thimphu, while other half are travelling abroad, says the Taxi driver in Thimphu.0 Karma, taxi driver in Thimphu said “I have been a taxi driver for more than 7 years. Thimphu was an …

… 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕-𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 Tenzin Lhaden The tourism sector, one of the highest contributors to the country’s Gross Domestic Product, was hit the hardest and revealed how hard it had hit the country which relies so heavily on visitors. The tourism reforms changed the tourism business modus operandi impacting many …

…….𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒈𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔’ 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏-𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 Sonam Deki The government services going into digitization is attuned to global transformation of digitization which has eased and proved to be convenient for the service provider (Government) and for those who avail services (citizens). With E-governance, it is intended to make services simpler, effective and more …

… 𝙖 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 Dechen Wangmo, a popular Bhutanese singer who has a large fan base on social media. It all began with the Himalayan music Festival in 2020 with her performance which secured a spotlight in the entertainment industry.Dechen Wangmo from Bumthang shares her passion as a musician. She pursued Masters Degree in Public Administration from University …

…𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔, 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆 Sonam Deki A graduate recently mentioned, “Job experience is one of the key requirements for all vacant positions. When I eventually decided to look for an employment after 16 years of academic studies, they required experience”. Youths are looking for …

…𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 Tenzin Lhaden Before the introduction of electronic instruments in the 1960’s, spiritual and folk music dominated the melodic landscape of the country. “Historically, Bhutanese have shared a distinctive music culture through song and dance to honor their most significant ceremonies, to celebrate and to socialize. For …

Phurpa WangmoIn recent years, many Bhutanese including civil servants, corporate and private employees and unemployed youths have left abroad for further studies and to make a better living. This phenomena is not confined to above sections of population but it has been observed that growing number of college students withdrawing in the mid of semester. Last year, Gedu College of …

….𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒗𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 Sonam Choki Water harvesting has been practiced by farmers in Tsirang Toed for the past two years. People have been able to grow even during the dry season because of water harvesting. While, some two years ago people were facing water shortages, they are …