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๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐’๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’“๐’†๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’๐’‡๐’“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’๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’†๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’๐’‘๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’ˆ๐’š By Kezang ChodenAccording to the Annual Industry Report 2024-2025 released by the Department of Industry (DoI), there are a total of 30,666 active industrial licenses in the country as of June 20, 2025. However, not all licenses represent operational businesses, with some still under construction or reserved for future …

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๐ƒ๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ก๐š ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

โ€ฆ๐’”๐’•๐’–๐’…๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’…๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’Œ ๐’•๐’ ๐’†๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’“๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’”๐’–๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’” By Leki Chungdon Dorokha Higher Secondary School (DHSS) students are spending their two-week summer break participating in community service activities under the theme โ€œConnecting to Community, Service During Summer.โ€ The initiative is designed to encourage civic responsibility and develop practical leadership skills, enabling students to contribute to their local …

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๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ

By Sonam Choden Agriculture remains the fundamental basis of rural livelihoods in eastern parts of the country where challenging topography, limited access to irrigation, and frequent human-wildlife conflicts have historically constrained agricultural productivity. In recognition of these enduring challenges, the Commercial Agriculture and Resilient Livelihoods Enhancement Programme (CARLEP) has initiated targeted land management interventions aimed at transitioning subsistence farming towards …

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๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅโ€™๐ฌ ๐’๐š๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฒ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐“๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

โ€ฆ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’‚๐’‘๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’†๐’๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’„๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’, ๐’‡๐’–๐’๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’‘๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’„ ๐’”๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ By Kinzang Lhamo The sanitation infrastructure in the capital has come under renewed scrutiny following the release of the countryโ€™s first-ever Public Toilet Assessment. The report surveyed 44 public toilet facilities across the capital, including 16 market toilets, 21 public facility toilets, and seven located in transit areas. …

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๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐€๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐•๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐’”๐’†๐’†๐’Œ๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’ ๐’—๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’˜๐’•๐’‰ ๐’ˆ๐’๐’‚๐’๐’” By Sonam ChodenThimphu The Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) of Bhutan is strengthening its Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system through international collaborations aimed at improving quality, sustainability, and institutional capacity. With an increasing need for skilled professionals and the goal of …

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๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐- ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: ๐€ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

Tshering, Thimphu Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved beyond being a futuristic idea; it is now a central force shaping societies, economies, and governance around the world. Its potential to transform industries, improve efficiencies, and drive innovation is immense. Yet, AI also poses significant risks, especially for developing countries like Bhutan, where digital infrastructure and regulatory frameworks are still evolving. As …

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๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ 

โ€ฆ๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’‘๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’˜๐’†๐’‚๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’…๐’š๐’†๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’”๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’Ž๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’ ๐’†๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ By Tashi Tshewang Paro College of Education, led by Tashi Wangmo, conducted a month-long summer engagement for teacher trainees and community volunteers from June 8 to July 8. The program featured workshops in traditional crafts such as weaving, tailoring, and natural dyeing. It brought together 15 …

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๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐•๐ž๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž-๐๐ž๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‘๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐š๐ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง

โ€ฆ๐’‘๐’๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’† ๐’–๐’“๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’…๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‘๐’†๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’‚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’•-๐’‚๐’๐’…-๐’“๐’–๐’ ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’† By Kezang Choden The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has expressed growing concern over the increasing number of vehicle-pedestrian collisions and hit-and-run incidents in the country. These accidents endanger public safety and highlight the need for stronger enforcement of traffic rules and greater public awareness. According to official …

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๐€ ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐๐จ๐ฑ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’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’•๐’‘๐’–๐’• ๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’–๐’๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’†๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’๐’š๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ 41 ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’„๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’‘๐’–๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ By Yeshi DolmaThe nationโ€™s agriculture sector tells a story of quiet toil, of garlic fields stretching across Bumthang, turmeric roots pulled from Pemagatshel hills, and dairy cattle grazing in the valleys of Tsirang. It is a sector that employs 41 percent of the population, making it …

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๐„๐๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ – ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐€ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ

Agriculture has long been considered the backbone of many economies in the Global South. In countries where a significant portion of the population relies on farming for livelihood, the sector carries not only economic but also cultural and social weight. Yet, when a sector that employs the largest share of the national workforce contributes minimally to the Gross Domestic Product, …

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