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Tenzin Lhaden Sonam R. Kuenfel is an actor, script writer and film director. He has been working in the film industry for a decade; he spent 7 years taking minor roles in films before he got the break for a protagonist role in the film. He shares his insightful experience in the industry and its contribution as an instrumental impetus …

By Phurpa Wangmo As the world continues to grapple with the effects of climate change, more people and corporations are realizing the importance of planting trees. Mountain Hazelnuts is one such impact venture founded as Bhutan’s first 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in a public-private-community partnership with the Royal Government of Bhutan, with the shared goal to address the key …

…the boy is a young apprentice to his father and during 2022 winter vacation he even moulded the stupa of Tempa (Buddha) By Sonam Deki The Skills Training and Education Pathways Up-gradation Project: Summary Sector Assessment – Education mentions, “In order for Bhutan to continue growing as a lower middle-income economy, skills development is required to address the unmet need …

…𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝑰𝑰𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑬𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 2021 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕, 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 Tenzin Lhaden The recent National Education Assessment 2021-Grade III report published in 2023 by the Bhutan Council for School Examinations and Assessment, Ministry of Education and Skill Development reports that students and …

Phurpa Wangmo Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, tend to be of long duration and are the result of a combination of genetic, physiological, environmental and behavioural factors. It has been noticed that the most common NCDs among Bhutanese are alcoholic liver disease, hypertension, cervical cancer, stomach cancer, diabetes, heart and kidney disease. Despite Health Ministry’s continuous effort …

…𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑪𝑷𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 4.15 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 (𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚 2022 𝒕𝒐 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚 2023) Sonam Deki According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January 2023, released by the National Statistics Bureau on February 28, 2023, “The purchasing power of Ngultrum as measured by CPI is Nu. 59 as of …

…𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔’ 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒌 Tenzin Lhaden A housing crunch has been growing in Australia in the past years, which has become more acute in the past few months, particularly in cities like Perth. The rental crisis is mainly attributed to …

… . Sonam DekiRobust Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) systems are frequently viewed as the answer for the nation’s unemployment issues as well as for economic development. On February 17, the fourth convocation for graduates of technical and Zorig Chusum Institutes from the 2016–2020 academic years was conducted. Just 516 of the more than 2000 graduates from TVET in …

…𝒅𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊-𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚. 𝑯𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 13𝒕𝒉 𝑭𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏 Sonam Deki Civil service employee attrition just continues to rise; from beginning of year 2023 till date about 677 civil servants are reported to have resigned. Employee attritions are not confined to government but other private and corporate …

Phurpa WangmoOn January 6, 2023, the Bhutan Council for School Examinations and Assessment announced the results for Class X. The overall pass percentage is 71.58%, which is a 1.46% improvement over last year’s 70.12%. The pass percentage has been calculated based on the number of candidates who passed in Dzongkha, English and three other subjects. Sonam Pema achieved the top …