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…..𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔’ 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚’𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒔𝒏𝒂𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚. Sonam Deki Tenants cry over exorbitant house rents. Majority of tenants are from the middle or low income groups and they spent large pie of their salary on the rent. Karma Penjor who …

… 𝙎𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨 By Sonam DekiThimphu Many Shop owners have come across con artists who would display false screenshots of online transactions (mBoB, mPay, ePay, DrukPay, TPay) after purchase. Tika Devi Dahan said “Many shopkeepers are facing such problem. This happened to me too. These incidents happen to me last year when one young man …

Ten years after a fire razed it to the ground, the Wangduephodrang Dzong once again adorns the fabled hill resembling the trunk of a sleeping elephant. The historic Wangduephodrang Dzong, rebuilt to its former glory upon Royal Command, was consecrated on the auspicious occasion of November 11. The historic Wangduephodrang Dzong has served as the seat of the District Monk …

…𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝑫𝑭 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕, 𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 Tenzin Lhaden Regional tourists and business personals who visit Bhutan prefer to stay across the border hotels owing to Sustainable Development Fee (SDF) of Nu. 1200 per night which they have to pay if they stayed in Bhutan. With opening …

….A group of determined women trying to bring change through STEM initiatives Sonam Deki The Women in STEM group (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) is a voluntary collaboration of Bhutanese women working in STEM-related fields in the nation’s various government and non-governmental organizations. The main objective of STEM Group is to promote girls and women in STEM fields and empower …

…𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 Sonam Deki After three-month hiatus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has resumed the issuance of ordinary passports to the public. However people were found to be frustrated and confused by the notification, which stated that first come, first served.People rushed to the passport office because they believed it was first …

….𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒆𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓; 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 Tenzin Lhaden A nominal user fee of Nu 10 per individual (Bhutanese and foreigners) entering and exiting through the Pedestrian Terminal in Phuntsholing started levying from November 1, 2022 amidst skepticism and reluctance from netizins. However, pedestrian terminal users have …

…..𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 6.5 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆 Tenzin Lhaden October 29 is marked as ‘World Stroke Day’ and theme this year for the day is ‘Precious Time’.The Bhutan Stroke Foundation observed the World Stroke Day. The main mission to celebrate this day was to facilitate and create better stroke care toward fulfilling Gross National Happiness and to formulate and …

…𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 Sonam Deki Wild boars are destroying farms at an alarming rate, said the residents of Yumdang, Panbang Dungkhang, Zhemgang Dzongkhag. They are weary with wild boars destroying their crops on a regular basis. “Wild boars have been a concern for the villagers every year. Unlike previous years, this year saw widespread …

…𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆/𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 By Tenzin Lhaden1841 tourists visited Bhutan paying USD 200 per night via the Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) system. Among 1841 tourist, the first one to visit Bhutan paying USD 200 per night was from Switzerland who entered the country on July 13, 2022 and went back on July 18, …