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๐–๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ž, ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐“๐จ ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐Š๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐จ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž

โ€ฆ๐’”๐’Œ๐’Š๐’-๐’•๐’-๐’”๐’Œ๐’Š๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’„๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‡๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’š ๐’Š๐’๐’—๐’๐’๐’—๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’† ๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’—๐’Š๐’—๐’‚๐’ ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’†๐’” By Yeshi DolmaIn a quiet room inside the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck Mother and Child Hospital, a young mother holds her tiny newborn against her chest. There are no monitors beeping loudly or incubators buzzing- just warmth, breath, and life supported by the …

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๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ข๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐€๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž

โ€ฆ๐’„๐’‚๐’”๐’‰-๐’…๐’†๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’…๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐’Ž๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’—๐’–๐’๐’๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’…๐’†๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’Ž๐’” By Zhenphen chokdenAn alarming surge in counterfeit Bhutanese banknotes, particularly fake Nu. 500 bills, has stirred concern among financial institutions, law enforcement, and small business owners across the country. While the total number of incidents remains limited, the implications are significant, undermining public trust in the national currency, hurting small …

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๐Œ๐จ๐‡ ๐”๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐‘๐Œ๐๐‚๐€๐‡+๐€ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฒ ๐“๐จ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐ ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ 

โ€ฆ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’ˆ๐’š ๐’๐’–๐’•๐’๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’—๐’†, ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†-๐’”๐’‘๐’‚๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’๐’๐’„๐’†๐’‘๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ, ๐’‚๐’…๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’„๐’‰๐’“๐’๐’๐’Š๐’„ ๐’…๐’Š๐’”๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’…๐’†๐’Ž๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’‘๐’‰๐’Š๐’„ ๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’‡๐’•๐’” By Yeshi DolmaThe Ministry of Health(MoH) officially launched the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health and Healthy Ageing (RMNCAH+A) Strategy 2025-2029, reaffirming Bhutanโ€™s commitment to promoting health and wellbeing across all stages of life, from preconception through old age on May …

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๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐“๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐€๐‹ – ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Bhutanโ€™s challenging terrain has long shaped the countryโ€™s development priorities. Roads remain the backbone of connectivity, but they are often vulnerable to monsoon disruptions and landslides. In this context, the governmentโ€™s decision to explore domestic airstrips is a practical and forward-thinking step. With technical assessments completed for two sites in Samtse and Samdrup Jongkhar, the initiative represents a broader shift …

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๐‘๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐’๐ก๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ฎ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐š๐ง๐ž ๐“๐จ ๐†๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐€ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ

โ€ฆ๐’‡๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“ ๐’„๐’–๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’†, ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’๐’•๐’† ๐’”๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’‰๐’๐’๐’…๐’” By Lhendup Wangmo Rangthangling Gewog, located in Tsirang Dzongkhag, continues to be a model of resilience and determination, with its farmers building on past successes to drive new agricultural ventures. After establishing a reputation for thriving sugarcane cultivation, the farmers of this gewog are now setting their …

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๐•๐š๐œ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐†๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐  ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ

โ€ฆ ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’”๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’… ๐’—๐’‚๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’˜๐’๐’ˆ, ๐‘ช๐‘ช ๐’†๐’™๐’†๐’„๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’”, ๐’…๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’•๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†๐’“๐’”, ๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’–๐’“๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’ˆ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’”๐’”๐’“๐’๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’Š๐’„๐’†๐’” By Kezang ChodenSeveral gewogs across Bhutan continue to face significant operational challenges due to prolonged vacancies in key administrative positions. Gewog Administrative Officers (GAOs), Community Center (CC) Executives, drivers, and caretakers remain unassigned in many gewogs, …

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๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐„๐ฑ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐ฐ ๐†๐ƒ๐ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐€๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐•๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž

By Kezang Choden In a nationwide effort to assess the forest sectorโ€™s contribution to countryโ€™s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the Natural Resources and Environment Committee (NREC) convened a series of stakeholder meetings across six dzongkhags- Wangdue Phodrang, Bumthang, Mongar, Pemagatshel, Chukha, and Haa-between April 22 and May 5, 2024. The meetings brought together representatives from the Divisional Forest Office (DFO), …

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๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ข๐ฑ๐ž๐ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

โ€ฆ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’Ž๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’˜๐’†๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’„ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’‡๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’‚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’–๐’“๐’“๐’๐’–๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’†, ๐’‚๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’†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’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’”. By Kinzang LhamoDuring the 11th Meet-the-Press session on December 27, 2024, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport announced plans to relocate the Thimphu cremation ground to a new site in Hongtsho, approximately ten kilometers towards Wangdue Phodrang. …

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๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐’๐ก๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ

โ€ฆ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’›๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’„๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’ ๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’–๐’“๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’–๐’๐’–๐’Ž ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’” By Kezang ChodenThe Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) is set to introduce significant reforms in the education sector, including the finalization of a National Teaching Service (NTS) framework and a potential shift to the Cambridge Curriculum. These initiatives are part of a broader strategy to …

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๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐ – ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž- ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ

The 2025 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has sparked renewed interest in the state of media freedom in Bhutan. While the countryโ€™s ranking plummeted to 152nd, the reasoning offered in the report- particularly its assertion that 80 percent of private newspapers’ advertising revenue comes from government agencies and is allocated based on proximity to power- was …

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