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๐”๐๐ณ๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฉ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐‚๐€๐‘๐‹๐„๐

โ€ฆ๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’ˆ๐’†๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’Š๐’“๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’, ๐’‡๐’†๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‰๐’š๐’ƒ๐’“๐’Š๐’… ๐’”๐’†๐’†๐’…๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’„ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’˜๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’ ๐‘ฉ๐’‰๐’–๐’•๐’‚๐’ By Sonam ChodenAgricultural development remains central to rural progress, especially in communities where subsistence farming is the main source of livelihood. In Udzorong, targeted interventions through CARLEP have led to measurable improvements in farming practices and productivity. These interventions include hybrid seed trials, maintenance …

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๐๐ฃ๐ข ๐†๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐จ๐จ๐๐ž๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ซ ๐“๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’˜๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’‚๐’‡๐’†๐’“ ๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’„๐’“๐’๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’…๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’”๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’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’๐’•๐’” By Kezang Choden In an effort to preserve traditional infrastructure and improve community facilities, Bji Gewog in Haa Dzongkhag has recently completed the construction of a traditional wooden bridge under Gyensa-Tokay Chiwog, along with reservoir tanks at Jamtay Goenpa under Talung Chiwog and Yangthang Goenpa under Yangthang …

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๐ƒ๐จ๐’๐“ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐”๐ฉ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ž ๐†๐‚ ๐‘๐จ๐š๐, ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‹๐’†๐’„๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’… ๐’”๐’‚๐’‡๐’†๐’•๐’š, 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’ˆ๐’†๐’“ ๐’“๐’†๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’˜๐’๐’ˆ๐’” By Tashi Tshewang The Department of Surface Transport (DoST), Regional Office in Sarpang, has announced the timely completion of an infrastructure upgrade on the Senggye Gewog Center Road. The nine-kilometer stretch now features a newly resurfaced road, improved side drains, and strengthened retaining structures. Funded …

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๐†๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’‡๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’„๐’“๐’๐’‘ ๐’…๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‰ ๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’Œ๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’Ž ๐’”๐’†๐’•๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’” ๐’…๐’–๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’š ๐’‰๐’๐’“๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’‚ By Kezang Choden Residents of Gangtey Gewog in Wangduephodrang Dzongkhag continue to face significant challenges caused by the increasing number of stray horses in the area. The unattended animals damage crops, disrupt daily life, and pose risks to people and livestock. School children …

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๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐”๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ-๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐“๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ž ๐†๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐–๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ

โ€ฆ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†๐’‰๐’๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’† ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‘๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’„ ๐’‚๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’ By Kezang Choden Gangtey Gewog in Wangduephodrang, known for its scenic landscapes and cultural significance, is facing increasing challenges from litter and waste pollution. The rising number of visitors, coupled with limited waste management infrastructure, has led to visible signs of improper waste disposal …

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๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐š๐ฉ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‘๐š๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘ด๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’…๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’…๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’‘๐’๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’š ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‹๐’๐’Š๐’๐’• ๐’†๐’™๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’–๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’” By Yeshi Dolma At the 17th Meet-the-Press session, Health Minister Tandin Wangchuk acknowledged a critical gap in the national health security system: the absence of a dedicated policy and response mechanism for radiation emergencies. This shortcoming was highlighted during the recent Joint External Evaluation (JEE), which gave the …

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๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅโ€™๐ฌ ๐‘๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐”๐ซ๐›๐š๐ง ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐’๐š๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

โ€ฆ๐’–๐’“๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’‘๐’” ๐’‘๐’–๐’• ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’“๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‚๐’• ๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’Œ, ๐’”๐’•๐’–๐’…๐’š ๐’“๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’” By Kinzang Lhamo Thimphuโ€™s rapid urban expansion has revealed serious sanitation challenges that threaten public health, the environment, and equitable urban development. Although sewer connections have reached over 70 percent of households, nearly one-third of the population- especially those living on steep and difficult terrain- still rely on onsite …

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๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐ – ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ง ๐€๐๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ

Tenzin Drukpa As Bhutan continues to plan ambitious new ventures, the country is also undergoing quiet but significant transformations that receive far less attention. These changes are unfolding across classrooms, civil offices, digital spaces, and in conversations among young Bhutanese weighing their future. While the spotlight remains fixed on structural and economic innovation, the deeper shifts shaping the country’s development …

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๐€๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐“๐จ ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ

โ€ฆ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’๐’ˆ ๐’†๐’๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’๐’†๐’–๐’“๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’๐’š๐’†๐’†๐’” ๐’‡๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’”๐’–๐’…๐’…๐’†๐’ ๐’‹๐’๐’ƒ 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’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’„๐’†๐’“๐’๐’” ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’”๐’–๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’”๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’•๐’‰ ๐’†๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• By Leki ChungdonThe abrupt shutdown of a youth-led food truck in Thimphu by the Dzongkhag Administration has left three entrepreneurs and five employees without jobs, raising questions about transparency and the future of youth entrepreneurship in Bhutan. The food truck, …

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๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‹๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’, ๐’˜๐’†๐’‚๐’Œ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’–๐’‡๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’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’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š By Yeshi DolmaAs the country projects a 19.48 percent expansion in its industrial sector in 2025, with electricity generation alone expected to increase by over 20 percent, optimism around industrialization as a new economic engine is growing. Yet, beneath the surface of these growth figures …

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