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“… 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙩, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙮 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙐𝘽𝙂 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙢 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡”. 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 Skills …

…𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍, 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆, 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅 Sonam Deki One of the National Key Result Areas (NKRA) has been designated to preserve and advance culture and tradition in order to strengthen the nation’s …

…𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝑯𝑷𝑽 𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑯𝑷𝑽 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑯𝑷𝑽 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑯𝑷𝑽 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓 Phurpa WangmoCervical cancer is the most prevalent cancer among women in Bhutan. It has a high mortality rate and is a major public health concern in the country. More …

“…. 𝑮𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 10 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕” By Sonam Deki According to the report, the first high unemployment rate of 5 percent was observed in 2020, which could be attributed to COVID-19 pandemic where it has greatly reduced the employment opportunities for those unemployed as the businesses and service …

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 …