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…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 …

…𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 2022, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝑼𝑺𝑫 7.06𝑴 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑵𝒖 46.68𝑴 (𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝑼𝑺𝑫 570,000) 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝑫𝑭 Tenzin Lhaden Despite the drop in visitor numbers, 16,520 people have visited the country since it reopened in September 2022, which is better than what the tourism sector forecasted. According to records from …

Pelden Dorji, popularly known as Ata Pelden, a man who has played role of a “Ata”- an elder brother to aspiring youths in the film industry with his relentless guidance and support driven with decades of experience and wisdom in this field, and an affable figure known for his simplicity and humility. Ata Pelden is one of the founders of …

…𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝑵𝒖. 1000 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒂𝒙𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒙𝒊 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 Sonam Deki The city bus picks up the majority of passengers in Thimphu, while other half are travelling abroad, says the Taxi driver in Thimphu.0 Karma, taxi driver in Thimphu said “I have been a taxi driver for more than 7 years. Thimphu was an …

… 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕-𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 Tenzin Lhaden The tourism sector, one of the highest contributors to the country’s Gross Domestic Product, was hit the hardest and revealed how hard it had hit the country which relies so heavily on visitors. The tourism reforms changed the tourism business modus operandi impacting many …

…….𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒈𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔’ 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏-𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 Sonam Deki The government services going into digitization is attuned to global transformation of digitization which has eased and proved to be convenient for the service provider (Government) and for those who avail services (citizens). With E-governance, it is intended to make services simpler, effective and more …

… 𝙖 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 Dechen Wangmo, a popular Bhutanese singer who has a large fan base on social media. It all began with the Himalayan music Festival in 2020 with her performance which secured a spotlight in the entertainment industry.Dechen Wangmo from Bumthang shares her passion as a musician. She pursued Masters Degree in Public Administration from University …