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…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 …

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 …

…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 …

…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 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 Tenzin Lhaden Before the introduction of electronic instruments in the 1960’s, spiritual and folk music dominated the melodic landscape of the country. “Historically, Bhutanese have shared a distinctive music culture through song and dance to honor their most significant ceremonies, to celebrate and to socialize. For …

Phurpa WangmoIn recent years, many Bhutanese including civil servants, corporate and private employees and unemployed youths have left abroad for further studies and to make a better living. This phenomena is not confined to above sections of population but it has been observed that growing number of college students withdrawing in the mid of semester. Last year, Gedu College of …

….𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒗𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 Sonam Choki Water harvesting has been practiced by farmers in Tsirang Toed for the past two years. People have been able to grow even during the dry season because of water harvesting. While, some two years ago people were facing water shortages, they are …

… 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒅, 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒎, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒄 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 Tenzin LhadenUnparalleled volunteerism and contributions are well-known among Desuups. On June 30, 2021, desuups were summoned to help the police following an unfortunate landslide near Torobari that claimed two lives. This is just one example of disaster …

By Phurpa WangmoThimphu Ministry of Health (MoH) in collaboration with Mongar Dzongkhag Administration institutes public health advocacy program at the Kengkhar Gewog as the Pilot Program last week with the objectives to incorporate Public Health advocacy Program into the gewog annual activities and for health advocacy on current public health and social issues in the public meetings and Gewog Tshogdu. …