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…𝑷𝒉𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝑵𝒖. 35 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 By Lhendup WangmoThe growing demand for healthcare services in Pasakha, Phuentsholing, has made the establishment of a hospital in the area increasingly essential. Recognizing this pressing need, Phuentsholing Thromde has allocated Nu. 35 million in the 13th Five-Year Plan to fund the construction of …

…𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒃𝒚 33% 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 134 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 6 𝒕𝒐 13 By Lhendup WangmoThe Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has reported a troubling increase in missing person cases in 2024 compared to the previous year. The total number of missing persons in 2024 reached 134, a significant rise from the 101 cases recorded in 2023, representing …

…𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒘 By Kezang ChodenThe Royal Bhutan Police (RBP), through its Department of Crime and Operations, has released the official crime statistics for 2023 and 2024, offering an in-depth look at the country’s criminal scene. While …

…𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊-𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉, 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒁𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒈’𝒔 𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓. By Lhendup Wangmo A Multi-Stakeholder Platform (MSP) meeting was held in Zhemgang on December 26, 2024, aiming to boost the local coffee business ecosystem. The event brought together coffee growers and buyers to foster collaboration and strengthen the coffee value chain under the dzongkhag. Key …

…𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐬𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞-𝐢𝐧-𝐛𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬. By Lhendup Wangmo A new Cottage and Small Industry (CSI) Market has opened in Samdrup Jongkhar, marking the third such outlet in Bhutan after those in Thimphu and Paro. The market is designed to promote locally made products both within Bhutan …

…𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝑮𝑴𝑪 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒚𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒄, 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒉𝒖𝒃 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 A historic chapter in the governance of Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) was written on Decmber 26, 2024 with the formal granting of GMC Law No. 1 of 2024, also known as the Application of Laws Act 2024. …

…100 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉 By Kezang Choden Lhuentse Rabdey, in collaboration with the Dzongkhag Education Sector, successfully conducted a 10-day Attitude Improvement, Education, and Skills Development program aimed at supporting students who need additional academic and personal guidance. The initiative, held from December 19 to 28, 2024, …

…𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒈 By Kezang Choden The Department of Engineering and the Human Settlement Sector of Trashigang, in collaboration with SNV Bhutan, successfully concluded a five-day Water Caretaker Training program at Thrimshing Gewog in Trashigang Dzongkhag. Running from December 24 to 28, 2024, the program attracted 22 participants …

…𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 5%, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒏-𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑; 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒅 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 By Tshering YangdenThe latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for November 2024 reveals that country’s inflation rate has increased to 1.87% year-on-year, up from 1.34% in October 2024. This uptick signals a growing strain on household budgets, particularly driven by higher food prices, which have …

By Tshering YangdenThe Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan, in partnership with Bangla Interventional Therapeutics (BIT) of Bangladesh, hosted a significant international conference on cardiology on December 30, 2024. The event aimed to enhance the skills and knowledge of healthcare professionals, focusing on the latest advancements in the management of cardiovascular diseases. The conference brought together experts from …