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…𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆- 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 Sonam DekiKCR Private Limited, in collaboration with the Desuung Skilling Program, Thimphu Thromde, and the Traffic Division, is developing an innovative parking system that ensures vehicles are parked within designated lines while providing accurate billing and …

Bhutan is currently facing a significant challenge in the form of a widening fiscal deficit and a rapidly increasing public debt. The latest report attributes this alarming situation to limited revenue growth and a surge in public spending. As of March 2023, the cumulative deficit has reached an astonishing Nu. 267 billion, and the government anticipates borrowing an additional Nu. …

…𝑷𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝑪𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒍 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰𝒏𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 By Phurpa Wangmo & Sonam DekiIn accordance with the report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), there has been a steady decline in the number of civil servants over the past year. Consequently, serving civil servants find themselves overwhelmed by additional responsibilities, mounting …

…𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔. 𝑨𝒏𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑽𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 (𝑹𝑽𝑯&𝑬𝑪) By Phurpa Wangmo In Gelephu, with the current outbreak of rabies, a middle-aged man who was bitten by a stray dog in the last week of May remains in the Intensive Care Unit …

…𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒚𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒊𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒚𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆 By Phurpa WangmoPhuentsholing Hospital has recorded nearly 170 cases of allergic reactions to the toxin of the Nairobi Fly, a rove beetle from the Paederus family over the past month. This condition, known …

…𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒑 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅 Sonam DekiIn a remarkable display of academic collaboration and financial resilience, groups of Bhutanese youth in Bhutan have found a unique way to earn their living expenses by providing homework and assignment assistance to their fellow Bhutanese students studying in Australia. This enterprising endeavor not …

…𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚, 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎, 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 Phurpa WangmoJangphutse Chewog, located in the Toedtsho Gewog of Trashiyangtse Dzongkhag, has recently witnessed the completion of a much-needed irrigation channel. Constructed at a cost of 2.3 million, this crucial infrastructure project was successfully finalized on June …

…𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝑹𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 Phurpa WangmoTareythang, Gelephu is facing a concerning outbreak of rabies, as a middle-aged man who was bitten by a stray dog in late May remains in critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Central Regional Referral Hospital in Gelephu. The gravity of the situation has …

… 𝑴𝑷 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑬𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝑫𝒛𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒌𝒉𝒂 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 Tshering DorjiIn a recent parliamentary session, the Minister of Education and Skills Development faced scrutiny regarding the inclusion of a math paper in the Preliminary Exams (PE) for graduates of the College of Language and Cultural Studies, Sheldra, and …

……𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒗𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 2019 𝒕𝒐 2022, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒏 2022 Sonam Deki The agricultural sector faces a worrisome setback as vegetable production experiences a significant decline in growth from 2019 to 2022. According to the latest data released by the Department of Agriculture, the total vegetable production stood at 47,828 metric …