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“…. 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 …

…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 …