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𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔: 𝑱𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒚𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓, 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝑻𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 In a momentous stride towards fostering a united and resilient generation, Bhutan is gearing up for the initiation of the Gyalsung Program in September 2024. Gyalsung, meaning “service to the nation,” encapsulates a noble intention envisioned by His Majesty The King during the Royal Address …

…𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒖𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅: 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚 28 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒔 Sonam Choki Transparency International (TI) released the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) on January 30, 2024. The index ranks 180 countries and territories based on their perceived public sector corruption levels, measured on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). …

…𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒗𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒖𝒑𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔, 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 Sonam Deki In an unprecedented move, the newly elected Prime Minister wasted no time in setting the government’s reform agenda into motion on the very first day in office. A high-level meeting with Cabinet Ministers resulted in the issuance of four executive orders and ten …

…𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 Susmika Subba In Kharungla, under Trashigang dzongkhag, an artistic nature camp known as the “Winter Youth Tragopans Illustration and Story Writing Programme” took place. The camp, organized by Sonam Dorji, aimed to foster a deep understanding of the environmental, natural, and cultural significance of Tragopans, locally known as Bramlapos, in the …

…𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍, 𝒕𝒂𝒙𝒊 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 Krishna Kumar Sanyasi In a recent collaboration between Thimphu Thromde, the City Bus Service, Thimphu Traffic Division (Royal Bhutan Police), and the Bhutan Construction and Transport Authority (BCTA), a pilot Bus Priority Lane project was launched, which became operational last week. This initiative has evoked a range of …