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โ€ฆ ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’”๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’… ๐’—๐’‚๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’˜๐’๐’ˆ, ๐‘ช๐‘ช ๐’†๐’™๐’†๐’„๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’”, ๐’…๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’•๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†๐’“๐’”, …

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๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐„๐ฑ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐ฐ ๐†๐ƒ๐ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐€๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐•๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž

By Kezang Choden In a nationwide effort to assess the forest sectorโ€™s contribution to countryโ€™s …

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๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ข๐ฑ๐ž๐ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

โ€ฆ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’Ž๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’˜๐’†๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’„ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’‡๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’“๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’„๐’†๐’“๐’๐’” ๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’“๐’๐’–๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’†, …

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๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐’๐ก๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ

โ€ฆ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’›๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’„๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’ ๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’–๐’“๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’–๐’๐’–๐’Ž ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’” By Kezang …

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๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐ – ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž- ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ

The 2025 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has sparked renewed interest …

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๐•๐š๐œ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐†๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐  ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ

โ€ฆ ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’”๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’… ๐’—๐’‚๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’˜๐’๐’ˆ, ๐‘ช๐‘ช ๐’†๐’™๐’†๐’„๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’”, ๐’…๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’•๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†๐’“๐’”, ๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’–๐’“๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’ˆ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’”๐’”๐’“๐’๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’Š๐’„๐’†๐’” By Kezang ChodenSeveral gewogs across Bhutan continue to face significant operational challenges due to prolonged vacancies in key administrative positions. Gewog Administrative Officers (GAOs), Community Center (CC) Executives, drivers, and caretakers remain unassigned in many gewogs, …

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๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐„๐ฑ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐ฐ ๐†๐ƒ๐ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐€๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐•๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž

By Kezang Choden In a nationwide effort to assess the forest sectorโ€™s contribution to countryโ€™s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the Natural Resources and Environment Committee (NREC) convened a series of stakeholder meetings across six dzongkhags- Wangdue Phodrang, Bumthang, Mongar, Pemagatshel, Chukha, and Haa-between April 22 and May 5, 2024. The meetings brought together representatives from the Divisional Forest Office (DFO), …

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๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ข๐ฑ๐ž๐ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

โ€ฆ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’Ž๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’˜๐’†๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’„ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’‡๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’“๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’„๐’†๐’“๐’๐’” ๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’“๐’๐’–๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’†, ๐’‚๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‘๐’–๐’”๐’‰๐’†๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’…๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’๐’‘๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’”. By Kinzang LhamoDuring the 11th Meet-the-Press session on December 27, 2024, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport announced plans to relocate the Thimphu cremation ground to a new site in Hongtsho, approximately ten kilometers towards Wangdue Phodrang. …

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๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐’๐ก๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ

โ€ฆ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’›๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’„๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’ ๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’–๐’“๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’–๐’๐’–๐’Ž ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’” By Kezang ChodenThe Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) is set to introduce significant reforms in the education sector, including the finalization of a National Teaching Service (NTS) framework and a potential shift to the Cambridge Curriculum. These initiatives are part of a broader strategy to …

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๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐ – ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž- ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ

The 2025 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has sparked renewed interest in the state of media freedom in Bhutan. While the countryโ€™s ranking plummeted to 152nd, the reasoning offered in the report- particularly its assertion that 80 percent of private newspapers’ advertising revenue comes from government agencies and is allocated based on proximity to power- was …

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