…𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒔 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝑽𝒆𝒈-𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕, 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑶𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝑨𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 (𝑫𝒐𝑨). Susmika SubbaIn a significant acknowledgment of Bhutan’s strides in agriculture and rural development, the Asian Food and Agriculture Cooperation and Initiatives (AFACI) conferred the Most Outstanding Country Award for 2023 upon the nation on December 26, 2023. The Rural Development …

…𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇, 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒔, 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍-𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 Sonam Deki A significant number of private sector employees working in hotels, restaurants, cafes, and shops have expressed dissatisfaction over what they perceive as a lack of public holidays, highlighting disparities compared to …

In Bhutan, a concerning trend is quietly taking root, threatening the very essence of its fledgling democracy. Whispers of a growing symbiotic relationship between certain media outlets and political parties have begun to circulate, raising questions about the integrity of both pillars that form the backbone of any democratic society. This unholy matrimony between politics and media, if left unchecked, …

…𝑯𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒚 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒉𝒖 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒅𝒆 Krishna Kumar SanyasiThe recent notification from Thimphu Thromde has caused dissatisfaction among vegetable vendors and wholesalers. The regulations, intended to alleviate parking congestion and enhance sales at the Centenary Farmers’ Market (CFM), have left …

…𝑷𝑫𝑷 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝑻𝑷 𝑼𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒊𝒍 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒊𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒍, 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑬𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆-𝑬𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏 Editorial Team In a recent public debate held on December 28, candidates from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Bhutan Tendrel Party (BTP), both contesting from the Nanong_Shumar constituency in Pemagatshel, expressed their intentions to explore the feasibility …