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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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๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ง๐ -๐“๐š๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐š ๐‘๐จ๐š๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‹๐’†๐’„๐’• ๐’‚๐’Š๐’Ž๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’ ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†, ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’Š๐’›๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’† ๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’† ๐’‚๐’„๐’„๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’“๐’Œ๐’†๐’•๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’๐’‚ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’…๐’–๐’† ๐‘ท๐’‰๐’๐’…๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ By Sonam Choden Infrastructure development plays a critical and multifaceted role in enhancing regional connectivity, fostering socio-economic growth, and improving access to essential public services, particularly in rural and underserved communities where isolation has historically limited development …

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๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐•๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’ƒ๐’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’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’…๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’๐’‘๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‹๐’†๐’„๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’†๐’˜๐’†๐’… ๐’‰๐’๐’‘๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’“-๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’Ž๐’•๐’– ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’” By Kinzang Lhamo The official handover of three water borewells under the Small Development Project (SDP) was held on May 5, 2025, marking a crucial step in addressing persistent water shortages in Gomtu and Pagli. With two borewells in Gomtu and one in Pagli, the …

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๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐๐ฒ ๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ% ๐ˆ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐€๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐จ ๐“๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

โ€ฆ๐’…๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐’”๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’—๐’†๐’ˆ๐’†๐’•๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Ž๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’†๐’”, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’‡๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’†๐’‡๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’•๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’†๐’๐’‰๐’‚๐’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’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’…๐’†๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’…๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† By Tashi Tshewang Bhutanโ€™s year-on-year inflation rate rose to 3.52% in March 2025, driven largely by a steep increase in food prices, according to the National Statistics Bureauโ€™s latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) bulletin. Food and non-alcoholic beverage prices surged by …

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๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐“๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐€๐‹ – ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐ข๐ฅ- ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐”๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ฑ

In a country that has long prided itself on decentralization and citizen-centric governance, it is deeply troubling that numerous gewogs across the country are functioning without the very personnel who make local governance possible. While national leaders continue to advocate for greater autonomy and service delivery at the grassroots, their words ring hollow when basic administrative roles such as Gewog …

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๐€๐ง ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ซ๐ฃ๐ข ๐“๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ 

Nim Dorji Tamang, a passionate golfer from Bhutan, has been dedicated to the sport since childhood, learning by carrying bags for experienced players. He officially joined the Bhutan National Golf Team in 2018, achieving a historic international victory in Bangladesh. Despite challenges like limited resources in Bhutan, he remains committed to growing the sport. Motivated by his parents and inspired …

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