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๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐š๐ฉ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‘๐š๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘ด๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’…๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’…๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’‘๐’๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’š ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‹๐’๐’Š๐’๐’• ๐’†๐’™๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’–๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’” By Yeshi Dolma At the 17th Meet-the-Press session, Health Minister Tandin Wangchuk acknowledged a critical gap in the national health security system: the absence of a dedicated policy and response mechanism for radiation emergencies. This shortcoming was highlighted during the recent Joint External Evaluation (JEE), which gave the …

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๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅโ€™๐ฌ ๐‘๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐”๐ซ๐›๐š๐ง ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐’๐š๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

โ€ฆ๐’–๐’“๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’‘๐’” ๐’‘๐’–๐’• ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’“๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‚๐’• ๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’Œ, ๐’”๐’•๐’–๐’…๐’š ๐’“๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’” By Kinzang Lhamo Thimphuโ€™s rapid urban expansion has revealed serious sanitation challenges that threaten public health, the environment, and equitable urban development. Although sewer connections have reached over 70 percent of households, nearly one-third of the population- especially those living on steep and difficult terrain- still rely on onsite …

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๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐ – ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ง ๐€๐๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ

Tenzin Drukpa As Bhutan continues to plan ambitious new ventures, the country is also undergoing quiet but significant transformations that receive far less attention. These changes are unfolding across classrooms, civil offices, digital spaces, and in conversations among young Bhutanese weighing their future. While the spotlight remains fixed on structural and economic innovation, the deeper shifts shaping the country’s development …

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๐€๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐“๐จ ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ

โ€ฆ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’๐’ˆ 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’–๐’…๐’…๐’†๐’ ๐’‹๐’๐’ƒ 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’†๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’„๐’†๐’“๐’๐’” ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’”๐’–๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’”๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’•๐’‰ ๐’†๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• By Leki ChungdonThe abrupt shutdown of a youth-led food truck in Thimphu by the Dzongkhag Administration has left three entrepreneurs and five employees without jobs, raising questions about transparency and the future of youth entrepreneurship in Bhutan. The food truck, …

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๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‹๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’, ๐’˜๐’†๐’‚๐’Œ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’–๐’‡๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’†๐’™๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’† ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’‡๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š By Yeshi DolmaAs the country projects a 19.48 percent expansion in its industrial sector in 2025, with electricity generation alone expected to increase by over 20 percent, optimism around industrialization as a new economic engine is growing. Yet, beneath the surface of these growth figures …

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๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐“๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐€๐‹ – ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž

Bhutan stands at a crucial economic juncture. The signs of industrial expansion may look promising at a glance, especially with rising electricity output and infrastructure development. But the surface narrative conceals deeper systemic issues that call for critical introspection and timely intervention. Beneath the optimistic numbers lies a reality of structural inefficiencies, weak manufacturing performance, business closures, and an industrial …

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๐„๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐๐š๐ง๐จ๐ง๐  ๐†๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ 

โ€ฆ๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐’…๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†๐’”, ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’‡๐’‡ ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’”, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’–๐’๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’“๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’Ž๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ต๐’‚๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ฎ๐’†๐’˜๐’๐’ˆ By Sonam Choden Access to timely healthcare remains a major challenge in remote regions of the country, where geography, limited infrastructure, and resource shortages create barriers to essential services. Nanong Gewog, located about 37 kilometers from the old Pema Gatshel town, is one …

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๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐“๐š๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐€๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐€๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐›๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐†๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

โ€ฆ๐’‘๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’„ ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’๐’„๐’†๐’“๐’ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’๐’‚๐’˜๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’˜๐’†๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’”๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‘๐’๐’•๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’† ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Œ๐’†๐’” By Yeshi DolmaThe recent adoption of the Excise Tax Bill of 2025 has drawn mixed reactions from the public, with many citizens expressing concern over the expected rise in prices. Behind the government’s decision, however, lies a fiscal shift as the country moves from a low-income to a …

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๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ-๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

โ€ฆ๐‘ฉ๐’‰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’†๐’”๐’” ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’ ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’„๐’“๐’š๐’‘๐’•๐’๐’„๐’–๐’“๐’“๐’†๐’๐’„๐’š, ๐’‚๐’Š๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’“๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’…๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ By Sonam ChodenBhutan has recently undertaken a significant initiative in digital finance through a collaboration with Binance Pay, the payment platform of Binance, a global blockchain and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider. The initiative reflects Bhutanโ€™s growing interest in integrating financial technology into its national …

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๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐”-๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐’๐ž๐ญ ๐“๐จ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐’๐€๐…๐… ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ

โ€ฆ๐’”๐’Š๐’™ ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’๐’”๐’† ๐’Ž๐’‚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’† ๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’โ€™๐’” ๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’•๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’†๐’๐’• By Tashi TshewangBhutanโ€™s U-20 womenโ€™s national football team is set to face Nepal in their opening match of the SAFF U-20 Womenโ€™s Championship 2025 on July 11 at 7:00 PM Bhutan Standard Time (BST) at the Bashundhara Kings Arena in Bangladesh. The match will mark the beginning …

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