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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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๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง-๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐…๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ ๐š ๐†๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ 

โ€ฆ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’“๐’–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’†๐’•๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’๐’„๐’๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’–๐’๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’—๐’Š๐’—๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’Š๐’”๐’๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† By Tashi Tshewang A rural development project aimed at protecting farmland and improving agricultural productivity has been completed in Daga Gewog with the successful installation of the Uma Khamaed Chain-Link Fencing (CLF). The project was implemented under the supervision of the Dzongkhag Administration and funded by the …

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๐‚๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ-๐๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐‘๐จ๐š๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐“๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ก๐š ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐‘ป๐’”๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’‰๐’‚ ๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’“๐’Œ๐’†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’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’‚๐’” ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’… ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’” ๐’…๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’š ๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’† By Kinzang Lhamo A rural infrastructure project is underway in Tsimakha village under Chhukha Dzongkhag, where the construction of a cement-paved road is set to improve the daily lives of the local farming community. The road, once completed, will provide year-round access …

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๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‘๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐†๐š๐ฌ๐š ๐€๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐š๐ค๐ก๐š

โ€ฆ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’ˆ๐’ˆ๐’๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’„๐’„๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’‚๐’” ๐’ˆ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚๐’…๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’‡๐’‡ ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’” ๐’”๐’๐’๐’ By Tashi Tshewang In the ongoing parliamentary session, Members of Parliament from Khatoed-Laya and Lingmukha-Toedwang constituencies raised urgent concerns over severe shortages of health staff in remote parts of Gasa and Punakha. They called for immediate government intervention to address the issue. The Member from Khatoed-Laya …

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๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž ๐“๐จ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’”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’Š๐’Ž๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’Ž ๐’‚๐’” ๐’ˆ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’” ๐’“๐’†๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’˜ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’‘๐’๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’š By Kezang Choden Finance Minister Lekey Dorji has announced major pension reform plans during a session of the National Council, highlighting serious concerns regarding the structure, long-term sustainability, and fairness of existing pension scheme. The announcement followed a question raised by …

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๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐ – ๐€ ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฌ๐ข๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ

From the mountains of Bhutan to the shores of Tuvalu, countries across Asia and the Pacific face a common challenge: transforming their agrifood systems to meet growing demand while protecting natural resources for future generations.I have witnessed this challenge firsthand in conversations with national leaders who are managing shrinking arable land and rising food prices. I have also spoken with …

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๐๐จ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐˜๐ž๐ญ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ซ๐ข ๐€๐ง๐ ๐˜๐š๐ค๐ฌ๐š ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž

โ€ฆ๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’Ž๐’†๐’†๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’„๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’‚, ๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’๐’•๐’† ๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’˜๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’˜๐’‚๐’Š๐’• ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’”๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž๐’† By Kinzang LhamoDespite meeting all the criteria for Bhutanโ€™s helicopter fare subsidy scheme, residents of Nubri and Yaksa chiwogs under Tsento Gewog in Paro remain excluded, leaving them without crucial transport support, even as neighbouring highland communities benefit from the scheme. The issue, raised repeatedly in …

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