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β€¦π’‚π’π’•π’‰π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰ π’˜π’† π’Žπ’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’• 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 π’Žπ’π’—π’†π’… 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’†π’…π’–π’„π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’, π’‡π’Šπ’π’‚π’π’„π’Šπ’‚π’ 𝒐𝒓 π’”π’‘π’Šπ’“π’Šπ’•π’–π’‚π’ 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒐 π’”π’‚π’š, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆 π’˜π’† 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔, π’ƒπ’†π’π’Šπ’†π’—π’†π’” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’”π’‘π’Šπ’“π’Šπ’•π’” 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆, π’”π’‚π’š 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 π’π’Šπ’—π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅 Sonam Deki One of the National Key Result Areas (NKRA) has been designated to preserve and advance culture and tradition in order to strengthen the nation’s …

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Protecting new Hazelnut grafts with Individual Tree Fencing

By Phurpa Wangmo As the world continues to grapple with the effects of climate change, more people and corporations are realizing the importance of planting trees. Mountain Hazelnuts is one such impact venture founded as Bhutan’s first 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in a public-private-community partnership with the Royal Government of Bhutan, with the shared goal to address the key …

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A father’s apprentice artisan-Clay Moulding

…the boy is a young apprentice to his father and during 2022 winter vacation he even moulded the stupa of Tempa (Buddha) By Sonam Deki The Skills Training and Education Pathways Up-gradation Project: Summary Sector Assessment – Education mentions, β€œIn order for Bhutan to continue growing as a lower middle-income economy, skills development is required to address the unmet need …

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Dzongkhags service deliveries remain unaffected despite rising attritions

…𝒅𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 π’Šπ’π’„π’“π’†π’‚π’”π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’π’–π’Žπ’ƒπ’†π’“π’” 𝒐𝒇 π’“π’†π’”π’Šπ’ˆπ’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’”, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’“π’†π’Žπ’‚π’Šπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’†π’Žπ’‘π’π’π’šπ’†π’†π’” π’Žπ’–π’π’•π’Š-π’•π’‚π’”π’Œ π’†π’π’”π’–π’“π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’”π’†π’‚π’Žπ’π’†π’”π’” π’”π’†π’“π’—π’Šπ’„π’† π’…π’†π’π’Šπ’—π’†π’“π’š. π‘―π’π’˜π’†π’—π’†π’“, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 13𝒕𝒉 π‘­π’Šπ’—π’† 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏 Sonam Deki Civil service employee attrition just continues to rise; from beginning of year 2023 till date about 677 civil servants are reported to have resigned. Employee attritions are not confined to government but other private and corporate …

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Cabbies griping with decreasing passengers

β€¦π’˜π’† 𝒄𝒂𝒏 π’‰π’‚π’“π’…π’π’š 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝑡𝒖. 1000 𝒑𝒆𝒓 π’…π’‚π’š π’ƒπ’š π’…π’“π’Šπ’—π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’•π’‚π’™π’Š π’”π’‚π’šπ’” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’•π’‚π’™π’Š π’…π’“π’Šπ’—π’†π’“ Sonam Deki The city bus picks up the majority of passengers in Thimphu, while other half are travelling abroad, says the Taxi driver in Thimphu.0 Karma, taxi driver in Thimphu said β€œI have been a taxi driver for more than 7 years. Thimphu was an …

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Evolution of Bhutanese music with strong cultural essence

β€¦π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’„π’‰π’‚π’π’ˆπ’Šπ’π’ˆ π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’†π’” 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 π’Žπ’–π’”π’Šπ’„ 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒅 π’‚π’π’π’π’ˆ π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’”π’•π’“π’π’π’ˆ 𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 Tenzin Lhaden Before the introduction of electronic instruments in the 1960’s, spiritual and folk music dominated the melodic landscape of the country. β€œHistorically, Bhutanese have shared a distinctive music culture through song and dance to honor their most significant ceremonies, to celebrate and to socialize. For …

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College students leave mid semester, opt to work and study abroad

Phurpa WangmoIn recent years, many Bhutanese including civil servants, corporate and private employees and unemployed youths have left abroad for further studies and to make a better living. This phenomena is not confined to above sections of population but it has been observed that growing number of college students withdrawing in the mid of semester. Last year, Gedu College of …

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Making vegetables grow possible in dry season

….𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 π’ˆπ’“π’π’˜ π’—π’†π’ˆπ’†π’•π’‚π’ƒπ’π’†π’” 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 π’…π’–π’“π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’…π’“π’š 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 π’˜π’‚π’•π’†π’“ π’‰π’‚π’“π’—π’†π’”π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ Sonam Choki Water harvesting has been practiced by farmers in Tsirang Toed for the past two years. People have been able to grow even during the dry season because of water harvesting. While, some two years ago people were facing water shortages, they are …

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The epitome of volunteerism flares socio-economic growth

… π‘Ίπ’•π’‚π’π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 π’Šπ’ π’π’“π’‚π’π’ˆπ’† 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒅, 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’”π’‘π’Šπ’“π’Šπ’• 𝒐𝒇 π’—π’π’π’–π’π’•π’†π’†π’“π’Šπ’”π’Ž, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 π’„π’π’Žπ’Žπ’–π’π’Šπ’•π’š π’”π’†π’“π’—π’Šπ’„π’†, π’Šπ’π’•π’†π’ˆπ’“π’Šπ’•π’š 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’„π’Šπ’—π’Šπ’„ π’“π’†π’”π’‘π’π’π’”π’Šπ’ƒπ’Šπ’π’Šπ’•π’š Tenzin LhadenUnparalleled volunteerism and contributions are well-known among Desuups. On June 30, 2021, desuups were summoned to help the police following an unfortunate landslide near Torobari that claimed two lives. This is just one example of disaster …

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New Committee for public health advocacy program-Kengkhar gewog

By Phurpa WangmoThimphu Ministry of Health (MoH) in collaboration with Mongar Dzongkhag Administration institutes public health advocacy program at the Kengkhar Gewog as the Pilot Program last week with the objectives to incorporate Public Health advocacy Program into the gewog annual activities and for health advocacy on current public health and social issues in the public meetings and Gewog Tshogdu. …

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