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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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๐’๐š๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐…๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐

โ€ฆ๐’†๐’™๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’…๐’›๐’๐’๐’ˆโ€™๐’” ๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’…๐’†๐’’๐’–๐’‚๐’„๐’š ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’” ๐’‘๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’„ ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’Š๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’”๐’•-๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’…๐’›๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’Œ๐’‰๐’‚๐’ˆ By Kinzang Lhamo The plan to construct a new Samtse Dzong has once again been deferred, this time to the 14th Five Year Plan (FYP), leaving local leaders and residents deeply frustrated as the dzongkhag continues to face cramped working conditions, inadequate space for public services, and the …

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๐†๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐€๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐€๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“ ๐’‘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’Š๐’ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’Š๐’๐’‡๐’๐’–๐’™ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’–๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’š ๐’…๐’†๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’“๐’Œ๐’†๐’• ๐’‚๐’„๐’„๐’†๐’”๐’” By Sonam Choden In recent years, ginger producers in the southern parts of Bhutan have faced a significant drop in farm-gate prices, falling from Nu 60 per kilogram in the previous year to Nu 15โ€“25 per kilogram in the current season. The decline has …

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๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐“๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐€๐‹ – ๐€๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐€๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

Bhutan stands at a pivotal moment in its demographic journey. The countryโ€™s population is aging rapidly, reflecting significant progress in health care and living standards. While increased life expectancy is a clear mark of development, it also signals emerging challenges that demand urgent and thoughtful action. Bhutan is poised to become an aging society within a few years, and the …

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๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐€๐ ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž ๐‘๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

โ€ฆ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’๐’†๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’“๐’†๐’‡๐’๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’” ๐’”๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’‡๐’Š๐’„ ๐’†๐’—๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’…๐’†๐’„๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’-๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ By Yeshi DolmaFor decades, 18 was widely accepted as the minimum legal age for marriage in Bhutan. Schools enforced it, awareness campaigns promoted it, and courts generally followed it. Yet one important element lagged behind: the law itself. The Marriage Act of 1980 allowed girls to marry as …

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๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ก๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐”๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

โ€ฆ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ท๐’“๐’Š๐’Ž๐’† ๐‘ด๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’”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’Ž๐’Š๐’„ ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’†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’ƒ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’”๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’•๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’š 2027 By Kezang ChodenDasho Tshering Tobgay, the Prime Minister, described countryโ€™s rapidly aging population as a positive indicator of the country’s development but cautioned that it could present serious challenges if current demographic trends continue. He was responding to a question …

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๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค-๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž

โ€ฆ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’„๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’‡๐’‡ ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’”๐’”๐’–๐’†๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’Ž๐’†๐’†๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’’๐’–๐’Š๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’˜๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐‘ช๐‘น๐‘จ ๐’๐’‚๐’–๐’๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’–๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’‡๐’Š๐’“๐’Ž๐’” ๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’‚๐’‘๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’•๐’š By Yeshi DolmaA wave of concern spread through the private sector after the Corporate Regulatory Authority (CRA) published a list identifying 135 companies that failed to meet regulatory requirements. Initially, 215 companies were flagged for non-compliance and …

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๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ค ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ค๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ง๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’‡๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’‡๐’Š๐’• ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’๐’“๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’›๐’†๐’… ๐’”๐’š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’Ž ๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’š ๐’‘๐’‚๐’š๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’“๐’†๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’†๐’… ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’Œ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† By Tashi Tshewang The Milk Processing Unit (MPU) at Nangkor, Shumar was officially inaugurated on June 17, marking an important step toward improving the local dairy industry and supporting rural livelihoods. The new facility aims to streamline milk collection, enhance processing efficiency, and expand marketing opportunities for dairy farmers …

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