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…𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚, 𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. By Sonam Choden The closure of Bhutan Development Bank Limited’s gewog offices has raised significant concern among rural communities that rely on the bank for essential financial services. The issue was brought to the floor of the Fourth …

…𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 By Kinzang LhamoBhutan’s decision to align its education system with international standard has prompted discussions on how these reforms may affect language, traditions and cultural values. The concern was raised in the National Assembly by the Member of Parliament from the Gelephu constituency, who asked whether …

…𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒑𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 By Kinzang LhamoA total of 7,520 mothers across the nation have benefited from the Accelerating Maternal and Child Health Program (AMCHP), also known as the 1,000 Golden Days Initiative. However, inconsistencies in the program’s cash transfer system have raised concerns among beneficiaries and lawmakers. During …

…𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 13𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏 By Sonam ChodenDuring the ongoing parliamentary session, Rinchen Wangdi, Member of Parliament from Bartsham-Shongphu constituency, raised concerns over the transparency, utilization, and monitoring of major government funds under the 13th Five Year Plan (FYP), focusing particularly on contributions from the Government of …

…𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 By Yeshi DolmaIn the Fourth Session of the Fourth Parliament, the nation confronted a stark reality: corruption remains a persistent obstacle, quietly undermining public trust, governance, and socio-economic resilience. The National Council’s Good Governance Committee (GGC) presented its Review Report on the Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) …