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…….𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒈𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔’ 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏-𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 Sonam Deki The government services going into digitization is attuned to global transformation of digitization which has eased and proved to be convenient for the service provider (Government) and for those who avail services (citizens). With E-governance, it is intended to make services simpler, effective and more …

… 𝙖 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 Dechen Wangmo, a popular Bhutanese singer who has a large fan base on social media. It all began with the Himalayan music Festival in 2020 with her performance which secured a spotlight in the entertainment industry.Dechen Wangmo from Bumthang shares her passion as a musician. She pursued Masters Degree in Public Administration from University …

…𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔, 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆 Sonam Deki A graduate recently mentioned, “Job experience is one of the key requirements for all vacant positions. When I eventually decided to look for an employment after 16 years of academic studies, they required experience”. Youths are looking for …

…𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 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. “Historically, Bhutanese have shared a distinctive music culture through song and dance to honor their most significant ceremonies, to celebrate and to socialize. For …

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 …

….𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒗𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 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 …

… 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒅, 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒎, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒄 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 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 …

… 𝑺𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 Tenzin LhadenAs it is, the Business owners were crying foul because their businesses have been affected by the pandemic. Post-pandemic, their hopes remain high that the road to recovery and normalcy would offset what they lost. But the road ahead had stored something else. Just as …

By Tenzin Lhaden Yangchen Lhamo, a yoga instructor, is passionate about creating and improving the well-being of all. She loves learning and exploring new things and meeting with new people. She believes that to change the world for better, it starts with you. “After all, ‘practice what you preach’ is core to being able to inspire others,” she said. In …

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. …