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๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ฌ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐’๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ

โ€ฆ ๐‘ท๐’‰๐’‚๐’”๐’† ๐‘ฐ ๐’Š๐’” ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’š๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’›๐’†๐’” ๐‘ฐ๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’–๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’„๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ช๐’“๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’• ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘น๐’†๐’Š๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐‘ญ๐’–๐’๐’… ๐‘บ๐’†๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’–๐’๐’„๐’‰ ๐’๐’ ๐‘บ๐’†๐’‘๐’•๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“ 2 By Yeshey LhadonThe eagerly awaited rollout of Bhutan’s Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) has encountered significant delays, causing widespread anticipation and concern among stakeholders. Finance Minister Lyonpo Lekey Dorji addressed the delays in a recent press briefing, …

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๐ƒ๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ก๐š ๐‹๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐„๐œ๐จ-๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

โ€ฆ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’… “๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’,” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‰๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•๐’” ๐’”๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”, ๐’†๐’๐’„๐’๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ 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’๐’„๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’“๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’‘ By Kezang Choden Dorokha Lower Secondary School in Samtse Dzongkhag hosted its annual cooking competition on August 16, themed “Cooking Green.” The event aimed to encourage youth to cook independently while emphasizing environmentally friendly practices. As a long-standing tradition, the competition …

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๐๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š ๐†๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐  ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

โ€ฆ๐‘ณ๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐‘ซ๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐‘บ๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’๐’˜๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘บ๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’…๐’” By Kezang Choden Nichula Gewog, nestled within the picturesque landscapes of Dagana Dzongkhag, has become a beacon of self-reliance and community spirit. Instead of relying solely on government support, the residents have embraced a proactive approach to address local challenges, demonstrating that collective effort can lead to significant improvements. This model …

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๐™๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ โ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ

โ€ฆ ๐’‚ ๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’•๐’Š-๐’ˆ๐’†๐’˜๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’” 178,200 ๐’„๐’๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’† ๐’”๐’‚๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’‚๐’„๐’“๐’๐’”๐’” 264 ๐’‚๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’†-๐’‡๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’…๐’๐’š ๐’‡๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’” By Kezang ChodenZhemgang Dzongkhag has launched an ambitious coffee plantation project, aiming to transform the regionโ€™s agricultural landscape and boost the local economy. Spanning across seven gewogs-Nangkor, Trong, Bardo, Phangkhar, Goshing, Nangla, and Bjoka- this initiative plans to plant coffee saplings …

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๐”๐ง๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฒ ๐†๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐  ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ

โ€ฆ ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’…๐’†๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’–๐’“๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‰๐’๐’“๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’„๐’‚๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’•๐’š ๐’…๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†, ๐’†๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’๐’„๐’Œ, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’…๐’Š๐’”๐’“๐’–๐’‘๐’• ๐’…๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’š ๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’•๐’†๐’š ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’˜๐’๐’ˆ By Pema WangmoThe growing presence of unsupervised horses in Phobjikha, a key area within Gangtey Gewog, has become a significant threat to local livelihoods and community safety. Residents are facing severe challenges as these horses damage property, disrupt daily life, …

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๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐†๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’‘๐’Œ๐’†๐’†๐’‘๐’†๐’“ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐‘ต๐’– 1.5 ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’๐’”๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’–๐’๐’„๐’†๐’“๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’‚๐’” ๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’•-๐’‡๐’๐’๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’ˆ๐’ˆ๐’๐’†๐’” The bustling streets of Dechencholing have turned into a landscape of devastation following the flash flood that struck on August 10, 2024. Among the worst-hit is the owner of Mendra Grocery and Liquor Shop, who now faces the daunting task of recovering from a …

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๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐†๐š๐ซ๐›๐š๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ง๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ

Bhutan stands out on the global stage as one of the few countries with carbon-negative status, meaning it absorbs more carbon dioxide than it emits. This remarkable achievement, coupled with its reputation as an environmental champion, has positioned Bhutan as a model for sustainable development. However, despite these accolades, the country faces significant challenges in waste management, which, if addressed …

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๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

โ€ฆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’”๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ฉ๐’‰๐’–๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’†๐’”๐’† ๐’—๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’• ๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚ ๐‘ฒ๐’๐’†๐’๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’…๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’š By Pema WangmoAs modern medicine advances, thousands still seek healing beyond the reach of conventional treatments. Lama Tsham Koenchoe, a humble spiritual healer from Bhutan, has become a symbol of hope for those whose ailments resist scientific remedies. He is popularly known as Baap Lhakhang Lama.Over the last 16-years, …

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๐‚๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐

โ€ฆ๐‘น๐’†๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•๐’” ๐‘บ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐‘ฎ๐’†๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’„ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฏ๐’š๐’…๐’“๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’„ ๐‘ฝ๐’–๐’๐’๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘น๐’†๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’ By Yeshey LhadonThimphu The flash flood that ravaged Dechencholing on August 10, 2024, has been attributed to a deadly combination of severe weather, geological instability, and challenging topography. This conclusion comes from an extensive assessment released by the National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) and the Department of Geology …

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๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ก๐š ๐†๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ โ€™๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ

โ€ฆ๐‘จ๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’” ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’‹๐’†๐’„๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’† 20,000 ๐‘ด๐’†๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’„ ๐‘ป๐’๐’๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ด๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐‘ถ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’–๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š, ๐‘ญ๐’๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘บ๐’†๐’๐’‡-๐‘บ๐’–๐’‡๐’‡๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’„๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฌ๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ณ๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ญ๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’†๐’“๐’” By Kezang Choden In a bold move to reduce dependency on imported mustard oil and stimulate local economic growth, Metakha Gewog in Chukha Dzongkhag has embarked on a groundbreaking initiative to produce mustard oil locally.This ambitious project, officially launched by the end of …

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