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๐Ž๐†๐Ž๐ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐‘๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ

โ€ฆ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’‡๐’• ๐’•๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’” ๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’-๐’๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’–๐’‡๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ, ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’Š๐’๐’—๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’Ž๐’๐’…๐’†๐’๐’”, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’” ๐’‚๐’Š๐’Ž๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’“๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’‰๐’๐’๐’…๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’”๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’˜๐’•๐’‰. By Kezang ChodenThe One Gewog, One Product (OGOP) initiative is set to expand its support for projects that promote entrepreneurship, improve livelihoods, and strengthen the rural economy. The expanded initiative will focus on creating high-quality, authentic Bhutanese products that adhere …

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๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’๐’–๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’Ž๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’Œ๐’†๐’š ๐’‡๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’…๐’” ๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’‘๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’„ ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‰ ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’Š๐’„๐’†๐’” A persistent shortage of medical specialists is putting significant pressure on the healthcare system, raising concerns about hospitals’ and health centers’ ability to meet the growing demand for specialized care. According to the Civil Service Statistics Report 2024, while there has been an overall increase in …

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๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐Š๐ข๐ฐ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐Š๐š๐๐š๐ค ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ข ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฐ๐จ๐ 

โ€ฆ๐’„๐’๐’”๐’•-๐’”๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’”๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž๐’” ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’†๐’’๐’–๐’Š๐’‘๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•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’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’Œ๐’Š๐’˜๐’Š๐’‡๐’“๐’–๐’Š๐’• ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’. By Kezang Choden In Kadak Silambi Chiwog, Mongar Dzongkhag, farmers are embracing the T-bar trellising system to boost kiwifruit production, with support from the Agriculture Research and Development Corporation (ARDC) Wengkhar and the Commercial Agriculture and Resilient Livelihood Enhancement Programme (CARLEP). Introduced in …

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๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ โ€œ๐’๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฉโ€ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ž๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ง

โ€ฆ๐’‚๐’” ๐’Ž๐’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’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”, ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Ž๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’‘ ๐’–๐’‘ ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’‚๐’‡๐’†๐’ˆ๐’–๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’–๐’๐’•๐’“๐’š’๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’”๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‡๐’–๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”. By Lhendup Wangmo As global pop culture and urban migration continue to shape the interests of youth, traditional folk songs like โ€œSham Sham Dolepโ€ risk being forgotten. Once central to festivals and community gatherings, this cherished song- and other cultural practices- are …

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๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐- ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž

The global environment is facing an unprecedented crisis, with air pollution and climate change emerging as major threats. Bhutan, despite its small size, cannot remain indifferent to the escalating risks posed by air pollution. The degradation of air quality, driven by industrialization, deforestation, and harmful gas emissions, is already affecting public health, ecosystems, and the global climate. Bhutan must take …

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๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž ๐…๐š๐ฌ๐“๐š๐  ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’”๐’”๐’–๐’†๐’”, ๐’•๐’๐’๐’ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Œ๐’†๐’”, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’‚๐’”๐’‰-๐’๐’๐’๐’š ๐’‘๐’‚๐’š๐’Ž๐’†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’ˆ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ-๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’Ž ๐’”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’†. By Lhendup WangmoBhutanese drivers are encountering several challenges while using the FASTag system on Indiaโ€™s Assam Highway, including double toll charges and restrictions forcing cash-only payments. These issues have created significant hurdles for road users and raised concerns …

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๐‘๐ž๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฆ๐œ๐ก๐ฎ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ž

By Sonam ChodenA devastating forest fire broke out in Damchu on January 23, 2025, destroying seven homes and leaving the community reeling from the swift destruction. Despite the heroic efforts of local authorities, volunteers, and residents, the blaze, fueled by strong winds, tore through miles of land, rapidly spreading across approximately nine kilometers toward Tsamdrag and Pagga Chiwog, displacing families …

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๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐€๐ข๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐’‡๐’๐’„๐’–๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’†๐’™๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’”๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’๐’๐’”, ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’‰๐’๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’†, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’…๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ ๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’†๐’’๐’–๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’†๐’…๐’–๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’Ž ๐’‚๐’„๐’“๐’๐’”๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’–๐’๐’•๐’“๐’š. By Kezang ChodenYeezang De Thapa, the Minister of Education and Skills Development, emphasized that the concept of central schools has been a key component of Bhutanโ€™s education policy since the introduction of the first …

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๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‘๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ค ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

โ€ฆ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’๐’„๐’Œ ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’•๐’” ๐’”๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’…๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’Š๐’’๐’–๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‘๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’†๐’๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’…๐’‚๐’Š๐’“๐’š ๐’‡๐’‚๐’“๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’š By Kezang Choden In a significant effort to promote large-scale livestock farming and enhance economic opportunities for local farmers, the Trashigang Dzongkhag Livestock Sector recently organized a Cattle Rally Program in Bikhar and Samkhar Gewog. The event, which celebrated excellence in dairy breeding, brought …

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๐’๐จ๐จ๐›๐๐ซ๐š๐ง๐  ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ

โ€ฆ๐’‚ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’–๐’‘ ๐’๐’‡ 12 ๐’˜๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ซ๐’›๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’Œ๐’‰๐’‚๐’ˆ ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’–๐’๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’†, ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“ ๐’†๐’’๐’–๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š. By Lhendup Wangmo Since 2012, a group of 12 women in Soobdrang Chiwog, Trong Gewog under Zhemgang Dzongkhag, have made significant progress in agricultural development by forming a cooperative aimed at cultivating cardamom. The cooperative has not only …

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