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๐‘๐จ๐š๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ข๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก

โ€ฆ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’”๐’–๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž 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’Š๐’ ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’“๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฒ๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’–๐’๐’ˆ๐’๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’‚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’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’”. By Kezang Choden The Trashigang Dzongkhag Divisional Forest Office has made significant strides in promoting tourism and youth employment by constructing roadside amenities at Wamrong Town in Lumang Gewog and Kharungla Brekha Junction in Khaling Gewog. These facilities, which include cafeterias and gender-inclusive …

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๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ก๐š ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ-๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‹๐† ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’‚ ๐‘ซ๐’›๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’Œ๐’‰๐’‚๐’ˆ ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’๐’‡๐’‡๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’‚๐’๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’•๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’—๐’†-๐’…๐’‚๐’š ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐‘ซ๐’›๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’Œ๐’‰๐’‚ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‡๐’‡๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’“๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’๐’…๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’”๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”. By Kezang ChodenLocal Government (LG) members from Haa Dzongkhag recently completed a five-day training program aimed at enhancing official correspondence and Dzongkha Unicode skills. The training, which took place from January 27 to February 1, was the first of its kind and …

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๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ˆ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’•๐’‰๐’“๐’๐’–๐’ˆ๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’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’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐‘จ๐‘ฐ ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’ˆ๐’š, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”, ๐‘ฉ๐’‰๐’–๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’•๐’”๐’†๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’†๐’“ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’†๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐‘จ๐‘ฐ ๐’‚๐’…๐’๐’‘๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’…๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’”๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’๐’‘๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•. By Lalit GurungStarting with the 2018 Information, Communication, and Media (ICM) Act, Bhutan has made significant strides in laying the groundwork for Artificial Intelligence (AI) development. The country is enhancing its infrastructure with plans for …

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๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ญ ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’–๐’๐’…๐’ƒ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’„๐’‰ ๐’‚๐’• ๐‘น๐’๐’š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’” ๐‘ต๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’“๐’Œ ๐’‚๐’Š๐’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’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’“๐’๐’–๐’ˆ๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’๐’—๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’Ž๐’†๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’…๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’†๐’๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• By Kezang ChodenIn a significant move for wildlife conservation, Bhutan has initiated its first-ever study on pangolin ecology. The landmark project kicked off with a pioneering training session at Royal Manas National Park, aimed at addressing knowledge gaps about these elusive and …

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๐๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐š๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’Ž๐’๐’๐’”๐’๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“๐’” 343 ๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’…๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’„๐’Œ๐’” ๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’Š๐’ 2024, 70% ๐’๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐’‰๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’˜๐’‚๐’š๐’”; ๐’”๐’๐’–๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Ž๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’‚๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐’๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’”๐’๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’—๐’š ๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‡๐’‚๐’๐’ By Lhendup WangmoA total of 343 roadblocks have been reported across different types of highways in the financial year 2023-2024. These incidents are most common along Primary National Highways (PNH), which account for 70.55 percent of the total roadblocks, while …

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๐ƒ๐š๐ ๐š๐ง๐š ๐ƒ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ก๐š๐  ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐”๐ฉ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ง๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐š ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ค๐ก๐š๐ข ๐ƒ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐š ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฐ๐จ๐ 

โ€ฆ๐’Š๐’๐’‡๐’“๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’„๐’-๐’•๐’๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’Ž ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’Š๐’Ž ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’š 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’ˆ๐’† ๐’‚๐’• ๐’”๐’‚๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’” By Kezang Choden In a move to improve accessibility and preserve its sacred heritage, Dagana Dzongkhag, in collaboration with Lajab Gewog, is working on plans to establish essential facilities at Tha Namkhai Dzong in Thasa Chiwog. Known as “The Frontier Sky Fortress,” the …

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๐‰๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ฎ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ

โ€ฆ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š-๐’…๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’ ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’”๐’•๐’” ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’š, ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐’„๐’–๐’๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’•๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’” ๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐’—๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’๐’“๐’” By Lalit Gurung Established on December 4, 2020, by five passionate individuals, the Jigmechu Ecotourism Campsite has evolved from humble beginnings into a popular seasonal destination, attracting both domestic and international visitors. What started with an initial investment of Nu. 5,000 from each of the five founders has …

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๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐’๐จ๐š๐ซ ๐š๐ฌ ๐†๐Œ๐‚ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐†๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐€๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ

โ€ฆ๐’˜๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’๐’˜๐’๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’„๐’‚๐’‘๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’›๐’† ๐’๐’ ๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’…๐’†๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’…, ๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’‰๐’๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’, ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’‘๐’‰๐’–’๐’” ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’–๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’†, ๐’”๐’Ž๐’‚๐’“๐’• ๐’„๐’Š๐’•๐’š. By Kezang ChodenAs Gelephu prepares to embrace its future as the centerpiece of Bhutanโ€™s Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) project, land prices in the region are soaring, signaling the start of a transformative era. The once-sleepy town is experiencing a …

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๐…๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐€๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ

โ€ฆ๐’˜๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’˜๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‹๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’š, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’–๐’๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’“๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’…๐’†๐’ƒ๐’•, ๐’†๐’™๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’„๐’Œ๐’”, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’‚๐’ ๐’—๐’–๐’๐’๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’ ๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ-๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’Ž ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š By Lhendup WangmoBhutanโ€™s economic recovery post-pandemic is under threat as rising fiscal pressures and structural vulnerabilities continue to build. While growth is projected to remain steady at 4-5% in the coming years, the nationโ€™s ability to maintain stability is increasingly …

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๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐…๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

โ€ฆ๐‘ฉ๐’‰๐’–๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’†๐’†๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’†๐’… ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’˜๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’—๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’๐’“ ๐’๐’–๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“๐’”, ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’“๐’Œ๐’†๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’๐’‡๐’“๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” By Lhendup Wangmo The tourism industry in the country has experienced a significant rise in visitor numbers in 2024, driven by strategic government initiatives focused on sustainability, high-end tourism, and enhanced infrastructure. With growing international interest, the nation is positioning itself as a leading eco-friendly destination, attracting …

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