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…𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑵𝒖. 405 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝑨𝑨’𝒔 𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚 The Royal Audit Authority (RAA) has reinforced its role in ensuring financial accountability, as outlined in the Annual Performance Report: 2023-2024. The report highlights the recovery of Nu. 405 million from financial irregularities, improvements in public financial management (PFM) systems, and …

…𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔, 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 By Lhendup WangmoA recent review of the Gewog Development Grant (GDG) has revealed significant disparities in resource allocation across key result areas, raising concerns about financial planning, oversight, and prioritization in developmental activities. The findings highlight a strong inclination toward infrastructure projects, particularly farm road and Lhakhang development, …

…𝑱𝒖𝒍𝒚 2023 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 513.90 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑼𝑺𝑫, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 472.40 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑼𝑺𝑫 Phurpa WangmoThe Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan recently released a report shedding light on the country’s external reserves from October 2022 to July 2023. This data provides valuable insights into Bhutan’s economic stability in the face of global uncertainties. …

…𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝑪𝑪 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕-𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆-𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉-𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔 Sonam DekiAs per the National Integrity Assessment (NIA) 2022, Abuse of Power, Bribery, and Embezzlement are the top three perceived prevalent forms of corruption in the country. This is consistent with the analysis …

…𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 Phurpa Wangmo World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) advocates Fruits and Vegetables (F&V) as major sources of fiber in the diet and increased dietary fiber intake significantly reduces low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, triglyceride levels, systolic blood pressure …

….𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒖𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑾𝑯𝑶’𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒖𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 The World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region announced that Bhutan and Timor-Leste have successfully eliminated rubella on July 21, a highly contagious viral infection that can cause severe illness and irreversible birth defects in newborns when contracted during pregnancy. The achievement was made possible through …

…𝑨𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒚 2023, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎, 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝑷𝑰, 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝑵𝒖. 58 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 2012. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑵𝒖. 100 𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒚 2023 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑵𝒖. 58 𝒂𝒕 𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 2012 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 Tshering DorjiIn a recent report by the National Statistics Bureau, it has been revealed that consumer goods and services experienced …

…𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒑 𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚 Phurpa Wangmo In accordance with the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020 (WCA 2020) initiated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the 2022 …

…3056 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒔𝒚𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝑶𝒖𝒕𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 (𝑶𝑷𝑫) 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒔𝒚𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 Staff Reporter Department of Psychiatry, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) is the tertiary care psychiatry unit which provides specialized mental health care. It has been serving not only the people in its catchment area but to the entire population of the country. In 2021, the total number …

…𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔 Bhutan Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre (Bhutan ADRC) since its establishment, it has received and administered mostly arbitration related to construction disputes. As per the report Bhutan Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Centre 2022, “The Centre has received 191 total cases in five years and highest being at 45 in …