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…𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒋𝒐𝒃 𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 Phurpa WangmoIn a move to align with increasing life expectancy, the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) has revised the retirement age for all civil servants in Bhutan. The new age limits were announced in a notification last …

… 10 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 Sonam Deki On April 20, 2023, the Fourth National Council elections of Bhutan took place, and it marked an unprecedented level of voter participation with the highest turnout in the country’s history. Out of the 485,811 registered voters, a significant number of 254,982 individuals exercised their right to vote, resulting …

… 𝑮𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 Sonam ChokiIn a recent message to the public, the Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering emphasized the importance of clear communication and transparency in government decision-making. To that end, the government has launched a new series of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to help citizens better understand some of the major policy decisions …

Phurpa WangmoBhutan voted for a lone woman to represent in the fourth National Council from 20 seats. In a historic win, Tshering Tshomo has emerged as the only female candidate to win the seat to the National Council 2023 from Zhemgang, the remaining 19 seats were all male elects. Among the five candidates who contested in Zhemgang, Tshering Tshomo secured …

…𝒃𝒚 2023, 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝒗𝒖𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔. Phurpa WangmoIn 2022, the United Nations’ Country’s Team (UNCT) supported the Royal Government in improving the economic conditions of the country as well as resilience amidst the uncertainty posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. To improve economic conditions as well …

…𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 163 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 145 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔 Tenzin Lhaden With the first portable cell phone initiated in 1973 by Motorola, cell phones became popular during the cellular revolution which started in the 90s and by 1990; the number of mobile users was around 11 million. By 2020, this number …

…..𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑲𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒉𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒏 Sonam DekiA modular steel bridge using innovative technology has been newly designed to support two-way traffic and has started construction in Kana and Tshephel, Uesu gewog in Haa. The bridges are on two rivers at Kana and Tshephel connecting Chuzom …

𝑰𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 2022 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 12 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔. According to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) April 2023, a widening fiscal deficit and declining foreign exchange reserves will remain key concerns for the government. If reserves continue to decline at the 2022 rate, …

…𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 Tenzin LhadenAccording to the data from the National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC) reports that since the lockdown began, there has been an increase in child violence. “We have four major steps of violence in general, i.e. sexual, neglect, …

…𝒖𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅, 𝒎𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒚 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 Sonam DekiThe widening of Chuzom (Bitekha) to Haa highway began in the mid of 2019 with cutting and formation of road. It has been four years since cutting and formation of road widening work was carried out without further progress. With only formation …