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Dechen Wangda A growing public health issue in Bhutan, cancer is one of the main causes of death in the country. The cost of cancer has been rising continuously for a number of years. The population based cancer registry, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) recorded 2648 cancer cases during the period 2014-2017. Of these 1156 were in males …

…𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒑𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 5% 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒌𝒆, 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒄𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 Sangay DorjiThe Pay Structure Reform bill ensued with heated deliberation in the houses of parliament and the National Council endorsed the bill on December 1. However, civil servants are not happy with discontinuation of vehicle quota.The …

…𝑳𝑮 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 107 Sangay DorjiAccording to the Good Governance Committee Review Report on Anti-Corruption’s Annual Report 2021–2022, the local government accounted for the most complaints with 107, followed by ministries with 34 and Dzongkhag Administration with 24. Among the ministries, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry received the most complaints, followed by the Ministries …

…..𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒔, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 Sonam DekiAccording to neuroscience research, the time from birth until a child is five years old is the most critical and sensitive period given that 85 percent to 95 percent of human development takes place at this age.The foundation of whatever an individual can possibly become in life …

..𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏’𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 Sonam DekiThimphu Shrouded in orange clad, serving tirelessly regardless of time, place, weather and work, be it national event, celebration, disaster, emergency but it is men and women in orange clads writing the success story and they are volunteers of Bhutan, guardian of the country and these volunteers are called Desuups. Desuups …