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The Multidimensional Vulnerability Index for Bhutan reveals a host of stark realities for Bhutan that need to be considered immediately By Chimi Wangmo The Multidimensional Vulnerability Index 2021 published by the GNHC and UNICEF Bhutan Country Office has revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic is changing people’s lives in multiple ways. It has now become clear and more precise that the …

Compiled by Phurpa Wangmo Aum Kinzangmo, 36, lives with her three children, husband, and her parents in the heart of Buli village in Bhutan’s Zhemgang Dzongkhag district. As a progressive farmer, Aum Kinzangmo cultivates a variety of vegetables in her 30 decimal kitchen garden. This enables her to earn a decent income by selling her produce to the nearby dratshang (monastic school), …

Staff Reporter With the horrors of the Covid-19 pandemic etching closer by the day, His Majesty King personally continues to lead the battle against the dreaded virus by making numerous tours across vulnerable regions and border settlements. After spending almost a month in the south where His Majesty walked to the most remote border outposts, His Majesty The King returned …

Candidates launched for the upcoming bye-elections in Mongar and Nganglam constituencies By Tashi Namgyal Come 29th of June, the bye-elections will witness a plethora of talents on display. A fresh face, a diplomat, an old-hat and a rural expert is all set to lock horns for two seats in the parliament. The two political parties have finally fielded their candidates …

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚, 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉. By Tashi Namgyal It is not uncommon to hear that when any person gets arrested irrespective of the severity of the accusations or crimes one is suspected of, the first thing they lose is their mobile …