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…𝒏𝒆𝒘 180 𝑴𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄-𝑻𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒌𝒐𝒓 𝑮𝒆𝒘𝒐𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕-𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒁𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒂 By Kezang Choden Farmers in Zhemgang and Trongsa Dzongkhags are now looking forward to a brighter future for their agricultural and livestock produce, thanks to the newly opened cold storage facility in Nangkor Gewog under Zhemgang Dzongkhag. …

…30 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑵𝒆𝒚 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒘𝒐𝒈 𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 By Tshering Yangdon The Dzongkhag Livestock Sector in Lhuentse has launched a transformative Climate-Smart Poultry Farming project aimed at fostering climate resilience in rural Bhutan. Engaging 30 local households in Ney Chiwog under Gangzur Gewog, the project focuses on rearing …

…𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍-𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 2024-2025 𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 By Lhendup Wangmo In a significant move to enhance the country’s public service infrastructure, the government of Bhutan has allocated Nu. 16,721.932 million to the General Public Service Sector for the fiscal year 2024-2025. This allocation …

…𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 1,118, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 By Lhendup Wangmo The annual report released by the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) reveals a slight increase in the number of motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) nationwide, along with mixed trends in fatalities and injuries across the country’s divisions. In 2023, there were 1,062 accidents, resulting in 104 fatalities …

…𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 3.1%, 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 By Lhendup Wangmo The third-quarter 2024 Labour Force Survey provides a nuanced view of Bhutan’s labor market, showing a slight decrease in the overall unemployment rate to 3.1% from 3.7% in the previous quarter. While this reduction suggests some …