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        <pubDate>2026-06-24T17:15:40+06:00</pubDate>

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                <title><![CDATA[Election Commission to vet campaign pledges in LG and NC elections]]></title>
                <link>https://kuenselonline.com/news/election-commission-to-vet-campaign-pledges-in-lg-and-nc-elections</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) will now evaluate campaign pledges made by candidates contesting Local Government (LG) and National Council (NC) elections under amendments to the Rules on Election Conduct in the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2022, extending a practice previously applied only to political parties.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:39:09 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[NCWC reform erodes independence, weakens oversight]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC) Secretariat has been institutionally weakened following an organisational restructuring that eroded its oversight role, diluted its mandate, blurred accountability, and reduced institutional independence.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Unknown <(Undisclosed)>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:38:39 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Bhutan AgriSustain Fund: USD 80 million ambition, mobilisation at early stage]]></title>
                <link>https://kuenselonline.com/news/bhutan-agrisustain-fund-usd-80-million-ambition-mobilisation-at-early-stage</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Nearly one year into its operational phase, the Bhutan AgriSustain Fund (BAF), a USD 80 million catalytic financing platform aimed at transforming the agrifood sector, stands at a decisive juncture between policy ambition and financial reality.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Unknown <(Undisclosed)>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:37:51 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ten listed companies declare dividends for FY 2025]]></title>
                <link>https://kuenselonline.com/news/ten-listed-companies-declare-dividends-for-fy-2025</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Ten companies listed on the Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan Limited (RSEBL) have declared dividends for the financial year 2025, rewarding shareholders with payouts ranging from 1.83 percent to 25 percent.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Unknown <(Undisclosed)>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:37:04 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Festivals give a fillip to local economy]]></title>
                <link>https://kuenselonline.com/news/festivals-give-a-fillip-to-local-economy</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Mongar—Five community festivals in eastern dzongkhags generated Nu 16.19 million and attracted more than 49,000 visitors this year, directly benefiting homestays, food stalls and local businesses in some of the country’s most remote communities.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Unknown <(Undisclosed)>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:36:28 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Homes for all!]]></title>
                <link>https://kuenselonline.com/news/homes-for-all</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Homeownership in Bhutan, long understood as the most reliable pathway to financial security, is rapidly becoming an illusion. For young professionals, civil servants, and middle-income families, what once required steady employment and disciplined saving now demands incomes that most urban households simply do not earn. This growing structural crisis demands immediate, decisive action.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Unknown <(Undisclosed)>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:35:48 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Illegal cordyceps collectors remain in Lunana despite season closure]]></title>
                <link>https://kuenselonline.com/news/illegal-cordyceps-collectors-remain-in-lunana-despite-season-closure</link>
                <description><![CDATA[A 43-year-old man from Mongar, who currently resides in Nobding, Dangchu Gewog in Wangdue, was seriously injured after being stabbed while sleeping inside a tent in Lunana on June 21. According to sources, the man had entered the area illegally to collect cordyceps.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Unknown <(Undisclosed)>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:13:44 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[GMC opens 40 tourism opportunities under Tourism Spark Fund]]></title>
                <link>https://kuenselonline.com/news/gmc-opens-40-tourism-opportunities-under-tourism-spark-fund</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) has unveiled 40 tourism attractions and activities under a new investment initiative, the Tourism Spark Fund, as part of its bid to become Bhutan’s premier destination for mindfulness, wellness, and sustainable living.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Unknown <(Undisclosed)>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:34:33 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Krabi showcased as Thailand’s first sustainable tourism city]]></title>
                <link>https://kuenselonline.com/news/krabi-showcased-as-thailands-first-sustainable-tourism-city</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Nestled along southern Thailand’s coastline, Krabi has earned recognition as the country’s first sustainable tourism destination, pursuing long-term environmental, social, and economic goals while positioning itself as a model for responsible tourism development.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Unknown <(Undisclosed)>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:33:56 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Punakha rafting sites lack basic toilets and facilities]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Rafting in Punakha has grown increasingly popular, but tourists, guides, and local residents say the departure points along the Mochhu and Phochhu rivers lack basic toilets, changing rooms, and proper resting areas.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Unknown <(Undisclosed)>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:15:40 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Recurring Amochu roadblocks disrupt boulder exports]]></title>
                <link>https://kuenselonline.com/news/recurring-amochu-roadblocks-disrupt-boulder-exports</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Frequent traffic disruptions along the Amochu highway have affected boulder exports through Phuentsholing, with exporters saying prolonged blockages could further impact business operations, export earnings, and government revenue from the sector.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Unknown <(Undisclosed)>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:14:44 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Babesa expressway upgrade to ease traffic on city’s busiest stretch by 2029]]></title>
                <link>https://kuenselonline.com/news/babesa-expressway-upgrade-to-ease-traffic-on-citys-busiest-stretch-by-2029</link>
                <description><![CDATA[With traffic congestion in Thimphu worsening due to rising vehicle numbers, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MoIT) has completed the design for the redevelopment of the Thimphu–Babesa corridor expressway.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Unknown <(Undisclosed)>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:30:47 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Full-scale earthquake drill tests Thimphu’s disaster readiness]]></title>
                <link>https://kuenselonline.com/news/full-scale-earthquake-drill-tests-thimphus-disaster-readiness</link>
                <description><![CDATA[On the morning of June 23, at around 10:15 am, a building in Zangdopelri, Thimphu, collapsed following a magnitude 7.5 earthquake. There were people inside at the time. A 43-year-old man was pulled from the rubble and rushed to hospital.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Unknown <(Undisclosed)>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:55:16 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Mental health and traditional medicine highlighted as Bhutan’s future strengths at KGUMSB mid-term review]]></title>
                <link>https://kuenselonline.com/news/mental-health-and-traditional-medicine-highlighted-as-bhutans-future-strengths-at-kgumsb-mid-term-review</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan (KGUMSB) has surpassed several key targets under its 13th Five-Year Plan, recording strong progress in faculty development, student satisfaction, technology-enabled learning and new academic programmes, according to its Mid-Term Review held on June 22.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Unknown <(Undisclosed)>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:43:45 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[RTC conference highlights need for strengthened inclusive education]]></title>
                <link>https://kuenselonline.com/news/rtc-conference-highlights-need-for-strengthened-inclusive-education</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Among 11,370 children aged between two and nine years, 30 per cent live with a disability. Yet only 997 are enrolled in Special Educational Needs (SEN) programmes or institutions, while more than 2,414 children continue to wait for access to such services.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Unknown <(Undisclosed)>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:14:26 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Chain-link fencing gives hope to farmers]]></title>
                <link>https://kuenselonline.com/news/chain-link-fencing-gives-hope-to-farmers-2</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Mongar — Every year, farmers in Kharnang-Kheshingra Chiwog, Chagsakhar Gewog, Mongar, suffer huge losses as wild boars ravage their crops, forcing many to abandon fertile farmland and leaving large swathes uncultivated.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Unknown <(Undisclosed)>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:20:40 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[ཤེར་ཟ་ལས་སྡེ་དེ་ ཟླཝ་གཅིག་གི་རིང་ལུ་ བཀག་ཆ་འབད་བཞག་ཡོདཔ།]]></title>
                <link>https://kuenselonline.com/news/89-160</link>
                <description><![CDATA[༉ འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་གཞུང་འགན་ལེན་བདོག་གཏད་བརྗེ་སོར་ཁང་གིས་ ཤེར་ཟ་ལས་སྡེ་དེ་ གནས་སྐབས་ཀྱི་དོན་ལུ་ བཀག་ཆ་འབད་ཡོད་མི་ལུ་བརྟེན་ ལས་སྡེའི་བགོ་བཤའ་འཆང་མི་ཚུ་གིས་ བགོ་བཤའི་ཚོང་འབྲེལ་ཚུ་ བར་སྐབས་ཅིག་ འཐབ་མི་ཚུགས་ནི་ཨིན་པས།]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Tshering Wangdi]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:01:22 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[ཀུན་གསལ་ཕོ་བྲང་ནང་ དཀྱིལ་མཆོག་འཕྲེང་བའི་བཀའ་དབང་གནང་བཞིན་ཡོདཔ།]]></title>
                <link>https://kuenselonline.com/news/89-158</link>
                <description><![CDATA[༉ ཐིམ་ཕུག་ཀུན་གསལ་ཕོ་བྲང་ནང་ ཕྱི་ནང་༢ ལས་ དད་ཅན་སྟོང་ཕྲག་ལས་བཅད་དེ་ སྐྱབས་རྗེ་རྗེ་མཁན་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་མཆོག་ལས་ དཀྱིལ་མཆོག་འཕྲེང་བའི་བཀའ་དབང་ ཞུ་བའི་བསྒང་ཡོདཔ་ཨིན་པས།]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Tshering Wangdi]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:59:54 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[གནས་ཚུལ་མདོར་བསྡུས།]]></title>
                <link>https://kuenselonline.com/news/89-156</link>
                <description><![CDATA[གནས་ཚུལ་མདོར་བསྡུས།]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Tshering Wangdi]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:58:43 +0600</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[སྒམ་རི་ཆུ་༡ པ་དང་ བ་མུ་སྤ་རོང་ཆུ་གཅིག་སྒྲིལ་གློག་མེ་ལས་འགུལ་གྱིས་ མི་སྡེ་ལུ་ ཕན་ཐོགས་འབྱུང་དོ་ཡོདཔ།]]></title>
                <link>https://kuenselonline.com/news/89-154</link>
                <description><![CDATA[༉ བཀྲིས་སྒང་ སག་སྟེང་རྒེད་འོག་ནང་ སྒམ་རི་ཆུ་༡ པ་དང་ བ་མུ་སྤ་རོང་ཆུ་གཅིག་སྒྲིལ་གློག་མེ་ལས་འགུལ་ ནུས་ཤུགས་མེ་ག་ཝཊ་༥༤ འབད་མི་དེ་ བཟོ་སྐྲུན་གྱི་ལཱ་འགོ་བཙུགས་མི་ལུ་བརྟེན་ འབྱོགཔ་ཚུ་གི་ མི་ཚེའི་གནས་སྟངས་ ཡར་དྲག་བཟོ་ཚུགས་ནི་ཨིན་པས།]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[Tshering Wangdi]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:56:39 +0600</pubDate>
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