With just a month left for their mid-term examinations, students of some classes of Rinchen Higher Secondary School in Thimphu are worried as they do not have textbooks in some subjects yet. The students The Bhutanese talked to said they do not have Dzongkha, English, and  commerce (supplementary) textbooks. The …

Paddy fields will be visible in Pangzur Kago Nawa under baling chiwog only after the completion of the seven kilometers irrigation channel.“We don’t have a paddy field in the chiwog despite the spacious and barren area because there were no water sources in the area, so people are planning to …

The Light of Drukyul project initiated by the Ministry of Education (MoE) will discontinue the hiring of contract teachers selected at university graduate level this year. MoE hired the contract teachers as an interim measure to overcome the shortage of teachers around the country. The first batch of 158 contract …

Cases of substance abuse continue to be one of the highest among those registered with the Thimphu district court, involving mostly youth. Most of the substances they abuse are those that are smuggled in by drug peddlers. The records show that since January this year, 114 cases related to substance …

Renovation of farm roads is taking place in 11 villages under Gangzur gewog. Villagers are contributing labor for the works while the materials are being provided by the government. According to the gup, about 78% of the work is completed for now with six villages already done with the renovation …

The rupee task force report has also plotted the macro-economic (national economy) outlook for the Bhutanese economy. The report claims that in the 11th five year plan (FYP) Bhutan will grow at an average of 9.8% and about 15% by the first year of the 12th plan in 2019-2020. The …

Bar association (Jabmi Thuentshog) and Bar Council (Jabmi Tshogdey) which were to be formed in 2009 remain only in name. According to sections 2 and 14 of the Jabmi Act of Bhutan 2003, there should be a Jabmi Tshogdey and Jabmi Thuentshog but the Jabmi Act was never implemented till …

In the backdrop of financial institutions freezing loans due to the rupee crunch, private money lending has become a thriving business in the country though the procedures are illegal. This business is also rampant mostly in gambling dens. There are money lenders thriving on the spending sprees of gamblers, said …

An irrigation channel which was destroyed by a landslide last year in Nimshong chiwog under Gangzur gewog in Lhuentse  is  being renovated and is halfway through. According to Gup Karma Drukpa, the damage occurred after the completion of transplantation works last year but people were filled with fear that their …

This year, the Scholarship and Student Support Division (SSSD) under Adult and Higher Education Department (AHED) with the Ministry of Education (MoE) has decided not to send any students funded by the government to study in India, in order to “ease the flow of rupee,” according to division officials. Unlike …