While the passing of the motion to table the Pay Structure Reform Act of Bhutan 2022 for Amendment saw a lot of debate around its legality, and some minor issues for civil servants and diplomats, the real meat and intent of the Bill was missed by all. In the last …

The Department of Education Program (DEP) shared that in 2023 a total of 153 secondary schools with trained counsellors reported a total of 2,171 bullying cases, with 1,115 cases involving male students and 1,056 involving female students. This does not include all the 573 schools in Bhutan including extended classrooms. …

The country’s first inclusive school is the Changangkha Middle Secondary School (MSS) in Thimphu which started its journey as a general school in 1961, but it became an inclusive School after Her Majesty The Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Pem Wangchuck inaugurated the Special Education Unit in 11 June 2003. The …

There has been much outcry after large numbers of brand-new Euro 6 diesel vehicles across different companies were failing or requiring repeated maintenance. The main suspect was the quality of fuel coming in from fuel companies in India, as the fuel were all supposed to be Euro 6 but some …

A group of pensioners have approached the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Good Governance Committee (GGC) of the National Assembly (NA) on the need for a Pension Act with the main aim being to link civil service pay hikes to pensions too. GGC, in line with the request of …

The Motithang Higher Secondary School (HSS) from classes 9 to 12 was declared an inclusive school from 2023 onwards by the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) and Thimphu Thromde. The main intention was it being a continuing school for Changangkha Middle Secondary School, including for students with disability. …

Pema, 36, from Wangdue was one of the students who went on the Japan Learn and Earn program (LEP) through Bhutan Employment Overseas (BEO) after taking a Nu 600,000 loan from RICBL. Of the around 700 students sent to Japan, around 73 were first sent at Nu 600,000 with the …

The Jigmeling Industrial Park will host a 500 MW capacity Bitcoin mining data center operation, currently under construction as announced by Bitdeer on 7th November.  It will start operation in phases from the first quarter of 2025 or mid 2025 onwards going to December 2025 or latest by the first …

Increasing sickness and deaths in Australia and how ABPI is helping in Perth In a tragic incident, a young Bhutanese student studying in Perth, Australia, has been found dead, with authorities suspecting suicide as the cause. The student’s body was discovered on 1st November 2024, and local police have reported …

Out of the five inclusive schools identified in 2024 by the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) and Thimphu Thromde, this issue focuses on Loselling Middle Secondary School. The school is from class Pre-Primary (PP) to class 10 and has 1,486 students of which 11 are differently abled, according …