In a major relief to Rajen Tamang, the Tsirang District Court on 3rd December ordered the Tsirang Dzongkhag and Municipality to reconnect the essential utilities, water and electric power, to his building in Damphu town. The Municipality had cut off the water supply to the building on the morning of …

In a first of its kind in Bhutanese democracy, Members of Parliament of the National Assembly, all on the same page, and on the verge of passing a very lucrative Parliamentary Entitlement Amendment Bill 2024 that would have given them the Prado Quota and various new allowances and entitlements reversed …

Rajen Tamang, the owner of the building in Damphu town whose water and power were cut for using his karaoke hall for unauthorized gatherings, has filed a Constitutional case in the High Court over religious freedom. His case is based on Article 7 Section 4 which states, “A Bhutanese citizen …

‘Where there is a will there is a way’. The Members of Parliament (MP) in the National Assembly (NA) while discussing the Parliamentary Entitlements (Amendment) Bill of Bhutan 2024 today approved section 20 which is essentially the Prado Quota. Section 20 says, ‘Every A Member of Parliament shall be provided …

Yangchengatshel Higher Secondary School under Thimphu started operating as an inclusive school from 2018 onwards, according to the Principal, Shambay Dawa. The school has classes from Pre-Primary (PP) to class 12 with 698 students in total, of which 33 are students with special needs. Of the 33 with special needs, …

58 students have died by suicide in the last 59 months since 2019 From January to 22nd November 2024 there have been a total of 11 student suicide cases across Bhutan as reported by schools to the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD). In the last 10 years, there …

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 …