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 …

Around three months ago on 8th August 2024 the Cabinet approved the new Thimphu Design Code submitted by the Royal Commission for Urban Development and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. The design code will result in far reaching changes in not only how future structures are built but also …

On 28th October, Monday afternoon, at 2pm the Tsirang Municipality under the Chairmanship of the Tsirang Dzongda cut off the power supply to the building of Rajen Tamang, 48, for not using the Karaoke in the basement for the intended purpose. Rajen had been holding religious gatherings of 30 to …

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 Taba Lower Secondary School (LSS) and Changzamtok Middle Secondary School. Taba LSS The school has classed PP to 8 and while it was identified as …

According to a reliable source the tariff for the 1,020 MW Punatsangchu II project is likely to be Nu 5.25 per unit. A tariff negotiation team was sent from Bhutan to Delhi with discussions under way on Friday. Initially Bhutan wanted Nu 5.85 per unit while India offered Nu 4.80 …

On the first day in office in 29th January 2024 the Prime Minister convened a meeting with the cabinet ministers where five executive orders and ten directives were issued to various ministries for expedited implementation. The Bhutanese over the last one month has been collecting updates from multiple agencies to …