Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) has been planning to have new Psychiatric ward for a long time but due to lack of budget or fund, the hospital still uses the old boys’ hotel of Royal Institutes of Health Sciences (RIHS) which was built in around 1974. Currently there …

Dhan Maya and Pasang Tamang have been by the side of Sonam Tamang in Japan for a month now. They are hopeful that Sonam will wake up from the coma, but as of now, the health condition is the same with Sonam. In a recent development, Dhan Maya, who suffers …

Within a period of five years, the education ministry is planning to build its very own unique brand in the education. The objective is to create ‘Brand Bhutan Education’ encapsulating Bhutanese values, which is also expected to add as a source of income for the country. Education minister, Lyonpo  J.B …

The OAG has chargesheeted the ACC’s overseas employment case involving the the Japan Learn and Earn Program (LEP) case and an Indian agent’s case to the Thimphu District court yesterday. The Indian agent case involves the former Labour Minister and his wife and niece, the current Labour DG and his …

Dhan Maya Tamang got a three-month visa extension till 24th November 2019 after with help from well wishers in Bhutan. The Ministry of Labour and Human Resources on its Facebook page also put up a most thanking the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for also working on the issue, though it …

The Director General (DG) of the Department of Employment and Human Resources, Sherab Tenzin, had written directly to Bhutan’s Honorary Consul in Japan on 26 July, without informing the Cabinet or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The DG’s letter to Honorary Consul Dr Ryoichi Nagata had come in as a surprise to the Prime …

Over 2000 babies born in JDWNRH from other dzongkhags Up to 45 percent of expectant mothers from other dzongkhags come to Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) to deliver. Last year the total number of births recorded in JDWNRH was 5,081 out of which half of them were from …

This is after the Parents and their lawyer filed a more detailed complaint on the 4 charges While the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) arrested Bhutan Employment Overseas (BEO) agents Tenzin Rigden and Jurmey Tshewang in Thimphu on 30th July for forging bank statements of students and also got a confession …

Dhan Maya Tamang has been visiting her daughter on a daily basis after reaching Japan on 27th July. When The Bhutanese contacted the mother on Friday she said she has no idea about what is happening back in country, but she said for now she is only looking after her sick …

Apart from formal charges by ACC, the vast majority of around 700 students under the Bhutan Employment and Overseas ‘Learn and Earn (LEP)’ program had joined legal complaints and lawsuits in Thimphu and Japan against BEO and its Japanese partner SND. BEO and SND stand charged and accused for a …