The parents and students had filed a separate case with the RBP The Royal Bhutan Police will start reviewing the case filed by students and parents against the Bhutan Employment Overseas (BEO) agent for the Learn and Earn (LEP) program in Japan from Monday, 22nd July. If there are strong …

Apollo Bhutan institute of Nursing (ABIN), a new nursing institute, was formally inaugurated on 18th July, 2019 by the health minister Lyonpo Dechen Wangmo in presence of the Foreign Minister, Chief Justice, the Vice Chairperson of the Apollo group of hospitals, and dignitaries from various agencies. The institute is the …

“If I lose hope, then how will I bring back my daughter”: Dhan Maya Tamang Coma patient Sonam Tamang’s mother Dhan Maya Tamang and her elder son Pasang Tamang and her younger son Yanas Tamang met with the Minister for Labour and Human Resources, Lyonpo Ugyen Dorji on Friday, 19th …

No labour pain after epidural anesthesia has also led to mothers to undergo C-Section delivery With increasing numbers of expectant mothers opting for epidural analgesia or anesthesia, there is also an increase in the number of mothers who undergo cesarean section or C-section delivery. In 2016, 51 expectant mothers opted …

Nu 1.9 mn raised till date A lot of prayers for the recovery of coma patient Sonam Tamang in Japan, and an online fundraising campaign is going on in full swing for her mother Dhan Maya, who will be leaving for Japan soon. Large numbers of people are showing their …

A three-day media workshop on the 12th Five Year Plan (FYP) and the Health related SDGs in Paro was held from 4th to 6th July. The main objective of the workshop is to engage the stakeholders in a participatory learning exercise about public health issues in Bhutan. Chief Planning Officer …

‘I will be staying back even if I have to eat minimal food everyday. I will do anything to recover my daughter’: Mother 27-year-old Sonam Tamang was a hardworking, understanding and loveable daughter to her family. According to her family, throughout her schooling, she suffered but that made her stronger …

RBP to decide if it can take the case or not Lawyers in Japan get ready to sue BEO’s Japanese partner SND on behalf of Bhutanese families Around 100 youth and parents who claim to be the victims of the ‘learn and earn program’, an employment scheme started the Bhutan …

Education ministry’s big school project focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) is a separate school being planned by the Ministry of Education (MoE). Although STEM is a new kind of specialized school for the gifted students in Bhutan, however, many countries around the …

Parliament passes motions to substitute LPG import by promoting the use of electrical home appliances and to improve and enhance the availability of subsidized rural electricity The National Assembly (NA) discussed the need for a policy to promote and use clean energy to replace Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) as fuel …