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210 students who have dropped out of school this year will be continuing their studies in the 2021 academic year except for a few students. There are 96 drop out students in class XII and 114 students in class X.  The Ministry of Education has analyzed the dropout cases and …

As of August 1, there are 2001 registered applicants, 1,204 for engagement and 797 for skilling with the Build Bhutan Project (BBP). A total of 1,494 applicants are job seekers, out of which 516 are female and 978 are male. 390 applicants are laid off comprising of 155 females and …

According to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC), it took quite a long time to finalize the Digital Drukyul flagship program due to difficulties in securing a budget. “We were not able to make a lot of expenditure, and this is expected since we took quite a long time …

The tourism industry is likely to face a slump for an indefinite period of time due to the pandemic. Director General of TCB, Dorji Dradhul, said there are no prospects to create long-term plans for the guides. The best TCB can do is encourage and support them to explore other …

Anxiety and withdrawal related cases are the most common cases in the Psychiatry Ward of the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH). The COVID-19 pandemic is also being blamed for the increase in anxiety cases within a period of six months this year. As per the record maintained by …

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has registered 192 of drugs and tobacco related cases, which includes abusing, illicit trafficking and illegal possession since March when the first COVID-19 case was reported. A maximum number of cases took place along the border, whereby some people crossed the border illegally to get the …

Education Minister Jai Bir Rai said if COVID-19 can be curbed or kept at bay then the rest of the students and college students who are currently at home could resume their classes by August this year. Lyonpo is visiting schools in the dzongkhags to inspect how schools are coping …

As of June 2020, the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has registered 66 Missing of Person (MoP) cases nationwide, out of which 8 are children. Thimphu police  alone has registered 31 MoP cases so far. RBP is yet to find 13 missing people. Likewise, 186 cases were registered with RBP in …

Following Lyonchhen’s announcement that it is up to the parents and Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) centers to decide on whether to open or not, most ECCDs in the country are yet to decide on whether to reopen or not. However, there are some ECCDs that will not reopen, …

The Wamrong Drunkhag Court conducted the miscellaneous hearing on 2 July on the alleged battery case involving Wamrong Drangpon’s wife and the cleaner’s wife. The incident took place on 26 April. The preliminary hearing was done on 3 July, whereby the police resubmitted their charges. They resubmitted that the alleged …