DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

Ministry of Education (MoE) aims to continue with its plans for uninterrupted education despite the lockdown caused by the community transmission of COVID-19. “Even if the mass transmission happens, education may not be interrupted,” said the Education Minister Jai Bir Rai. He added that the online teaching learning would go …

Following the outbreak of community transmission in the country, there has been a large amount of misleading and false information on COVID-19, especially doing the rounds on the social media. For example, the rumor stating that the government is running out of isolation facilities and also a post on Facebook …

RCSC also outlines important roles for the Principal Secretary In a significant development ever since the new Cabinet Secretary Sangay Duba was appointed from 12th March 2020 he had to join office a smaller ‘Office of the Cabinet Affairs,’ with the reduced roles of mainly conducting cabinet meetings and Committee …

With incidences of unauthorized transaction through mobile banking apps, financial institutions in the country said that the sharing of bank account details is the main cause. All the banks in the country have mobile banking apps, mBoB, BNB m-Pay, T bank TPay, Druk PNB app and BDB ePay with various …

Responding to the question on the status of the Government’s pledge of maternity allowance, the Health Minister reported that the required plans and preparations for rolling out the Maternity allowance is almost completed and it will be rolled out within a year. The Minister informed the House that the “Accelerating …

The motion was moved by Ugyen Dorji, Dewathang-Gomdar constituency MP for the government to institute a system of reviewing the retirement age of civil servants from time to time; and to raise the retirement age for all categories of civil servants to 60 years. He cited examples of how the …

During the Question and Answer Session in National Assembly, Member of Parliament (MP) of Wamrong Constituency Karma Thinley said due to the deterioration in economic situation in the country, unemployment issues have further worsened. Therefore, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes have also been started. He requested Labour …

During the Fourth Session of the Third Parliament, Member of Parliament of Nanglam Constituency, MP Choida Jamtsho highlighted on the shortages of health specialists across all dzongkhags and regional, and other hospitals. The MP said currently, the country has 13 Gynecologist specialists, 15 medical specialists, 15 surgeons and 12 pediatricians. …

Knowing the impact of COVID-19 on entertainment centers in the country, the government is under discussion on resuming the entertainment centers. Entertainment centers were closed for more than six months leaving both the employee and employers jobless. Lyonchhen Dr Lotay Tshering said that they are studying and discussing on the …

During the question and answer session in National Assembly, Bartsham Shongphu MP Dr (Ph.D) Passang Dorji raised a question on the status of the development of Samtse dzongkhag as Thromde A in the House which was announced during the First Session of the Third Parliament. In response, The Prime Minister, …