DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

The Prime Minister had earlier said that the pledge for free nutritious lunch in schools within 120 days had intentionally been labeled as achieved, although it is actually not implemented in schools, since a lot of effort has been in it and it had been approved by the cabinet after …

The Managing for Excellence (MaX) Performance Management System was introduced in 2017 for schools. However, soon after two main issues were brought to the fore by teachers and others working in the schools. The first was that there was limited clarity and consistency in the assessment of the IWP leading …

During the Friday press meet the Prime Minister was asked three questions on the ‘Earn and Learn’ program controversy. Lyonchhen (Dr) Lotay Tshering told the press gathering that this would be ‘final question’ he would be taking on the issue and giving an answer to it. In what appeared to …

The Royal Bhutan Police came up with a day long consultative program on Intelligence Led Policing (ILP) in Thimphu with the main objective to make Bhutan a safer place to live and work. They will study how the initiative will work in Thimphu for a year and after that other …

Lyonchhen (Dr) Lotay Tshering during the inaugural ceremony of the 14th Round Table Meeting (RTM) held in the capital this week, reiterated that climate change is real and efforts must be made to reduce its impact given Bhutan’s vulnerability. Similarly, discussions and commitments from Bhutan’s developing partners and donors during …

As the government completed120 days in power, the government during the recent meet the press informed that out of the five pledges on agriculture, it has achieved two and three are on track. The government informed the press that the government’s pledge on the establishment of water agency, stray dog …

As the government completed 120 days the Prime Minister (Dr) Lotay Tshering shared the status on the ‘25 pledges in 120 days’. The DNT, in its manifesto, had come up with a list of 25 pledges to be fulfilled within the first 120 days. The government divided the status of the …

With the drastic increase in the number of hotels- low occupancy, selling rooms at lower rates and difficulty in repaying the loans are some of the major concerns for the hoteliers today, according to the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Bhutan (HRAB). Today there are about 397 hotels in Thimphu …

According to the records, the Office of Attorney General (OAG) received 870 cases in total from the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) in 2018 which comprises of different criminal offenses. Of the total cases received by OAG, 296 cases were closed, 1 was deferred, 9 were diverted, 506 are ongoing and …

The academic session this year began with doing away with the Saturday classes after the decision was endorsed during the 19th education conference on December last year. Education minister Lyonpo JB Rai said that even with no Saturday classes, the time allotted for syllabus coverage is more than required. “The …