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 …
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs writes to MoLHR asking for explanation In what was a major violation of diplomatic protocol, the Director General of the Department of Employment and Human Resources, Sherab Tenzin had written directly to Bhutan’s Honorary Consul in Japan on 26th July without informing the Cabinet or the …
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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 …
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A NHK Japan investigation uncovers how the ‘Learn and Earn’ program suffers from fundamental flaws that leads to exploitation of foreign students by Japanese language schools The LEP program was originally and mainly meant for Chinese and Korean students who use similar Kanji scripts used by the Japanese A NHK …
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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 …
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A 49-year-old mother and 22-year-old daughter lost their lives to a flood in Lhuentse on the mid-night of 25 July 2019. The deceased daughter was seven months pregnant. The incident took place at Gangzur gewog, Lhuntse when the flooded Lingbi river hit the house of the deceased. During the time …
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GNHC evaluation found program to be 77 percent effective and recommended its continuation but funding was an issue Minister says govt will come up with a YELP program but it will not be a direct employment program The biggest youth employment scheme of the former PDP government, the Direct Employment …
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Villagers had planted hybrid avocado trees in the forests for elephants but humans had eaten all the produce You may have heard of elephants attacking and eating fruit trees and crops, but starting this year, wild elephants in Tashichholing Gewog under Samtse Dzongkhag have developed a new habit of attacking …
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“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 …
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The Ministry of Health has come up with a draft concept paper that is looking at the issue of taxing alcohol to reduce the usage or abuse of alcohol. The concept paper, which was worked on by the Health Minister Lyonpo Dechen Wangmo herself, is a first and important step …
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