The Department of Information Technology and Telecom (DITT) under Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) has been receiving ALIVE signal from the CubeSat, Bhutan’s first space borne satellite BHUTAN-1, which was deployed from the International Satellite Station (ISS) on 10th August last year. A CubeSat is a miniaturized satellite for …
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Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, will be on a two-day State Visit to Bhutan from 17-18 August 2019 at the invitation of Lyonchhen (Dr.) Lotay Tshering, Prime Minister of Bhutan, according to a release by the Foreign Ministry. Prime Minister Modi will be accompanied by …
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9 August 2019: His Majesty The King Granted an Audience to the Graduates of the Royal Institute of Management on the eve of their Convocation Ceremony. Before the Royal Address, His Majesty spent time interacting with the graduates and hearing their concerns and insights about the trajectory of our progress …
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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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