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The Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR) has engaged 2,500 people under the Build Bhutan Project (BBP) since its inception in July 2020. Although the target was to employee 7,000 people under BBP, however, such a target will be set aside for next year. Over a thousand people have …
Read More »Phuentsholing students to move to Phaduna by 15 and 16 August
There are 890 students in classes IX to XII, with 84 teachers, from Phuentsholing, who will be leaving to their new school on 15th and 16th August to continue their second term of the 2021 academic year, in Phaduna, Punakha. The Education Minister Jai Bir Rai said the plan for …
Read More »Even if people have received both doses risk has not changed: NI-TAG team
With the second dose of vaccination across the country, the relaxation of the current restrictions will be brought in a phase-wise manner. The National COVID-19 Task Force (NI-TAG) is yet to decide on the relaxation. Dr Sonam Wangchuk of NI-TAG said there will be some relaxation nationwide, but only a …
Read More »NCWC registered 61 cases of gender based violence in 2021 as of now
National Commission of Women and Children (NCWC) registered 162 different cases in 2021 as of now, of which 61 cases are related to Gender Based Violence (GBV). The statistic with the NCWC shows that of the total registered survivor, 8 are male while 53 are female. Likewise, in 2020 they …
Read More »Tsirang District Court sentences teacher to 30 years for molesting 10 children of classes 2 and 3
On 19 July 2021, Tsirang District Court convicted a 56-year-old man, Dil Bahadur Chhetri Neopani from Tsholingkhar, Tsirang to 30 years in prison in connection to molesting 10 girl students (classes II and III), age range between 9 years to 12 years. He is appealing to the High Court. The …
Read More »Relaxation will not happen for now even after the second dose until herd immunity is achieved: Health Minister
Relaxation will not happen anytime soon even after the second dose of vaccine, especially with the new COVID-19 variants emerging globally. The country will continue to follow strict COVID-19 protocols, said the Health Minister Dasho Dechen Wangmo. Unless the herd immunity is achieved, the quarantine, testing and the COVID-19 protocols …
Read More »Phuentsholing students to relocate in Punakha after mid-term exams
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has decided to relocate the students from Phuentsholing to Punakha. The ministry has also given options to parents and students to choose from the 190 seats available in various schools in the country. During the meet-the-press, Education Minister, Jai Bir Rai, said there are 1,096 …
Read More »HM Grants Dhar to Appoint Australia Ambassador and Dzongdas
(Left) Babu Ram Sherpa, who was serving as Specialist at the Department of Adult and Higher Education of the Education Ministry, is the new Tashi Yangtse Dzongda and (Right) Karma Thinley, Director at the Anti Corruption Commission, is the new Paro Dzongda His Majesty The King granted Dhar to appoint …
Read More »Not yet decided who will be next Home Minister: PM
Cutting short speculation on who will be the next Home Minister the Prime Minister Dasho (Dr) Lotay Tshering said that there has been no discussion and decision on that yet. There had been some speculation that the DNT’s candidate in Nanglam Karma Dorji will be a ministerial candidate but the …
Read More »New proposal on the seized property under ACC
The Good Governance Committee (GGC) and Anti-CorruptionCommission (ACC) have come up with a new proposal for the seized property under ACC, and the proposal was deliberated in the National Assembly (NA) on4 July 2021. An official from ACC said that a certain change is needed on movable property, responsibility for …
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