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Resident Representative of UNDP Bhutan, Azusa Kubota, said Bhutan has been very impressive, in terms of being carbon negative and reaffirming carbon neutrality commitment under the global framework but cannot be complacent. Azusa Kubota said that Bhutan will not be carbon neutral by 2030, especially in the areas of transportation. …

The People’s Democratic Party in a press release called upon the Government to implement the new school Assessment Rule from the new academic session. It said the Government has announced the new Assessment Structure in schools from mid this year. According to the changed assessment system, “the minimum pass mark …

Bhutanese laborers will still remain even after the import of foreign laborers Contractors are hopeful of being allowed to import of foreign laborers in the coming months as the mass quarantine facilities are set up. According to Construction Association of Bhutan (CAB), the labor shortage in the construction industry has …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …