The Bhutanese media has had a major impact on the evolution of Bhutanese democracy, government policies, laws, corruption, individual mindset and governance. Serious and credible newspapers using thorough research, reliable information networks, ethical norms and also a certain degree of boldness has created a significant impact especially in the last …

(2) Mass participation in educational programs for wholesome development   Educational programs such as scouting, dancing, sports, culture, cleaning campaign, community policing, so on are organized for wholesome development of students at all levels. One of the objectives for organizing these activities is to engage students so that they keep …

The Nu 100 mn project of the MoE that bought laptops and desktops for around 3000 teachers comes under fire The Ministry of Education’s (MoE)  ‘Empowering Teachers’ project which was initiated in mid-2009 and ended in April  this year has created loan repayment and miscommunication problems among three agencies – …

Just has food self-sufficiency has become an important national priority with the government working overtime to increase domestic vegetable production, a new report says that Bhutan will experience decreasing yields of rice and maize due to climate change. However, all is not bad as the same report says that potato …

Although a second probe was called into the Orong student deaths, people are worried and confused. This is because in Dec 2012, all the students who were affected had been boys. The theory at the time was that they were supposed to have suffered from nutritional deficiency disorder while the …

While the plan is on-going, four land owners have opted not to participate in the land demarcation The demarcation of land at Debsi under Chang gewog has started with the approval of the Ministry of Works and Human Settlement (MoWHS). However, four major land owners have not consented to the …

The Jigme Dorji National Park (JDNP) officials under the Department of Forests and Park Services (DoFPS) rescued Dawala, a two-month old Takin calf last Saturday from Tshachu area in Gasa. The rescued calf was brought to the Takin preserve in Motithang and is being tended to by the experts to …

Civil servants are barred from practicing as tour guides. This is as per an agreement signed by the Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) and Guide Association of Bhutan (GAB) with the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC). GAB should be responsible for taking up guiding matters because according to GAB Secretary …

The Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has proposed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) on May 29. A 40-member business delegation led by A K Azad, president of the FBCCI will be in Bhutan from May 28 …

Cordyceps exporters and traders will be paying higher royalty to the government from the next collection season (2013). This is if the proposal of the Department of Forests and Park Services (DoFPS) to fix the royalty rate for all Non-wood forest products (NWFPs) at 10% of the market value comes …