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To strengthen the already existing close ties of friendship and cooperation between India and Bhutan, and following the long-established tradition of regular exchange of high-level visits between the two countries, Dr. S. Jaishankar visit to Bhutan is country’s first high-level official visit since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India was in the …

… Female pass percentage too surpasses males’ by 0.29 percent In both the categories, Bhutan Certificate of Secondary Examination (BCSE), and Language and Cultural Studies Certificate (LCSC), girls are head and shoulders above the boys. The pass percentage is also higher for females, surpassing the males by 0.29 percent. The pass percentage for female is 70.25 percent while the pass …

In the 2021’s Class XII examinations set by Bhutan Council for School Examinations and Assessment (BCSEA) – Karma Academy produced five national toppers. Karma Academy bagged the first position in both commerce and arts streams. It also bagged the second position in each of the two streams. For the science stream, it bagged the third position. The school bagged five …

As Chair of the Small States Forum Lyonpo Namgay Tshering delivered the opening statement and moderated the virtual SSF. The Forum shed light on the multifarious challenges confronted by Small States due to the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and increasing threats from climate change. The way forward to build back better and need for development financing …

Many netizens are demanding reinvestigation of the molestation case where a 58-year-old former teacher in Tsirang was convicted of molesting 10 students in 2019, but the Supreme Court (SC) Registrar General (RG) said there would be no “reinvestigation”. He said the SC inquired about the case, and found Dil Bahadur Chettri was proven to be guilty beyond reasonable doubt. The …

Representatives of the 194 gaydrungs across the country submitted two pleas to the Prime Minister, and the Opposition Leader, they are seeking for term extension and compensations for the retrenchment. According to the representatives of the gaydrungs, they say that either of the pleas, extension will help them to chart their future properly while compensation will help them to transition …

To ensure safe learning and teaching environment with the opening of the schools across the country, schools adopt innovative and strict COVID-19 protocols. Besides schools following the COVID-19 protocols like using mask, washing hands and maintaining social distancing, each schools have their own innovative and strict strategies to ensure safe learning and teaching environment for the students and the teachers. …

In an exclusive interview with Bhutan TODAY, Sherab Namgay, the Managing Director of Bhutan Board Products Limited talks about BBPL’s Wood Mulch Manure – ‘Greenure’, its pricing schemes, production capacity and the endeavor to complement the country’s National Organic Flagship Project, additionally, the Managing Director also talks about the automation of the plant to blend a greater yield of organic …

… The post started in 1960s. Puran Gurung To streamline public service delivery by stressing on professionalism, leadership and innovations in the local governance, the government decides to altogether wind-up the post of gaydrung (Gup’s clerk), a post synonymous to public service delivery, by coming month. Gaydrung’s job entails writing applications, dispatch works, and general office duties. This comes after …

Puran Gurung Pointing at the negligible intra-regional trade and investment sector developments within the Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) member states since the inception of the body, promoting it for the seven South Asian and Southeast Asian nations will be BIMTSEC’s ‘success story’. At the 5th BIMSTEC Summit hosted in virtual mode, the Summit’s theme “Towards …