BHUTAN TODAY The New Perspective

Yeshey Lhadon A Royal Initiative of Her Majesty,The Gyaltsuen to help build a society that promotes the mental health and wellbeing of all Bhutanese through a coordinated and holistic approach – PEMA Center will be a nodal agency. Despite numerous ongoing efforts from different stakeholders to support and promote mental health and wellbeing, the explicit and coordinated response is crucial …

Puran Gurung National Council (NC) members expressed concerns over the session procedures highlighting that the proper Legislative Rules of Procedures in voting and passing of bills was not followed in the Joint Sitting. At the National Council’s Press Conference to report the resolutions passed by the House in the 29th Session, the NC members discussed on the issue of voting …

Yeshey Lhadon Bukkey Primary School is one of the exemplary schools in Samtse despite being one of the remotest schools. Recently the school management headed by Jigme Jamtso, the officiating principal came into the limelight once more for taking an interesting initiative by starting daytime nap sessions for the students of classes PP and I. There are 11 students in …

…Class VIII will seat for the board exam on December 19 Yeshey Lhadon Board examinations for classes VI and VIII were discontinued sometime in 2006. When the Ministry of Education (MoE) decided to reinstate the board examination after almost 16 years, educators expressed mixed opinions on the decision. As per the MoE’s directive, the students of class VIII will sit …

Puran Gurung A lone Bhutanese freestyle swimmer, also a Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) scholarship holder is all set for swimming action at Budapest starting June 18 to July 3. Representing Bhutan, the duo swimmer teens – 18-year-old Sangay Tenzin, and 17-year-old Kinley will compete at 19th edition of FINA World Championship 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. Sangay Tenzin compete for …