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To enhance support for individuals with disabilities in social and educational settings, the Disabled People’s Organisation of Bhutan has released a Bhutanese version of the Disability Equality Training manual. The manual was released during the two-day National Disability Conference on Tuesday. Marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the initiative responds to growing demand for such training as public...

Support staff in schools, such as Elementary Service Personnel (ESP) and General Service Personnel (GSP), including cooks, will enjoy enhanced benefits as para-regular employees. The move, the education minister confirmed yesterday, during the parliament’s question hour session, grants them salary raises, transfers, loans, Provident Fund, gratuity, and professional development at par with regular civil servants. They were recruited as contract...

Despite the completion of a cold storage facility in March this year, none of the 130 piggery farms in Tsirang have utilized it to store pork. Farmers attribute this to the low pork production in the area, which has resulted in no surplus. Today, no pork is seen at the Nu 6.5 M facility. Instead, a poultry farmer is using...

Residents of Bjimithang Chiwog in Punakha's Dzomi Gewog, are increasingly worried as they are unable to cultivate crops in winter due to unreliable irrigation water supply. Despite receiving seeds from the government, people say the erratic water supply might delay their work, leaving fields uncultivated during winter. The villagers had planned to use the paddy fields this winter to cultivate...