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 …

Currently, within the existing national protocol, every tourist must undergo a 21-day quarantine facility, so tourists who wish to visit are welcome to do so as long as they follow the regulations. However, for the formal reopening, the Tourism Technical Advisory Group has worked on reopening guidelines and Standard Operating …

Ministry of Economic Affairs(MoEA) held it’s first awareness program on fronting to the business community on 19th of August 2021 in two sessions with different sets of business community and associations. During the awareness program, officials of MoEA thoroughly introduced the concept of fronting, laws governing fronting, negative impacts of …

The Agriculture Minister says the Buyback system has to be changed The Government of India (GoI) refused to buy ginger from Bhutan, as India does not allow ginger imports from any country other than Nepal. To ensure that farmers are not affected, the government initiated a ginger Buyback scheme in …

Bhutanese Olympic athletes shared their views on how Bhutan can improve and bring home medals in the coming Olympics. Lenchu Kunzang, the shooter, said that in order to win in the Olympics,  the most important thing needed is endless physical and mental training and a good diet.  She added that …

Due to the increasing number of tobacco smuggling incidences along the porous southern borders and to reduce the threat of COVID-19 transmission, the ban on sale of tobacco was lifted. An official from the Bhutan Narcotics Control Agency (BNCA) said that number of tobacco consumers willing to quit tobacco has …

Translation of His Majesty’s Address at the RBA Parade As we are all gathered here on this auspicious day to celebrate your success, which is the result of your efforts and collective prayers, I am pleased to wish you all Tashi Delek. The Armed Forces of Bhutan was instituted upon …

Gurung (name changed) is the last Bhutanese left in Kabul after six of his Bhutanese colleagues also working for different United Nations agencies made it out safely. The paper is not revealing the identity and exact job of Gurung or even his former job in Bhutan for his own protection. …

As Israel started giving booster or third doses for COVID-19 to those above 40 and school teachers and the USA announced it would start giving third doses from 20th September 2021, the government is exploring the possibility of giving third doses to Bhutanese by next year. The Foreign Minister Dr …

The Health Minister Dasho Dechen Wangmo said that as of 19th August around 3,000 Bhutanese are yet to get vaccinated with the first dose. She said initially there were a total of 25,000 who had not been vaccinated at all, but around 22,000 of them came for their first dose …