Even with the ban of tobacco sale and import lifted, some of the tobacco consumers still complain about buying cigarettes at high costs, same as before when the ban was on.  Tenzin Dorji who is a smoker said he cannot make it to the tobacco outlets as he lives far …

Bhutan on Friday morning sent 230,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to Nepal. The Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba took to Twitter to thank His Majesty The King and the Prime Minister for the vaccines. He tweeted saying, “Nepal welcomes the friendly gesture from Bhutan in aiding Nepal’s fight against …

The three defendants, among the four who were involved in criminal conspiracy case, have appealed to the high court. Khandu Wangmo has appealed on 6 August, Supreme Court Justice Kuenlay Tshering had appealed on 1 August, while Drangpon Yeshey Dorji made the appeal on 5 August. In the judgment passed …

With the second dose being given to around 65 percent of the population there is now increasing pressure on the government from various quarters for relaxations. There are nudges and pushes and pulls from many sectors. This in the backdrop of the government on the verge of completing its third …

NEW DELHI – It is rare for a public-opinion survey to shake established perceptions of a country in the way a recent Pew Research Center study of religion in India has done. The revelations in Pew’s comprehensive survey, based on interviews with 30,000 adults in 17 languages between late 2019 and early …

Govt worried about spread of Delta globally, vaccinated getting infected in other countries and 30% of domestic population yet to get the vaccines With around 95 percent of the eligible population and around 65 percent of the total population getting vaccinated with the second dose, there has been some speculation …

If all goes to plan with Bhutan’s second dose vaccination program, then in another two months or so it stands to become the first country in the world to reach the 80 percent herd immunity required against the Delta variant. The earlier standard for herd immunity was vaccinating 60 to …

The multi-billion Punatsangchu I and II projects are now officially delayed from six months to two years due to the impact of COVID-19 due to the shortage of labour and the inability of experts to come to Bhutan. The promising 1,020 MW Punatsangchu II project was supposed to be completed …

One of the biggest challenges facing the economy is the lack of labourers to carry on a spate of construction activities from hydropower to government projects to private construction. This is especially so when Construction take up the largest share of the GDP and is thus vital to starting any …

According to the Economic Affairs Minister, Loknath Sharma, import and export business is becoming institutionalized as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, and this will become the norm around the world. Lyonpo said that there were various unofficial routes, and India began to systematize its trade after the ice gate was …