According to the Executive Director of the Association of Bhutanese Tour Operators (ABTO) and the chair of Tourism Technical Advisory Group, Sonam Dorji, tourists are not willing to visit Bhutan due to the mandatory quarantine period imposed on all visitors coming from abroad. For many of the tourists, travelling to Bhutan …

It does appear that, currently, the capital city and the other low-risk dzongkhags are safe and free of COVID-19 due to stringent protocols maintained in the southern regions, which has the four major points of entries, in Samdrup Jongkhar, Gelephu, Samtse and Phuentsholing including many minor grounds of entries. A …

Bhutan has gone 14 days with zero cases and four weeks with no community cases. There are multiple factors that are contributing to no new positive cases from the community. The main two factors are vaccination and strict monitoring. Dr Sonam Wangchuk, a member of the National Immunization Technical Advisory …

Thimphu Police along with the Samtse Police have apprehended 6 men, between 25 to 30 years of age. The four suspects were arrested in Samtse on 24 August while the remaining two suspects were arrested in Thimphu. A gang of suspects had robbed a house near the Centenary Farmers’ Market, …

It is unprecedented in Bhutan’s electoral democracy so far for MPs to openly voice their Opposition to the selection of a Minister by the Prime Minister or even openly disagree with the PM. However, this appears to now have happened with MPs coming under their own names to record their …

CHICAGO – The United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan has captured the world’s attention. The chaos, distress, and general sadness of those left behind by America and its allies have drawn significant criticism. It seems inconceivable that 20 years of war, tens of thousands of lives, and $2 trillion were not enough …

The appointment of the new Labour Minister Karma Dorji has brought a unique situation of a first ever elected minister whose company (eDruk) is still executing a government tender from the flagship project of Digital Drukyul. While the business license for eDruk is owned by Karma Dorji’s mother the minister …

DNT MPs openly criticize selection process of new Labour Minister The former Home Minister Dasho Sherub Gyeltshen’s resignation was accepted on 6th May 2021 and the by elections for Nanglam and Mongar was done by 29th June, but the decision on the new Labour Minister in the form of Karma …

Bhutan has recorded more than 4,200 cases related to mental and behavioral disorders in 2017 and 6,858 cases in 2020. Depression Incidence in Bhutan per 10,000 population has risen from 6.0 in 2017 to 10.4 in 2019. Suicide ranks among the top six leading causes of deaths. There was a …

Frances H Bak, 70, from the United States of America, is the first tourist to enter Bhutan on 9 August this year after Bhutan decided to allow tourists in. Bak said, “Bhutan chose me. My relationships with the people I met here fueled my desire to return. They act as …