During meet the press, Lyonchhen Dr Lotay Tshering said that knowing the challenges faced by the people of Jomotshangkha, Lauri and Menjong, they are planning to complete the construction of Samdrupjongkhar to Jomotshangkha highway at the earliest taking advantage of a pleasant weather. Lyonchhen said that the construction work is …

Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering said that be it a frequent traveler, they must have a genuine reason to travel from a low risk to high risk area. A person will have to be in quarantine facility for 7 days and if a person chooses to be in a budget …

Knowing the impact of COVID-19 on entertainment centers in the country, the government is under discussion on resuming the entertainment centers. Entertainment centers were closed for more than six months leaving both the employee and employers jobless. Lyonchhen Dr Lotay Tshering said that they are studying and discussing on the …

Drop in drug abuse cases due to sealed borders and lack of supply As per the data from Royal Bhutan Police (RBP), they have registered 718 cases of drug abusers, 3 cases of illegal possession and 236 cases of trafficking in 2020 as of October. For 2019 they had registered …

Dawa won the Chhoekhor-Tang seat with 2,889 votes against DPT’s Tenzin Norbu with 1,707 votes during the bye-election of 19 November. The overall voter turnout was 73.90 %. Dawa said that there was nothing exciting with the news of winning the seat as everything was a normal process. He was rather …

It is an all Bhutanese workforce The project for the construction of a four-lane road starting from Bhutan Telecom junction till Jungshina Bridge (3.1 KM) has a 100 percent Bhutanese workforce, ranging from the young up to people of 50 to 60 years of age and they have female workers …

To encourage children and men in the house to help women with the cooking, Britannia Cheese launched ‘Let’s Cook for Ama’ cookbook series on 11th November 2020 coinciding with Children’s Day celebrations in Bhutan. The objective of the launch was also to celebrate and appreciate the important role played by …

Dawa representing Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) and Tenzin Norbu representing Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) have completed their common forum for the up-coming Chhoekhor-Tang by-election which will take place on 19 November 2020. Tenzin Norbu said that though he did not get a chance to go on a familiarization tour due …

Bhutan Narcotics Control Authority (BNCA) have seized 100 packets of cigarettes, 100 packets of Baba and 30 packets of Bidi amounting to Nu 75,000 from shops in Thimphu between 28 October to 5 November.  They were getting it from duty free and later selling it in shops with increased prices. …

As per the data from Royal Bhutan Police (RBP), the Check-Post Management System (CMPS) for inter-district movement 11 September to 12 November sawcmore than 1 million registrations by people and more than 400,000 vehicles also registered. In the same time frame, 8,747 people have travelled from high risk areas (Samtse, …