Confusion over CPMS, ePass and RT-PCR report for inter district movement The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) member, Dr Tshokey, said that during the lockdown, essential commodities must be delivered, thus people must go to various locations, from high risk to low risk, and as a result, even though people are …

FCBL imported 253.4 MT of chillies worth Nu 10.9 mn as of February 10, 2022 To meet the chilli shortage and price hike, the government approved a time bound import of “safe green chilies” into the country between January and March 2022. FCBL has imported 253.4 MT of chillies worth …

The Opposition party has proposed three recommendations to the government on the COVID-19 measures. The first is Re-strategizing COVID-19 Management and Lockdown-keeping lockdowns short and effective. On the first recommendation the Opposition Leader Dorji Wangdi said that the party is unaware of demands by some in the public to lift …

According to the two telecom companies in the country, there is no differential tariff for 5G, and while there may be concerns on the higher bill amount, the companies explained that because of the difference in the connectivity speed with 5G being multiple times faster than 4G, consumption of data …

On 29 January 2022, Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA) issued a notification to stop the sale of the suspected batches of the feed manufactured and supplied by Karma Feeds throughout the country on 14 and 15 January 2022, as it could be the possible cause of recent sporadic reports …

Shortage of quarantine facilities are a challenge Since the lockdown began more than two weeks ago, the country has noticed an increase in COVID-19 positive cases. According to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) Secretary and also the Chairman of Wangdue, Punakha and Gasa COVID-19 Task Force (WPGCTF), Karma Tshering, …

TCell says net usage went up by 30% after lockdown while BT says 23% Mobile Internet users are venting their frustrations over the poor Internet connection for the past several days. It was felt that the introduction of 5G impacted the network, but not so, according to both the telecom …

According to the Health Minister, Dasho Dechen Wangmo, despite the travel restrictions, there are still people traveling back and forth between dzongkhags claiming they are stranded. Lyonpo said that those people who are still on their route or have not arrived at their destination are referred to as being stranded. …

The Head of the Office of Performance Management under His Majesty’s Secretariat, Karma Yonten said that the government is concerned that more numbers of front line workers on duty are testing positive from numerous quarantine facilities. He said that they had numerous discussions with the desuups on duty about how …

Meanwhile, 99,824- individual biometric has been collected as of now According to the Department of Information Technology and Telecom (DITT) under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC), the nationwide biometric data collection for the National Digital Identity project (NDI), underway in 11 dzongkhags from 13 October 2021, has been …