During the 2-day visit of the India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar to Bhutan on 29 April, it was verbally conveyed to Foreign Minister Dr Tandi Dorji the Government of India (GoI) has agreed to provide Bhutan with the Third Internet Gateway at the tariff asked by Bhutan. Lyonpo …

Trade was one of the important sectors that were discussed during the visit of India’s External Affairs Minister. According to the Foreign Minister Dr Tandi Dorji, rather then diving into specifics, the government made a more general request to India’s External Affairs Minister. Lyonpo said that Bhutan and India have …

According to the Chair of Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) Foreign Minister Dr Tandi Dorji, the government is discussing about removing quarantine requirements for inbound travelers, and discussing on the formal opening of tourism. Lyonpo said that the government is discussing removing the quarantine requirement entirely for the official opening …

New question of safety for humans to consume such animal products As per the Department of Livestock (DoL), based on the laboratory findings of feed samples, said that it cannot be ascertained conclusively as to what in the feed caused the morbidity and mortality in birds, considering only a small …

After speaking to the media,  two female foresters were given a ‘compulsory retirement order’ with benefits. The Human Resource Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) issued an excess staff deployment order to its seven forest rangers working under Thimphu Forest Division. As per the order, the seven …

Over thousands of birds died and thousands of birds were affected across the country on December 2021 due to the suspected tainted feeds. Department of Livestock (DoL) carried out postmortem examinations of the affected birds and screening of major poultry viral diseases. According to the department, the post mortem examinations …

The increased city bus fares are hurting the commuters already burdened by inflation. Tshering, a regular commuter, is dissatisfied with the fare increase. “I live in Babesa and my office is in the Core Area. The city bus added Nu 10 to the fare. Previously, the fare from town to …

Although the 14-day mandatory quarantine for international travelers has been brought down to five days, however, the tourism sector has proposed to the government for a test and go scheme with one-night quarantine requirement. It was indicated that having a five-day quarantine would discourage tourists from entering the country. As …

Despite the lockdown, the Department of Information Technology and Telecom (DITT) under collected the biometric data of 27,192 individuals in March 2022, which is a total of 157,143 individuals so far.  According to the Head of Application Management Division under DITT, Sonam Penjor, as previously reported, progress was hampered by …

With the rising cost of commodities, rents and electricity, many people had hoped that the Bhutan Power Corporation (BPC) could waive off the electric bills, or even a certain percentage off of the bill amount. Earlier the Prime Minister Dasho Dr Lotay Tshering said that the government has talked to …