His Cabinet colleagues and key staff across the 10 ministries also stayed away from family with ministers in a guest house and officers camped in the ministries Unknown to many, while the nation was in lockdown at home, the Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers, senior officials and key staff across the …

Tenzin Lekphell is all set to be the next Secretary General of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) after he was nominated by the government as its appointee and it was accepted by the Foreign Secretaries of the member countries. The Foreign Ministers need to …

If the economy was in a bad enough condition with the COVID-19 measures, the nearly one-month lockdown has put it in a deep freeze. The Finance Minister Namgay Tshering and his core team in Paro are racking their brains, going through a lot of data and coming up with important …

Domestic tourism plan also being drawn up The Tourism Industry and the tourism season is dead for the entire 2020, but there is some hope in 2021 as the Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) is working on and proposing the concept of ‘Bubble Tourism’. A TCB official, on the condition …

Expect big cuts in expenditure and reworking of the 12th plan too The three-week national lockdown is not only having an impact on the private sector, but it is also playing havoc with government’s revenue target and hence its finances. The Finance Minister Namgay Tshering said that the tax revenue …

56 confirmed to test positive for antibodies of 10,282 samples 43 are DANTAK cases Phuentsholing is staring at a massive COVID-19 problem as of Monday with 41 Mini Dry Port (MDP) linked local transmission cases and  community survelliance cases. Of the 62 community survelliance cases 43 are Dantak and 1 …

22,955 beneficiaries of Druk Gyalpo’s Relief Kidu got Nu 284 mn in relief for August 9,532 children also covered under Child Support Kidu Before the lockdown of 11th August the phone line 1188 was for the Druk Gyalpo Kidu Relief for those who had lost their livelihood due to COVID-19 …

As of Monday morning there are a total of 40 local transmission cases originating from Phuentsholing which includes 28 cases linked to the 25-year-old index case found on August 12th in the Mini Dry Port after he had symptoms and got tested. Of the 40 cases above,  five cases in …

MDP functioning only at 30 to 40 percent capacity and only essential imports to be allowed Hoarding going on in Thimphu with almost double supply of LPG running out Even hardly a week into the lockdown, major wholesalers in Thimphu like 8 Eleven, My Mart and others ran out or …

But only after finishing with those who came from Phuentsholing first The Ministry of Health will be conducting mass testing in Thimphu with plans to test one person from every household in Thimphu. The Prime Minister had earlier said that there are around 27,000 households in Thimphu. This means it …