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Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA) recently informed the general public to avoid the use of four substandard paediatric medicines that are, Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup, and Magrip N Cold Syrup. The World Health Organization (WHO) had issued an alert on the four types of …
Read More »BCCI President hopeful that reforms in CS will translate to a better business environment
Pema Choki/ Thimphu The private sector is hopeful that the current reforms in the country will help to further develop the sector, especially after weathering the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the key challenges faced by the private sector are limited access to finance and restrictive measures …
Read More »Home-based workers are the future says HNSA trustees
HomeNet South Asia (HNSA) hosted its first-ever three-day congress with the theme, “We are a movement, we are a sisterhood, we are the future” in Kathmandu on 18 -20October 2022. It is a regional network of home-based worker organizations, representing over 12 million home-based workers. The congress saw the presence …
Read More »Doing slope stabilization the green way
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between BRO Project DANTAK and Green Bhutan Corporation Limited (GBCL) on Friday at the DANTAK office in Thimphu to employ environmentally acceptable green approaches for slide mitigation at the request of the Department of Roads (DoR) under Ministry of Works and Human Settlement. …
Read More »NA to deliberate on the Civil Service Reform Bill and Clean Wage Pay Revision Bill
The 8th Session of the Third Parliament of Bhutan is scheduled to commence on 4 November 2022. The National Assembly (NA) conducted a preliminary meeting to set the agenda yesterday. NA is set to deliberate on the Civil Service Reform Bill of Bhutan 2022, a Government Bill submitted for deliberation, …
Read More »5,790 tourists arrived in the country from 23 September to 12 October
As per Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB), a total of 5,790 tourists have arrived in the country from September 23 to October 12, 2022. A total of 2,016 tourists who arrived in the country are paying the full USD 200 Sustainable Development Fee (SDF), with 1,585 guests paying the old …
Read More »Overloaded and understaffed Eye hospital in JDWNRH receives 500 patients a day
The eye hospital in the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) sees on average 500 patients in a day. The hospital saw 916 patients on 19 August 2022, which was the highest patient load overall compared to all departments. An official from the eye hospital in JDWNRH shared, through …
Read More »A lone woman coach competes against 9 male coaches in Premier League
Football is basically considered as a man’s sport, however, many women have started taking part in it and Bhutan now has a female coach for one of the local clubs. Coach Denkar, a 33-year-old woman is the lone woman coach breaking the stereotype and she is competing against 9 male …
Read More »In a first SC creates separate Bench in Thimphu to deal with multiple Phajo Nidup cases running into hundreds of millions
The Supreme Court has directed the creation of a special one-time bench in the premises of the Supreme Court in Thimphu to hear all of Phajo Nidup’s many loan, land and money related cases. The bench will be a district court bench and it will be headed by a Drangpon …
Read More »GoI to not levy 20 Percent rice tax but flour still under discussion: MoEA Minister
On 8 September 2022, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) of India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a notification that the Government of India (GoI) has prohibited the export of broken rice, and placed a 20 percent export tax on non-basmati rice, effective from 9 September 2022. According …
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