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The consumers have started experiencing the reduction in the price of the commodities in the recent times. The wholesalers shared that the contributing factors could be the removal of driver switching mode and lifting of 7-day mandatory quarantine in the South. However, the trans-shipment of goods at Mini-Dry Port (MDP) …

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 …

Normally, when the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) audits an agency it places accountability at various levels and follows up in the following years. However, the RAA will no longer fix accountability only in its Audit reports via Audit clearances etc, but it is now taking accountability to another level by …

The Supreme Court (SC) upholding the High Court’s judgment on criminal conspiracy case has convicted Khandu Wangmo to 9 years in prison on 21 March 2022. In addition, the Supreme Court had convicted her to 21 years for her involvement in sedition case on 11 January 2022 making it 30 …

The Supreme Court on 4 April upheld the High Court’s judgment involving a 56-year-old former teacher, Dil Bahadur Chhetri Neopani, in connection to molesting 10 students in 2019. He was initially convicted to 30 years in prison by the Tsirang District Court in July 2021, however, the High Court in …

The Natural Resources Development Corporation Limited  (NRDCL) is stocking up on sand before the monsoon season hits Bhutan. They have about 73,600 m3 or cubic meters (approximately 9,200 truckloads (TLs) of sand stocked so far. This is being done to meet the requirement for sand during the monsoon season. NRDCL …

As of 29 March 2022, the Ministry of Health (MoH) covered almost 99 percent of the children with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccines. 81.8 percent of children age between 12-17 years old are vaccinated with first and second doses, and 84.4 percent vaccine coverage above 18 years old. The …

A release from the Indian Embassy said to restore the Dzong to its former glory, the Reconstruction of Wangduephodrang Dzong was taken up as a bilateral Development Partnership Project between India and Bhutan in 2014. The aim of the Project is to ‘build back better’ with the incorporation of disaster …

There are a handful of landlords who have been giving rent waivers to their tenants during the pandemic. But a majority of the landlords have not been so considerate, even when receiving deferrals and the extension of loan term for an additional ten years. Instead, there are reports of landlords …

On 21 March 2022 the National COVID-19 Taskforce approved the standard operating procedures of home quarantine of seven days for people moving from high risk to low risk areas. All travellers who have not registered for home quarantine will be required to register using the ePass system. They should call …