DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

The Agriculture Minister says the Buyback system has to be changed The Government of India (GoI) refused to buy ginger from Bhutan, as India does not allow ginger imports from any country other than Nepal. To ensure that farmers are not affected, the government initiated a ginger Buyback scheme in …

FCBL says export restrictions are designed to safeguard trading partners’ local farming communities, while some are designed to defend against diseases and chemicals According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Food Corporation of Bhutan Limited (FCBL), Naiten Wangchuk, Buyback is not a good system because it will deplete government …

Bhutan on Friday morning sent 230,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to Nepal. The Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba took to Twitter to thank His Majesty The King and the Prime Minister for the vaccines. He tweeted saying, “Nepal welcomes the friendly gesture from Bhutan in aiding Nepal’s fight against …

The three defendants, among the four who were involved in criminal conspiracy case, have appealed to the high court. Khandu Wangmo has appealed on 6 August, Supreme Court Justice Kuenlay Tshering had appealed on 1 August, while Drangpon Yeshey Dorji made the appeal on 5 August. In the judgment passed …

Students will move by mid-August, 2021 Classes IX to XII students in Phuentsholing are to be relocated to Phaduna in Punakha so that they can continue their second term in the 2021 academic year. The primary students will continue with online teaching and learning in Phuentsholing itself. Phaduna is on …

In a statement the DPT Vice President Lily Wangchuk said she has resigned from the post of Vice President of the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa and applied to withdraw from the primary membership of the party. She said he has had great experience working with the most seasoned politicians of Bhutan’s …

According to Ministry of Health (MoH), 599,640 people have registered for Nationwide Second Dose Vaccination Campaign and a total of 454,186 people are already vaccinated, out of which 238,321 are male and 215,865 are female. The second roll out was from 20 to 26 July 2021 which is a period …

Even after vaccinating the children aged between 12 to 17 years, Bhutan will still be left with around 121,000 children unprotected from the COVID-19 variants. The Health Minister Dasho Dechen Wangmo said the ministry is working towards securing vaccines for the children. The ministry will be taking up the discussion …

A mix and match of the vaccines or heterologous dosing of different brands for first and second doses appears to give a good protection due to stronger immune response against the COVID-19 variants, as per the scientific research and studies done worldwide. Many trials have been conducted on heterologous dosing, …

The Preliminary Examination (PE) for Bhutan Civil Service Examination (BCSE) is scheduled to start on 15 August. Many final year college students studying in India are worried that they might not be able to sit for PE, as it is unlikely for them to make it on time for the …