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The Finance Minister Lyonpo Namgay Tshering said that, the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) as the central bank and the Financial Institutions are working on monetary measures to ensure more liquidity. Lyonpo said that at the moment there is enough liquidity with around Nu 20 bn lying with the FIs. The …
Read More »Government approves Master in Primary Education Degree from 2021 Academic Year
Paro college of Education (CoE) will launch the Master in Primary Education (English, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies) in the new academic year 2021. The Ministry will send 40 primary school teachers, 10 each in the above subjects to avail this programme. The programme is for 2 years. After completing …
Read More »Increasing COVID cases but big drop in people visiting flu clinics across the country
The number of people visiting flu clinics has decreased unlike in the beginning with the disclosure of the first COVID-19 patient in March. In March, 5,984 patients visited the flu clinic set up by Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) with 300 to 400 patient visiting the flu clinic …
Read More »Vendors at CFM not happy with the decision to close down the market
Decision to move sections of CFM to poorly ventilated MLCPs also raises concerns According to the Tshogpa of Centenary Farmers Market, Dendup, the Prime Minister has clearly explained about the current pandemic; however, the vendors are not happy since vendors were made to take part in lucky draw for the …
Read More »The gift of the pandemic to the nation will be more focus and investments in Health and Education: PM
More budget to be allocated for both in the 5-year plan and annual budget along with reforms One of the major outcomes of the COVID-19 crisis is that the government is planning major investments and far reaching changes and reforms in Education and Health. Lyonchhen Dr Lotay Tshering said, “For …
Read More »Tomato and onion prices skyrocket
FCBL imports 45.650 MT of onions and 18.109 MT of tomato The spike in the price of onion and tomato comes after the lockdown in the country. The lockdown imposed in the country has affected vegetable supply, leading to a steep rise in price for onion and tomato. Due to …
Read More »RCSC issues directions for civil servants to work post lockdown
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has said that starting September 7, all offices should open and operate fulltime and until then the management should prepare for offices to operate within the COVID-19 norms. The PMO said strict physical distancing at workplaces should be ensured and options to “work from home” …
Read More »Govt to digitalize information of people travelling in the country to aid with contact tracing
Minister says lockdown came at the right time to prevent spread Health Minister Dechen Wangmo said the the government will digitalize the information of a person travelling so that contact tracing will be easier. Lyonpo said that at a wider level there is currently no data and system if one …
Read More »43 Dantak and 5 IMTRAT officials test COVID-19 Positive
On Friday the Health Minister announced that 3 IMTRAT officials had tested positive with the COVID-19 virus as new cases. She mentioned that earlier 16 people from project DANTAK in Phuentsholing tested positive and 2 IMTRAT officials which includes one in Thimphu and one in Phuentsholing had also tested positive. …
Read More »Testing and contact tracing going on for Phuentsholing
Bhutan has 224 COVID-19 cases as of Monday and with 84 active cases and 140 having recovered. After the detection of the first case in Phuentsholing on 12th August, which is the index case for the MDP, the ministry had instituted an aggressive contact tracing and through which the ministry …
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