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During the question-hour session in the National Assembly (NA), the Member of Parliament (MP) Karma Lhamo of Mongar asked the Health Minister Dasho Dechen Wangmo on the strategies to increase the population growth rate in the country as it would have a negative impact on the country’s labor force and …

Member of Parliament from Sombeykha Constituency, Dorjee Wangmo asked the Agriculture Minister if  there are any plans to set up a milk packing unit for the benefit of the people in order to improve the country’s economy and promote agricultural and livestock products during the question and answer hour session …

Nganglam Dungkhag Court in Pemagatshel convicted a police officer, OC Jamyang Dorji of Nganglam to six months in prison for sexually harassing a female police constable. He was convicted as per Section 205 of the Penal Code of Bhutan 2004. The section states that a defendant shall be guilty of …

Every year, the country reports influenza cases, but this year, there have been an increasing number of influenza outbreaks in the country. A majority of the flu cases were reported from schools, which means there is an influenza outbreak in the community as well. Head of the Royal Centre for …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified to the general public that the Ministry will resume the issuance of Ordinary Passport from 03 November 2022. In view of the sheer volume of Passport applications received so far (backlog since 20th August 2022) and the need for the backlog to be cleared …

The business sector is not happy with the Royal Monetary Authority’s (RMA) imposition of a six-month cooling period of no loans if a loan becomes a Non-Performing Loan (NPL). Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) held a general meeting, in which people representing the various business sectors of the …

The government is going to start with the construction of four main entry and exit points in Samtse, Samdrupjongkhar, Gelephu and Phuentsholing. In Phuentsholing, they have started with the Pedestrian Terminal, and that is not the whole of export and import terminal. Discussions are on to see if there should …

As of 19 September there were 319 COVID-19 cases with the majority being from Thimphu but on 26 September the Ministry of Health did not share the weekly COVID information board. More than 969 people visited the flu clinic in Thimphu in September 2022, of which 283 people including 12 …

According to Entertainment Licensing Committee (ELC) under Thimphu Thromde, the committee issued the rectification letters to 56 karaoke bars not meeting the technical specification requirements. Among those, 17 businesses were penalized. So far, Thromde has not collected any fines as the businesses have appealed and requested the ELC to review …

An online platform called Ten-Drel has been launched to enhance citizen engagement in decision making. The local digital platform aims to link citizens with the Parliament. From meaningfully engaging citizens including the youth in policy and law-making to aggregation of bold, innovative ideas from the public, the Ten-Drel platform will …