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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 …

Penjore, who was alleged of defaming the OAG through his social media handle has appealed to Supreme Court on 8 September, as the High Court has upheld the District Court’s judgment. In his appeal he claimed Nu 140 million (mn) as compensation from OAG for his arbitrary detention for 16 …

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) 2022 released by National Statistic Bureau (NSB) on Thursday, shows that CPI in July increased to 6.61 percent from a year ago in July 2021, with 0.08 percentage point increase in the rate compared to previous month. According to the report, food prices went up …