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The possibility of closure of the special education loan given by the commercial banks, BoB, Druk PNB and BnB, has many people worried. A few of the anxious people say their prospects of moving abroad to explore new opportunities will end if there is no loan to fund their education. …
Read More »CT scan in Samtse and Dewathang hospitals in 2023
The Ministry of Health (MoH) in collaboration with WHO will introduce CT Scan services at Samtse and Dewathang hospitals. Currently, MoH is working on the procurement process, infrastructure and human resource capacity building to operate the services at the hospital. Tentatively, MoH plans to operate the service by mid of …
Read More »All agencies must work together towards population growth: Health Minister
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 …
Read More »Government to look into setting up milk packaging units if proposal comes from LG
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 …
Read More »Court convicts police officer to six months for sexual harassment
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 …
Read More »Influenza comes early this year with a record outbreak
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 …
Read More »Passports are here
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 …
Read More »Businesses not happy with 6-month NPL cooling and period
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 …
Read More »Southern border to have more entry and exit points
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 …
Read More »MoH keeping a close eye on the increasing COVID-19 cases in the country: Health Minister
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 …
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