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More than 500,000 tests have been conducted both with RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen Test since January 2022. On an average, 7,500 tests are done daily, with Thimphu conducting the highest number of tests, so far. The Health Minister Dasho Dechen Wangmo said going forward into Phase 2, there are discussions …

In response to an appeal made by the Construction Association of Bhutan (CAB) few weeks ago, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has approved two recommendations made by the construction firms. The MoF approved a One Time Special Advance and they have also amended the Liquidity Damage (LD). The construction firms …

18 more cases involving 30 suspects is yet to be charge sheeted Royal Bhutan Police (RBP), Department of Law and Order (DLO), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), and Department of Immigration (DoI) collaborated to rescue 163 Bhutanese women, from 21 years to 50 years of age, in 7 batches, from …

The recent unprecedented snowfall, which no one was expecting in decades, disrupted the power supplies in a number of dzongkhags across the country and the BPC front-liners were faced with daunting tasks of restoring power lines, poles and insulators in treacherous locations. The affected areas were mostly from Paro, Thimphu, …

National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC) plays a major role in responding to Gender Based Violence (GBV), especially during lockdowns. This lockdown, NCWC received 18 cases related to GBV and child protection in two weeks’ time since 16 January 2022. As per the record from NWCW, during the first …

Bhutan Red Cross Society (BRCS) again catered different services to 1,557 people since the first day of blackout, from 16 January 2022 till date across the country. With the blessings from Their Majesties The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen, The President of BRCS, the BRCS had initiated its National …

Meanwhile, 99,824- individual biometric has been collected as of now According to the Department of Information Technology and Telecom (DITT) under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC), the nationwide biometric data collection for the National Digital Identity project (NDI), underway in 11 dzongkhags from 13 October 2021, has been …

With the police’s investigation in connection to an alleged sexual harassment against an Assistant Professor in College of Science and Technology (CST), Phuentsholing the alleged suspect was suspended from the college. The case was reported to police by the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) on 3 December following which the …

Many parents claim that they are not able to get admission for Pre-Primary (PP) for the 2022 academic year, especially in Thimphu, although their child has turned five years of age. During Meet-the-Press, the Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering said the problem is only in the Thim Throm because the …

The State of The Nation report (SOTN) emphasized on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the unemployment rate in the country. The impact was immediate and widespread, and worsened by layoffs, new entrants into the labor market and overseas returnees. Moreover, the closure of businesses, both temporary and permanent, rendered …