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A question to the Finance Minister was addressed yesterday during the Question and Answer session in the National Assembly about how much loans had been disbursed so far by the Cottage and Small Industries (CSI) bank since its establishment.  The Finance Minister in response said that due to lowered interest …

Power load for Thimphu was 65 MW last year and 60 MW as of November 2020 The residents in around Zilukha and Babena are dealing with frequent and prolonged power outages and its consequent disruption in the area. Most of the resident shared that they are are frustrated with the …

Almost every industry has been affected by the pandemic in some way, but hotels and restaurants along the Thimphu and Phuentsholing highway have been forced to close or are empty without customers since Phuentsholing falls under high risk area and people are not allowed to stop on the way for …

To encourage children and men in the house to help women with the cooking, Britannia Cheese launched ‘Let’s Cook for Ama’ cookbook series on 11th November 2020 coinciding with Children’s Day celebrations in Bhutan. The objective of the launch was also to celebrate and appreciate the important role played by …

Currently Bhutan has 22 active cases, out of which 21 are male and 1 female. A total of 364 cases have been reported so far and 342 cases have recovered so far. There are no active cases at the JDWNRH, Mongar and Gelephu COVID-19 centers as of today. The second …

According to the Chief Environment Officer for Waste Management Division with the National Environment Commission Thinley Dorji, a perception survey reveals that the frequency of waste collection services, location of collection point and timing of collection are the major hurdles towards effective collection and management waste in the country.    …

Agriculture Minister Yeshey Penjor said the government is looking for private partners to establish cold storages in the country. “We are trying to put this as a public private partnership project, so we are looking for private partners.  Private parties are interested and they can invest on their own also, …

Thimphu police have registered 1,060 criminal cases in 2020 till date with drugs cases being the highest with 202 cases (mainly drug abuse). The other common cases are battery with 178 cases, larceny with 143 cases, burglary with 71 cases and auto stripping with 48 cases. In 2019, they registered …

The health minister Dechen Wangmo said that off the 10 new cases detected recently, consisting of 8 males and 2 females, there was an elderly monk who had returned from India, who is recorded as the country’s senior most person to have tested positive of COVID-19. As of Tuesday the …

One feature of Phuentsholing has been the continuing discovery of local transmission cases. Lyonpo Dechen Wangmo said that they do not know if the cases detected in Phuentsholing are new infections or the infection was there from before and is being passed on. She said, “The reason behind having positive …