Quarantine period increased to 21 days in Phuentsholing The security along the southern borders and Paro International Airport are being further enhanced to stop importation of Omicron variant. Various initiatives are being undertaken as preventive measures. This comes as many countries in the world are seeing a surge of Omicron …
Read More »Many factors contributing to statutory and minor rape Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) received 6 cases of statutory rape (below 12 years of age) until 17 November 2021 and 49 cases of rape of child above 12 years of age making it a total of 55 cases. There is an increase …
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His Majesty The King and His Majesty The Fourth Druk Gyalpo offered prayers and Karmi Tongchoed at the Kuenrey of the Tashichhodzong for General Bipin Rawat, the Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Armed Forces, his wife Mrs. Madhulika Rawat, and 11 armed forces personnel who lost their lives …
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Minister asks people to follow COVID protocols which are becoming lax Bhutan has seen two national lockdowns due to COVID-19 pandemic, and a 100-day lockdown in Phuentsholing where the Delta variant was detected in the community. The latest variant of concern, Omicron, contains 32 mutations on the protein spikes which …
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Recently the Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced that it is giving USD 24 mn in loan and USD 6 mn in grant for 1,000 units’ low cost housing in Nganglam, Phuentsholing, Samdrup Jongkhar, Samtse, Thimphu, and Trashiyangtse. However, as soon as the announcement was made many people came online to …
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Of the 30 registered cases with the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP), in connection to Human Trafficking, a total of 4 cases have been charge sheeted to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG). This week the latest 3 cases involve three suspects, all women aged between 25 to 50 years. …
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15,602 registered Bhutanese living abroad and many more leaving but actual numbers could be double PM and OL not in favour of Bhutan becoming dependent on remittances Bhutan’s remittance from Bhutanese abroad in 2020 at Nu 8.269 billion (bn) was larger than the total tariff paying tourism foreign exchange earnings …
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Twenty one COVID-19 cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in India so far. There are more suspected cases in India who are quarantined with their genome reports awaited in the coming days. The WHO in a statement on Friday said that Omicron had been detected in 38 countries …
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In a recent meeting between the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) and board of T-Bank, a board member asked the RMA Governor if Financial Institutions (FIs) can give dividends for 2021. However, the Governor replied in the negative saying this is not the right time to give dividends especially with the …
Read More »Ever since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, Bhutanese have been the recipient of an extraordinary monetary assistance firstly in the form of the Interest Payment Support Kidu from His Majesty The King, followed by a blanket loan deferral for more than two years from March 2020 to …
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