The Amphan Cyclone did not do any major damage to Bhutan so far apart from leaving some farm roads and highways disconnected, damaging some crops, partial damages to houses and disruption of power and mobile network. However, if the rains continue for a few more days due to the depression …
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His Majesty The King arrived in Thimphu today after a tour of Phuentsholing and Samtse to inspect measures against COVID-19. The Prime Minister accompanied His Majesty on the Royal Tour. His Majesty travelled to Phuentsholing on the 9th of May, and visited the temporary housing built for people evacuated from …
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The first such case in Bhutan of action being taken against a senior figure for such complaints In what is the first case of its type in Bhutan of a major management or senior figure losing a job over sexual harassment complaints, the State Trading Corporation of Bhutan Limited (STCBL) …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the livelihoods of many people in Bhutan. The affected people did not even have enough money to pay their house rent or even buy essential food items. Just when all hope was lost, in came the Druk Gyalpo’s Relief Kidu. The Kidu has helped the …
Read More »Another 22 Bhutanese living abroad are also COVID-19 positive There are 21 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country as of now, with 14 female and 7 male patients. Of that, 5 patients have already recovered. Of the 16 COVID-19 patients in the country 15 patients have been placed in the …
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Dzongkhags along the border shared how encouraging it is to see local communities coming forward to take up the responsibility in fighting COVID-19. They shared the communities are cooperative in following the recently implemented rules, such as the 7 pm shop closure rule, and also help in contributing vegetables and …
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For all purposes, the Jomotsangkha case is probably Bhutan’s first local or community transmission case, but the government is in an all out drive to deny this, even after the Health Minister, in a live press conference, confirmed that the patient has the COVID-19 virus. She even went further and …
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Govt to slash recurrent expenditure by Nu 5 bn in 2020-21 budget except for pay and essential activities With COVID-19 impacting all sectors of the economy the forecasted domestic revenue for the 2020-21 budget has dropped from an initial one of Nu 43 bn in the pre-COVID-19 time to now …
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The government has yet to decide on whether to reopen schools or keep them closed for sometime but the decision is expected to come soon within the next two weeks. The decision will take into account the COVID-19 epidemiology status in the country. Although the results of random tests are …
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Government coming up with Build Bhutan to get Bhutanese to become professionalized construction workers Lyonchhen Dr Lotay Tshering said that due to the COVID-19 crisis Bhutan currently has a construction labour shortage of nearly 20,000 labourers, but this shortage is only set to get even worse. “There is around 28,000 …
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