According to the Chair of Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) Foreign Minister Dr Tandi Dorji, the government is discussing about removing quarantine requirements for inbound travelers, and discussing on the formal opening of tourism. Lyonpo said that the government is discussing removing the quarantine requirement entirely for the official opening …
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With the Office of the Consumer Protection (OCP) declaring the Enagic Alkaline Water Ionizer and Water Filtrations of Kangen Water Machine as a Pyramid Scheme that is forbidden in Bhutan, the next big headache is monitoring. Though there are no exact figures there are significant numbers of those claiming to …
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National positivity rate from flu clinics is 43 percent The government announced additional relaxations based on the good health data so far. While for international travelers, the five days mandatory facility quarantine will continue to monitor emerging variants, in-bound Bhutanese travelers can home quarantine for fie days. The respective regional …
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In what will be the first high level visit in more than two years since Bhutan closed its borders due to the pandemic, the Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar will be making an official visit on 29 April 2022. The visit follows an invitation extended to the MEA …
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For around four months the Department of Trade (DoT) had been trying everything officially and unofficially to get a break up of the fuel prices charged to Bhutan by fuel Oil companies in India. This is especially after the much lower base rate (minus taxes) charged to Indian dealers, and …
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The parents of the youths entangled in the infamous Bhutan Employment Overseas (BEO) Learn and Earn (LEP) Program will be filing a civil case against the BEO agent for recovery of money. The parents’ representative, Sonam Tshering, said they have decided to file a civil case against the BEO agents …
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One main evidence used to convict 56-year-old Dil Bahadur Chhetri Neopani (DB Chhetri), former Officiating Principal of Gosarling School, was his written statement to the police on 6 November 2019 on the day of his arrest. He read out the same statement to the police in an on-camera recording, which …
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The Ministry of Health (MoH) has submitted the proposal on Accelerating Mother and Child Health Program (AMCHP) to the Ministry of Finance (MoF), and it may roll out in the upcoming fiscal year of 2022-2023. MoH had planned to implement the maternity allowance last year but it was kept on …
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Around 6% of fuel price already goes to dealers to cover costs and returns You may think your fuel price is high enough, but it could go slightly higher if the government approves the recommendation of a government committee to revise fuel transportation rates for tankers of oil distributors. Currently, …
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More than 900 employees worked in around 60 drayangs across the country before it was closed down by the government. The closure of drayangs came as a shock to both the drayang owners (who invested millions in the industry) and the employees who were the main bread winners in the …
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