It has become difficult to locate places or sites without a comprehensive Geographic Information System (GIS) based street mapping in Thimphu. Letters and parcels sent via post have to be picked up personally from the Bhutan Post Office till date. It is also difficult for the delivery person to find …
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Meanwhile, aggressive marketing and proper coordination being done to distribute vegetables in the domestic market Chilli, bean, cabbage, cauliflower, carrot, pea, and soya bean from Bhutan can now be exported to India through the quarantine station in Jaigaon, India with effect from 14 July. According to the Agriculture and Forests …
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The Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan (RSEB) announced the mass sale of 15,640,000 shares of RICBL at a floor price of Nu 70, and 17,620,000 shares of BNB at a floor price of Nu 33 between June 15 and July 15. The shares were held in the name of Sungchob …
Read More »As per His Majesty The King’s command, the southern belt of the country will have a 1,200- bedded dedicated quarantine centers. A 400-bedded strength center is to be built in Phuentsholing, two 200 bedded centers in Samtse coming to 400, and 200-bedded each in Gelephu and Samdrup Jongkhar. The Prime …
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Not compromising on the quality and standard of colleges in the country, the government has requested the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) to increase its in-take of students so that the students can continue to lead constructive lives learning in the college campuses. The Prime Minister Dasho (Dr) Lotay Tshering …
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The World Para Athletics in Tokyo confirmed the wild card entries for para-athletes Gyeltshen Gyeltshen and Chimi Dema, both of whom are to compete in the shotput event. Gyeltshen Gyeltshen and Chimi Dema have secured the minimum qualifying score (MQS) during the 2019 World Para Athletics Championship in the United …
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The frontliners guarding the southern belt to stop the transmission of COVID-19 have to now endure the intense summer heat and rains, and also avoid human-wildlife conflict situation to add to their hardship. In addition, with increase in number of community transmission in various places in the south, there is …
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NC had already flagged smuggling concerns and recommended allowing sale of tobacco in 2014 On 22nd of June, the Speaker of the National Assembly declared the Tobacco Control (Amendment) Bill 2021 as an Urgent Bill. The Economic Affairs Minister Loknath Sharma said that due to increasing number of smuggling incidences along …
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More than 250 needy students received monetary help from the Ministry of Education (MoE) this year. The needy students received Nu 2,500 each to buy school uniforms or school stationaries. An official from Thromde Education Department, Thimphu Thromde said the help was provided to the needy students living below the …
Read More »Bhutan ranked 54th in the world, in terms of deaths by suicides in 2018. Within the span of three years from (2018-2020), a total of 283 Bhutanese took their own lives, with 95 suicide cases recorded in 2020 alone. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the number of mental health …
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