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Bhutan aims to become free of stray dogs by 2030

Last year, authorities launched the Accelerated Dog Population Management and Rabies Control Programme (NADPM and RCP) with the twin aims of achieving 100 percent sterilization of stray dogs, register, and vaccinate all pet dogs, and control feral dogs.

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Waste management in Thimphu: A lot to be desired

Waste continues to be a growing problem in Bhutan, especially in the bigger population centres

1,067 registered with Build Bhutan Project in a week

Four jobseekers with Master’s Degree and 139 university graduates are among the 1,067 jobseekers registered with the Build Bhutan Project (BBP) that was launched last week

Medium and small industries affected without skilled labourers from India

The relaxation of lockdown has helped manufacturing units and industries in Sarpang bring in raw materials, but the firms are facing a shortage of hands to continue business

Bhutan tourism stimulus package engages 1,068

The Tourism Stimulus Package (TSP) engaged 1,068 laid off people from the tourism sector in the first phase and has spent Nu 90 million (M)

26 foreign workers apprehended

Twenty-six foreign workers were apprehended at Pekharzhing (Pasakha), Phuentsholing on the evening of July 7, while trying to cross the international border into India

Teachers cannot reach students in the highlands

While some parents are concerned about students not getting the best of online education, teachers in the Bhutanese highlands are waiting for students to return from cordyceps collections to continue online education

COVID-19 pushes some priorities to the backseat in Bhutan

Some of the Bhutan government’s top priorities have taken the backseat as development activities and programmes had to be reprioratisatised in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 will not affect Bhutan’s graduation from LDC: PM Tshering

The COVID-19-induced economic disruptions will not affect Bhutan’s plans to graduate from the club of the United Nations’ Least Developed Countries (LDC) in 2023, the prime minister said in an interview with Kuensel

Bhutan’s COVID-19 status so far so good: Health Minister

While the country’s COVID-19 tally has been increasing, there has been zero death

34 new HIV cases detected in six months in Bhutan

Heterosexual act or sexual intercourse with the opposite sex is the common mode of transmission among the 34 new Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) cases detected in the last six months

Education should change to suit labour market demands, says Bhutanese report

The growth in employment opportunities fell behind the rise in the number of job seekers for years which was mainly due to the absence of an appropriate education system

Another impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hoteliers

As hotels lost businesses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, one immediate step to cut cost was relieving staff on unpaid leave or slashing salary as high as by 50 percent

Build Bhutan project comes with incentives for job seekers

In an attempt to meet the shortage of workers in the construction sector due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the labour ministry launched Build Bhutan Project (BBP) yesterday

New normal as schools re-open in Bhutan

Schools closed right after the first Covid-19 case in the country. When the schools re-opened yesterday for Class X and XII, students and school administrations saw and felt the new normal

Hoteliers express gratitude to Bhutan king

With the fiscal measures, especially the loan interest waiver, coming to an end on June 30, hotelier Kencho Lham was worried