As expected, the Bhutanese government has kept the COVID-19 response programmes at the heart of the annual budget 2020-21 with a primary goal – to stimulate economic activities and achieve a minimum GDP growth of 2 percent
Rescued from Baghdad: Bhutanese woman narrates tale of woe
Sonam was 25. She had gone to a primary school and a nunnery. She had never heard of Iraq, forget Baghdad, the capital city of the war-torn country in the Middle East
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Challenges for Bhutan's health services
Almost 40 percent of the Bhutanese population has at least one form of non-communicable disease (NCD) that includes hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, alcohol-liver disease and tobacco-related diseases
WHO applauds Bhutan’s efforts in fighting COVID-19
Bhutan has successfully managed to prevent community transmission of COVID-19 so far
16 minors sexually assaulted in five months in Bhutanese capital
At least one child was sexually abused every week in the past five months in the Bhutanese capital according to reports with the national referral hospital
Bhutanese in India asked to return
If there are Bhutanese still living across the border, in Jaigaon, India they should report to the COVID-19 task force in Phuentsholing and come home
Bhutan sees commercial farming as the way to go
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught the country to take food self-sufficiency seriously. Even after decades of having nutrition and food security policy, the country has not progressed beyond subsistence agriculture
Bhutan's two airlines struggle to stay afloat
Like everywhere around the world, the air travel business in the country has been hit the hardest from the COVID-19 pandemic
Import of fruits and vegetables to be controlled
With the onset of vegetable season in the country and potential challenges anticipated in exporting the produces in the current pandemic situation, the agriculture ministry has issued an order to temporarily control import of commonly grown fruits and vegetables into Bhutan
Bhutanese complacent despite the spike in COVID-19 cases
The recent spike in the number of COVID-19 positive cases in the country has done little to alarm public who have now returned to ‘business as usual’ after the initial scare
Availability of test kits to determine entry of foreign workers
The home ministry may have lifted the restrictions on the entry of foreign workers to Bhutan, but the number of skilled foreign workers entering the country would depend on the health ministry’s capacity to test and availability of test kits
Bhutan's domestic revenue to fall by 14 percent
Bhutan's domestic revenue for fiscal year 2020-21 is estimated at Nu 33,189 million (M), which is one of the lowest in the recent past
Bhutan's national budget increases by 14 percent amid fall in domestic revenue
Bhutan's annual budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2020-21 has reversed the trend of an increasing share of current expenditure vis-à-vis the capital expenditure
Semester-end exams in Bhutan to be held before September
Colleges under the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) will conduct their semester-end examinations before September
Government won’t meddle in private school fee issue: Bhutan education minister
It is now left entirely up to the private schools in Bhutan whether or not to collect school fees. Education minister Jai Bir Rai, during the Meet The Press session yesterday, said that his ministry has decided not to intervene in their affairs
May sees a spike in COVID-19 cases in Bhutan
After recording the biggest jump of five new cases within 24 hours on May 14 and three cases each on May 22, 24 and yesterday, Bhutan today has 31 COVID-19 positive cases, one of the lowest in the world
