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Bhutan imposes nationwide lockdown to curb COVID-19 spread

The Bhutan government has imposed a nationwide lockdown starting from Tuesday after a locally transmitted COVID-19 case was reported

Sisters guide remote learning in Bhutan

She wants to be an engineer, this one, a 10-year-old with cropped hair wearing a nylon full kira

Why Bhutanese believe the Yeti still exists

Most Bhutanese would pray that they don’t cross paths with it

Build Bhutan Project engages 354 job seekers

Build Bhutan Project (BBP) has employed 216 job seekers under the direct engagement scheme as of yesterday

Bhutanese capital’s lockdown preparedness put to test

Three people – two men and a woman -  test positive to COVID-19 outside the quarantine facility in Thimphu.  With no recent travel history to India or abroad or without known contact with a positive patient, it marks the first local transmission in the capital

Biodiversity monitoring protocol to integrate conservation activities

Now with the biodiversity monitoring and social survey protocol in place, conservation activities in Bhutan are expected to be more integrated with systematic, coordinated, and consolidated biodiversity data

Bhutan government defends opening of tobacco outlets

The government has not breached the Tobacco Control Act or any provisions of the Constitution given the current situation, according to the Attorney General (AG)

Illegal entry cases along the border increasing in Bhutan

Samtse court sentenced a 16-year-old student from Gomtu to two years in prison for breach of public order and tranquillity and for criminal nuisance last month

Former Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay is a De-Suup

Former Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay is among 350 De-Suups who completed the 41st accelerated De-Suung training programme on August 1 from Jigmeling, Sarpang

Cellular mobile subscriptions in Bhutan jump in second-quarter

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Bhutan jumped by 24,558 in the second quarter of 2020, according to statistics published this week by the Ministry of Information and Communications

Government accused of breaching tobacco legislation

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged the Bhutanese government’s decision to open tobacco outlets in the country managed by the Bhutan Duty Free Limited

Health ministry formulating lockdown protocol in Bhutan

As residents geared up for another weekend last Friday, a rumour was rife of a COVID-19 community transmission and a possible lockdown of the capital city, quietly

Bhutan seeks to upscale domestic tourism as international tourism shut

While Bhutan remains closed to international tourists owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a renewed effort in promoting domestic tourism led by the Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB)

Bhutan Parliament session expected in November

The upcoming session of Parliament, which was supposed to be the summer session of 2020, is being postponed further to November due to COVID-19, the Speaker has indicated

Bhutanese schools will not re-open this month

Bhutan's schools will not open today, August 1. Amidst rumours on social media that the schools will reopen from this month, it was confirmed that the government has no plans to re-open schools for Classes VII-IX and XI as yet