Bhutan has one of the highest per capita testing rates glo...
September 11 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Most Covid-19 positive cases detected after the nationwide lockdown was linked to earlier patients, but not all.
The recent positive c...
Bhutan’s export dropped to 20 percent during lockdown
September 8 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Export of goods from major industries declined to around 20 percent of the normal export capacity during the three-week nationwide lock...
Bhutan nominates Tenzin Lekphel as SG for BI...
September 7 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
One the founders of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa, Tenzin Lekphel, is set to become the next secretary general (SG) of the Bay of Bengal Initiat...
PTA between Bangladesh, Bhutan likely to be signed by Sept...
September 3 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Signing of a preferential trade agreement (PTA) between Bangladesh and Bhutan has been delayed further as two neighbouring countries ar...
Bhutan yet to finalise guidelines to ease lockdown
September 1 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
With the Covid-19 positive cases increasing, total lifting of the nationwide lockdown is still uncertain.
The implementation of lockdo...
Domestic violence cases in Bhutan almost double during the...
August 31 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC) and Respect, Educate, Nurture and Empower Women (RENEW) recorded an increasing nu...
Bhutan lifts tobacco ban to block COVID spillover from Ind...
August 26 ,2020
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By: Phunt Sho Wangdi and Nidup Gyel Tshen
Bhutan has relaxed its tobacco ban to combat the coronavirus pandemic, whose most worrisome case entered the Himalayan kingdom f...
Bhutan eases lockdown in rural areas
August 24 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The government announced yesterday that it has decided to allow movement of individuals within their gewogs across the country.
The Pr...
Bhutan govt. to buy back apples and redistribute if lockdo...
August 21 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Apple growers in Bhutan need not worry about the nationwide lockdown hampering export of the cash crop.
The agriculture ministry has d...
Lockdown hitting the low-income group hard in Bhutan
August 20 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Essential items and vegetables are being delivered door-to-door during the nationwide lockdown. People who can pay can avail themselves...
Online lottery still popular in Bhutan despite ban on it
August 19 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
With his head almost touching the small sheet of paper on a rickety table, Ugyen is busy. The corporate employee, a commerce graduate i...
Bhutan orders first coronavirus lockdown as cases hit 113
August 12 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Bhutan ordered its first nationwide lockdown on Tuesday (Aug 11) after a returning resident tested positive for coronavirus after being...
Royal Bhutan Flower Exhibition to open by August 14 in Haa
August 11 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Haa wears an exotic and refreshing look as one gets a glimpse of the dzongkhag descending down from the Chelela pass.
At Haa, the temp...
Gender-based violence increases in Bhutan during the pande...
August 10 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Gender-based violence (GBV) cases have increased during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to records with the Respect, Educate, Nurture...
Bhutan to resume boulder export from Samtse soon
August 5 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Export of boulders (and aggregates) to Bangladesh and India from Samtse is expected to resume this week, according to dredging companie...
Bhutan’s domestic tourism in focus once again
August 5 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
While Bhutan remains closed to international tourists owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a renewed effort in promoting domestic t...
Why is China offering a 'package solution' to Bhutan to so...
July 29 ,2020
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By: Akshita Jain
Last week, China reiterated its claims over Bhutan's eastern sector but offered an olive branch by proposing a “package solution&...
Bhutan improves on the new e-Government Development Index
July 28 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Bhutan has advanced from the medium E-Government Development Index (EGDI) in 2018 to a high-level EGDI group this year according to the...
Proposed Indian road through wildlife sanctuary could spar...
July 28 ,2020
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By: Probir Pramanik
Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary
Up in the wind-swept highlands of Bhutan-Land of the Thunder Dragon-a mythological ape-like creature ca...
Amid looming Chinese presence, India woos Bhutan with trad...
July 25 ,2020
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By: Sachin Parashar
From identifying more border trade points to carrying out a feasibility study for a railway link between the two countries, the governm...
30,000 Bhutanese seeking employment, number increasing
July 25 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Close to 30,000 Bhutanese are seeking jobs currently. The number includes those laid off or affected by the pandemic and others returni...
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