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...
Bhutan will discuss all disputed areas with China
July 23 ,2020
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By: Suhasini Haidar
China’s Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou (left) visits Bhutan in 2018
A day after China repeated its claims over Eastern B...
China proposes 'package solution' to resolve border disput...
July 22 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
China on Tuesday sought to defend its recent claims over the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary in Bhutan, saying the boundary between the two...
Two Bhutanese soldiers die, two missing in rescue operatio...
July 22 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Two soldiers of the Royal Bhutan Army in Gelephu drowned in the Maokhola and another two went missing Monday while attempting to rescue...
These photos prove Bhutan’s new Crown Prince is cuter than...
July 20 ,2020
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By: Lynn Farah
King Jigme Khesar and Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan welcome with her newborn son, Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck to the world – and boy, h...
China lays claim to Bhutan's land with strategic eye on Do...
July 20 ,2020
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By: Seema Guha
Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom nestled between Asian giants China and India, is now in the crosshairs of Beijing, the latest neighbour t...
India and Bhutan open new trade route to boost trade
July 16 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
With an aim to increase trade and connectivity, India and Bhutan on Wednesday opened a new land trade route. The trade route will link...
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