28 January, 2010 – The health ministry could start charging non-Bhutanese for health services and Bhutanese who come to referral hospitals even when not referred as a means to generate more revenue to sustain the health system.

ABTO meanwhile asks government to reconsider
28 January, 2010 – The Tourism Council of Bhutan says that the new liberalised tariff system is meant to not only increase the number of tourists to 100,000 in the next three years but also have more high-end tourists.

January 28: The class XII results have been declared. Of the 6,530 students who sat for the exam last year, over 87% have passed. [...]

January 27: A woman in Wangduephodrang has been sentenced to nine years in prison for drug peddling. She was also involved in trading tobacco products. The woman is from Kazhi Geog.

Disaster rescue and medical airlift also part of services
27 January, 2010 – The department of civil aviation has invited international and domestic companies to submit proposals to operate domestic air services that should cater to a 100,000 tourists by 2012 and also offer disaster rescue and medical evacuation services.

27 January, 2010 – The ambassador of India to Bhutan, Pavan K Varma, met prime minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley last evening in Thimphu to hand over a Nu 250 million (25 crore) contribution cheque towards the government’s disaster relief fund.
Presenting the cheque the ambassador said that the contribution is a small token of deep [...]