Sohini Nayak
The economy of the small and landlocked Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is predominantly based on agriculture, accounting for 60 percent of employment, along with cottage industries, tourism, hydroelectricity and local manufacturing. However, following the Covid-19 pandemic, the economy has more or less crumbled with a 3.5 percent contraction in real GDP (2020). While the World Bank suggests an annual GDP growth rate of 1.8 percent in 2021, the various ways of achieving the figure still remains unclea, with the structural framework for execution too remaining rudimentary.
The structural weaknesses in the nation’s economic institutions are now a part of this developmental emergency, requiring some serious rebooting of the financial system. Even though economic stimulus package and recovery plans from the current pandemic-induced economic crisis have been rolled out by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the creation of an international community that can co
District Police Chief in Herat Killed in Taliban Attack: Official
Four security force members, including Naqibullah Sultanzai, the police chief of Ghorian district, were killed in an attack by the Taliban on the center of the province on Thursday evening, said a local official.
The attack was carried out by dozens of Taliban fighters on the district governor building and police headquarters of Ghorian district and continued for many hours, said Mohammad Sardar Bahaduri, member of Herat Provincial Council.
He said that four security force members, including the police chief, were killed and four more were wounded.
Herat security officials have not commented on the attack.