DHAKA – From 1990 to 2019, the number of people living in extreme poverty (according to the World Bank threshold of $1.90 per day) plummeted, from 1.9 billion to 648 million. COVID-19 has reversed much of this progress. By the end of 2021, the pandemic will have pushed approximately 150 million people back …

While the Thimphu District Court recently passed its sentence on the Criminal Conspiracy case there is still a separate sedition case going on against Khandu Wangmo with multiple counts of sedition. It all started with an acrimonious and bitter divorce between Khandu Wangmo and Pemagatshel Drangpon Yeshey Dorji in October …

The Monsoon season is at its peak but the third unit of the Mangdechu project is still not operational as it undergoes extensive repairs after a major failure and fire in 21st September 2020. The team at the site is rushing to put the unit online by 31st July but …

After more than 100 days under lockdown, the residents in Phuentsholing have ensured that the chain of COVID-19 transmission is broken. They have endured the confinement in their apartments so that the COVID-19 protocols are followed diligently. Without their cooperation and understanding, the people in other dzongkhags would not have …

The country has started rolling out the Moderna vaccine for children aged between 12 years to 17 years on 29 July. Children living in the 9 high-risk districts, which are the the 7 southern bordering Dzongkhags like Samtse, Chukha, Dagana, Sarpang, Zhemgang, Pemagatshel and Samdrupjongkhar and the high movement and …