Eleven families lost their homes to a fire at Changgedaphu, popularly known as Kalabazar, in Thimphu. The incident took place on 5 September at around 5:30 am. A total of 6 huts were lost to the fire. In addition, parts of a building, an attic with three tenants, just next …

Phuentsholing hospital contributed the highest (77 percent) and people residing in Pasakha contributed the second highest case load As of 5 September, dengue positive cases reported from 19 dzongkhags (except Lhuentse) in the country has reached to 2,640. Four deaths were reported so far due to dengue complication. As per …

Gedu police apprehended two men, aged 27 and 26, on 30th August at around 9 am, in connection to illegal trafficking of controlled substances. The arrests were made based on a tip-off, the police claimed. The two suspects were travelling in a public transport bus from Phuentsholing towards Thimphu. Police …

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has set goals to eliminate four diseases; Malaria, Tuberculosis (TB), Cervical Cancer and Vertical Transmission of HIV in Bhutan. Within 11 months, Bhutan targets to eliminate Malaria. Globally the elimination of TB was set at 2030 but MoH targets to eliminate TB by 2020. Likewise, …

Although the People Centered Care-PEN HEARTS project PEN was initiated before, however, it was never implemented. Ministry of Health with a support from WHO has now initiated the pilot project in two dzongkhags this year. The main objective of the project is to control, diagnose and prevent Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) …

Paro police apprehended two boys, aged 14-year-old and 11-year-old for sodomizing a 6-year- old boy on 23 July 2019. The initial incident took place on 22 July at around 6:30 pm when the two juvenile suspects took the 6-year-old victim and raped him. During the time of incident, the victim …

Sherza Ventures Limited (SVL), an e-commerce and trading company, has launched its Initial Public Offering (IPO) to invite the people to invest in shares, and raise Nu 247 million (mn). Nu 19 mn equity shares will be made available at Nu 13 per share to attract even micro investors. Of …

Heavy rainfall and poor sanitation to blame among others The first endemic dengue outbreak in Bhutan was reported in 2004 in Phuentsholing with more than 2,000 cases. However, it generally started declining with 850 cases in 2016, 240 cases in 2017 and only 20 cases in 2018. However, 2019 has …

Thimphu police recovered the body of a 25-year-old woman on 14 August. The deceased went missing while swimming in the river in Doedena, Thimphu on 18 July. The deceased along with her two friends (a 29-year-old man and 19-year-old girl) went for sightseeing at Dodena park, and after that they …

A 49-year-old woman lost her life in an accident at Yusipang, Thimphu on 15 August after the Santro taxi she was travelling in veered off the road, 30 feet below the road. The accident took place during early morning hours at around 5:30 AM. Along with the deceased, there were …