The Punatsangchu II project was supposed to commission its first unit by July 2022 and have all its six units commissioned by early 2023. However, due to the pandemic induced shortage of labourers the project even with the best estimates will only be able to commission its first unit by …

The Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) is on the verge of completing its investigation against Enagic Water Ionizer ‘digital business’ and the Kangen water produced by it. The OCP has so far found the business to come under the purview of unfair trade practices. There are 28 unfair practices listed …

The Health Minister Dasho Dechen Wangmo said that the vaccines for the children from ages 5 to 11 is expected to come soon and the aim is to start vaccinating them by early March. Lyonpo said that Bhutan will be the first country in the WHO South-East Asia Region of …

P 1 may be next in line but no final decision yet The Royal Civil Service Commission’s (RCSC) assessments of 59 executives at the Director position level found about one-third of the Directors promising. The RCSC will be further testing their suitability to assume expanded roles. Together with executives at …

In the early hours of 28 January 2022, a 34-year-old kidney patient, Sostika Gurung, died in room 3002 in Silverpine Boutique hotel after her husband could not get her any timely help from the nurse put on their duty or the ambulance he had called for on 112. The room …

Thimphu Lockdown to continue till Wednesday to enable testing The Office of the Prime Minister said that Thimphu will continue with the same arrangement of movement within mega-zone for another three days starting Monday. Any change in the strategy will commence from February 10. This is in view of the …

As per the press release issued on friday by the Opposition Party, it said the outbreak of Omicron is caused directly by import of foreign workers in Bubble Mode by the Government, and its subsequent failure to calibrate and update our COVID-19 health protocols and labour regulations in keeping with …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said that as reported by media, over 70 students, teachers and staff at Kuendrup Higher Secondary School at Gelephu have been infected with the COVID 19 virus today. The school was operating on containment mode. PDP said it would like to submit its views and …

The Prime Minister Dasho (Dr) Lotay Tshering said that how long the lockdown will last will hinge on two factors. One is if the lockdown is designed for flattening the curve or elimination of the virus and for Bhutan the latter is the aim. He said the other factor will …

Day 1 (Sunday) It all started at around 2 am on Sunday morning on 16th January as a notification from the PMO on facebook announced a blackout in 14 Dzongkhags. It said there is a “24 hours’ blackout” in Thimphu, Wangduephodrang, Punakha, Paro, Gasa, Haa, Chukha, Trongsa, Bumthang, Dagana, Sarpang, …