International studies show between 10 to 50% of people can get long COVID As it is clear that most Bhutanese will be infected with COVID-19 in the coming months as Bhutan opens up restrictions in phase two, based on high vaccination rate and milder nature of Omicron, a big question …

Economic growth of 5% not possible in 2021-2022 says MoEA Minister Additional worries about inflation and shortages due to war in Ukraine The Ministry of Economic Affairs had signed an Annual Performance Agreement (APA) to bring the economy to a growth rate of 5% by 2021-2022 but Lyonpo Loknath Sharma …

The Prime Minister Dasho Dr Lotay Tshering said the relaxations are being done gradually to avoid a large surge in cases over a short period which will lead to a rush of cases to hospitals, the system being overrun and deaths. The Prime Minister said that preventable deaths must be …

People who favour opening up still want COVID protocols in place and restrictions against lifting quarantine for foreign arrivals People also want the vulnerable to be protected This paper in a post on its official facebook page on Wednesday 3 pm 9 January asked two questions of the public on …

The Prime Minister Dasho Dr Lotay Tshering announced that restrictions will be relaxed once the children from five to 11 get fully vaccinated by mid April 2022. The relaxations which will come phase wise will avoid lockdowns even with cases. What is being relaxed and with what conditions The 7-day …

The Bhutanese paper launched with a bang on 21 February 2012, 10 years ago on the 32nd Birth anniversary of His Majesty The King with the then Chief Election Commissioner, Dasho Kunzang Wangdi as the Chief Guest. 2012-2013 Stating our investigative intent from day one, we launched the first issue …

The whole idea of The Bhutanese started in 2011, as a newspaper that would focus on in-depth and investigative journalism and also push the envelope.  A difficult birth The paper was subject to an extraordinarily long licensing process by BICMA from October 2011 to February 2012. Even after completing all …

While the investigative and critical stories listed here in the last 10 years of The Bhutanese are not as high profile as the ones listed in the main story above, they also deserve a mention. 2012-2013 In its fifth issue on 7 March 2012, this paper questioned why the High …

The launch issue of 21 February 2012 also followed up on a series of investigative stories done by the writer on corruption in procurement in the Health Ministry when the writer was in Kuensel in 2009 which also resulted in ACC investigations and prosecution by the OAG. The issue also …

There is a growing voice especially on social media to do away with lockdowns and other restrictions, like for travel, with the main argument being that Omicron is ‘mild’ and there is a greater damage from lockdowns and restrictions than the virus. So with elections in a year’s time and …