Bhutan ranked 54th in the world, in terms of deaths by suicides in 2018. Within the span of three years from (2018-2020), a total of 283 Bhutanese took their own lives, with 95 suicide cases recorded in 2020 alone. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the number of mental health …

There are new positive cases of COVID-19 being detected in Phuentsholing Thromde everyday. According to the Home Secretary and Chairman of the Southern COVID-19 Task Force, Sonam Wangyel, and one of the reasons for the rise could be because of the porous border with India, making it easy for people …

The Loselling Middle Secondary School (LMSS) stood firm and united to save the life of one of its students, Tenzin Thomey, by raising funds of Nu 5 million required for his medical treatment. With each passing day, Tenzin’s health is deteriorating, and if left without treatment, he could die. Tenzin …

As Phuentsholing Thromde continues to detect positive cases, Member of Parliament (MP) of Nanong Shumar, Lungten Namgyal said if the vaccines are sufficient enough to go for second round of second dose for the people residing in Phuentsholing Thromde where the situation is critical compared to other dzongkhags. The MP …

587 cases from the community since last seven weeks A total of 1,826 COVID-19 cases reported in the country so far, out of which there are 358 active cases in seven dzongkhags. Until Friday quarantine facilities in Thimphu had one positive case, Phuentsholing had 71 active cases, Paro had 28 …

A total of 90 children who are COVID-19 positive in eastern dzongkhags and in Phuentsholing are doing fine, and most of them are asymptomatic and are in non-hospital isolation. Currently, there are two toddlers below one year who are COVID-19 positive, eight children aged between one year to three years, …

Samdrup Jongkhar is in the second phase of the unlocking process. People in Samdrup Jongkhar are allowed to travel in their private vehicles. Trashigang Dzongkhag is under lockdown including Merak and Sakteng and Jomotshangkha and its gewogs and throms are under lockdown till the completion of the screening. The Chairperson …

During the Question Hour session in the National Assembly (NA), the Member of Parliament (MP) from Jomotshangkha Norbu Wangzom, requested the Prime Minister (PM) Dasho Dr Lotay Tshering to share the new measures and strategies in the quarantine facilities. She said following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in the country, …

15 countries contacted for help by Bhutan Bhutan hopes to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine in the next four weeks so that that 526,000 Bhutanese will be given the second dose. The Member of Parliament (MP) from Chhumig Ura, Karma Wangchuk during the Question Hour Session, said it has been more …

With the increasing number of students with disabilities across the 20 Special Education Needs (SEN) program schools and lack of trained teachers, the students are being taught by teachers who have not been trained or have only received partial training in special education. There are almost 265 teachers who have …