Prime Minister (Dr) Lotay Tshering announced any person needing immediate medical care or a pregnant mother near her term will be allowed to go to hospital driving their own vehicle, if they do not want to wait for the hospital vehicle or ambulance or if the case is emergency. Pregnant …

Final decision to be taken by Central Task Force led by PM The reopening of schools for class VII-IX and XI may not happen for this academic year if there are an increasing number of local positive cases in the country. While classes X and XII will resume if the …

On Friday Education Minister Jai Bir Rai had said that schools in the country for VII-IX and XI was supposed to reopen in early August but due to uncertainty of community transmission, the government delayed reopening of schools. He had said that the schools would be reopened by mid-August or …

210 students who have dropped out of school this year will be continuing their studies in the 2021 academic year except for a few students. There are 96 drop out students in class XII and 114 students in class X.  The Ministry of Education has analyzed the dropout cases and …

As of August 1, there are 2001 registered applicants, 1,204 for engagement and 797 for skilling with the Build Bhutan Project (BBP). A total of 1,494 applicants are job seekers, out of which 516 are female and 978 are male. 390 applicants are laid off comprising of 155 females and …

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) has received a maximum number of self-referred cases (coming by themselves from other Dzongkhags), and very few referred cases in the last six months. Last year, 431 patients were referred from the 20 dzongkhags. Currently, JDWNRH receives about 30 to 50 patients admitted …

Of the 53 private ECCD centers in the country 14 private ECCD centers have already reopened, 15 are reopening in August, 8 centers are still undecided on whether to reopen and they are consulting parents if they should reopen and the rest 16 are not reopening this year. Education Minister …

Youth Employment and Rural Entrepreneurship (YERE) project will be commissioned this fiscal year through the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) with the financial support from the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) and managed by the World Bank.The project is designed and implemented to facilitate and contribute in the generation …

There are 13 COVID-19 positive cases in Bhutan. A mother, 35, and her 18-month old child are included in the list of 13 patients, and they are all reported to be in a stable condition and are asymptomatic. According to an official from the Ministry of Health (MoH), the mother …

Over-crowding in the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) is unavoidable as almost 1,500 people visit JDWNRH in a day. People are advised to visit hospital alone unless a patient has some disability or if a patient is an elderly person who needs an attendant. Despite repeated requests health …