DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

They have to continue with e-Learning and assessment at the end of the year Following the directives set by the government, the schools will remain closed for pre-primary classes to class Six. Many parents of primary school students thought that there will be no academic year 2020, and that their …

With the easing of certain restrictions in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) is making the use of facemasks compulsory for all the people visiting hospital from 1 July. Similarly, the people visiting district hospitals have to also wear the facemask. The …

Department of School Education (DSE), Ministry of Education (MoE) has received support from Save the Children for buying smartphones for 104 students in Wangsel Institute in Paro and 25 students in Muenselling Institute in Khaling. But due to the current shortage of smartphones in the market, not all the students …

The pandemic has hit all the sectors in the country and people have lost their only source of income to COVID-19. People in different sectors have started doing commercial farming and some are already into construction work. Meanwhile, Tshering Dorji, 32, from Samdrupjongkhar and Dorji Nidup, 40, from Zhemgang have …

Mongar hospital has referred the 38-year-old woman injuried in the Wamrong battery case to Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH), Thimphu for further treatment. The woman along with her 45-year-old husband came to Thimphu on Sunday, 7 June. She has undergone MRI and Computed Tomography (CT) scan, whereby the …

Despite the 62 registered cases of COVID-19, and with 19 active cases in the country, most people are now resuming their outdoor activities without the fear of COVID-19. Many have started to crowd everywhere despite awareness programs and with constant monitoring by the volunteers. The people working on the frontline …

31,476 applied for the Kidu Nu 184 million (mn) has been disbursed till date that includes Nu 176.89 mn for 16,452 applicants and Nu 7.12 mn for child support. As of May, 10,389 people applied for the Kidu. There were 21,087 who applied in April for the Druk Gyalpo’s Relief …

With the easing of lockdown in India and the COVID-19 cases on rise, the highest risk faced is in the border area. The Ministry of Health (MoH) has divided the risk model for the disease into three categories with different risk exposure; remote, urban and border areas. Maintaining social distancing …

Ministry of Health (MoH) has prepared and submitted the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to the government and Ministry of Education (MoE), if schools and institutions reopen. MoH has also carried out a risk assessment in reopening the schools. Health Minister Dechen Wangmo said the risks would result from contact intensity, …

The Prime Minister (PM) at the Meet-the-Press session held yesterday stated that the Build Bhutan project under the Economic Contingency Plan (ECP) will require imported skilled workers initially as there are not enough Bhutanese skilled workers to be employed as full-fledged workforce in the construction sector. In consideration of that, …