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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, …

Until recently, Lyonchhen Dasho (Dr) Lotay Tshering was very clear that Drayangs would have to undergo some reforms to re-open, but the sudden Executive Order of 7th January 2021 to close down all Drayangs caught many by surprise and has caused much controversy. Now, the Prime Minister in his first …

In the first ever in person meeting with Indian ministers in more than two years, the Minister of Economic Affairs Loknath Sharma went to Delhi on January 10 with a host of issues from difficulty in exporting vegetables to hydropower to the third internet gateway. Lyonpo met the Indian Power …

It has been learnt that the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) which is an Indian Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) has taken the 720 MW Mangdechu Hydro electric Project to court by filing a case in the Delhi High Court in August 2021. BHEL filed the case after it was made …

In October 2020 it was announced that Bhutan and India had finished a survey for the first ever rail link connecting the two countries with a 37.5 km stretch between Mujnai in West Bengal and Neyopaling village under Phuentshopelri Gewog in Samtse somewhere close to Gomtu. It was announced that …

Pictures of convicted rapists to be made public from this year The Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) has started work in setting up a Sex Offenders Registry where the information of convicted sex offenders will be registered and submitted to all police stations. Colonel Pasang Dorji of Crime and Operations, RBP …

In what is perhaps the most heinous rape case of 2021 on the 2nd of March 2021, Nima Dorji Sherpa aged 38 of Tsirang raped an eight-year-old, class two boy. The Tsirang Dzongkhag Court sentenced him to 16 years in prison for the crime on 3rd November 2021, but while …

The husband and relatives of the 58-year-old lady who recently died after a streetlight pole collapsed and hit her on the head on 18 April 2021 at Changjiji colony in Thimphu, are not happy with how the whole case was dealt with. Dorji Phuntsho, the 67-year-old husband of the deceased, …

After several months without positive COVID-19 cases from the community, Phuentsholing detected one positive case from the community on 6 January 2022, while conducting a regular surveillance exercise by the Ministry of Health (MoH). Phuentsholing Thromde went  under lockdown for 72-hours starting from 6 am Friday. The person who tested …