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In consultation with the Zhung Dratshang, the government has decided to roll out the second nationwide campaign on the auspicious date of July 20 In what will be a major boost to Bhutan’s vaccination drive the USA sent 500,000 Moderna doses to Bhutan on Monday. Apart from this 1.5 million …

For many citizens the now dismissed Penjore case was a test case about the freedom of speech, powers of the OAG and even basic fundamental rights of citizens. The Attorney General (AG) is accountable to the Prime Minister under Chapter 4 section 63 of the OAG Act, it is the …

Increasingly clear that Karma Dorji will be the next Home Minister It was supposed to be a standard line from the Prime Minister that the government is yet to decide on the Home Minister during the monthly meet-the-press, but the Prime Minister unintentionally let the cat out of the bag …

According to Thimphu Thrompon, Ugyen Dorji, the cause for the cost escalation for Multi Level Car Parks (MLCPs) remains a mystery, but KCR Private Limited has its own explanation for the escalation.  The Thrompon said that it is a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project, and the private partner must bear the …

Rest could be met by other countries, GoI and possibly Moderna The Danish government announcing 250,000 AstraZeneca doses for Bhutan on Thursday has come as a major boost for Bhutan’s second dose efforts whose 16-week gap now ends by the end of July. The Prime Minister Dasho Dr Lotay Tshering …

Lyonchhen may not have been able to visit Nganglam due to COVID-19, but he told the paper that he had made hundreds of calls to the constituency and especially to politically active people that included hardcore supporters of DPT to support the DNT candidate.  According to sources, in the Chhoekhor-Tang …

Many high school graduates and their parents are worried about the opportunity to go for further studies. Since the government and private colleges’ seats are filled up, the parents are hesitant to send their child outside Bhutan, due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases and worsening situation in India. …

Nanglam got a rude shock on the 19th of June when it found its first two COVID-19 cases as part of a routine enhanced surveillance testing in the Dungsam Cement factory premises. One was a security guard from the private security company Heruka Security Services and another was a loader. …

The Foreign Minister Dr Tandi Dorji said that as the 12-week vaccine gap dose officially ends on 27th June the government is working hard to get the vaccines for the second dose. One major source of hope is India which according to the Foreign Minister had been giving assurances of …

Royal Bhutan Police (RBP), Department of Law and Order (DLO), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), and Department of Immigration (DoI) collaborated to rescue 163 Bhutanese women, some as young as 21 to as old as 50 years, in 7 batches from Iraq after a Royal Command.  The first batch was …