The Prime Minister Dasho (Dr) Lotay Tshering announced that the lady (50-year-old) who was identified as suffering from an auto-immune disease and who had come back from Kolkata after treatment had passed away at 3 am on 25th December. Lyonchhen said that the lady had initially tested positive for COVID-19 …
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Early on Sunday morning or 20th December social media was abuzz with rumors of a lockdown in Thimphu due a to a positive case being detected. People went rushing to buy vegetables and other necessities. Sure enough, well before 9 am came the announcement for a lockdown along with the …
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His Majesty grants Kasho for reforming the Civil Service and Quality of Education A traditional and popular Bhutanese saying is, ‘A King’s Command is heavier than the mountains and more precious than gold.’ A whole nation glued to their TV sets on 17th December will now better understand the full …
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The untimely death of Karma Choechung, one of the leading actors in the Bhutanese film industry, has brought up the issue of the lack of safety in the film industry and the need for both investment and rules to prevent such tragedies again. Close calls A film director, on the …
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With Bhutan being one of the last 10 countries in the world whose Parliament is yet to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) the Prime Minister said that he is not against Bhutan joining UNCRP but it must be staggered. He said more …
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Not long after the former Cabinet Secretary Kesang Wangdi finished his term on 31st August 2019 an extraordinary change took place in the Prime Minister’s Office. The spacious office of the Cabinet Secretary was physically shifted away from the PMO in the National Assembly building to smaller quarters in Tashichhodzong …
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One of the contentious issues discussed in the National Assembly this time was a motion moved by the Dewathang-Gomdar MP Ugyen Dorji asking the government to increase the retirement age of civil servants from 56 and 58 to 60 for all civil servants. The motion was only narrowly defeated as …
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With the recent false alarm of two cases in Kolkata and a second wave in many parts of the world the question in many minds is on the chances of the virus hitting Thimphu and what happens after that. “It is too early to say how safe any place within …
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If Bhutan receives the COVID-19 vaccine, an important factor will be the type of vaccine that Bhutan gets and the amount it receives. Clinical microbiologist and Technical Advisory Group member, Dr Tshokey said there are some vaccines that has been licensed. Before Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, there is a Chinese vaccine that …
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His Majesty The King arrived in Thimphu on 1st December 2020 after completing a Royal Tour of the southern dzongkhags. His Majesty and the entire Royal entourage entered a 7-day facility quarantine in Thimphu, in accordance with COVID-19 protocol following travel to high-risk areas. During the Tour, His Majesty visited …
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