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If the COVID-19 situation deteriorates and prolongs in more than 50 percent of schools in the country by 14 March 2022, then the Bhutan Council for School Examinations and Assessment (BCSEA) will conduct examination only for class XII, based on the rescheduled examinations timetable. For class X, the Continue Formative …

Nobody really knows the numbers, but popular social media sites in Bhutan, like Facebook and Instagram, are seeing the increasing presence of hundreds of mainly women, and even some men, declaring themselves as ‘Digital Business Owners,’ with their own personal websites through which you can register to “Run a Digital …

The problem with the Japan based Enagic company and its expensive water ionizing machines which produce ‘Kangen water’ is not only the Multi Level Marketing Pyramid Scheme (see main story) in Bhutan and the financial risks for its members, but its distributors across the world and in Bhutan have made …

The big question of the month is, how did the recent second outbreak in ‘low risk’ Wangduephodrang occur? There is no official explanation for the outbreak yet, but it was caused due to a combination of pressure factors, like getting on with hydro project works, and situational issues, like laxity …

Apart from the biggest outbreak in Wangduephodrang, the border towns of Phuentsholing, Gelephu and Samdrupjongkhar have also seen outbreaks with community cases. Phuentsholing  Phuentsholing, till 24th January has 173 active cases. It all started on 6 January 2022, with a 37-year-old expatriate woman testing positive for Omicron from Lucky Restaurant …

With major need for foreign laborers at Punatsangchu, the private contractors there had put up a proposal stating that they wish to import their own foreign workers and manage their own quarantine.  With all the approvals, the National COVID-19 Task Force (NC19TF) and the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) visited the …

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 …