THE NATION

There are two experienced candidates from Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT), 45-year-old Karma Dorji (Nanglam) who is one of the party founders, and 42-year-old Karma Lhamo (Mongar), a seasoned politician, contesting against the two new candidates, Dorji Youden and Rinchen Pelzang of DPT. For the up-coming bye-election, two men and two …

With the increasing number of students with disabilities across the 20 Special Education Needs (SEN) program schools and lack of trained teachers, the students are being taught by teachers who have not been trained or have only received partial training in special education. There are almost 265 teachers who have …

Says same measures whatever the variant With a rise of cases in Phuentsholing and with cases in Samdrupjongkhar, Samtse and now Merak-Sakteng there has been increasing rumors of a National lockdown being planned by the government and the Central COVID-19 Task Force. However, the Foreign Minister and member of the …

The High Court’s higher bench on 17 May has convicted a 33-year-old anesthetic technician Jampel Rinchen of JDWNRH to five years for raping a 31-year-old married woman after injecting her with Fentanyl which is used as an anesthetic drug. According to medical literature the drug in the same quantity is …

The current COVID-19 cases reported in the country possibly could due to the new Indian Variant called B.1.617 and found in 44 countries so far. The health ministry was supposed to send the samples of infected people from Phuentsholing and Thimphu for genome sequencing to a WHO recognized laboratory in …

Bhutan’s popular film industry has incurred remarkable losses, as new film releases are postponed, film shootings are halted and theatres are unable to screen movies. Tshering Gyeltshen an actor and a film producer said the pandemic has upended the film industry. He said the fact that cinema halls are very …

The music industry in Bhutan has a large audience with millions of view on YouTube and attracts people who have a passion for singing, composing songs and creating music. However, many find it hard to make a living out of such a passion, and the industry is in a dire …

Meanwhile, CFM will operate under one-third of its capacity until the zone construction activities are completed According to the Agriculture and Forests Minister, Yeshey Penjor, the plan to decongest the Centenary Farmers’ Market (CFM) has been approved by the Cabinet, but is yet to be implemented. Lyonpo said they are …

The biggest political liability of the current government was the Home Minister Dasho Sherub Gyeltshen who had been convicted three times by the District Court, High Court and a larger bench of the High Court for insurance fraud of Nu 226,546. Despite a running court case and convictions, the minister …

With the increasing number of COVID-19 cases coming in, and the new variant which affects the lungs of the patient requiring constant supply of oxygen, the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hopsital (JDWNRH) has already looked into the matter and made sure the hospital will not run out of oxygen …