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As per His Majesty The King’s command, the southern belt of the country will have a 1,200- bedded dedicated quarantine centers. A 400-bedded strength center is to be built in Phuentsholing, two 200 bedded centers in Samtse coming to 400, and 200-bedded each in Gelephu and Samdrup Jongkhar. The Prime …
Read More »The government requests RUB to increase in-take capacity in the colleges
Not compromising on the quality and standard of colleges in the country, the government has requested the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) to increase its in-take of students so that the students can continue to lead constructive lives learning in the college campuses. The Prime Minister Dasho (Dr) Lotay Tshering …
Read More »Bhutanese para-athletes head for World Para Athletics in Tokyo
The World Para Athletics in Tokyo confirmed the wild card entries for para-athletes Gyeltshen Gyeltshen and Chimi Dema, both of whom are to compete in the shotput event. Gyeltshen Gyeltshen and Chimi Dema have secured the minimum qualifying score (MQS) during the 2019 World Para Athletics Championship in the United …
Read More »Frontliners face summer heat, rains and human-wildlife conflict in southern belt
The frontliners guarding the southern belt to stop the transmission of COVID-19 have to now endure the intense summer heat and rains, and also avoid human-wildlife conflict situation to add to their hardship. In addition, with increase in number of community transmission in various places in the south, there is …
Read More »Tobacco Amendment Bill passed in National Assembly over COVID concerns
NC had already flagged smuggling concerns and recommended allowing sale of tobacco in 2014 On 22nd of June, the Speaker of the National Assembly declared the Tobacco Control (Amendment) Bill 2021 as an Urgent Bill. The Economic Affairs Minister Loknath Sharma said that due to increasing number of smuggling incidences along …
Read More »250 needy students in Thimphu receive Nu 2,500 each to buy school stationaries and uniforms
More than 250 needy students received monetary help from the Ministry of Education (MoE) this year. The needy students received Nu 2,500 each to buy school uniforms or school stationaries. An official from Thromde Education Department, Thimphu Thromde said the help was provided to the needy students living below the …
Read More »Survey says 10 to 13 percent of students considered suicide: NC
Bhutan ranked 54th in the world, in terms of deaths by suicides in 2018. Within the span of three years from (2018-2020), a total of 283 Bhutanese took their own lives, with 95 suicide cases recorded in 2020 alone. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the number of mental health …
Read More »As Bhutan finishes 12 week gap no science yet on 16-week gap
Depending on which day you took your vaccine in March 2021, Bhutan will be finishing its 12-week gap between the 19th and 26th of June with it extending to 29th June for some latecomers. However, after that Bhutan will have well and completely finished the 12-week gap and it will …
Read More »Candidates from Nanglam constituency questioned each other on failures
The public debate for the up-coming Nanglam constituency bye-election have left the two candidates Karma Dorji representing Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) and Rinchen Pelzang representing Druk Phuentshum Tshogpa (DPT) questioning each other on their failures. Though both the candidates have once again made their pledges, they have questioned each other …
Read More »Why COVID-19 cases are on the rise despite several lockdowns in Phuentsholing
There are new positive cases of COVID-19 being detected in Phuentsholing Thromde everyday. According to the Home Secretary and Chairman of the Southern COVID-19 Task Force, Sonam Wangyel, and one of the reasons for the rise could be because of the porous border with India, making it easy for people …
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