THE NATION

Foreign Ministry issues a rebuttal and gives the actual facts Several media reports in India stated that Bhutan has stopped releasing irrigation channel water to over 6,000 farmers hailing from more than 26 revenue villages of a district dependent on a man-made irrigation channel locally called as ‘dong’ to carry …

Students will resume their higher studies in classrooms with mandatory precautions in place starting from 1 July as the government has given orders to reopen schools, colleges and institutes. However, those students who have been studying in India and abroad may not have all these amenities until the COVID-19 pandemic …

The family of the deceased Bhutanese girls who were brutally murdered in Jaigoan are looking for justice at the earliest and with the severest of punishment. In the confession one of the culprits admitted that one of the deceased was raped and murdered, however, sources said that they are yet …

A strict protocol is in place for the people coming into the country from abroad to ensure zero community transmission. A risk assessment is done starting from preparation time of boarding the plane. The passengers are made to fill up a form to declare if they have tested positive in …

The Integrated DeSuung Training Program envisioned by His Majesty The King has provided crucial manpower in safeguarding the country from the global pandemic as many DeSuups man the border, quarantine centers and the country as a whole. “Their service to the nation in such times along with other law enforcement …

There is no decrease in the number of mothers and children visiting the Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck Mother and Child Hospital in the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) for immunization, antenatal care, newborn and postnatal care, and other services. The mother and child hospital (MCH) has been encouraging …

Due to the uncertainty over the possibility of a community transmission of COVID-19, the government is still not able to take a decision on reopening schools in the low-risk, medium-risk and high-risk areas. MoE carried out the risk assessment on the reopening of schools and it found that it is …

Following divergent views of National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) and Central Water Commission (CWC), the project’s civil engineering consultant, there had been a lot of contention on how the Punatsangchu-I will proceed. As per the Budget 2020 document P-I hydroelectric project (1,200 MW) is expected to be commissioned in March, …

With the increasing number of COVID-19 cases across the border leading to partial lockdown, the taskforce and sector committee in all the dzongkhags along the border have started to put in the extra effort and additional preventive measures to combat COVID-19 transmission in the country. The foreign laborers who wanted …

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced an unprecedented number of people to take up farming, on commercial to small kitchen garden scales, to grow food. Agriculture Minister Yeshey Penjor said that the government has controlled the import of vegetables at the moment because of the situation, and it has created a …