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kuenselPasses to Arunachal Pradesh closely monitored: Dzongdags
With neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh having confirmed a Covid-19 positive case, officials are keeping vigil over the porous border.
Online cricket and basketball coaching to keep people engaged
Bhutan Cricket Council has started an online cricket-training programme to keep people engaged during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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April 11, 2020
Back home: 139 Bhutanese including medical students stranded in Colombo along with referred patients in CMC Vellore and students in Chennai returned home yesterday
April 10, 2020
Mongar town business community donated Nu 109,000 and the Mongar credit cooperative donated Nu 100,000 to His Majesty’s Kidu Fund for Covid-19 earlier this week.
April 10, 2020
Five Community Forest Management Groups (CFMG) from Bumthang, and one from Thimphu contributed Nu 1.05 million to the government’s Covid-19 Response Fund yesterday. Domkhar Lhendup Choling CF, Namdrupcholing CF, Nangar Chithuen CF, Chumey Bethang Phenday CF, and Zung-Ngae Dhendupcholing CF, all from Chumey gewog, Bumthang and TashiYangyel CF in Geney Gewog, Thimphu contributed the amount from the sale of surplus timber and other forests produce.
April 8, 2020
Prime Minister, Chairperson of National Council, Opposition Leader, Cabinet Ministers, heads of International Organisations and senior government officials offered butter lamps at the Kuenrey of Tashichhodzong to observe World Health Day on April 7. The prayer and butter-lamp lighting ceremony was held to offer spiritual support to the people and the countries affected by Covid-19.
April 7, 2020
His Holiness the Je Khenpo appointed Lam Namgyel Wangchuk as the new Machhen Zimpon (chamberlain for Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel’s embalmed body in Punakha Dzong) at Pungthang Dewa Chenpoi Phodrang yesterday morning. Machhen Zimpon Namgyel Wangchuk, 61, was the Lam Neten of Wangduephodrang Rabdey from 2014 to till now.
He also served as Lam for the Royal Bhutan Army in Lungtenphu from 2008 to 2014. He was the Lam Neten of Mongar dratshang from 2006 to 2008 and Lam Neten of Trashigang from 2001 to 2006.
Born in 1950 at Chungney Goenpa, Machhen Zimpon joined the Wangduephodrang dratshang at the age of six.
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His Majesty The King addresses the nation
/0 Comments/in COVID-19, Lead Story /by kuensel1The world is faced with an unprecedented challenge due to the spread of the novel coronavirus. The risks unleashed by this pandemic are escalating by the day. Realising that Bhutan will not be an exception to the adverse effects of this global pandemic, we have planned and implemented various strategies to cope with the threat in a timely and effective manner.