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What lies for Yonphula Centenary College?
With the possibility of Yonphula Centenary College not getting enough students after a year, the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) is expecting a government directive or alternative to move on.
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Inflation beyond government’s control: Lyonchhen
The government can do little to control commodity prices as the economy is facing an unprecedented situation due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering has said.
BBP engages 633 of the 7,000 target workers
The Build Bhutan Project (BBP) engaged 633 workers, which included 309 unskilled workers, 68 engineers, and 256 skilled workers until now.
It is still in our hands
The health ministry, on Monday, issued a detailed safety protocol that ministries and agencies have to follow in the wake of the increasing Covid-19 cases in the region. It is a timely intervention as cases at home are also on the rise and the threat of an uncontrollable transmission is becoming more realistic.
Rukha and Lawa-Lamga chiwogs need reliable mobile network
In the 2018 National Council elections, Athang gewog in Wangdue was the last to declare the vote count. When roofs of two houses in Rukha were blown off by a windstorm in April this year, help came only the next day. When a fire broke out in a shop in the locality, residents could report the incident that happened at 2pm to the disaster team only about 6:30pm.
Gyelsay Trulku inaugurates Bhutan Children’s museum
What began as a small art club in Woochu Lower Secondary School (WLSS) years ago has today given birth to Bhutan Children’s Museum.
We are fighting the pandemic by the hour: Lyonchhen
Bhutan has recorded more than 230 positive Covid-19 cases in the past month, an average daily detection of more than seven cases.
Tablets for needy students still under review
Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering has advised education ministry to tarry the plan to issue tablets for needy students following a proposal the ministry made for it to be included in the 12th Plan.
A Covid-19 positive in Samdrupjongkhar
A 36-year-old woman from Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) colony in Samdrupjongkhar tested Covid-19 positive yesterday.
She will be sent to the isolation centre in Mongar today.
The woman is a wife of a policeman and works with security section at Tashi Bank.
TCB to allow campfire for trekkers
To give high-end experience to visitors once the country opens to tourists, the Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) will allow campfires during trekking tours.
PM: Journalists should have full and uncensored access to information
No journalist in Bhutan has been victim of violent attacks. Neither has anyone faced life-threatening situations in the line of duty. However, practicing journalism in the country has come with its own set of challenges and obstacles.
India donates six mobile X-Ray machines
Bhutan received six Skan mobile DR mobile X-Ray machines from the government of India yesterday in Thimphu.
This is the 13th medical consignment delivered to Bhutan by India since the Covid-19 surfaced in the country. The X-ray machines will be used in regional hospitals.
Bigger danger is here
Suppose the second wave of Covid-19 is here, a new variant; hospitals running out of beds and oxygen, waiting for days in the queue to cremate your loved ones; more lockdowns; starvation; and all those suffering that we watch on television. At the rate the virus is appearing in the southern dzongkhags, it might not […]
