Taking the vaccine to the furthest village in Lunana
March 31st, 2021
March 26, Lunana — Ten in all—four medical staff and six desuups—are travelling day and night, across high mountains in Lunana, Gasa, where the land is still in the grip of icy winter.
Three get double shots of Covidshield accidentally
March 31st, 2021
Talks of a second dose even as people queued for the...
First vaccine receivers say
March 29th, 2021
Bhutan’s nationwide vaccination campaign began on March 27 with a woman...
Keeping health protocols tight
March 29th, 2021
Since the first day of the week-long mass vaccination programme in...
Nearly 40 percent of eligible population vaccinated in two days
March 29th, 2021
The nationwide vaccination drive is well on track to cover the...
JDWNRH starts rapid-antigen tests for patients
February 17th, 2021
Following the health ministry’s technical advisory group (TAG) direction, Jigme Dorji...
Crowding headache for JDWNRH
February 17th, 2021
The national referral hospital (JDWNRH) in Thimphu is finding it difficult...
Tour guides develop Phajoding trekking route
February 9th, 2021
When the pandemic shut the tourism sector, Yeshey Tshering Sherpa, a full-time...
70 percent of MPs heading for constituency visits
February 6th, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic left most Members of Parliament (MPs) without much...
Economic impact of Covid-19 worsening the malnutrition status in Asia and Pacific: UN
February 6th, 2021
The two nationwide lockdowns affected the provision of free school meals...
Urban agriculture initiative grows potatoes in Thimphu
February 6th, 2021
The workers with the urban agriculture initiative in Thimphu have returned...
Cabinet approves Bhutan’s first policy on tourism
January 30th, 2021
The much-awaited tourism policy has finally been cleared by the Cabinet...
Business as usual in Thimphu from Monday
January 30th, 2021
After 43 days of lockdown following a local outbreak of Covid-19,...