Gelephu tshachhu receives hundreds of visitors daily in winterkuensel

Gelephu tshachhu is now safe and user-friendly

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Gelephu tshachhu, which attracts thousands of visitors from around the country every winter, has undergone a major change with safety and user-friendly infrastructure.
Some schools, however, opened without infrared forehead thermometerkuensel

Face mask mandatory at CFM, JDWNRH

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If you are planning to visit the national referral hospital or the Centenary Farmers’ Market in Thimphu today, make sure you wear a mask.
Business is doing well for local tailorskuensel

Local tailors begin a business without competition

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Residents of Samdrupjongkhar thromde had been struggling for essential services like tailoring after the border gates closed in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic.
A teacher assists a student with his lessons in Autsho, LhuentseUNICEF

The impact of school closure on children

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Firstly, let me congratulate the Ministry of Education’s response to COVID-19. The rapid delivery of lessons on television and radio, through online learning, as well as via the mass distribution of Self-Instructional Materials or “SIM” have helped many children to continue learning despite schools being closed.
Some schools, however, opened without infrared forehead thermometerkuensel

Story of a Covid-19 frontliner

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I am an HD nurse working in JDWNRH, Thimphu. I have just completed my quarantine after Covid-19 duty at isolation ward. And this is a story of Covid-19 health care team 2020.
Some schools, however, opened without infrared forehead thermometerkuensel

How palliative care could support Bhutan’s Covid-19 response

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Bhutan is an exemplar to the world in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. Guided by the compassion and wisdom of His Majesty The King, the government along with the unprecedented support from every agency and the collective responsibility of every citizen, Bhutan continues to grow stronger to fight Covid-19.
Some schools, however, opened without infrared forehead thermometerkuensel

Another impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on hoteliers

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As hotels lost businesses in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, one immediate step to cut cost was relieving staff on unpaid leave or slashing salary as high as by 50 percent.
Druk Stars FC players during the training session yesterdaykuensel

No foreign players this season in the Bhutan Premier League 

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For the first time, Bhutan Premier League (BPL) will be played without international players due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 
Some schools, however, opened without infrared forehead thermometerkuensel

LGs to pursue agriculture ECP

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Under the food self-sufficiency and nutrition security, one of the three components of the Economic Contingency Plan (ECP),
Some schools, however, opened without infrared forehead thermometerkuensel

Govt. to set up S/Jongkhar and Gelephu as tourist entry points 

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Much to the relief of businesses in Samdrupjongkhar and Sarpang, the government will set up two integrated check post facilities in Gelephu and Samdrupjongkhar.  This was identified in the government’s Economic Contingency Plan (ECP). 
Some schools, however, opened without infrared forehead thermometerkuensel

A solution for the joblessness

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The foundation is laid. The tools are readied and the materials are gathered. All we have to do is start building.
Gasa dzongkhag has over 430 acres of cultivated land with about 50 acres of fallow land revived in recent yearskuensel

Gasa revives over 50 acres of fallow land

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About 50 acres of land in Gasa’s Khatoed and Khamoed gewogs have been revived since the dzongkhag’s land development initiative started in 2018.
Some schools, however, opened without infrared forehead thermometerkuensel

New normal as schools re-open

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Schools closed right after the first Covid-19 case in the country. When the schools re-opened yesterday for Class X and XII, students and school administrations saw and felt the new normal.