Just a day after Bhutan reported two positive cases of COVID-19, the Health Ministry has announced two more positive cases Tuesday
Rescued from Baghdad: Bhutanese woman narrates tale of woe
Sonam was 25. She had gone to a primary school and a nunnery. She had never heard of Iraq, forget Baghdad, the capital city of the war-torn country in the Middle East
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COVID-19 response must address gender-based violence, other rights of women and girls: Bhutan's Queen Mother
In a telecast address yesterday, the UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and RENEW patron, Her Majesty the Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck, drew attention to the risks and additional burden women or girls and children can face during the COVID-19 pandemic
Domestic violence on the rise in Bhutan
The National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC) is seeing an increase in domestic violence cases in Bhutan in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
How Bhutan's young entrepreneurs are facing up to the coronavirus challenge
The coronavirus pandemic, a global health emergency unlike any other, has thrust the world in a new environment. As countries face unprecedented challenges and uncharted paths, it is not without silver linings
110 small Bhutan-India development projects approved
The third Bhutan–India High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP) committee meeting between India and Bhutan for the 12th Plan approved 110 projects worth Nu 1.732 billion in Thimphu yesterday
Bhutan at lower risk of COVID-19
A close reading of a recent report published by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) puts Bhutan at a lower risk zone for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
COVID-19 forces 11,235 people out of jobs
The new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has forced about 11,235 people out of jobs in the domestic market, according to the labour ministry
Government to arrange flights to bring back 649 Bhutanese
The government will arrange four relief flights to the Middle East from May 9 to 16 to bring back Bhutanese stranded there
Two airlines operating relief flights
As Covid-19 continues to spread across the globe, the aviation industry has been hit hard. However, Bhutan’s two airlines—Drukair and Bhutan Airlines—are flying to bring Bhutanese from abroad home. Until yesterday, Drukair carried out 30 relief flights, including three cargo relief flights
Bhutan has one of world's highest testing rates
With over 100 tests per day, Bhutan has one of the highest Covid-19 testing rates (test per million) in the world today
Four Bhutanese in New York recovered
The number of new coronavirus cases has reached alarming rates in New York City, the epicentre of the pandemic in the United States, but the recovery rate among Bhutanese patients is encouraging
India sends medical supplies to Bhutan to fight COVID-19
India has sent a consignment of medical supplies, including Hydroxychloroquine, under the Coronavirus Emergency Fund to Bhutan to assist the country in its fight against coronavirus
World Bank commits USD5M to Bhutan for COVID-19 response
The World Bank (WB) has committed to provide USD 5 million (M) as support for Bhutan to help prevent, detect, and respond to the coronavirus pandemic and strengthen the country’s public health preparedness
We’ll come out of this as a more united and resilient nation: Health Minister
While the whole world is struggling to cope up with the novel coronavirus pandemic, Bhutan could not be any more prepared for the health emergency of this magnitude than it is today
With lockdown in India, local betel leaves gain popularity
In the absence of imported betel leaves following the lockdown in India, people, who love chewing doma are now shifting to locally grown betel leaves
