Lockdown relaxation in the red zone town of Phuentsholing started from eight in the morning yesterday

Bhutanese people love football. And their "orange warriors" - the colours of the national team and the national federation -  are making this small landlocked kingdom in South Asia in the Eastern Himalayas proud by their selfless act of offering their services to contain the raging coronavirus

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all the countries to increase their "determined contributions" to combat the climate change menace and execute the 2015 Paris Agreement

Zhemgang’s Panbang MP Dorji Wangdi will lead the sixteen-member opposition party as the new Opposition Leader (OL) in the National Assembly for the remaining three years of the tenure

Behind the face mask and the coveralls (protective suit), it is hard to tell who is who at the virology and molecular laboratory, Royal Centre for Disease Control (RCDC) in Thimphu

Export of goods from major industries declined to around 20 percent of the normal export capacity during the three-week nationwide lockdown, according to Bhutan's Economic Affairs Minister Loknath Sharma

Bhutanese who depend on medicines imported from Jaigaon will have to wait as medicines, even if prescribed, are not being delivered beyond Phuentsholing

While Bhutan completes the second phase of unlocking tomorrow Health Minister Dechen Wangmo cautioned that if Bhutanese don’t adhere to the safety protocols there could be a lockdown any time

With no new cases detected in the past 48 hours (September 2 and 3), the nationwide lockdown has proven effective in preventing further spread of COVID-19

While presenting the country statement on prioritisation of country and regional needs at the 35th FAO regional conference for Asia-Pacific yesterday (virtual), agriculture secretary, Rinzin Dorji assured Bhutan’s commitment to what is called the seven umbrella programmes proposed by FAO

The Wangdue medical surveillance team collected samples from 150 Indian workers of the Punatsangchhu-II hydroelectric project (PII) for the COVID-19 RT-PCR test yesterday

Seven days into the nationwide lockdown in Bhutan, Karchung and his wife Lhamo were growing anxious. The couple is expecting their first child

Of the 3,823 persons tested in Project DANTAK and Indian Military Training Team (IMTRAT) camps between August 20 and 30, close to 50 people tested positive

Should the schools reopen after 10 days, the education ministry has proposed to postpone the board and home exams to March

Bhutan may have been under a complete lockdown for the last 21 days, but the medical needs of patients and elderlies, the most vulnerable, were taken care with service delivered at the doorsteps