The Bhutan Foundation handed over 200,000 non-medical face masks to the health ministry yesterday for distribution to vulnerable communities, including the elderly population and pregnant women

The Bhutanese government has so far spent Nu 248.279 million on hotels that served as quarantine facilities for 14,667 people as of yesterday

Two countries in the South Asia region - Bhutan and Sri Lanka - came for special praise by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for conducting timely diagnosis and treatment to combat the deadly COVID-19 virus

Bhutan Exporters Association (BEA) will resume export of cardamom by tomorrow according to the Standard Operating Procedures(SOP) for export by private exporters

Classes for X and XII re-opened from yesterday except for schools in Sarpang, Samtse and Samdrupjongkhar thromdes, which are still considered as a high-risk area

In the last three and a half months, about 4,600 Bhutanese had joined Coursera, a worldwide online learning platform founded in 2012 that offers massive open online courses (MOOC), specialisations, degrees, professional and master track courses

With strict restrictions on travel where travellers will be put under the 21-day mandatory quarantine, the Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB) is exploring options and discussing with the technical advisory group (TAG) of the health ministry to ease the restrictions

Last month, the threat of the pandemic became very real for Bhutan when the first COVID-19 cases were detected outside the quarantine facilities

This does not happen often. Kinley Yangden was the lone passenger on a Druk Air cargo flight

With growing evidence suggesting that flu vaccines could provide certain protection against Covid-19, the government will start vaccination for the public in November

Coinciding with the World Suicide Prevention Day, Bhutan's COVID-19 mental health and psychosocial response team launched an online training of suicide prevention for gatekeepers who interact daily with other people in the community

Most COVID-19 positive cases detected after the nationwide lockdown was linked to earlier patients, but not all

Students anxious about school reopening, difficulty with online lessons, and examinations made up more than half the callers seeking counselling in the past six months in Bhutan

Bhutanese were startled out of sleep in the early hours of March 6, when the Prime minister’s Office announced on social media the first novel coronavirus case in the country

The economy is bad, but all hope is not lost, according to Finance Minister Namgay Tshering