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Majority of the existing Drayangs do not fulfill the criteria to reopen Tashi Namgyal/Thimphu There are currently 61 Drayangs in the country today. However, only eight of them fulfill the standards to reopen. This comes after the government announced letting the Drayangs to operate soon with certain set of technical standards to follow, after nearly two years of closure due …

While names of the candidates were not revealed, people voice their choices Tashi Namgyal/Thimphu The lull has been broken but the cat is yet to be out of the bag. Prime Minister (PM) Dasho Dr Lotay Tshering, who is also the Party President affirmed six candidates from the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa’s (DNT) repository from where he will select the next …

By Sonam Choki Following the news of a family losing lives to a landslide in Pemagatshel this morning, Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering said rescue efforts are on and that they are keeping their hopes for the daughter who is still to believed be buried under rubbles.  Lyonchhen further said His Majesty is very concerned and has commanded all relevant …

By Phurpa Wangmo After achieving more than 90 percent adult vaccine coverage, the Ministry of Health has now inoculated around 59,000 children aged between 12-17 with their first dose of coronavirus vaccine in the country. This figure makes up for 78.6 percent of the total children in the age bracket which is a healthy figure given that countries across the …

By Chimi Wangmo Even before the current COVID-19 crisis, youth unemployment in Bhutan was over four times higher than the overall national unemployment. “With half of the country’s population under the age of 27, the scale of the challenge was growing. And now, the economic fallout of the pandemic is hitting Bhutan’s youth hardest – destroying jobs and livelihoods, and …