Almost 40 percent of the Bhutanese population has at least one form of non-communicable disease (NCD) that includes hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, alcohol-liver disease and tobacco-related diseases

Bhutan has successfully managed to prevent community transmission of COVID-19 so far

At least one child was sexually abused every week in the past five months in the Bhutanese  capital according to reports with the national referral hospital

If there are Bhutanese still living across the border, in Jaigaon, India they should report to the COVID-19 task force in Phuentsholing and come home

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught the country to take food self-sufficiency seriously. Even after decades of having nutrition and food security policy, the country has not progressed beyond subsistence agriculture

Like everywhere around the world, the air travel business in the country has been hit the hardest from the COVID-19 pandemic

With the onset of vegetable season in the country and potential challenges anticipated in exporting the produces in the current pandemic situation, the agriculture ministry has issued an order to temporarily control import of commonly grown fruits and vegetables into Bhutan

The recent spike in the number of COVID-19 positive cases in the country has done little to alarm public who have now returned to ‘business as usual’ after the initial scare

The home ministry may have lifted the restrictions on the entry of foreign workers to Bhutan, but the number of skilled foreign workers entering the country would depend on the health ministry’s capacity to test and availability of test kits

Bhutan's domestic revenue for fiscal year 2020-21 is estimated at Nu 33,189 million (M), which is one of the lowest in the recent past

Bhutan's annual budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2020-21 has reversed the trend of an increasing share of current expenditure vis-à-vis the capital expenditure

Colleges under the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) will conduct their semester-end examinations before September

It is now left entirely up to the private schools in Bhutan whether or not to collect school fees. Education minister Jai Bir Rai, during the Meet The Press session yesterday, said that his ministry has decided not to intervene in their affairs

After recording the biggest jump of five new cases within 24 hours on May 14 and three cases each on May 22, 24 and yesterday, Bhutan today has 31 COVID-19 positive cases, one of the lowest in the world

The education ministry will cater dry ration to more than 10,000 vulnerable children identified by the government across Bhutan from this month