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From the 22 Bhutanese residing outside Bhutan who tested positive for COVID-19, 12 have recovered. This is as per the latest update from the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The positive cases are in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and India. Most of them are in self- isolation.

Lhakhangs play an important role in the lives of Bhutanese who are mostly Buddhist. It offers a place of worship and house sacred objects. It is where people seek spiritual guidance. But people of Berti under Trong Gewog in Zhemgang are not happy since the construction of a Lhakhang in the locality is taking too long.

Wangdue Phodrang District Court sentenced a 45-year-old man from Nyishog Gewog to nine years in prison for voluntary manslaughter. The judgment passed yesterday also ordered the culprit to pay a compensation Nu 492,875 to the family of the deceased within three months from the day of Judgment.

A 21-year-old man from Dhur under Chhoekhor Gewog in Bumthang who went for Cordyceps collection died last night supposedly due to altitude sickness.

Wangdue Phodrang District Court sentenced a 24-year-old man from Sarpang to three years in prison for embezzlement and forgery. The court passed the judgment...

People in Nganglam suggest that Dungsam Cement Corporation Ltd. (DCCL) should remain closed at the moment to prevent an outbreak of the COVID-19 in the community. They say trucks bringing raw materials for the company from India pose a risk of importing the virus.

The World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, suspended clinical trials of the anti-malarial drug, hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19 due to safety concerns. According to media reports from around the world, the drug has had multiple side effects such as cardiac arrest.

Continuous rainfall for a week has damaged almost 10 acres of maize fields in three chiwog under Dungmead Gewog in Pema Gatshel.

With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting all spheres of the economy, beekeepers in Bumthang are also feeling its reverberations. The Beekeepers Cooperative of Bhutan at Jalikhar is struggling to find a market for their honey with their primary customers, the tourism sector, shut down in the wake of the pandemic.

His Majesty The King offered prayers and Karmi Tongchoe at the conclusion of the Gongdue Kangsha Kurim. The prayer ceremony was held at the Tango Dorden Tashithang Buddhist University for all the people of the world who lost their lives due to COVID-19.