Transport: Rinchen, a 59-year-old Layap has been waiting in Gasa town since January 5 to take his first bus ride from Gasa to its neighboring dzongkhag, Punakha. Like Ap Rinchen, many curious locals ...

Punakha and Wangdue implemented lockdown by 6am and Gasa by 9am yesterday. Wangdue Dzongdag Sonam Jamtsho said that with a few stranded individuals within the dzongkhag, a complete lockdown could be ...