Bhutan will host its first Buddhist film Festival this October with a selection of six films which includes the premiere of a film on Yangsi Rinpoche-Reincarnation is just the beginning- a 97 minutes story on Dilgo Khyentse’s reincarnation living in Bhutan that is just released worldwide. Director Mark Elliott, who …

Minor cyclone hits gewog A minor cyclone hit the gewog and uprooted the roofs of four houses and destroyed their staple food maize. The cyclone hit Chhimoong on 29 September Gup Sonam Tshewang said that there were nobody was injured but houses have been destroyed. “We have informed the Dzongkhag …

To provide conventional supply and demand-driven Technical Vocational and Education Training (TVET), trainers from the public and private sectors and Training Professional support Division (TPSD) attended a workshop to design and develop the training courses. The training program will develop and design knowledge and skill courses that will help employability …

Despite regular trainings and awareness programs by the labor ministry (MoLHR) to the construction sectors and related agencies, much required Occupational, Health and Safety (OHS) measures could not be applied effectively. A labor official said that there is a need for proper mechanism to institute and implement the rules and …

The NCWC report states only 40 percent of Bhutanese women may have the capacity to participate in public space In the days of barter system, men played the head honcho and handled business and financial matters. In those days it was inevitably a position reserved for men as it involved …

“ONE NATION ONE PEOPLE” was what His Majesty our beloved Fourth Druk Gyalpo said when I was in a junior School as a primary student. Every one of us knows that our Nation has progressed by leaps and bounds under the far-sighted leadership and benevolence of our great Kings who …

Bhutan’s loss at the non-permanent Security Council seat election brings into sharp focus the realities of global politics where economic might and size far outweigh the ambitions of a small country. Despite the loss it must be acknowledged that Bhutan gave its best in a campaign which was doomed to …

Opposition calls on government to reconsider foreign policy priorities and to provide a complete public account of the cost incurred to campaign for the UNSC The 193 member United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted for the Republic of Korea with 149 votes over Bhutan and Cambodia to serve on the …

Business associations have submitted its views in writing to the BCCI including options for the government  In a recent submission to the Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (BCCI), the private sector laid down thier pedestrian day-views and its impact  in a 10- page report titled ‘views of private sector …

MoH says it has no facilities to keep them and wants the public to build one When Kali Maya in her 30s was brought to Thimphu police station on the evening of 18th October, the police were in a dilemma as to how to deal with her, where to send …