A state funeral for the eleven soldiers of the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) who died in the unfortunate September 2 explosive mishap in Haa will be held in the capital on Saturday. They were killed during a routine procedure of destroying unserviceable ammunition which exploded at around 10am at Anakha, …

Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay returned home on September 4 after a six-day successful visit to India upon the invitation of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, his first foreign visit after assuming office as the Prime Minister of Bhutan. While the visit deepened the Bhutan-India relationship, India also reiterated its commitment, in …

His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen graced the 17th convocation of Royal Institute of Management (RIM) graduates on August 26 in Thimphu. Addressing the 2011-2013 Graduates, His Majesty the King said “We must be prepared to resolve any problems that we may be faced with immense intelligence …

As part of the vegetable production and marketing plan to gear towards self-sufficiency, the Department of Agriculture and Marketing Cooperation (DAMC) has been facilitating farmers with major buyers and other linkage. The Vegetable Value Chain Program in the east (VVCP-E) initially started as an off-season vegetable program (OVP) in July …

Unlike in the past years, conservationists experienced the biggest jolt when white bellied heron (WBH) this year, refused to produce even a single fledgling. Among the 24 WBH individuals present in the country, only two nests belonging to two families were discovered and none succeeded in producing a hatchling. White …

The 11th Five Year Human Resource Development (FYP HRD) master plan of the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR) mainly focuses on private sector development as it is considered the impetus for growth. The government has increased attention on developing the sector for employment generation as well as sustainable …

Assad long felt himself to be in America’s gunsights Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been shadow boxing with the prospect of a U.S.-led attack for years. That one is now being threatened must seem to Assad like proof he was right all along. In many conversations with Syrian officials over the …

Continuation of sub-topic – Second cause of INR Shortage: Divergence in Inflation Suitability of relative weights can be judged from drinks and meat in the consumer basket. Beer gets 0.56% weight and fruit juice is given 0.64%. Domestic spirit, which is ubiquitously consumed, gets 0.65% light weight. Drinks seem to …

The government will look into how it can take care of the country’s elderly citizens, deprived of home and shelter, not based on what they see around the world but taking local traditions and culture into consideration. This was said by the works and human settlement minister Dorji Choden during …

As pledged by the PDP government during its campaign Each year, more than half of the university graduates are screened out during the Royal Civil Service Commission’s (RCSE) preliminary exams, making them ineligible to appear for the main Bhutan civil service examination (BSCE), which most graduates feel is unfair and …