Many special and exciting events are planned to take place throughout the country in 2015 to celebrate the 60th Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the Fourth King Jigme Singye Wangchuck. The ‘Visit Bhutan 2015’ has a series of tourism events planned across the country to attract regional and international tourists. …

Locally grown onions are set to flood the market in Bhutan. This might stop the need to import onions. This is already the case in the eastern region. It was made possible due to enrolling many eastern farmers in mass bulb onion cultivation by the Research and Development Centre (RDC), …

The 3-day Rhododendron Festival at the Royal Botanical Park at Lamperi, in tribute to His Majesty the Fourth King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, will start on April 18. The festival is keeping in mind that the Fourth Druk Gyalpo is the foremost nature conservationist, and under His Majesty’s vision, Bhutan has …

His Royal Highness Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck, Representative of His Majesty the King, President of the Bhutan Olympic Committee and the Director of Board of the Tarayana Foundation met with chairman of the Public Authority for Youth and Sports, Kuwait, Sheikh Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, at the Changlinemethang Stadium on …

Hydropower Development Bhutan has a total hydro power capacity of 30,000 MW, and an economically viable total capacity of 23,760 MW, of which 1,400 MW has been built. A major development in the Bhutan-India hydropower cooperation is that the target of harnessing 10,000 MW by 2020 will no longer be …

The Student Loan Scheme for tertiary education made possible under the Economic Stimulus Plan will provide students with the funds to continue their education. According to the Prime Minister, pursuing higher education should not be a luxury for the privileged only, but for all the Bhutanese students. The Student Loan …

Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck graced the launching of the Bhutan Democracy Dialogue’s website and logo at the Royal Banquet Hall, Thimphu yesterday. The five registered political parties of Bhutan set up the Bhutan Democracy Dialogue (BDD) with the signing of a Charter for Bhutan Democracy …

The Minister for Economic Affairs, Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk graced the opening of the 29th annual general meeting of Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) on 16th April at the BCCI conference hall in Thimphu. Senior Government Officials, business representatives from dzongkahgs as well as business people attended to the …

The ambassador of India to Bhutan, Gautam Bambawale gave a lecture on the relation between India and Bhutan in the coming decades at Royal Thimphu College (RTC) on 15th April. The ambassador told the students of RTC that India and Bhutan are neighbors and friends, emphasizing two countries are equal …

There have been two things that the government has been doing enthusiastically for quite some time, and both of them are bad for the private sector. One, is that it is starting to get into an array of activities meant for the private sector, and the other is that it …