Frances H Bak, 70, from the United States of America, is the first tourist to enter Bhutan on 9 August this year after Bhutan decided to allow tourists in. Bak said, “Bhutan chose me. My relationships with the people I met here fueled my desire to return. They act as …

The Ministry of Health in a release said it is pleased to share that Bhutan completed 21 days with no community case on 3 September. More than 500 samples collected on 2nd September from enhanced surveillance areas, flu clinics, communities and quarantine facilities in Phuentsholing also tested negative. “However, with …

The People’s Democratic Party in a press release called upon the Government to implement the new school Assessment Rule from the new academic session. It said the Government has announced the new Assessment Structure in schools from mid this year. According to the changed assessment system, “the minimum pass mark …

The first Miss Bhutan pageant was held in 2008 with actress Tshokey Tshomo Karchung as a beauty pageant title holder. She took part in the Miss Earth 2008 beauty pageant, Miss Young International in Taiwan, and Miss Safari 2008 in Kenya The second Miss Bhutan was held in 2010 where Sonam Choden Retty was …

The 15th Round Table Meeting (RTM) between the government and development partners took place on 2 September to review the progress and implementation of the 12th Five Year Plan (FYP).   The RTM updated on the progress of the 12th FYP, and informed about the country’s macroeconomic performance and outlook. It …

Schools in the high-risk zones are still on high alert even though no positive COVID-19 cases have been found in the past few weeks. There are also schools taking face-to-face classes without interruption in the low-risk dzongkhags, at the same time, the schools are well prepared and equipped if any …

A total of 4,599 graduates have registered to appear for the Preliminary Examination (PE) of the Bhutan Civil Service Examination (BCSE) 2021, which will be held on 5 September. Of the total 4,599 graduates, 858 graduates have completed their degrees outside Bhutan, and a total of 3,741 graduates completed their …

Bhutanese citizens along with the rest of the world has been watching the disaster unfolding in Afghanistan for a few weeks now. In terms of geo-strategic location there is a similarity between Afghanistan and Bhutan in that both the countries are located strategically next to powerful neighbors. In the case …

CHICAGO – US President Joe Biden’s speech defending the withdrawal from Afghanistan announced a decisive break with a tradition of foreign-policy idealism that began with Woodrow Wilson and reached its apex in the 1990s. While that tradition has often been called “liberal internationalism,” it also was the dominant view on the right …

While the Thimphu District Court has convicted Khandu Wangmo for sedition, for planting seditious documents on Pemagatshel Drangpon Yeshey Dorji, his sister who works in the BNCA, and on the Drangpon’s ex-wife’s brother’s car, however, her victims feel that she got away lightly for such a grave crime. The sister …