As the ‘Dragon Boys’ took the limelight with the first silver medal in Bhutanese football history during the 13th South Asian Games (SAG) in Nepal, the national tennis team too acquired a ‘first’ bronze medal in 30 years in team competition in Kathmandu. Tennis players Tandin Wangchuk, Nidup Gyeltshen and …

Entrepreneurs are mainly seen as the driving force to prosperity in a country’s economy.  During the first formal cottage and small industries (CSI) flagship meeting, Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering  said effective implementation support for the start-up centers has to given. PM added that the start-up centers should have systematic …

A question put forth on the monthly meet-the-press was regarding an earlier plan under the MoIC initiated by the government in 2010 called the ‘Hole in the Wall’ or also referred to as ‘Play and Learn’ and its condition. The program was aimed towards the rural area’s youth for basic …

During monthly meet-the-press conducted questions were raised by media houses about the 21st century Economic Roadmap preparation by the government. Lyonchhoen Dr Lotay Tshering said that the economic roadmap cannot be bluntly decided within a few weeks’ time and if at all such had been done, it would rather account …

Owners of automobile workshops from all 20 dzongkhags and 4 thromdes gathered at the White Tara hotel in Thimphu on 25 December, in order to bring into view some of the issues that they are facing. The Prime Minister Dr Lotey Tshering, the Automobiles Association of Bhutan and the media …

National Service or otherwise known as conscription, or military draft, was first affiliated to the British government. Conscription in the United Kingdom existed for two periods in modern times. The first was from 1916 to 1920, and the second from 1939 to 1960, with the last conscripted soldiers leaving the …

The biggest announcement of the 112th National Day was the announcement of the Gyalsung or National Service for youth at or above the age of 18 from 2022 onwards. The Bhutanese following the announcement talked to an array of of youth over the next few days to gauge their reaction …

Proudly called the “Dragon Boys”, the Under-23 team led by Chencho Gyeltshen, contested box-to-box with the Nepal football team till the final whistle. It is the first squad to accomplish such a success, and settled for the silver medal. Although football pundits normally emphasize on the difference between the home …

The Finance Minister, Lyonpo Namgay Tshering, during the last meet the press on 29th November 2019 was asked by The Bhutanese about if the government is aware about a growing wage gap between the government and the private sector and what would it do to narrow the gap. The Finance …

The 4th ICT Conference was organized by the Department of Information Technology and Telecom (DITT), Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) on 2nd December. The conference is held once in two years to provide a platform for ICT professionals in government agencies to discuss on issues arising from the technologies …