The Bhutanese Leading the way.
His Majesty The King began a 6-day trek to Lunana from Laya, in Gasa Dzongkhag, on 20 October following the route that is internationally known as the Snowman Trek. In Laya, His Majesty graced the inaugural edition Royal Highland Festival, which was held from 16-18 October. The festival saw the …
Read More »Draft 12th plan size at Nu 322 bn
The latest draft of the 12th Five Year plan has the 5 year plan at a whopping Nu 322 bn well above the current Nu 217 bn 11th plan. A major feature of the plan is that unlike the almost equal balance between capital and current expenditure in the current …
Read More »HM Grants Audience to 21st batch DeSuups
His Majesty The King granted an Audience to volunteers participating in the 21st DeSuung training programme at Tencholing. His Majesty spoke to the DeSuups about the vision behind the programme, which was initiated in 2011, and inspired them to play their part in nation building and in serving the country. …
Read More »Himalayan Palm Civet electrocuted
A Himalayan Palm Civet was found dead after being electrocuted on 27 September 2016 at Kurizam, Mongar in a Chirpine near a human settlement. One of the residents reported the incident through a phone to the Central Park Range Office, Phrumsengla National Park. Himalayan Palm Civet belongs to Carnivora of …
Read More »Gasa to host Royal Highland festival
The highlands of Gasa will come alive from 16th to 18th October with the Royal Highland Festival and also the Snow Man run from 15th to 16th October. The festival will see a display of tradition and culture of Highlanders with songs, dance, games, sports, costumes, arts and crafts, Bja …
Read More »26 year old Kezang Wangmo is DPT’s North-Thimphu hope
The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) introduced Kezang Wangmo as its new Candidate for the North Thimphu Constituency. “It gives us immense joy and pleasure to introduce Ms. Kezang Wangmo as our new Candidate for the North Thimphu Constituency,” said the party in a release. Ms. Kezang Wangmo has a Bachelors …
Read More »North Thimphu poll day on 4th November
The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has released a set of election dates related to the North-Thimphu bye-election where the 4th of November has been set as poll day. The Election Commission of Bhutan issued its notification after a Royal Decree of His Majesty The Druk Gyalpo was issued on …
Read More »Bhutan pulls out of SAARC meet
An official press release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that Bhutan will be pulling out of the SAARC summit in Pakistan. This would make Bhutan the fourth country after India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh to pull out of the summit over increased tensions in the region especially after …
Read More »Bhutanese Film gets a special mention award out of 7,000 films
“Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait,” has been awarded a Special Mention by an international jury for being placing second in the prestigious Toronto Platform Film Competition. Hema Hema was invited to have its North American premiere at the renowned 41st Toronto International Film Festival (September 8th-18th, …
Read More »Shakespeare back in Bhutan
William Shakespeare’s Play is going to get reintroduced in the school curriculum for 11th and 12th standard from 2017. As part of the launch students from schools in Thimphu staged The Merchant of Venice. To celebrate the event Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay also delivered a Shylock’s Monologue.
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