His Majesty The King met with the shopkeepers whose shops were washed away by flood and inspected the areas damaged, in Sarpang. His Majesty also met with the dzongkhag officials and others involved in relief efforts. Due to heavy rain over the past few days, the Sarpang river broke its …

A High Level Inter Agency Task Force under Chairmanship of the Foreign Minister has been established to study and undertake preparations for ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The High Level Task Force conducted its first meeting on 13th July 2016. The objective will …

The National Council in its discussions said the government sold USD 197 mn since 2014 to meet rupee requirements. This was soon picked up by the Opposition whose members also raised the issue questioning the government’s claim that the rupee crisis is over. In response, both the Prime Minister and …

Bhutan is host to the International Conference on “ Tradition and Innovation in Vajrayna Buddhism: A Mandala of 21st Century Perspectives” at Royal Institute of Tourism and Hospitality, Motithang in Thimphu. The conference is being organised by Central Monastic Body and Centre for Bhutan Studies. The three days conference is …

His Majesty The King, visited Dawathang village in Jomotshangkha, where 31 families have begun a new life, and granted land kidu. The beneficiaries of the Kidu have received a plot of land on which they have built homes, as well as agricultural land on a user-right basis. The Secretary of …

His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen arrived in Dungkhar, the ancestral home of the Wangchuck Dynasty, on the immensely auspicious occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Rinpoche, with His Royal Highness The Gyalsey on 15th June. Numerous propitious tendrel imparted supreme significance to the occasion of …

Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen inaugurated the 2nd Royal Bhutan Flower Exhibition at the Paro Ugyen Pelri Palace grounds on 4th June. The Exhibition this year was held to commemorate Her Majesty’s Birth Anniversary. His Majesty The King, His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, and members of the Royal Family graced …

Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen graced a ceremony to unveil the Wheelchair Accessibility Adaptation of the Centenary Park. The adaptation is part of an initiative to make public spaces accessible to people with disabilities, upon the Royal Command of Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen. Following the initiative of the Ability Bhutan Society, …

The Prime Minister said that based on public feedback and appeal by shop keepers and house owners, the government has instructed Thimphu Thromde to defer any decision on Norzin Lam till the government reviews the Thimphu structural plan. Lyonchhen said that he was happy to hear that Thimphu Thromde on …

An annual report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) called the ‘World Economic Outlook’ has said that Bhutan will be the world’s third fastest growing economy with an 8.4% real GDP growth rate. In first place Myanmar will grow at 8.6% followed by Ivory Coast in second place at 8.5%. …