His Majesty The King graced the Friday Forum lecture delivered by Sir Mark Tully at the Royal Institute for Governance and Strategic Studies, in Phuentsholing. The Friday Forum lecture, entitled ‘Climate Change- The Need For New Lifestyles In The South Asian Context’ was held in accompaniment with the ongoing 6th Senior …

The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) initiated has come out with a Bhutan Civil Service System (BCSS) reform that is expected to benefit 12,000 civil servants serving in the Supervisory and Support (S&S) category. The benefit will be faster promotions and less career stagnation. Bhutan Civil Service System (BCSS) reform …

The six Indian workers who were buried after the ceiling of the downstream surge chamber will each get a Nu 500,000 life insurance payment and a Nu 50,000 ex-gratia payment by the project. So far one body was recovered at around 9.15 pm on the night of 3rd January. . …

The senior levels of the government bureaucracy will see far reaching changes by June 2016 when seven top government secretaries head into retirement. This is because secretaries can only have a one five year term or retire at the age of 60. The only exceptions will be Ministry of Economic …

The so far cool political climate of Thimphu started heating up in the last two weeks with charges of regionalism and violation of the Constitution as both the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) criticized the government’s Rising East program. The DNT on Thursday issued a …

Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay left for Canada on Tuesday morning to attend the TED 2016 in Vancouver. Lyonchhen is scheduled to speak at the TED Conference on 19 February and return to the country by 21 February 2016. En route in New Delhi, Lyonchhen met with the Indian Minister of External …

Most Bhutanese woke up to a pleasant Saturday morning last week as an official announcement early in the morning broke the much anticipated news of the successful birth of His Royal Highness The Gyalsey on the night of 5th February 2016 . Soon following this news a sense of national …

Recognising the importance of renewable energy, the government introduced wind turbines for generating electricity for the first time in the country. Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay on 26th January was in Rubesa, Wangdue Phodrang to inaugurate the Pilot Wind Power Project. At the event, Lyonchhen said that with the commissioning of windmills, Bhutan is …

The 678 girls attending the 3rd Winter Youth Engagement Programme (WYEP) at Gyelpozhing Higher Secondary School, received a specially-recorded video-message from His Majesty The King, during an emotional closing ceremony held on 20thJanuary. The closing ceremony was graced by His Royal Highness Gyaltshab Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, His Majesty’s Representative in the …

His Majesty The King granted an Audience to the participants of the 18th Batch DeSuung Voluntary Programme. His Majesty shared the vision behind DeSuung, and told the Desuups that their service to the nation would help build the kind of future that we envision for Bhutan. His Majesty reminded the …