The Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa has criticized the Central Schools program of the government  calling it archaic and reversing the advances made in self-reliance. The party said that while there is no disagreement on the consolidation of the school system to improve efficiency and quality of education in the long run. …

When the full fury of the monsoon season struck and washed away Sarpang town, cut roads and started threatening Amochu’s embankments the Prime Minister was on a visit to the highlands of Soe and Lingzhi to meet the people there. However, on 23rd July concerned with the situation and in …

Heavier than normal monsoon rains over Bhutan and especially southern Bhutan wrecked havoc  in the last two weeks with mega landslides  cutting off the Phuentsholing-Thimphu highway and nearly all major highways and smaller roads across Bhutan. Meanwhile rivers and streams in southern Bhutan over flooded its banks destroying Sarpang town, …

Lyonchhen interacted with the people who have difficulties finding accommodation in Phuentsholing. Speaking to over 1000 people residing in the border town of Jaigaon , Lyonchhen informed them that the government will soon start building 72 buildings with 500 units in Phuentsholing. The ground breaking ceremony was held earlier in …

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 …