His Majesty The King graced the Paro Tsechu on 23rd March , and offered prayers before the Guru Thongdrol, which is unfurled on the final day. His Majesty joined the people to view the Tsechu, and met with the thousands of people gathered there. This being an auspicious year celebrating …
Read More »Fortune Magazine names Bhutan PM among World’s 50 greatest leaders
The Fortune Magazine, well known for publishing the annual Fortune 500 list of the world’s richest companies and a sister concern of Time Magazine has listed Bhutan’s Prime Minister Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay in the list of ‘50 World’s Greatest Leaders’ list for 2016. Coming at number 50 the Magazine says …
Read More »His Majesty Graces Gomkora Tsechu
The thousands of devotees attending the sacred Gomkora Tsechu were doubly blessed when His Majesty The King graced the historic festival. The people offered Ku Sung Thugten Mendrel and Tshogchang to welcome their King. His Majesty spent the evening meeting with the people. The tsechu was initiated by the 3rd Druk …
Read More »Druk Air gets new Airbus
The Royal Bhutan Airlines will be welcoming its latest generation A319 equipped with “Sharklets to commemorate the 60th birth anniversary of the fourth Druk Gyalpo. The aircraft will be arriving from Hamburg, Germany via Delhi on 15th March at Paro International Airport and will complement its existing fleet of three …
Read More »His Majesty Graces Friday Forum Lecture
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 …
Read More »12,000 Civil servants in S&S category to benefit from latest RCSC reform
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 …
Read More »Khazanchi says P-II mishap should not delay project completion date
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. . …
Read More »Seven secretaries due for retirement by June 2016
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 …
Read More »DNT and DPT criticize Govt over Rising East
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 …
Read More »PM in Canada
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 …
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