The month-long 2nd Winter Youth Engagement Programme (WYEP), which was held at Gyalpozhing Higher Secondary School, Mongar from 29th December 2014 – 29th January 2015 in accordance with the command of His Majesty The King, concluded on 29th January 2015. The WYEP was organized to engage the socio-economically disadvantaged students …

Bhutanese foods have often received cursory remarks – as either being too spicy or unpalatable to international taste. This may ostensibly change with the Bhutan International Food Festival (BIFF), scheduled to take place at the Clock Tower Square in Thimphu from February 19-22 this year. The food festival, an event …

The Prime Minister in a meeting with the Media Owners Association of Bhutan (MOAB) made some important decisions and commitments to help strengthen the finances and sustainability of the media as a whole. Also present at the meeting on 20th January 2014 was the Finance Minister Lyonpo Namgay Dorji and …

Bhutan International Festival (BhIF), a first-of-its-kind festival to promote, exhibit and depict Bhutanese arts, music and culture to international and local communities, will be held in Thimphu from February 14-23 this year. Cognizant of the fact that 2015 is a special year for Bhutan, the 10-day event is perfectly timed …

It was an especially auspicious day in Thrimshing, Trashigang, where His Majesty granted Audience and Tokha to over two thousand people from neighbouring villages, who had come to meet their King. A flock of bja goed wheeled in the sky during the Audience, an occurrence believed to be a very good omen …

The Opposition party DPT in its submission to the court on the DPT Vs Dasho Benji case said that the issue of sedition is not at all related to the present case and is too sensitive a matter, which will have unthinkable negative consequences on the national integrity, security and …

The Opposition party in a press conference again called on the government of the day to reinstate the three government secretaries who had earlier been surrendered by the government to the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC). The opening salvo was by Member of Parliament (MP) Yeshey Zimba who said that …

His Majesty The King celebrated Chunyipai Losar with the people of Lhuntshe in Autsho on 21st Janurary Thousands of people arrived at the Autsho School grounds in their festive best, from all across Lhuntshe, and many even travelled from as far as Mongar, for the opportunity to celebrate day with …

In response to a question at its press conference with the media the Opposition party went into a detailed critique of the government’s performance on the economic front from low growth rates to high liquidity and low FDI. References were also made to the Prime Minister’s investment pitch at the …

The Prime Minister upon return from visit to India on Monday, 19 Jan 2015, called for an emergency meeting of the Royal Civil Service Commission, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Labour and Human Resources to review the B.Ed graduates issue at hand, to find immediate solutions to it and …