Statement on Doklam Disengagement Staff Reporter/ Thimphu The Foreign Ministry in a statement said Bhutan welcomes the disengagement by the two sides at the face-off site in the Doklam area. It said, “We hope this contributes to the maintenance of peace and tranquility and status quo along borders of Bhutan, …

His Majesty The King arrived in Thimphu on 24th August, following a 10 day Royal Tour of the Southern Dzongkhags of Chukha and Samtse. His Majesty granted an Audience to the retired armed force personnel at the Chukha Dzong this afternoon, and to the students of the Gaeddu College of …

His Majesty The King graced the launch of the Bhutan Foreign Service Programme, at the Royal Institute of Governance and Strategic Studies in Phuentsholing on 16th August. The Bhutan Foreign Service Programme is a 3-week integrated leadership programme tailored for Bhutan’s foreign service. It is the eighth leadership programme at …

The Punatsangchu Hydroelectric Project Authority (PHPA) Managing Director R.N Khazanchi has said that the total cost of the right bank stabilization work for P I and the surge shaft stabilization work in P II could cost up to Nu 2.5 bn. In P I, Khazanchi said that though the exact …

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lyonpo Damcho Dorji led the Bhutanese delegation to the 15th Ministerial Meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) in Kathmandu, Nepal, held on 11 August, 2017. The Ministerial meeting was preceded by the 18th Session of the BIMSTEC Senior …

After missing numerous deadlines for completion the Minister for Works and Human Settlement Lyonpo Dorji Wangdi said she had been assured by project DANTAK that the bypass would be completed by June 2018. She said currently the formation cutting was done but the ‘full formation cutting’ had to be done …

The former Minister for Economic Affairs and the current Education Minister Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk during the monthly meet the press session said that Bhutan’s hydro projects will not be affected by a power surplus and falling tariff rates in India. India’s main electricity regulator the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) had …

The Education Minister Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk clarified that the Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) degree is a recognized graduation degree by the Education Ministry or specifically the Bhutan Accreditation Council under the Ministry. Lyonpo said that under the Tertiary education policy reforms all forms of distance or online degrees are recognized …

With the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) reducing the loan limited from 50 to 30 percent to control the imports of vehicles and suggesting the government to come up with fiscal measures, the popular over night perception was that vehicles taxes are on the way. However, the Prime Minister Lyonchhen Dasho …

Prime Minister Lyonchhen Dasho Tshering Tobgay,and Professor Neil Gershenfeld inaugurated the FabLab Bhutan on Thursday evening at Olakha. Dasho Tshering Tobgay in his keynote address said that STEM-Olympiad drew his attention in depicting the capabilities of the youth. He shared that the students displayed ideas of organic villages, living as community, …