Bhutan decided to go for abstention in the recent United Nations resolution against the decision of the USA to establish an Embassy in Jerusalem, for carefully calculated national interest reasons. This is according to two senior government figures one of whom is in the Foreign Ministry but they did not …

The Prime Minister has written to the Office of the Attorney General to investigate the Tsirang Cooperative issue and to prosecute it if anything is found. Around 400 villagers in Tsirang have been raising the issue of Nu 300 each collected from them to form an Agro Cooperative to avail …

Dismissing speculation of a strategic civil service pay hike before the 2018 polls, the Prime Minister Lyonchhen Dasho Tshering Tobgay said these are just rumors and have no truth to them. “A civil service pay hike before the 2018 polls would be one driven purely by political interests and not …

The ongoing LPG cylinder shortage has not abated with rumors that there would be a big price rise for subsidized cylinders from January 2018. The Minister for Economic Affairs Lyonpo Lekey Dorji once again dismissed the rumors and said there would be no dramatic price changes from January. While rumors …

The auspicious 7th century A.D Lhakhang Karp, which is home to Haa’s main protective deity and one of Bhutan’s important protective deities, Ap Chhundu, served as the venue of the 110th National Day celebrations. As people watched or listened to the important event in Bhutan on TV and radio and …

As youths graduate from colleges or finish their high schools, the first thought is usually to get into a salaried job, preferably a government one. The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) working with the government and National Land Commission (NLC) wants to instead encourage entrepreneurship and boost Bhutan’s economy and exports …

Speaker cites Constitutional requirement to do so  The National Assembly Speaker Tshogpon Jigme Zangpo said that the National Assembly (NA) will be heading for a 11th session sometime by June 2018, in order to fulfill a Constitutional requirement of having two NA sessions in a year apart from other Constitutional …

TCB submits to the cabinet measures to manage and improve the experience for regional tourists which include mandatory e-permits, hiring only Bhutanese vehicles and guides, etc In what is becoming a matter of increasing concern for Bhutan’s ‘high value and low impact’ tourism policy, the regional tourist numbers for the …

Recommends administrative action and rescinding of awards  The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has found in-transparency and administrative lapses by the Bhutan Film Association (BFA) for the 16th National Film Awards (NFA) in the case of the criteria for best three films that received the Prime Minister’s award along with Nu …

This is would be one of the major initiatives to celebrate and mark the 50 years of diplomatic ties between the two nations When Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay met the visiting Indian Foreign Secretary on 3rd October to discuss, among others things, the celebrations over 50 years of diplomatic ties, the …