Ambassador of Switzerland to Bhutan Linus Von Castelmur called on the Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay at the Gyalyong Tshogkhang on November 20. Lyonchhen conveyed his deepest appreciation to the ambassador and said that the support and friendship of the Swiss government and people have continuously benefitted Bhutan over the years. …

The shocking lesson isn’t that politics demands dirty hands, but that politicians shouldn’t care You remember the photograph: President Obama hunched in a corner of the Situation Room with his national-security staff, including Hillary Clinton with a hand over her mouth, watching the live feed from the compound in Pakistan …

Good. This government is bring changes according to the ground realities. It should be there till individual level. Sangay Letho This system is nothing new and it is already being prac¬ticed in every government office and organization. Dawa Who is going to verify if progress and outputs shown by the …

The hottest topics of discussion these days, especially in government offices, are the proposed pay hike and house rent allowance for the civil servants. Even in the recent past, when civil service pay hikes was being considered, there was a strong and enthusiastic interest shown by civil servants on the …

The Opposition party Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) has issued a review of the government’s report on its first 100 days in office. This comes six days after the government claimed of having achieved 74 % of its pledges to be delivered at a press conference on November 9. Save for …

The government also mentioned that the rest of the nine pledges are partially fulfilled Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, at a press conference on November 12, on behalf of the government announced to the media that of the People’s Democratic Government (PDP) government’s 34 pledges, promised to be fulfilled within the …

The Ministry of Health (MoH) will henceforth follow the new design for constructions of Basic Health Units (BHU) across the country in the 11th plan after having found that some of the existing structures are either too small or too big. MoH has now come up with a third design, …

Mary Werntz, Head of the Regional Delegation of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Delhi called on Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay at the Gyalyong Tshogkhang earlier this week, on Thursday. She was accompanied by Charles Sabga, Regional Legal Advisor at the ICRC. Lyonchhen said that cooperation with ICRC, which …

Considering that Punakha fortress was built in 1637, 1627 can be ruled out. We can also rule out 1747 or any later years for one reason. The biography of Desi Sherab Wangchuck (1797-1765) gives us different administrative divisions of Wangdiphodrang and a different number of households. Those administrative divisions are …

In the year 1987 His Eminence Barstsham Rinpochey Lam Naku told us that the Bhutanese people would first earn their living by selling timber, then next would be water and at last stones. Mining in Bhutan has become a polemic subject although almost every item in the house comes from …