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His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen attended the Enthronement Ceremony of His Majesty Emperor Naruhito at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on 22 October 2019. The ceremony was attended by Royalty and other State Guests and dignitaries from around 180 countries around the world. The Enthronement Ceremony, …

Measures are listed in the Draft Regional Tourism Policy and Regulations The recent public outrage over an Indian tourist climbing on a Chorten in Dochula is just one in many cases, and it saw the public asking as to what the Tourism Council of Bhutan and the government is doing. …

The upcoming session of Parliament scheduled for January 2020 will see the introduction of major tax reforms. The biggest tax reform will be the Goods and Service Tax (GST) that will replace the multiple rate sales tax and customs duty right now with a single GST tax rate. It will …

The Foreign Minister Lyonpo Tandi Dorji confirmed that Bhutan and China are scheduled to have boundary talks though there has been no formal date and formal requests yet. Lyonpo said that Bhutan’s Embassy in New Delhi and the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi had informally discussed the need to have …

His Majesty The King granted an Audience to the students of Sherubtse College in Kanglung on 14th October. His Majesty shared thoughts on nation building, and our national vision for a common, bright and better future. “To prepare for the 21st century, we have to invest in our children. Bhutanese …

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) based on its findings with the BHEL case has clearly found that BHEL’s hiring of a local commission agent is wrong and it has asked for its removal in this and future projects as it inflates the cost of the hydro projects and to also …

The solutions however could push the completion date from 2024 to March 2025 If there is one project that has caused much national worry, then it is the 1200 MW Punatsangchu I project costing Nu 93.7 bn. The main issue has been the stability of its so far volatile right …

Social Media was abuzz on the evening of 17 October with outraged Bhutanese commenting on the picture of an Indian biker standing on the roof of one of the 108 Druk Wangyel Khang Zhang Chortens. People have not only criticized him for his unethical behavior but also blamed the Tourism …

The recent rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Paro and a string of rapes and sexual molestation of children has created a national outrage on the issue. The outrage was so strong that many members of the public including two MPs from DNT even demanded the amendment of …

Decision on RGoB and GoI college students’ stipends to also come soon On 11th July 2019 the Tashichhoeling MP Dil Maya Rai proposed that the stipends of college students be raised from the current Nu 1500 to Nu 2500 and that day scholars be given an additional Nu 1500 for …