Mar 10: A forest fire in the eastern district of Trashigang has burnt down an automobile workshop, three cars and 25 two-wheelers kept for repair there. The fire started on Tuesday and is yet to come under control. Further the wild fire burnt down a sawmill, a house, makeshift labor camps at Kheri and damaged 150 [...]

Read More

Jan 31: Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley congratulated Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa on his victory at the presidential election. In a personal message sent to Rajapaksa, Thinley said, “I am most delighted to hear of your landslide victory in the recent elections and return to the Presidency of your great country.” He said, “The people of Sri [...]

Read More

Jan 20: Eldest Queen mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck held interaction with the members of Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in New Delhi on Tuesday. She expressed happiness for being able to interact with the womenworkers. the women workers were also excited and showed her variety of their products. “Today I’m very happy to be here in [...]

Read More

Jan 18: An eight-member delegation of Health Ministry led by Health Minister Zangley Dupka is currently in visit to Andra Pradesh to study the innovative health scheme Arogyasri and 108 and 104 services. On Monday morning, the delegation called on state’s Chief Minister K Rosaiah. State chief minister Rosaiah on the occasion informed the Bhutanese delegation that [...]

Read More

Jan 01: An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook parts of the eastern Bhutan North East India on Thursday, triggering panic among the people.  The quake which occurred at 15.58 pm has its epicentre somewhere in eastern Bhutan, around 120 km east from capital Thimphu. There were no reports of injuries to people or [...]

Read More

Dec 22: The continued strikes in bordering Indian states have badly affected the transportation and economic activities of the country. Bhutanese have been facing the burnt of strike in Assam shortly after one ended in Gorkhaland. Assam had experienced similar strike some weeks ago as well. The latest strike called for Monday and Tuesday has turned Gelephu-Samdrup [...]

Read More

Dec 21: Marking the 102nd National Day on December 17, Bhutan inaugurated a new consulate in the capital city of West Bengal, Kolkata. Along side the opening ceremony, the Bhutan Fruit and Tourism Fair was held and the first issue of the Annual Journal of the Indo-Bhutanese Friendship Association, Kolkata, entitled “Golden Heritage” was launched. The [...]

Read More

Dec 22: If things go as planned, turning Thimphu into a bicycle city would not only help address the increasing traffic and parking woes but also add little contribution to keep environment clean. The government is planning to distribute bicycles donated by Japanese during his recent visit to traffic police, government employees. Japanese had donated some [...]

Read More

Dec 11: A four-member Sri Lankan delegation led by the Secretary Seetha Withannarachchi of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs visited the National Assembly of Bhutan on December 8.  The delegation met with Speaker Jigme Tshulthrim and other officials of the secretariat where Speaker emphasized on the close diplomatic relations between the two SAARC members and expressed [...]

Read More

Dec 04: Director General of International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Dr. Andreas Schild is currently in Bhutan on the invitation of the Ministry of Agriculture.  He visited the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE) on Thursday.  During his stay in Bhutan, Dr. Andreas is scheduled to discussed variety of issued with Bhutan government [...]

Read More