Dec 22: King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday where they wrapped up agreements in several sectors, from water resources to civil aviation. On Tuesday, King Khesar began his program with a ceremonial welcome at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan. He then laid a wreath at the memorial of [...]

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Dec 21: Bhutan and India will sign agreements for hydropower projects and a hospital during the visit of King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk to India beginning Monday. The hydropower projects are to be build under Indian government or private sector investment while the hospital will be built on the lines of the All-India Institute of Medical [...]

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Dec 11: Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood said his country can do nothing for repatriation of the exiled Bhutan to their homeland.  Contrast to Indian foreign minister’s statement two years ago that Bhutanese refugees is an international issue, Sood told journalists in Jhapa on Wednesday that it is a bilateral issue between Nepal and Bhutan.  He [...]

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Dec 4: Druk National Congress (DNC) submitted a report Prevailing Situation in Bhutan to United Nations – Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights. “Bhutan is presenting its human rights on the 6th session of the Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review,” Karma Duptho told, “Unlike what Bhutan presents, ours is [...]

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Nov 27: Bimal Gurung, the president of Gokha Mukti Morcha, denied that the party has not imposed dress code on Bhutanese students in the hill districts, according to Kuensel. Gurung, however, admitted that they wanted the Bhutanese students to support their movement on humanitarian grounds. “If they feel insure, they aren’t imposed to wear their traditional [...]

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Nov 19: The political parties, the only two currently operating legally in the country, are on the verge of collapse due to decreasing number of membership.  Though the party membership had risen during the election time, the two parties DPT and PDP are now facing a shrinking of party numbers, with some members resigning and most [...]

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Sept 12: India and Bhutan have pledged for a joint fight in securing their borders by deploying more guards at the frontiers. The two governments made the pledge at a time when the alleged nexus between Maoist groups of Bhutan and militants in northeast India are reported to have been coming to the fore. The decision follows [...]

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Sept 12: The first extraordinary sitting of the parliament yesterday passed the LG bill but did not come to any resolution, after more than five hours of discussions, on the draft criteria for declaring bills as urgent, addressing disputed bills in future, voting on bills in a joint sitting and drafting of bills. The joint committee [...]

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Sept 10: Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley has said that his eight-day visit to Japan has confirmed good will relations between the two countries. PM Thinley, who returned home yesterday, said that following his visit the two countries were able to strengthen and build linkages. “I’ve come back with assured support and many opportunities”, added Thinley. According to [...]

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Sept 07: According to the speaker of the national assembly Jigme Tshultrim, the extraordinary sitting to pass the local government (amendment) bill will be convened on Friday, September 11. His Majesty King Jigme Khesar issued a royal kasho (decree) on August 28, commanding both houses to convene an “extraordinary sitting of Parliament” after the parliament could [...]

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