Thimphu, April 22: Jigme Tshultim has been elected as the Speaker of the recently elected National Assembly. Yangkhu Tshering Sherpa is his deputy. A electoral process through secret ballot held among the NA members on Monday elected two of their colleagues. They were the only candidates for the two positions, both from ruling Druk Phuensum […]
Thimphu, April 22: King has appointed Col Kipchu Namgyel is the new head of the Royal Bhutan Police, who assumed his office on Saturday. He succeeded Col Sonam Thondup. Thondup served for 35 years in police. Namgyel, 53, hails from Shari under Paro district. Completing BA from Punjab University, India, he joined the RBP in […]
Phuentsholing, April 21: Indian government hopes that the railway service could be extended up to Bhutan, possibly in southern plains. The Indian railway authorites are planning to lay about 200 km of tracks between India and Bhutan and has already identified the connecting points between India and Bhutan. According to the plans Indian town of […]
Beldangi, April 20: A group of unidentified persons snabbed Dhan Singh Mongar, 25, of Beldangi-II, Sector I-1/97 to death on Saturday evening. The attackers had used sharp weapons. Reasons behind the attack was unknown. However, relatives of Mongar informed Bhutan News Service that the case was connected with his marriage. Magar had married a local […]
Kathmandu, April 19: Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) Nepal has accused United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) of curtailing freedom of expression. Issuing a press statement, HRWF said UNHCR’s country representative Daisy Dell sent a letter of clarification referrering an article written by Thomas Hardaker, an intern at HRWF. The UNHCR said the article […]
Thimphu, April 19: Royal University of Bhutan has begun interviewing students for enrollment in various faculties for new academic session. Those selected in the interview will pursue higher education in various 11 colleges under the RBU. For the first time, RBU accepted the online application from students willing to pursue university education. Bhutan News Service
Thimphu, April 19: The government has ordered the immediate dispatch of relief materials for those people displaced by the winds in Phuentsholing. Home Minister Minjure Dorji said relief materials have been sent to the districts to support the victims. He further said government has been planning to extend support to the people to build stronger […]
Sanischare, April 19: An unidentified group has kidnapped one exiled Bhutanese from Sanischare camp on Friday night. The group who came in combat dress, according to the eye-witnesses, along with home-made arms kidnapped Tika Ram Adhikari, 20, of sector F/3. The kidnappers had taken control of the family and few other huts around before taking […]
Thimphu, April 18: The inflation, that pinched world market these years, did not spare Bhutan where inflation crossed 6 percent in the first quarter of the current year. The food prices are expected to grow further. It was largely because of the inflation-hit Indian market from where Bhutan imports 90 percent of its consumables items. […]
Thimphu, April 18: The newly renamed GNH Commission handed over the draft 10th Five Year Plan to the office of the council of ministers on Thursday. The report was handed over to Prime Minister Jigmi Y. Thinley in presence of other ministers, Deputy Minister of National Environment Commission Nado Rinchhen and government secretaries. Prime Minister […]