Kolkata, February 07: A Druk Air flight carrying 90 passengers had a emergency landing at Kolkata on Friday morning following outer layer of its windshield cracked mid-air. The Airbus 319 was flying from Bangkok to Paro via Gaya. Crew team were not sure about the cause of windshield crack but suspected to be due to … Read more
New Delhi, February 07: The Indo-Bhutan Friendship Society (IBFS) delegation led by its president Satya Prakash Malaviya met Bhutanese Ambassador to India Major General V. Namgyal on February 3 at Bhutanese embassy in Delhi. A delegation extended the warm welcome to Bhutanese Ambassador to India and appraised the activities of society and its unflinching commitment … Read more
New Delhi, February 07: A six-member delegation of highly placed United States officials is scheduled to arrive in Thimphu for a brief visit shortly. The delegation includes former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. The delegation will hold talks … Read more
Thimphu, February 07: A team of students from Thai Defense Institute is currently in Thimphu as part of the field studies of defense laws and security situation in various countries. The team also includes defense instructors, academicians and members from the intelligence agencies. It held discussion with Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley on Friday. The team … Read more
Thimphu, February 06: Australian Ambassador to Bhutan, accredited from New Delhi, called on King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk in Tashichodzong on Friday. He arrived Thimphu on Thursday on a weeklong visit. Details of the issued discussed are given formally, however, strengthening bilateral relations on grounds of the resettled of exiled Bhutanese were primarily discussed, … Read more
Gelehu, February 05: National Assembly members from south take up the agenda for development in southern districts, which was stalled after mass eviction in 1990s. The NA member elected from Sarpang district, who is currently in visit to his constituency, assured people that the district will see series of development activities during 10th five year … Read more
Gelehu, February 05: A seven-inch long statue of Shabdurng Ngawang Namgyal has been looted from a Chorten in Bumthang recently. The cost of the statue is estimated to be around Nu 600,000. The officials from the Culture Department of the district visited the site shortly after the looting report and taken snaps of the situation. … Read more
Thimphu, February 05: Parliament Secretariat organized an seminar on increasing relation between the financial institutions and government to accelerate development process. Members from financial institutions, World Bank, government bureaucrats, politicians, anti corruption commission, Druk Investment and Holdings discussed at length on increasing efficiency of the financial institutions in the country – both private and public. … Read more
Samdrup Jongkhar, February 04: Samdrup Jongkhar police claimed Indian authorities in Rangia, Assam have assured them that Shastra Seema Bal personnel who assaulted a Bhutanese taxi driver last week will be punished. Samdrup Jongkhar police officer said the punishment could be up to 28 days but Assam police official Commandant Tripathi refused that there was … Read more
Phuentsholing, February 04: Jaigaon Police have held a Bhutanese bus plying along Samtse-Thimphu on charges of killing an Indian businessman Tuesday. The bus killed the person at around 9 in the morning at Sungsung Para. The bus speed was beyond limit. However, it was the Indian truck, coming from the other side hit the … Read more