Thimphu, June 24: Chief of the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) Wogma Batoo Tshering has informed the ongoing National Assembly that he government has initiated process to slash the strength of the army by next year. The current strength of the RBA is 9,021 soldiers and government plans to bring down the number to 8,000, said […]
Thimphu, June 24: A Lhotsampa student of grade XII from Motithang Higher Secondary School has won award in an international essay contest. 17-year-old Bhuwan Giri, a science student at the school, won the essay competition entitled 'values of life', organized by Asia Pacific Leadership Program of the East-West Center and the College of Arts and Sciences, […]
Thimphu, June 25: The Bhutan government has banned viewing a website this month without furnishing any reason or accusation clamped on it. The government ordered the recently formed Bhutan Information, Communication and Media Authority (BICMA) to block viewing bhutantimes.com inside Bhutan. According to the orders, the only and government owned ISP Druknet blocked viewing the […]
New Delhi, June 22: The World Bank on June 20 approved a US$8 million grant to Bhutan, designed to create employment opportunities through private sector development, the bank statement reads. Strengthening the private sector to create job opportunities is a high priority of the Bhutan government and is a central part of its development strategy, […]
Thimphu, June 22: The ongoing last session of the National Assembly has endorsed the Civil Society Organizations Bill and the Public Finance Bill on June 20. Civil Society Organizations Act defines a civil society organization to be any ‘associations, societies, foundations, charitable trusts, non profit organizations or other entities that are not part of the […]
The governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and the United States, as members of the Core Working Group on Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal, highlight our strong desire to see a comprehensive and sustainable resolution for the protracted refugee situation of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. Indeed, the refugees living in Nepal cannot […]
Beldangi II, June 21: The exiled Bhutanese celebrated the World Refugee Day in Beldangi and other camps in Jhapa and Morang districts on Wednesday. Youth Friendly Center organized demonstrations. Camp secretary of Beldangi II extension Manarath Khanal also addressed a function. Speakers on the function stressed the need to keep all options open to find […]
Phuentsholing, June 21: The military government of Bhutan has arrested at least 39 people from southern Bhutan recently allegedly involved in communist party. These people have been kept at the Samtse jail and are given heavy torture and treated inhumaly. However, status of few of them has not been known. Their family members have not […]
New Delhi, June 20: Stressing the need to address the challenge on the energy front on a war-footing, the Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh dedicated the Tala Power Transmission System to his nation. Bhutan News Service Following is the text of the Prime Minister’s address on the occasion.“I am delighted to be associated today […]
July 19, Geneva – The number of refugees in the world has increased for the first time since 2002, largely as a result of the crisis in Iraq, the UN refugee agency said today. UNHCR's "2006 Global Trends" report, released today, shows the number of refugees under the agency's mandate rising last year by 14 […]