Thimphu, April 02: Prime Minister Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk flew to New Delhi on Sunday morning leading the Bhutan delegation to the 14th SAARC Summit. The summit is due to begin on Tuesday. Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, the Minister of Labour and Human Resources and senior government officials, accompany Wangchuk. Army officials, Paro Dzongkhag officials, other senior […]
New Delhi, April 02: In his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh on Monday morning, Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala sought assistance from Indian government to find solution of the exiled Bhutanese. Among other things, Koirala urged Indian government to help find solution of the crisis since holds important position in […]
By Lynda Hurst "I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, rich is better."– Mae West, Gertrude Stein and sundry othersYes, well, no argument there. It's better. But it's not nirvana. The age-old assumption that when it comes to money, more equals better, is proving to be just that: an assumption. Turns out that […]
Siliguri, April 01: A flight of Druk Air on way to Paro from Bangkok with about 90 people on board made a emergency landing in Kolkata on Sunday after a fire alarm that later turned out to be false. Airport officials said the pilot contacted the Air Traffic Control at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International […]
New Delhi, March 31: Pressure from the Indian political leaders to the central government of India for resolution of the issue of exiled Bhutanese is getting momentum. On Saturday, March 31, more than a dozen noted Indian leaders, including those of the ruling Congress (I) urged the central government to play the role of facilitator […]
Kathmandu, March 29: A meeting of the central committee member of Bhutan Press Union (BPU), on March 26, has nominated T. P. Mishra, editor of Bhutan News Service (BNS) as the winner of ‘Year Journalism Award 2006.’ According to a press release issued by general secretary of the BPU, Bhola Puranaghare on Thursday, Mishra also […]
Sanischare, March 28: The meeting of the eight parties in Morang district held on March 28,took decision to restrict the movement of exiled Bhutanese refugees out of the Shanishchare camp after 5 p.m. Before this, the Bhutanese were allowed to go out of the camp on the permission of camp officials. Secretary at the camp […]
By Kinley Tshering March 25, 2007 Thimphu: This is the party everybody has been talking about. This is the party which, in popular view, jumped the gun and even fueled concerns that it was stifling opposition by becoming all too powerful. This is People’s Democratic Party, PDP for short. Why the urgency, the rush to form the […]
By Sonam Pelvar March 25, 2007 “We hope to win the elections. If not, we will at least make it to the opposition.” Hardly a veiled threat and those in the political fray better take note. These words come from none other than the think-tank and Working Committee Chairman of Bhutan People United Party (BPUP), Dasho […]
Thimphu, March 29: The Bhutan National Bank (BNB) has said it will distribute Nu. 119 million dividend to its shareholders and another Nu.12 million bonus of three months to its employees. The money is drawn from the profit it made last year. 4,582 shareholders and 327 employees of the bank will benefit from the plan. […]