Monthly Archives: December, 0

The Thailand’s Ambassador-Designate to Bhutan, Madurapochana Ittarong, called on the Prime Minister Jigmi Y.Thinley at Gyalyong Tshogkhang today.

Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP), one of the aspiring political parties revealed three more new candidates in a press conference, today.

Coinciding with the descending day of Lord Buddha, a 200-pages- magazine titled, Kuenphen Dutse Pelter, was launched at the Tango University of Buddhist studies today.

Two non-national labourers were killed on the spot when the Tata Winger they were travelling in, fell 70 feet off the road at around 6 a.m., this morning.

The Ambassador-designate of Thailand to Bhutan, Madurapochana Ittarong, presented her credentials to His Majesty the King this morning. She arrived in the country on Sunday.

The Prime Minister Jigmi Y.Thinley is back in the capital after a three-day-visit to the remote gewog of Laya under Gasa Dzongkhag.

The third round of the local government election today saw 39 out of 65 vacant posts fill. Seventeen Dzongkhags in the country had vacant posts despite the two previous rounds of LG elections.

Ugyen Wangchuk, 28, and his friend were bitten by a stray dog on October 29. The dog died the next day. And then came the confirmation. The dog was rabid. Ugyen and his friend are currently undergoing treatment at the Gelephu Central Regional Referral Hospital.

His Holiness the Je Khenpo consecrated the newly constructed Tshepamey Thongdrel today. Scores of people gathered to receive blessings at the consecration ceremony which was held at Paro Tshechu ground.

The Executive Director of the Bhutan Media Foundation, Lily Wangchuk, is Druk Chriwang Tshogpa’s party president.