Monthly Archives: December, 0

The Regional Revenue and Customs office in Gelephu have confiscated Foster beer worth Nu. 3,30,000 on Friday. The consignment belonged to a businessman in Tsirang.

Thousands gathered at the Namdrupcholing monastery in Autso, Lhuentse as the weeklong Meonlam Chenmo concludes.

The European Union maintained that it will remain committed as a strong development partner of Bhutan regardless of the on-going Euro zone financial crisis. During a recent visit to the Kingdom, the EU Ambassador to Bhutan said, relation between Bhutan and the EU has been one of mutual respect and cooperation.

His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen arrived in the capital this evening. Their Majesties were on tour to the southern parts of the country since November 14.

Exactly one year ago, on this very day, five Bhutanese living with HIV came out in open. They talked about the trauma of living with HIV on the National Television.

The Ministry of Health is targeting zero, mother to child, transmission of HIV infection by 2015.  The Health Ministry detected 297 HIV positive cases from 1993 till date. Of that, 26 were a case of mother to child transmission.

European Union offered over Nu. 300 million to Bhutan to mainstream climate change in the Renewable Natural Resources (RNR) sectoral policies and programmes.

Bhutan’s leading author, Kunzang Choden, launched ‘Membar Tsho-The Flaming Lake’ and ‘Ogyen Choling-A Manor in Central Bhutan’, in Thimphu yesterday.

The first ever festival in the country on traditional drumming in South Asia opened at the Centenary Park in Thimphu this morning.