Monthly Archives: December, 0

Dissatisfied with the verdict on the Gyalpoizhing land allotment case, the Home Minister, Minjur Dorji, was the last to appeal to the High court, yesterday.

Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen visited the Ability Bhutan Society centre, yesterday. Her Majesty is the patron of Ability Bhutan Society.

A forest fire above the Changjiji area has damaged about a 100 acres of forest.

A thousand butter lamps were lit for the late Bangladeshi President, Mohammad Zillur Rahman, in Thimphu, today.

Coinciding with the Global Money Week, the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan in collaboration with the World Bank officially launched the Financial Literacy Programme in Thimphu, today.

“Private sector growth has been tremendous since 2008, when measured by Corporate and Business Income Tax”: Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley with business community at BCCI, Thimphu.

Team Druk Menjong has won this year’s Care 2013 Khuru tournament and a cash prize of Nu.35,000.

As a gesture of love for His Majesty the King and to strengthen Bhutan-Thailand relationship, two doctors of Bangkok Heart Hospital provided free check-ups to the children diagnosed with heart problems at the National Referral Hospital in Thimphu on Tuesday.

Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness as an alternative development paradigm received a huge momentum when the United Nations General Assembly last year passed a resolution deciding to celebrate March 20 as the International Day of Happiness.

The people in the capital observed the International Day of Happiness with the unfurling of the giant Guru Thongdrel at the courtyard of Tashichhodzong, this morning.