The BIMSTEC Secretariat invites applications from interested candidates to pursue Masters and PhD in various disciplines in Agriculture under the BIMSTEC Scholarship on Agriculture supported by the Government of India. The study will commence in August 2021 at the Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi, India. Under the Scholarship, TWO ...
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17th Ministerial Meeting of BIMSTEC
The 17th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting was convened virtually by the Government of Sri Lanka as the Chair of BIMSTEC on 01 April 2021. Hon’ble Foreign Minister Lyonpo (Dr.) Tandi Dorji led the Bhutanese delegation that included the Foreign Secretary and officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In his Statement, Lyonpo ...
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The special Session of the BIMSTEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) was held on 31 March 2021. Foreign Secretary Kinga Singye led the Bhutanese delegation to the special SOM. The meeting was hosted virtually by the Government of Sri Lanka as the Chair of BIMSTEC. The special SOM was held in ...
Read More »International Professional Vacancies at the World Health Organization
Click here for the list of vacancies at WHO. For details please visit the link: https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobsearch.ftl. WHO will not accept CVs sent by email.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pleased to inform that ifa, Germany invites application for Remote Fellowships 2021, CrossCulture Programme from relevant interested Bhutanese. The CCP fellowship targets professionals or those who are voluntarily engaged in an organization or institution in one of the following fields of activity: -Policy ...
Read More »MFA In-house Session
An informal session on understanding the UN Multilateral Normative Framework and the role that small states like Bhutan play in shaping it was conducted for the young Officials of the Ministry on 26 March 2021. The session was led by Ms. Tshoki Choden, Chief, Political and International Security Division, Multilateral ...
Read More »WIPO Vacancy Announcements
PCT OFFICER – P3 – 20189-FT PCT Legal and User Support Section, PCT Legal and User Relations Division, PCT Legal and International Affairs Department, Patents and Technology Sector Application Deadline – 21-April-2021 IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING APPLICATION DEADLINE: Please note that the deadline for applications is indicated in local time as per ...
Read More »Status of travel bans in different countries in the light of COVID-19 Pandemic
Country Travel Restrictions India Still active and limited non-scheduled commercial flights may be allowed as per the SOP provided in the web link below (i) Updation_of_Guidelines.pdf (ii) MHAOrder_Unlock4_29082020.pdf (iii) RevisedguidelinesforInternationalArrivals02082020.pdf Flight restrictions shall not apply to all international cargo flights and those approved by DGCA. Bhutan has an air travel bubble arrangement ...
Read More »His Majesty The King appoints new Ambassadors
His Majesty The King granted dhar to appoint Zimpon Wogma Chitem Tenzin and Haa Dzongda Kinzang Dorji as the Ambassadors-designate, to Kuwait and Thailand respectively, on 24 March 2021. Zimpon Wogma Chitem Tenzin served in the Ministry since January 2000 before serving as Zimpon Wogma at His Majesty’s Secretariat, and ...
Read More »Joint Statement between Bangladesh and Bhutan on the occasion of the visit of H.E. Dr. Lotay Tshering, Hon’ble Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan, to Bangladesh from 23-25 March 2021
1. Hon’ble Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan H.E. Dr. Lotay Tshering paid a State Visit to Bangladesh from 23-25 March 2021 as the Special Representative of His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, to celebrate the Birth Centenary of the Father of the Nation of Bangladesh, ...
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