Press Releases

The Bhutanese community in Kolkata comprising the patients & their escorts, students and staff of the different agencies celebrated the birth anniversary of His Majesty the fourth King in the premise of the Royal Bhutan Consulate. The Consul General in his address highlighted the achievements of His Majesty during his ...

SECOND UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES The Second UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), which opened on 3rd November 2014 in Vienna, Austria concluded on the afternoon of 5th November 2014. The Conference had participation of representatives from 129 governments of LLDCs, transit developing countries and donor ...

His Excellency, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, President of the Republic of India, will be on a State Visit to Bhutan from 7-8 November 2014 at the invitation of His Majesty the King. The President will be accompanied by Mr. Manoj Sinha, Minister of State of Railways, Mr. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, member ...

The Ministry would like to inform that GoI has now started accepting applications for those courses scheduled to begin in February and March 2015 under the ITEC Programme. Refer ITEC Training Brochure. Therefore, the interested applicants are invited to apply (ITEC Application Form) for the same. The applications may be directly submitted ...

The Third Annual Bilateral Consultations between the Royal Government of Bhutan and the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia will  be held on 28th October 2014 in Thimphu. The Bhutanese delegation will be led by Mr. KingaSingye, Director General, Department of Bilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Australian delegation ...

Bhutan observed United Nations Day on October 24, 2014 with the lighting of 1000 butter lamps in the Kuenray, Tashichhodzong. Hon’ble Tshogpon Jigme Zangpo, Speaker of the National Assembly of Bhutan graced the occasion, which was attended by Cabinet Ministers, senior Government and the UN officials.  UN Day marks the ...

Thimphu, 21 October The European Union Commissioner for Development, H.E. Mr. Andris Piebalgs, arrived in the country today on a six day official visit. He is accompanied by Ambassador Joao Cravinho, Ambassador of the EU to Bhutan in New Delhi and other officials from the European Union Commission in Brussels, ...

The Ministry would like to inform that GoI has now started accepting applications for those courses scheduled from January 2015 under ITEC Program. Therefore, the interested applicants are invited to apply for the same. The applications may be directly submitted to the Desk Officer, Asia & the Pacific Division, Ministry ...

With reference to the vacancy announcement dated 28th July 2014, for the post of Chief Administrative Officer, this is to inform that the Ministry will not be able to short list and conduct the interview as notified in the announcement.Read More

Joint Press Release on Mutual Visa Exemption Agreement between Bhutan and Switzerland Thimphu, 8 October 2014 – A mutual visa exemption agreement for holders of diplomatic and official passports was signed today by Foreign Secretary Yeshey Dorji and H.E. Linus von Castelmur, Ambassador of Switzerland to Bhutan at the Ministry of Foreign ...