Press Releases

Press Release on the Third International Conference for Financing for Development held in Addis Ababa from 13th to 16th July 2015. The Third International Conference for Financing for Development began on the 13th of July 2015 at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, ...

AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE OF THE KINGDOM OF BHUTAN TO CANADA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS  Ambassador-Designate of the Kingdom of Bhutan to Canada, Kunzang C. Namgyel presented her credentials to The Governor General of Canada, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston on the morning of Monday, 1st June 2015 in Ottawa. The credentials ceremony ...

The submission of application for ITEC/TCS of Colombo Plan training courses which is fully sponsored by Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India has become online. The procedure for applying the course online is mentioned below: Read More

His Excellency Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of Bhutan traveled to Kathmandu today on a special flight to convey solidarity and support to the government and people of Nepal, following the disastrous earthquake that struck the region on 25 April. Read More

The Ministry would like to inform that GoI has now started accepting applications for those courses scheduled from May to August 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 ...

At the invitation of His Excellency Mr. Maithripali Sirisena, Hon’ble President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, His Excellency Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay paid an official visit to Sri Lanka from 9th to 12th April 2015. Lyonchhen was accompanied by Lyonpo Mingbo Dukpa, Minister of Education and other senior ...

Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay will be on an official visit to Sri Lanka from 9th-11thApril 2015 at the invitation of H.E. MaithripalaSirisena, the President of Sri Lanka. Read More

International Day of Happiness, 20th March 2015 observed at Rangsit University Rangsit university in collaboration with UN organisations in Bangkok, International Research Associates for Happy Societies (IRAH) and Royal Bhutanese Embassy, Bangkok organised one day International Forum on “Sustainable Development and Sustainanble Happiness”. The forum was organized to observe the ...

Leading RGoB’s delegation to the Third United Nations World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (14-18 March, Sendai), Lyonpo Damcho Dorji, Minister of Home and Cultural Affairs during the Plenary session (16 March) highlighted the vulnerabilities, priorities, achievements, and the challenges faced by Bhutan in the field of disaster risk reduction. ...

Press Release on the Signing Ceremony of the Exchange of Note for the Project for Replacement of Ambulances (Phase 2), Grant Contracts for “The Project for the Renovation of Irrigation Channels in Mongar Gewog, Mongar” and “The Project for the Construction of a Bridge in Athang Gewog, Wangduephodrang” Ambassador V. ...