Tashi Choden

PRESS RELEASE

Her Majesty The Queen Mother Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck delivered the keynote address at the 54th session of the Commission on Population and Development that is taking place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 19 to 23 April 2021. Her Majesty’s keynote address was delivered via a ...

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Suspension of referral of all foreign patients to hospitals in Thailand

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to inform the general public that the Royal Thai Government has suspended all medical referrals to hospitals in Thailand until further notice due to the surge in COVID-19 cases in Thailand.

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PRESS RELEASE

Graced by HRH Dasho Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck, a special prayer and thousand butter lamps’ ceremony was held at Simtokha Dzong today in memory of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II’s husband who passed away at the age of 99 on 9th April 2021. ...

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Vacancies at the SAARC Energy Centre (SEC), Islamabad, Pakistan

1. Program Leader (Energy Trade) 2. Research Fellow (Energy, Transport, Environment)   The last date of submission of applications is 10 May 2021. Please check the following documents for reference: Advertisement TORs for Research Fellow (ETE) TORs for Programme Leader (Energy Trade) Application Form For Professional

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BIMSTEC Scholarships on Agriculture

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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Press Release

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 ...

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Announcement

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 ...

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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 ...

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