Press Release

4-5 December at the Public Ground in Damphu, Tsirang Dzongkhag November 19, 2009, Thimphu: Under the environmental theme of “Volunteering for Our Earth” volunteers from 14 local and international volunteer involving organisations and individual volunteers are gathering at the Public Ground in Damphu, Tsirang Dzongkhag to celebrate their contributions to the Bhutanese society. This is the [...]

Thimphu: Following the tragic incident that Taliban militants attacked the UN guest house and killed five UN staff including two UN volunteers in Kabul, 600 UN international staff were temporality evacuated from Afghanistan. One of them was Lhap Thering from Bhutan, working for the UNDP electrical project in Kabul. He is now back in his home [...]