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Kuensel was founded in 1965 and it used to be published by Mani printing press in Kalimpong as an internal government bulletin.. Kinley Dorji, who graduated from Columbia University, New York with a master's degree in journalism, served as editor of Kuensel, and later as both editor-in-chief and managing director, between 1986 and 2009.
The Great Buddha Dordenma is sited amidst the ruins of Kuensel Phodrang, the palace of Sherab Wangchuk, the thirteenth Druk Desi, overlooking the southern approach to Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan. Construction began in 2006 and was planned to finish in October 2010, however construction did not conclude until 25 September 2015.
Dasho Kinley Dorji (Dzongkha: ཀུན་ལེགས་རྡོ་རྗེ་; Wylie: Kun-legs Rdo-rje) was Bhutan's first trained journalist who became founder, then managing director and editor in chief of Kuensel, Bhutan's national newspaper. In 2009 he became Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Communications, a position he ...
Source: [1] 2 January – Winter solstice (Nyi 30 January – Traditional Day of Offering 21–23 February – Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King 28 February 1 March – Losar New Year
Kuensel, a newspaper of a government-owned corporation, circulates six days a week in Dzongkha and English. In 2006 two privately owned, independent newspapers were launched as part of preparation for the country's move to democracy: Bhutan Times, and Bhutan Observer, which also produced a Dzongkha edition.
Tshering underwent training at Indian Military Academy [8] and was commissioned into the Royal Bhutan Army in November 1971. Thereafter, he was attached with the 8th Battalion the BIHAR Regiment of the Indian Army and underwent Young Officers Course, Commando Course, Intelligence Staff Officers’ Course, Junior Command Course, Senior Command Course in various schools of instruction in India.
The fortress was built in 1659 atop a ledge with steep cliffs on three sides, overlooking the Drangme Chhu and Gamri Chhu rivers. The construction of the dzong was prophesied by Ngawang Namgyal who ordered the Penlop (Governor) of Trongsa, Chhogyal Minjur Tempa to put down local chieftains and construct the dzong. [3]
Gelephu Special Administrative Region (stylized as GeSAR), also known as Gelephu Mindfulness City (Dzongkha: དགེ་ལེགས་ཕུག་དྲན་ཤེས་ཁྲོམ་ཚོགས), is a planned special administrative region and economic hub in Gelephu, Bhutan, that covers an area of 2,500 square kilometers. [1]