Asia Bhutan Bhutan Space Week 2022 has invited teachers across the country to submit proposals for space-related activities; the six selected proposals will receive a $100.000 grant
Asia Bhutan A business dialogue with Bangladesh was held, where ideas were exchanged with the local business community on how to maximise the benefits of the recently signed preferential trade agreement between the two countries
Asia Bhutan Seyphu will host the country's first mega solar power plant, a 17-megawatt facility, while the construction of the plant at Shingkhar in Bumthang is facing a temporary suspension due to community clearance issues
Asia Bhutan Campaign for the second dose of Covid-19 vaccination for children starts today; the country thus confirms expectations to reach herd immunity by the first week of October
Asia Bhutan The London-bound flight of the Prince of Bhutan had to abort take-off at Delhi airport due to a swarm of ants found in the business class section of the plane
Asia Bhutan In just a month the price of a tray of eggs in Thimphu has increased by 37,5% from Nu320 to Nu440 due to the delay in importing stocks for the reproduction of laying hens and broilers
Asia Bhutan A new UNDP-supported project will seek to integrate biodiversity conservation into tourism development, a long-term strategy to mitigate threats to biodiversity while generating funding for sustainable conservation
Asia Bhutan 90% of the adult population was fully vaccinated within a week, to the congratulations of UNICEF Bhutan representative Will Parks, who called it "probably the fastest vaccination campaign during a pandemic"
Asia Bhutan To enable Indian citizens to make instant and secure payments to businesses in the country, the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan and the National Payments Corporation of India have launched a cross-border Quick Response code payment
Asia Bhutan The Bhutanese Youth Cooperative is one of a number of communities in the country that aim to empower Bhutanese youth and promote positive social change with projects on local professionals in fields such as technology, healthcare, engineering and business
Asia Bhutan Bhutanese in diaspora raise international concern on Japan’s decision to confer an award on Dago Tshering, former PM held responsible for the ban of citizens of Nepalese origin and those who supported them
Asia Bhutan The government will propose lifting the ban on the sale of tobacco products in view of the continued smuggling of tobacco products through the porous border in the south, which has been identified as one of the main reasons for the spread of the Covid-19
Asia Bhutan With the onset of the monsoon season the villagers of Laya, world famous for the cultivation of cordyceps, a fungus widely used in medicine, have been affected by flooding