Asia Bhutan Bhutan achieves the milestone of +27% increase in the tiger population since 2016, indicating the success of conservation efforts and the commitment to the Global Tiger Recovery Program to maintain viable tiger numbers
Asia Bhutan With over 90% of girls and boys with HPV immunization, the country ambition to eradicate cervical cancer in women by 2030 is looking feasible
Asia Bhutan The TIWB Tax Inspectors Without Borders initiative was launched yesterday by the Department of Revenue and Customs and the United Nations Development Program to help the country derive more from taxes
Asia Bhutan The $200 tourists daily fee will be halved in an attempt to revive an industry that is still struggling to recover a year after the end of Covid-19 restrictions
Asia Bhutan IHG Hotels & Resorts has announced the signing of Holiday Inn Thimphu as the first property in the brand's portfolio in Bhutan; Holiday Inn is the second IHG brand to enter the country, following Six Senses Bhutan
Asia Bhutan International Payments Ltd (NIPL), the wholly-owned subsidiary and international arm of National Payments Corporation of India, said it has reached the milestone of issuing over 10.000 RuPay cards in Bhutan
Asia Bhutan The country has received the official declaration of the World Health Organisation's Southeast Asia region on the elimination of rubella
Asia Bhutan Greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector could triple by 2030 if no action is taken, warns a policy brief from the Asian Development Bank
Asia Bhutan Nine new plant species from different climatic zones that join Bhutan's flora have been found by researchers from the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Forest Research and Training and the Department of Forests and Park Services
Asia Bhutan To support cross-border conservation of the red panda, Bhutan will sign a new agreement with the Zoological Survey of India, in the presence of the EU Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Asia Bhutan King Jigme Khesar and Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan have announced they are expecting their third child, due in early autumn
Asia Bhutan At the first Bhutan Climate Roundtable, temperature projections show that by the end of the century the country could see a 3,2 degree temperature increase, especially in the highlands, due to greenhouse gas emissions and economic development
Asia Bhutan The sustainable financial solutions identified in National Biodiversity Financing Plan, roadmap to a greener and safer nature and society, will help the country protect its rich and pristine biodiversity, create green jobs and combat climate change