Asia Bhutan 10 chess players, 5 men and 5 women, will represent the country at 44th Chess Olympiad in India; the tournament will be an official international chess competition for Bhutanese players after eight years of inactivity by the chess federation
Asia Bhutan The country has identified Quinoa as a priority crop under the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 'One Country One Priority Product' initiative
Asia Bhutan With its unique negative greenhouse emission rates, Bhutan ranked first in the 2022 list of the greenest places to visit according to world famous global travel site Big 7 Travel
Asia Bhutan In support of WWF Bhutan, the National Land Commission Secretariat will strengthen its surveying and mapping practices with a state-of-the-art mapping drone
Asia Bhutan Bhutan is on track to exit the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group by June 2023, according to senior officials of the Ministry of Finance
Asia Bhutan A group of 34 international tourists from the US, UK, New Zealand, Germany and France, who arrived in the country on April 2, will stay for 27 nights, the first major tour group to visit the country in nearly three years
Asia Bhutan Bumthang Dzongkhag administration issued an 18-month notice to relocate Chamkhar town; most households are built on state soil with poor respect of safety and comfort standards
Asia Bhutan FAO's Hand-in-Hand initiative in Bhutan should accelerate agricultural transformation and rural development through evidence-based partnership
Asia Bhutan A meeting with India, Bangladesh and Nepal to discuss passenger and cargo protocols essential to operationalise the BBIN Motor Vehicles Agreement saw the country participate as an observer, led by Thinley Norbu, first secretary at the embassy in New Delhi
Asia Bhutan Local vets are working with an international team to try to trace the origins of a mysterious disease in a rare tiger that is stunned and wandering around the city
Asia Bhutan Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, a Bhutanese film by director Pawo Choyning Dorji, has been nominated for an Academy Award - a first for the country; the film is shot at 3000 metres in a valley without electricity, reachable with an eight-day walk
Asia Bhutan The government and the EU held their 10th formal consultations in Brussels, allowing for an exchange of views on a wide range of topics of bilateral interest
Asia Bhutan Tata Motors has launched its latest range of passenger vehicles in the country, highlighting how it represents an important market for their growth strategy