Asia Bhutan The Jalpaiguri district administration is planning to install rain gauges in some areas of Bhutan to receive real-time rainfall data
Asia Bhutan Speaking at the Ahimsa Santhai at the Gandhi Memorial Museum, former PM Jigmi. Y. Thinley said Mahatma Gandhi was a visionary and his teachings are even more relevant today, stressing the need to follow Gandhian principles
Asia Bhutan Tshering Dema, a former beneficiary of the school feeding programme developed by the World Food Programme, now provides vegetables to her old school through a farmers' group
Asia Bhutan The Bhutan Women's National Team arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, for the SAFF Women's Championship 2022 to be held on 6 September
Asia Bhutan The country imported tobacco and tobacco products worth Nu 565,63 million ($7 million) in the first six months of this year - data is released by the Department of Revenue and Customs
Asia Bhutan The two-day national conference on Women in Politics, leadership and Governance held in Thimphu earlier this week was saluted by general consensus on supporting an environment for women to have more space in governance and curbing gender stereotyping
Asia Bhutan The country is home to 7% of the world's bird species, with the global ornithological community considering it one of the world's top bird destinations
Asia Bhutan Tashi Choden will not only be the first contestant to represent Bhutan at the Miss Universe pageant, she is also the only openly gay public figure in the Himalayan country
Asia Bhutan Of 7399 water sources currently used by the population, 25,1% are drying up while 0,9% have dried up, according to the assessment and mapping exercise coordinated by the Watershed Management Division of the Department of Forest and Park Services
Asia Bhutan Bhutan's spiritual leader made history this week by introducing women's monastic ordination, or Bhikshuni, after many years of debate and indecision
Asia Bhutan Over the next two years, the country intends to harness 300 MW of solar power; currently, the country's installed renewable energy capacity (excluding hydropower) is around 9 MW
Asia Bhutan India will provide Bhutan's first broad gauge railway link; with a 57,5 km long section, it should meet the need for railway connectivity between Bangladesh and Nepal; the two neighbouring countries already made the step