Asia Bhutan The National Biodiversity Centre recently made an exciting discovery – two previously unknown species of aquatic snails in a stream near the Royal Thimphu College
Asia Bhutan The Bhutan Tourism India Roadshow concluded with 18 Bhutanese exhibitors meeting 700 Indian travel agents in four cities in India to celebrate 50 years of tourism in Bhutan and promote the summer travel period
Asia Bhutan The Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Forest Research and Education in Bumthang will work with experts from Malaysia to establish a process for inoculating agarwood trees in the country; today Bhutan has over 500.000 agarwood trees in 7 districts
Asia Bhutan Responding to a question on the human resources policies the government is undertaking to fill the gaps created by civil servant attrition, Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay replied that there are now sufficient numbers of civil servants