Satellite Bhutan-1 is just a beginning
November 30 ,2020
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By: Yangyel Lhaden
Bhutan-1, the country’s first satellite has reached the earth’s atmosphere and is predicted to have disintegrated over Sout...
Bhutan establishes formal ties with Germany
November 27 ,2020
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By: Suhasini Haidar
Bhutan announced on Wednesday that it had established diplomatic relations with Germany, increasing the restricted number of capitals t...
Gender-based violence in Bhutan increases by 36.6% this ye...
November 27 ,2020
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By: Yangyel Lhaden
Gender-based violence (GBV) in Bhutan increased by 36.6 percent this year, according to records maintained by a non-governmental organi...
Conservation sites in Bhutan receive award for doubling ti...
November 25 ,2020
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By: Choki Wangmo
Transboundary partnership between the Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan and Manas Tiger Reserve in India, known as the Transboundary...
Indian media hype Pangda village as in Bhutan
Pangda village
With some Indian media hyping a Chinese village two kilometers within Bhutanese territory, which is claimed to the...
India announces plans to launch Bhutanese satellite, provi...
November 23 ,2020
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By: MB Subba
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday announced India’s preparations to launch a Bhutanese satellite into space and provi...
Bhutan denies Chinese village in its territory
November 21 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Prime Minister of Bhutan Dr Lotay Tshering
Reports showing the construction of a Chinese village inside sovereign Bhutanese territ...
How to behave as a monarch? Ask Bhutan's Thunder Dragon ki...
November 20 ,2020
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By: Ravi Velloor
In the months past, as Covid-19 raged, Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar (above) and his father have toured the nation checking on patients,...
PM Tshering, Indian PM to jointly launch RuPay card Phase-...
November 20 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Prime Minister Lotay Tshering along with his indian counterpart Narendra Modi will on November 19 launch RuPay card Phase-II that will...
Glaciers in Bhutan retreating at an alarming rate
November 16 ,2020
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By: Choki Wangmo
Benchmark glaciers, Ganju la and Thana retreating at 11.4 and 18.2 m/year
The 700 glaciers in Bhutan are losing its mass or retrea...
Bhutan spends more than Nu 289M on quarantine facilities
November 14 ,2020
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By: Yangchen C Rinzin
The government has spent Nu 289.653 million (M) on hotels that served as quarantine facilities as of November 1.
Of the 24,148 people...
Bangladesh-Bhutan to ink trade deal 6 December
November 11 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh will sign its first bilateral trade agreement – Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) – with Bhutan on 6 December....
King & Queen of Bhutan share rare photos of their new roya...
November 9 ,2020
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By: Greta Heggeness
These brand-new photos of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck’s family are totally frame-worthy.
The Bhutanese royals recently...
Out-of-pocket expenditure for healthcare on the rise in Bh...
November 5 ,2020
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By: Sonam Pem
Despite the health care services being free across all three levels of the health care systems, the out-of-pocket expenditure for healt...
Bhutanese Royal Family are celebrating a surprise wedding
October 31 ,2020
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By: Rebecca Cope
2020 is officially the year of the micro-wedding (or minimony), with celebrities, socialites and royalty all deciding to go ahead with...
Bangladesh hopes for road connectivity with Bhutan
October 30 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen expressed his hope that road connectivity would be established between Bangladesh and Bhutan to give a...
Bhutan to review hydropower policy and act
October 26 ,2020
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By: Tashi Dema
The government is in the process of reviewing the national policy as well as legislation on hydropower development to align national pr...
Bhutan records two new orchid species
October 22 ,2020
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By: Choki Wangmo
Chiloschista densiflora
The National Biodiversity Centre (NBC) discovered and recorded two new orchid species- Chiloschista densif...
Assam-bound chopper from Arunachal Pradesh makes emergency...
October 14 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
A Guwahati-bound private chopper, operated by Skyone Airways, was forced to make an emergency landing in Bhutan on Monday when the pilo...
Bhutan High Court convicts Home Minister in fake insurance...
October 12 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The High Court Friday upheld the lower court’s judgment that convicted Home Minister Sherub Gyeltshen to two months in prison for...
Bhutan King's relief grant to support pandemic-affected pe...
October 8 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
To support people whose sources of income are affected by COVID-19 pandemic, the King of Bhutan's relief grant will be extended to thre...
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