Gender-based violence increases in Bhutan during the pande...
August 10 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Gender-based violence (GBV) cases have increased during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to records with the Respect, Educate, Nurture...
Bhutan to resume boulder export from Samtse soon
August 5 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Export of boulders (and aggregates) to Bangladesh and India from Samtse is expected to resume this week, according to dredging companie...
Bhutan’s domestic tourism in focus once again
August 5 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
While Bhutan remains closed to international tourists owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a renewed effort in promoting domestic t...
Why is China offering a 'package solution' to Bhutan to so...
July 29 ,2020
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By: Akshita Jain
Last week, China reiterated its claims over Bhutan's eastern sector but offered an olive branch by proposing a “package solution&...
Bhutan improves on the new e-Government Development Index
July 28 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Bhutan has advanced from the medium E-Government Development Index (EGDI) in 2018 to a high-level EGDI group this year according to the...
Proposed Indian road through wildlife sanctuary could spar...
July 28 ,2020
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By: Probir Pramanik
Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary
Up in the wind-swept highlands of Bhutan-Land of the Thunder Dragon-a mythological ape-like creature ca...
Amid looming Chinese presence, India woos Bhutan with trad...
July 25 ,2020
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By: Sachin Parashar
From identifying more border trade points to carrying out a feasibility study for a railway link between the two countries, the governm...
30,000 Bhutanese seeking employment, number increasing
July 25 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Close to 30,000 Bhutanese are seeking jobs currently. The number includes those laid off or affected by the pandemic and others returni...
Bhutan will discuss all disputed areas with China
July 23 ,2020
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By: Suhasini Haidar
China’s Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou (left) visits Bhutan in 2018
A day after China repeated its claims over Eastern B...
China proposes 'package solution' to resolve border disput...
July 22 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
China on Tuesday sought to defend its recent claims over the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary in Bhutan, saying the boundary between the two...
Two Bhutanese soldiers die, two missing in rescue operatio...
July 22 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Two soldiers of the Royal Bhutan Army in Gelephu drowned in the Maokhola and another two went missing Monday while attempting to rescue...
These photos prove Bhutan’s new Crown Prince is cuter than...
July 20 ,2020
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By: Lynn Farah
King Jigme Khesar and Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan welcome with her newborn son, Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck to the world – and boy, h...
China lays claim to Bhutan's land with strategic eye on Do...
July 20 ,2020
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By: Seema Guha
Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom nestled between Asian giants China and India, is now in the crosshairs of Beijing, the latest neighbour t...
India and Bhutan open new trade route to boost trade
July 16 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
With an aim to increase trade and connectivity, India and Bhutan on Wednesday opened a new land trade route. The trade route will link...
India proposes to build road in Bhutan’s ‘Yeti territory’...
July 15 ,2020
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By: Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury
India has proposed to build a road in Bhutan’s ‘Yeti territory’- which China claimed recently- enabling New Delhi to...
What WMFP could bring in Bhutan?
July 14 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Waste continues to be a growing problem in Bhutan, especially in the bigger population centres. One year after the Waste Manageme...
Recovery rate of COVID-19 in Bhutan at over 90 percent
July 13 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Bhutan's Ministry of Health reported Monday that 76 of the country's total 82 positive COVID-19 patients have been declared recovered a...
Bhutanese vegetable export to India comes to a halt
July 11 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
While it is the peak vegetable production season for farmers and a chance to earn by selling vegetables at the auction yard in Phuentsh...
China lays claim to a wildlife sanctuary, making it the th...
July 10 ,2020
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By: Nirmala Ganapathy
Bhutan, a tiny Himalayan kingdom squeezed between two giant neighbours, India and China, prefers to maintain a low profile.
It has two...
Boundary with China not demarcated, under negotiation: Bhu...
July 9 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Amid the border dispute between China and Bhutan, the Bhutan Embassy on Tuesday asserted that the boundary between the two nations is u...
China for border talks with Bhutan, India wary
July 8 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
To India’s discomfiture, China is signalling its desire to hold border talks with Bhutan after objecting to funding of a wildlife...
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