Thangkhas in Bhutan's monasteries restored
Thangkha restoration by Bhutanese monks Thangkhas and statues are important artifacts of any monastery around which many mysteries lie veiled. These…
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The Journal
Festival dates, valley guides, books worth packing and dispatches from fifteen years of travelling the Kingdom.
Bhutan Nuns' Foundation holds first conference
Bhutanese nuns making Thangka The Bhutan Nuns' Foundation held a conference for the first time in Bhutan focusing on social issues and challenges among…
Bhutan also signs SAFTA
To reduce customs duties of all traded goods to zero by the year 2016, a South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) was signed by the foreign ministers in…
More than half of Bhutan's population owns a cell phone
Bhutanese Monk on a Cell Phone In a span of eight years, the total percent of the population using mobile phones in Bhutan has increased by nine times.…
Bhutan's first Local Government Elections
The first ever local government elections for Bhutan is due on June 27, 2011. Almost three years after Bhutan became a Constitutional Democracy the much…
Bhutan - India delegations to meet for hydropower talks
Bhutan’s fast flowing rivers make it possible to tap energy for domestic consumption as well as for export to neighboring countries. Hydropower generates…
Bhutan in the World Transplant Games
This year Bhutan will be represented at the 18th World Transplant Games in Goteborg, Sweden on June 17 to 24 for the first time. Tashi Namgay, 26, working…
First ever Takin festival in Bhutan
Takin, the national animal of Bhutan For the first time in Bhutan a takin festival will take place. Takin is the national animal of the country. The Jigme…
Turkish Ambassador meets Bhutanese Prime Minister
Turkish Ambassador to Bangladesh, H.E Mehmet Vakur Erkul, called on the hon’ble Prime Minister of Bhutan Jigmi Y Thinley in National Assembly Hall on June…
Tickling your taste bud with yak meat
Bhutan Yak Steak Quickly seared, thinly sliced yak with Chef’s version of Bhutan’s most popular dish ‘ema datsi’ (chilli and cheese) toppings is a new…
Bhutan-Poland Friendship Society
Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck launched The Bhutan- Poland Friendship Society in…
Drukair gets new aircraft
Drukair ATR 42-500 A 48-seater European built ATR 42-500 aircraft arrived on June 4 as the third aircraft of Bhutan’s national airline Drukair. The leased…