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17
Aug

GNH: a failure?

Bhutan is often addressed as a GNH country by the outsiders but how true is it? Are the people really happy and content with their lives? Is there nothing more...
15
Aug

Roads to connect the remote highlands of Bhutan

Inhospitable geographic conditions is the main challenge Bhutan faces in delivering the basic facilities to rural villages. The mountainous terrain makes it risky and expensive for transportation and delivery. The...
04
Aug

Bhutan’s Takin to be part of exhibiton

Takin (budorcas taxicolor white) the national animal of Bhutan will soon gain international recognition if Bhutan agrees to let it be  part of an exhibition at Smithsonian Institution’s National zoo...
21
Jul

Bhutan wants to preserve its local dialects

Bhutan is known for its diverse culture and tradition. Local dialects and costumes form a part of it but these are eventually getting diluted as modernity takes toll. The members...
18
Jul

Book on chief abbots of Bhutan released

A book on the chief abbots of Bhutan was released this month in Thimphu. His Holiness the 70th Chief abbot (known as Je Khenpo in Bhutan) Trulku Jigme Chhoeda released...
18
Jul

Trekking in Bhutan becomes safer

Bhutan received 2753 trekking tourist last year which made up 10.3 percent of the total tourist visits, an increase by 15 percent in the previous year. With the increase in...
10
Jul

Tourism increases no. of jobs and revenue

Bhutan received almost 41,000 high-end tourists last year, exceeding the target of 35,000 tourists for the year by almost 17 percent. According to the State of the Nation report, the...
05
Jul

Bhutan expands flight routes to Maldives and Guwahati

Bhutan has signed agreement with Maldives to expand air route in future. Bhutan has also signed the revised air services agreement recently with Nepal and Bangladesh to operate additional flights....
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