India-backed hydropower projects in Bhutan are an example of win-win cooperation … and facilitated local people to take up business activities. The project also supported schools and health …
How “gross national happiness” helped Bhutan keep covid-19 at bay
Karma Ura is a bespectacled, self-effacing man of many achievements—a scholar, writer, painter, and bureaucrat. He is also the president of the Centre for Bhutan & Gross National Happiness Studies, …
Bhutan’s tree warrior: Spreading life in the world’s most climate conscious nation
Sonam Phuntsho was just a young boy when the passion for planting enveloped him. In a rural village of eastern Bhutan, he recalls the …
Bangladesh-Bhutan likely to sign Preferential Trade Agreement soon
Bangladesh is likely to sign a Preferential Trade Agreement with Bhutan soon as the two countries are eager to boost trade.
Bangladesh, Bhutan likely to sign PTA soon
State minister for foreign affairs and new Bhutanese envoy place emphasis on increasing trade between the two South Asian neighbors …
India resumes import of potatoes from Bhutan
India on Saturday threw open its domestic market for certain agricultural commodities including potatoes from Bhutan. The decision is expected to help a large number of Bhutanese traders as India had …
COVID in Bhutan: Asia’s happiest nation evades the pandemic
Asia looks at the pandemic numbers inside the little Himalayan kingdom. Bhutan’s initial strategy relied on localised containment and mass testing. A nationwide lockdown was later imposed on August 10 …
India, Bhutan open new market access for select farm commodities
India and Bhutan have opened a new market access for select farm commodities between the two countries, according to the Union Agriculture Ministry.
More services from Bhutan; B’desh flight operations to restart: Kolkata airport
The Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) airport, Kolkata is expecting increase in flight services in the Kolkata-Bhutan route after an air bubble agreement was signed while the airport is …
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives marching ahead of India? Furore on social media
IMF report said that India would be the top three poor countries in South Asia, next only to Pakistan and Nepal. The swords are out. Heres why.