The Bhutanese government has announced a nationwide lockdown starting Tuesday (August 11), following report of a COVID-19 positive case in Gelephu, who came in close contact with people in …
How climate change affects ancient glaciers in Bhutan | Video
Ancient glaciers high up in the mountains of Bhutan’s north are melting fast because of climate change. It increases the risks of potentially deadly glacial lake outburst floods which could churn down …
NASA’s DEVELOP Program is Building Bridges to Bhutan
The goal is to strengthen the foundations of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in Bhutan through expanded use of Earth observation information and data. The summer 2020 scholars are in …
BFF grants Nu 2M each to eight football clubs
To ease the financial burden to football clubs amid Covid-19 pandemic, the Bhutan Football Federation (BFF … “Since most of the club owners are business-driven entities which have been affected by …
BFF grants Nu 2M each to eight football clubs
To ease the financial burden to football clubs amid Covid-19 pandemic, the Bhutan Football Federation (BFF … “Since most of the club owners are business-driven entities which have been affected by …
China business briefing: Unclear borders, uneasy neighbors
The meeting was held in the shadow of a deadly border dispute between India and China that left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead, followed by new Chinese claims on Bhutanese territory. So when Wang …
‘A tsunami in the sky’: Climate change is melting Bhutan’s glaciers and the danger is real
High up in the mountains of Bhutan’s north, ancient glaciers punctuate a stunning, ethereal landscape. This landscape is a special one, …
Climate change like a cancer that needs urgent treatment, says Bhutan’s PM
Bhutan’s Prime Minister Lotay Tshering, a practicing surgeon on weekends, has compared the global effects of climate change to cancer …
Exclusive: Bhutan “under constant threat” from climate change, PM Lotay Tshering says | Video
“Greenhouse gases do not need passports or visas to cross geographical boundaries. If bigger nations did a bit of what we are doing, probably we wouldn’t be talking about climate change so much,” …
Loyd Grossman interview: ‘I went trekking to monasteries in Bhutan — it felt far away from reality’
I was still in my Moses basket when I went on my first holiday. I grew up in Boston and my parents loved taking weekend trips to New York several times a year, where they would go shopping and to the …