Indian Railways has delivered its first consignment of goods to Bhutan through a multi-modal route, officials said on Saturday. Seventy-five utility vehicles bought by Bhutan were transported from …
Bhutan is back (but can you afford it?)
With its gentle Buddhist values, elegant national costume worn every day and devotion to its monarch, Bhutan has long maintained the mystique of a forbidden Himalayan kingdom, little influenced by the …
Will mega dams turn Bhutan’s happiness sour?
Famed for its pursuit of happiness, Bhutan’s investment in a new wave of hydropower projects suggests all may not be as it seems in the Buddhist kingdom The tiny kingdom of Bhutan, wedged high …
ADB Lends $37 Million to Bhutan for Fiscal Sustainability, Green Recovery
ADB has approved a $37.35 million policy-based loan to support Bhutan’s green and resilient economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The land of happiness: The only currency that really matters in Bhutan is contentment – which makes visiting an utter joy
That said, the parallels are inescapable — not least Bhutan’s idealistic and deadly serious commitment to putting Gross National Happiness as its primary national goal, making materialism and …
Clean wage Bill to be deliberate in winter session
The NA also mentions that the government also submitted three money Bills – the clean wage (Pay Revision) Bill of Bhutan 2022, the property tax Bill of Bhutan 2022, and the tax Bill of Bhutan 2022.
The best way to see this mysterious mountain kingdom – now the gates have been unlocked
I wish I could go back and do it all again.” Before the advent of roads and mobile phones, a network of trails connected Bhutan’s crumple of steep mountains and deep valleys. Sixteenth …
This ancient trail in Bhutan has just reopened. Here’s what it’s like
Accessible for the first time in 60 years, the 403km path crosses 12 mountain passes, climbs 20,000 metres, and strings villages together across the kingdom. The Divine Madman Trail is a 22 …
Bhutan holds high-altitude race to highlight climate dangers
Twenty-nine runners have set off on a rare high-altitude race in Bhutan to highlight the dangers of climate change to the Himalayan kingdom sandwiched between China and India, two of the world’s …
Explained | Bhutan’s Sustainable Development Fee for tourists
Earlier this year, the National Assembly of Bhutan gave its nod to a set of rules, which requires all tourists entering Bhutan to pay a tourism tax, known as the Sustainable Development Fee, or SDF.