Women in leadership roles in Bhutan are very few with only 15 percent of them holding executive positions

For bird enthusiasts and conservationists, it was a sight to behold when they saw a huge flock of water birds at the sewerage ponds in Babesa, Thimphu

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have handed over two refrigerated vans and essential medical supplies to Bhutan’s Ministry of Health

Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering has said if there is a COVID-19 community transmission in the country the government will ensure there is no long nationwide school closure this time around

All sporting tournaments across Bhutan have resumed from March 1

The raging COVID-19 pandemic followed by two nationwide lockdowns in Bhutan led to a record rice import last year, officials said. The Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB) imported around 24,000 metric tonnes of rice in 2020, up from 10,000 metric tons in 2019

Bhutan, a landlocked country in the Eastern Himalayas, is planning to restart tourism in the near future and is in the process of developing a standard operating procedure (SOP) for all the stakeholders to keep both tourists and the people safe from COVID

The Bhutan government has launched a mass screening programme after an outbreak of glossitis, an inflammation of the tongue, in all the schools.

Wanghchu bridge, a 204 metre long under-construction bridge connecting Damchu-Haa link road and Chuzom-Haa road in Paro district, collapsed on Tuesday afternoon in Bhutan

The Bhutanese cabinet cleared the country’s first dedicated tourism policy, thus making the way for the government to actively promote tourism in the country throughout the year

Bhutan improved its ranking by five places in the Human Development Index (HDI),  with the country ranked at 129th place among 189 nations, reported the national newspaper Kuensel

Bhutan will take at least five more years to revive the tourism industry to the pre-COVID-19 level of 2019, estimated the Economic Roadmap 2030 Taskforce of the country

Though Bhutan became the first to receive the Indian manufactured COVID-19 on Wednesday under Indian grant assistance, the country will wait for almost two months to start inoculating its population for COVID-19

For the first time since December 20 when the country reported the second wave, Bhutan saw no new positive case of COVID-19 infection on Sunday, said Bhutan’s Ministry of Health. The total number of active cases remains 267 while 574 recovered so far

To assess the scale of COVID-19’s spread in the capital Thimphu, Bhutan will begin its mass testing in a phased manner