After passing Mount Everest on the left, the Druk Air Airbus 319 weaves its way down a narrow mountain valley to land at Paro.

Standards Bill 2009 26 November, 2009 - The Bhutan standards bureau, to be established after the Standards Bill 2009 is endorsed, will start with standardising the quality of construction material and processed food that are imported and exported.

A 63-year-old Bhutanese, who was suffering from breathlessness and coughing blood for two years, was diagnosed with a rare tumour in the trachea and successfully operated upon at a city hospital recently.

Cause unknown: One of the houses that was razed to the ground Photo:: Jamyang Phuntsho 19 November, 2009 - About 12 families living in upper Haa town were made homeless when a fire, which broke out yesterday afternoon, completely gutted three houses and partially burnt another.

THIMPHU: Bhutan, along with the rest of the world, will today celebrate the 20th anniversary of the United Nations convention on the rights of the child .

THIMPHU: A Bhutanese UN volunteer, Lhap Tshering, was among the 600 UN international staff temporality evacuated from Afghanistan, after terrorists attacked the UN guesthouse in Kabul on October 20.

THIMPHU: The health minister, Lyonpo Zanglay Dukpa, left for Hanoi, Vietnam, to receive an award on behalf of the government for maintaining immunisation coverage over 95 percent since 2005.

Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others.

THIMPHU: When Bhutan presents its national report for the universal periodic review on the human rights situation in the country on December 4, in Geneva, the countrya s delegation will be commended on the successes and also have to provide clarity on, among others, some largely inaccurate claims and allegations.

THIMPHU: Bhutan will join 192 countries with three key negotiation points when they sit at the 15th session of the United Nations framework convention on climate change , also called COP15, which will take place in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, next month.

THIMPHU: An American real estate and construction company a Carpenter and company inca wants to invest in Bhutana s mineral water resources, albeit with a clause that it be given exclusive rights to sell the water outside the India and Bhutan region.

THIMPHU: Diabetes is one of the emerging non-communicable diseases in Bhutan. According to a medical report there are close to 1,500 diabetic patients in Thimphu alone.

THIMPHU: In less than three weeks, Bhutan will present a report on the human rights situation in the country to the human rights council in Geneva, Switzerland.

Bhutan boast of the beauty of eastern Himalaya Mountains. The country is one of the beautiful sandwiched nation in South Asia.

THIMPHU: The recent suspension of the pentavalent vaccine by health authorities has worried parents of newborns and there is a reluctance among them to complete the vaccination dosage.

THIMPHU: Too good to be true or call it a perfect script for a Bhutanese conman movie.

Budhiman Rai took a Nu 50,000 loan from the Bhutan development finance corporation in 2003 and bought 200 broiler chickens from Kathmandu, Nepal.

Phon Ging Mai Ngern Thong : a dance created on the auspicious occasion of the 60th anniversary of His Majesty the King of Thailand's accession to the throne, is to wish the King happiness and good physical health.

The quake, which struck Western Xizang region, Tibet, lasted for about 6 seconds especially in the western part of the country such as Thimphu, Phuentsholing, Paro and Haa.

The ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Bhutan, Mr Paek Young-Sun, will visit Bhutan from November 9 -11 to handover the relief aid.