Bhutan News

THIMPHU: Do we have a problem? Do we need ideas? Do we need to send out some messages? Do we need to train some people? Let's hold a workshop.

THIMPHU: More than a year after the centenary and coronation logo was franchised, most private and corporate agencies have resisted using the logo because of the high fee imposed by the government.

THIMPHU: Senior government officials, eligible for foreign vehicle import quota, will have to pay the 35 percent import tax if they wish to buy Toyota Prados.

An eyewitness said that the mother of four children, who lived in the police camp in Lanjophakha, could have committed suicide.

James Hilton's Lost Horizon could have been set in Bhutan as it is one of the most veiled, secluded, picturesque and protected places in the world.

Real estate prices have shot over roof in the World's happiest Land. Bhutan tiny himalayan kingdom is known for its pristine beauty and peaceful lifestyle.

THIMPHU: On a hot humid afternoon recently, a truck loaded with a herd of cattle reached Jaigaon.

THIMPHU: Sikkimese police have identified a man they arrested last week carrying 20 improvised explosive devices as Bhudiman Bhujel, a member of the Nepal-based Communist Party of Bhutan .

Virtually empty auction yard reflects new developments 26 August, 2008 - As the apple season kick starts with promising returns for both farmers and exporters, middlemen in the business have learnt a new trick ...

Katherine Marshall is senior fellow at Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, and Director of the World Faiths Development Dialogue.

Has this sacred bridge been cannibalised? A Bridge too Far gone - "After it was removed, we felt a lot of pain" 21 August, 2008 - Cha Zam, one of the oldest suspension bridges in Bhutan, was in Duksum under ...

THIMPHU: Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority has endorsed three sets of rules: Rules Governing Printing Presses, Books and Newspapers, Rules Governing Examination and Certification of Films, and Rules on the ...

THIMPHU: An inter-ministerial investigation carried out at the Bjemina quarry site pointed out that quarries in and around the area could be negatively affecting the local communities' health and crops.

Balancing trade - Bhutan and Bangladesh in a give and take relationship 18 August, 2008 - Eastern Bhutan exporters will no longer have to come all the way from Samdrupjongkhar to Burimari near Siliguri in ...

THIMPHU: "I'm touched by the thoughtful gesture of His Majesty the King," said the Indian Ambassador to Bhutan, Mr Sudhir Vyas, as members of the Royal Family, Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley and the ...

The civil service's mind, body and limbs 11 August, 2008 - "I never imagined that I'd see such change in this country.

THIMPHU: The Thimphu traffic almost came to a halt Tuesday morning when some fuel stations in the Capital ran out of the petrol stock by 7am.

THIMPHU: The news that joint venture banks may enter the Bhutanese market next year has thrown local financial companies into fits of anxiety.

THIMPHU: Pushed through the legislature and overwhelmingly passed by the National Assembly , the Civil Society Organisations Act has not yet been enforced.

He remembers the darkness of the pine forest, and the footprints, and his terror when the creature began to howl. He remembers the stories of his childhood, of a beast that stalked the upper reaches of the mountains, and how fear spread through the village every time it was spotted.

In a remote Himalayan kingdom that held out against the modern world for as long as it could, the old man remembers a time when the yeti was a normal part of life.

'The creature has always been out there, and it's out there still,' says Sonam Dorji, 77, sitting on the pockmarked wooden floor of his small farmhouse. It's a cold Himalayan morning, and he warms himself beside a wood stove. The smell of burning pine fills the room. 'If you travel the ancient trails, even today, there's a good chance you'll meet him.'