Bhutan News

When television arrived in Bhutan in June 1999, the remote Himalayan kingdom was immediately hooked on its charms.

Bhutan needs to be careful with India. Remember Sikkim? Friday March 11 2005 13:34:45 PM BDT Dipak REF : Check up for more facts if Bhutan was a colony or not by reading the book Bhutan and the British by Peter ...

Regional working groups will be formed to analyse and develop counter measures on illegal trade, human wildlife conflict, and habitat degeneration, the three primary factors threatening the existence of the ...

To Daryl Hawk, exploration and photography are necessities. Under ordinary circumstances, the Wilton resident's recent trip to Bhutan, a remote kingdom nestled between China and India, would top an unusual but ...

There are several astonishing things about Bhutanese director Khyentse Norbu s delightful second film, Travelers & Magicians.

Dr. Laughlan T. Munro saved a damsel in distress by shooing away monstrous rats from her abode and in the process won her love.

Michael Musto will discuss the Oscars on MSNBC "Live" at 12:45 pm Tues 1/26. Join Jennifer Gonnerman and Robert Sietsema at a book signing/reading at Sunny's bar in Red Hook Brooklyn (co-sponsored by BookCourt ...

Experience the Paro Tsechu, the largest Buddhist festival in the country, on a 14-day tour of the kingdom of Bhutan starting March 19.

Behavioral changes of cattle herding farmers is leading to a decline in the age old practise of cattle migration in Bhutan according to the agriculture ministry.

On the occasion of the National Day of Bhutan which falls on 17 December 2004, Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of ...

Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto will end her exile and lead her party to victory in the next election, her husband Asif Ali Zardari said following his release from jail.

The transfer and appointments of the 14 senior officials under grade II, III and VI will take effect from January 2005 as announced by the Royal Civil Service Commission on December 23.

Its three main ethnic groups are the Sharchops, the Ngalops and the Lhotsampas, and their official language is Dzongkha.

British hotel chain Como Hotels & Resorts will open fivestar resorts in Bhutan and Bali this year, following the soft opening of the fivestar Metropolitan Bangkok in October last year.

According to the accounts of researchers and scholars who have studied the unique blend of mythology and history that represents Bhutan's past, the Zhabdrung had appointed Chhoeje Minjur Tenpa as his ...

The thaw in relations between India and Pakistan is bringing a sense of relief to South Asia, but leaders of other nations in the region gathering in Islamabad on Sunday for their first summit in two ...

Bhutanese troops are reported to be engaged in heavy fighting as they press on with an offensive against Indian rebels in the Himalayan kingdom.

His Holiness installed three Sachued Bumters at the landslide prone areas between Thimphu and Phuentsholing highway on March 4. His Holiness"s entourage will reach Samdrup Jongkhar ...

At least 130 rebels have been killed and 500 have surrendered as Bhutan presses its campaign to flush out Indian guerrillas holed up in the tiny Himalayan kingdom, officials said Saturday.

Indian rebels fighting in Bhutan against the Bhutanese army say they have told around 200 of their women, children and injured fighters to surrender.

The proposal for the establishment of a regional forestry center in Bhutan will be put up for further approval in next month's South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) ...

Bhutanese soldiers have captured more than half of the 30 Indian separatist bases in the tiny Himalayan kingdom as the military crackdown against the rebels entered its fourth day, officials said.

Indian rebels fighting Bhutanese troops have offered to move out of their bases in the Himalayan kingdom if the army operation against them is halted.

The gentle giant, as his master puts it, and a student, Sonam Penjor is the winner of Bhutan"s only gold medal, in the Taekwondo middleweight category (under 82 kg) contest, in the 9th ...