Bhutan will receive about Nu. 23 million (Euro 462,777.00) from the Australian government to supplement the ongoing efforts in rural electrification and accelerate rural household connections

The Bhutan health department immunized 36,946 children under five years in the six southern dzongkhags and the high risk population in other 14 dzongkhags in its first round of sub-national

Bumthang's estimated 5000 yaks will begin the descent over 1000 metres to the winter grazing grounds in the lower valleys. But some of the animals will not complete the journey, having fallen prey to

With 13 cases detected in 2002, there are now 38 Bhutanese people who have tested positive for HIV since the first case in 1993. Seven of them have died of AIDS, including one this year.

Potato farmers in Bumthang (Bhutan) say that wild boars not only destroy one third of their crop annually but has also made life in the village exhausting. Potato farming has definitely raised our

The WHO's health theme for the year being 'Move For Health' the Bhutanese minister for health and eduction, Lyonpo Sangay Ngedup, is gearing up to do just that. In two months the minister will

When it comes to conservation of the endangered tiger, Bhutan is better off than most other countries in the region. With an estimated population between 115-150 of which 60 to 80 are breeding

The Bhutan health and education minister, Lyonpo Sangay Ngedup, will undertake a sponsor walk from Trashigang to Thimphu, a distance of 560 kilometres, to celebrate the theme of this year's World

With 50 solar panels distributed and 60 solar technicians trained, more schools, health units and monasteries in remote areas of Bhutan will get electricity, say officials of the department of

India has overtaken the US as the most active user of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) anti-dumping measurers against foreign imports. The figures released for the second half of last year showed