Category: Economy

The global conference on happiness initiated by the UN and coordinated by Bhutanese government has begun in New York half an hour before. Addressing the inaugural session of the conference, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said, failure of the GDP to address the social progress and other fundamental aspects...

Andrew Buncombe visits Bhutan to find out if its people really are as content as they claim to be. By Andrew Buncombe Within a stone’s throw of Bhutan’s legendary Tiger’s Nest, with lungs burning and heart pounding, misery descends. Smug, grinning hikers are making their way along the narrow,...

BHUTAN will lead a United Nations (UN) conference next Monday, where the world body will implement a resolution recognising happiness as a fundamental human goal. Resolution 54/309 was initially adopted by the General Assembly in July last year, when Bhutan was given the responsibility to come up with practical...

The national flag carrier of Bhutan, Drukair, announced that it will open up new services to Hongkong and Singapore. The national airline currently operates between five countries- Bhutan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Nepal, and India, flying to the Indian cities Delhi and Kolkata, and making stopovers at key places like Guwahati,...

State government of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh is likely to ask the Central government to initiate talks with the Bhutan government for construction of a road from West Bengal to the state through Bhutan. State’s PWD Minister Chowna Mein informed the state Assembly on Monday that the...

Amid rupee crisis in Bhutan, the state government of Assam initiated to ban use of Bhutanese currency in the state According to reports, there has been sharp rise in use of Ngultrum in Assam for business transaction and drafts. The Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan and Reserve Bank of...