Bhutan News

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.

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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.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, leading a high-level delegation that includes a number of ministers, leaves for Bhutan on a three-day official visit today noon.

THIMPHU: Random samples of the pentavalent vaccine, which has been suspended following the deaths of eight infants, are being collected from across the country to be sent for quality tests to independent laboratories that are yet to be identified.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina meets King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck at the Palace Tashichoedzong in Thimphu yesterday during her four-day visit to the country.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought a road to Bhutan through India for bettr trade and people-to-people contact.