In the country, malnutrition remains a significant concern, with 17.9 percent of children under five stunted, 8.7 percent underweight, and 36.5 percent of adolescent girls are anemic.

Starting this academic session, around 32,000 students in 300 pilot schools selected for the “One-Child, One-Egg” initiative ...

How did the Suffolk musician become the first Western singer to stage a concert in this most conservative kingdom?

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, Dr QU Dongyu, arrived in Bhutan ...

The shutting down of USAID, a “critical partner” of the world organisation, will have an “immediate impact on lifesaving ...

Many students come to IDS with aspirations of a career in the UN system. A recent event at IDS gave both students and alumni ...

At the 8th edition of the Bengal Global Business Summit 2025, Bhutanese Minister Younten Phuntsho emphasised the importance of the summit as a platform for strengthening the collaboration between ...

David Griffiths, South Asia team leader at London-based Christian Solidarity Worldwide, said Bhutan falls short of international standards on religious freedom in its apparent restriction on ...

Thimphu, Bhutan, 20 January 2025 – The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) has approved US$20 million in grant funding for Bhutan’s new initiative, Enhancing ...

“Activity at the site is just beginning,” says Dr. Lotay Tshering, a urologist who served as Bhutan’s Prime Minister from 2018 to 2023 and is now governor of the GMC. “But progress in the ...