News Bhutan Business: Bhutan holds high-altitude race to highlight climate dangers
Twenty-nine runners set off on a rare high-altitude race in Bhutan on Thursday to highlight the dangers of climate change to the Himalayan kingdom sandwiched between China and India, two of the world's biggest polluters.
News Bhutan Business: ADB Committed to Supporting Bhutan's Economic Recovery from COVID-19 Pandemic
Manila: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $37.35 million policy-based loan to support Bhutan’s green and resilient economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The budget support will fund the first subprogram of the Fiscal Sustainability and Green Recovery Program, which supports medium-term institutional and policy reforms to expand domestic resource mobilization; promote private sector development, especially cottage and small...
News Bhutan Business: Explained | Bhutan’s Sustainable Development Fee for tourists
Earlier this year, the National Assembly of Bhutan gave its nod to a set of rules, which requires all tourists entering Bhutan to pay a tourism tax, known as the Sustainable Development Fee, or SDF.
News Bhutan Business: Bhutan brings business back to Jaigaon
“Business activities had completely dried up as no one crossed the border to visit Jaigaon. Also, tourists and visitors from outside had stopped coming to Jaigaon as they could not enter Bhutan. The ...
News Bhutan Business: Implementation of BBIN deal to cut business cost
Implementation of the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) motor vehicle agreement will enable the adoption of a sub-regional protocol for a cost-effective, efficient and seamless multimodal ...
News Bhutan Business: Lunana A Yak in the Classroom: All about Bhutan’s entry to Oscars 2022
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom was shortlisted in December 2021 and was among one of the five nominees in February 2022 ...
News Bhutan Business: Oscars: Bhutan Gets First Best International Feature Nomination
By Georg Szalai International Business Editor The Oscar contenders ... that earned its first-ever nomination in the category: Bhutan, located between China and India. In addition to Bhutan ...
