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Bhutan Fashion Week 2025 to showcase past, present, and future Bhutan’s fashion
Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS)
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August 27, 2025
In what is being hailed as a historic milestone for Bhutan’s creative industry, the country is set to host its first fashion week later this year. Bhutan Fashion Week 2025 will run from October through November, featuring designs of over 20...
Bhutan is going to host its first-ever fashion week in October
Dawn
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August 27, 2025
Bhutan is going to host its first-ever fashion week from October 27 to November 1 and it promises to be an exciting showcase of the country’s history through fashion. The event is being hosted by Bhutan’s Department of Media, Creative Industry and...
The safari industry’s ‘conservation-washing’ is a growing problem (commentary)
Mongabay
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August 26, 2025
Though many tour operators focus on protecting the wildlife, environment, and local community their clients are immersed in during safaris, greenwashing — or more accurately, “conservation-washing” — is a growing problem. In this commentary, a...
Thimphu Hosts 6th Bhutan Hospitality and Food Fair
Bhutan Times
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DAWA ZANGMO Thimphu he 6th Bhutan Hospitality and Food Fair 2025 opened at Changlimithang, Thimphu, with an inauguration led by the Tashi Wangmo Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment (MoICE). The five-day event, organized...
Thimphu hosts key ICT workshops to enhance network expertise
Bhutan Times
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TIL BDR GHALLEY Thimphu Over 90 ICT professionals, including college students, have gathered in Thimphu for a five-day Bhutan Network Operators Group (btNOG) workshop, marking one of the largest skill-building events in the country’s digital...
China calls for state-owned firms to boost industrial aid to Tibet
Times LIVE
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Chinese state-owned enterprises should deepen industrial aid to Tibet, including increasing infrastructure investment and development, China's state assets regulator said on Tuesday. The commission overseeing state-owned assets emphasised more...
China calls on state-owned firms to boost industrial aid to Tibet
Channel News Asia
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August 26, 2025
BEIJING: Chinese state-owned enterprises should deepen industrial aid to Tibet, including increasing infrastructure investment and development, China's state assets regulator said in a statement on Tuesday (Aug 26). The commission overseeing...
A historic milestone in Bhutan-Vietnam relations
Bhutan Times
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Bhutan and Vietnam have marked a new era of cooperation with the first-ever state visit by His Majesty King and Her Majesty Gyaltsuen to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from August 18 to 22, 2025. This momentous occasion signals the beginning of...
UAE owns $700M Bitcoin through mining firm Citadel, majority-owned by the Royal Group
Cryptopolitan
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August 25, 2025
Arkham Intelligence, an on-chain analytics platform, has officially identified and labeled Bitcoin holdings totaling $700 million as UAE’s. Since the bull run onset, the UAE has become a major player in the global crypto economy. According to...
4 apps you should use instead of Google Tasks
Android Authority
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August 27, 2025
Andy Walker / Android Authority Google Tasks is, without a doubt, one of the company’s worst apps. While its barebones nature might appeal to some, its lack of basic features — like natural language processing — makes it feel well behind the times...
Bhutani Filmfare Awards Punjabi 2025: Ardaas Sarbat De Bhalle Di Gets Best Film, Neeru Bajwa Bags Top Honour - Full Winners List
Times Now
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August 23, 2025
Bhutani Filmfare Awards Punjabi 2025: Ardaas Sarbat De Bhalle Di Gets Best Film, Neeru Bajwa Bags Top Honour - Full Winners List The Bhutani Filmfare Awards Punjabi 2025, co-presented by EaseMyTrip, were held on August 23 in Mohali at the IS...
Bangladesh needs 35 GW renewable energy to meet 2040 clean power target: CPD
United News of Bangladesh
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Bangladesh requires over 35 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power generation capacity to achieve its target of 30 percent clean energy by 2040. A new study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) revealed this information. The think tank estimates...
Thimphu Thromde doing road safety and traffic upgrades in South Thimphu
The Bhutanese
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August 23, 2025
Thimphu Thromde has intensified efforts to improve road safety and reduce traffic congestion in South Thimphu, undertaking a series of infrastructure projects that range from replacing outdated speed bumps with modern speed bumps to building...
Industrial Development Roadmap identifies data center services for growth
The Bhutanese
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August 23, 2025
The Industrial Development Roadmap 2025 identifies Data Center Services as one of ten priority sectors for industrial transformation. For the data center industry, in particular, the roadmap outlines a series of strategic interventions. It...
CPD for preparing ‘SMART RE Roadmap’ to meet future energy needs
Bangladesh Post
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Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Sunday laid emphasis on preparing a SMART Renewable Energy (RE) Roadmap with clear milestones, technology mix, and grid–storage readiness to meet future energy needs. The private think tank observed that...
Bangladesh needs 35 GW of renewables to meet 30% clean energy goal by 2041: CPD
The Business Standard
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August 24, 2025
Bangladesh will require more than 35 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power generation capacity to achieve its target of 30% clean energy by 2040, according to a report by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). The report, titled "Revisiting Targets Set...
WB to continue to support Bangladesh for welfare of Rohingyas, host community
Bangladesh Post
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BSS, Cox's Bazar: Jean Pesme, World Bank (WB) Division Director for Bangladesh and Bhutan, today said they will continue to support Bangladesh for welfare of the vulnerable Rohingya and host communities in the coastal district. "This is my first...
Bhutan NDI and iDen2 launch global digital identity platform ‘Phenix’
Kuensel
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Bhutan’s National Digital Identity (NDI) programme has joined forces with San Francisco–based digital identity provider iDen2 to launch Phenix, an end-to-end global digital identity platform designed to meet the highest industry standards and...
Bhutan: a kingdom built on happiness
Geographical
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August 21, 2025
Monks celebrate a Buddhist festival at a monastery in the Bumthang Valley, the spiritual heartland of Bhutan Words and photographs by Stuart Butler FACT FILE AREA AND TOPOGRAPHY Bhutan covers about 38,394 square kilometres – a land area comparable...
Bhutanese King, Queen visit Quang Ninh province
VietnamPlus
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August 21, 2025
Quang Ninh (VNA) – Chairman of the Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee Pham Duc An and leaders of local departments and agencies on August 21 paid a courtesy call on King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck of...