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Bhutan Accelerates Crypto Adoption to Drive Economic Diversification and Digital Finance
Business Bhutan
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July 5, 2025
With Binance Pay partnership and blockchain pilots, the Kingdom positions itself as a future-ready digital economy In a bold stride toward digital transformation, Bhutan is accelerating the adoption of cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies to...
Bhutan’s fields of change: A push to transform agriculture for a new era
The Bhutanese
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July 5, 2025
As presented in the State of the Nation report delivered by Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay on 3rd July, the government has set out a detailed plan to raise the sector’s contribution from around 15 percent of GDP to Nu 50 billion (bn) by...
Bhutan’s internet struggles: Terrain, costs, and rising demand shape the digital landscape
The Bhutanese
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July 5, 2025
Internet fluctuations continue to affect daily life across Bhutan, driven by a combination of rugged geography, rising data consumption, and the financial realities of network expansion. The Minister of Industry, Commerce and Employment (MoICE)...
Creative Industry Gets Nu 279.5 Million Boost Under ESP
Bhutan Times
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NGAWANG JAMPHEL Thimphu The government has earmarked Nu 279.5 million under the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) for the fiscal year 2024–2025 to support the country’s emerging creative industry. This major investment was announced during the...
Government invests Nu 280 M to boost creative industry
Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS)
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July 7, 2025
Bhutan is investing nearly Nu 280 M from its Economic Stimulus Programme to grow the creative industry. The government has shared details of how this fund will support everything from digital content and theatre to anti-piracy efforts. It is a...
How Crypto Tourism Will Transform Bhutan's Local Economy
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- Crypto Breaking) As Bhutan seeks innovative ways to boost its tourism sector, it has unveiled a unique approach, partnering with Binance , the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange, to integrate cryptocurrency into its tourism...
How Bhutan plans to boost its local economy with crypto tourism
Coin Telegraph
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July 7, 2025
The Kingdom of Bhutan is integrating cryptocurrency payments into its tourism infrastructure in a bid to modernize its economy and attract younger, tech-savvy travelers. In a panel discussion during Binance’s Crypto-Powered Tour in Bhutan, Damcho...
Bhutan hosts decentralized application hackathon with Ethereum Foundation
Biometric Update
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July 3, 2025
The Kingdom of Bhutan is a world leader in digital public infrastructure (DPI) and it’s looking to build out the potential benefits from its national digital identity system. The city of Paro is a good base for visitors to the Land of the Thunder...
GMC Airport construction takes off with site clearance works
Kuensel
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Gelephu—The construction of the long-awaited Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) International Airport has begun, with land clearing for the runway now in progress as part of the project’s Phase I rollout. JCB Dzongkha tenants in locked content the...
Bhutani bats for PACS evolving as One-Stop Rural Service Hubs
Indian Cooperative
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July 2, 2025
The Secretary of the Ministry of Cooperation, Dr. Ashish Kumar Bhutani, inaugurated a national workshop on “Emerging Technologies in PACS” at PHD House, New Delhi, where he strongly advocated for the transformation of Primary Agricultural Credit...
MoAL Moves to Make Agriculture More Inclusive for Persons with Disabilities
The Bhutanese
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July 5, 2025
In line with the values of Gross National Happiness (GNH) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Bhutan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MoAL) is taking steps to make agriculture more inclusive for persons with disabilities (PWDs)...
ADB Backs Bhutan’s Push for Public-Private Partnerships in Health Sector
Business Bhutan
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July 5, 2025
Bhutan turns to Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) to overcome health sector challenges, as Asian Development Bank (ADB) says private sector could hold the key to Bhutan’s healthcare future In light of growing concerns over healthcare workforce...
China tightening grip on Chicken’s Neck using Trishul Niti with Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh; North-East India will…, Beijing will...
India.com
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July 5, 2025
Home News China tightening grip on Chicken’s Neck using Trishul Niti with Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh; North-East India will…, Beijing will… The Chicken’s Neck Corridor connects India to North-East India and this corridor is only 22 kilometers...
MoESD pursues global collaborations to green Bhutan’s TVET system
The Bhutanese
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July 5, 2025
The Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) is actively collaborating with international partnerships to strengthen Bhutan’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system, with a particular focus on sustainability,...
Issues around the closure of the lone food truck in Thimphu
The Bhutanese
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July 5, 2025
The recent closure of a legally operating food truck business in Kuensel Phodrang, Thimphu by the Dzongkhag Administration has raised public concern, particularly over its impact on young entrepreneurs and employees who are now left without work....
This is world's highest railway station, not located in US, UK, Russia, France, Spain, Nepal, Bhutan, it is in...
DNA India
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It was opened in 2006 and stands out not only because of its record-breaking altitude but also because there are no staff members working there. The world’s highest railway station is located in the quiet, snow-covered mountains of Tibet, offering...
Bhutan Possibly Readies $15M Bitcoin Sale as Holdings Near $1.3B
CoinDesk
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The Royal Government of Bhutan transferred 137.245 bitcoin worth about $14.77 million to crypto exchange Binance on June 30, according to blockchain data from Arkham Intelligence. This fresh transaction comes as Bhutan’s total bitcoin holdings...
Bhutan has 100 females per 97 males
Bhutan Times
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The NSB survey also estimates Bhutan’s total household population at 592,598 people KINZANG DORJI TSHERING Thimphu he National Statistics Bureau (NSB) has released the first-ever Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey 2025 (HCES 2025),...
ILO ranking on Bhutan’s long working hours not alarming, says MoICE Minister
Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS)
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July 4, 2025
The industry, commerce and employment minister says the International Labour Organisation (ILO) ranking Bhutan among the countries with the highest average working hours globally in 2024 is not alarming. He said this during the Meet the Press...
ICIMOD and Dept of Energy propose solar and wind-powered irrigation for Bhutan
Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS)
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July 4, 2025
A joint analysis by ICIMOD and the Department of Energy reveals that using renewable energy-powered lift irrigation could potentially irrigate 62,000 acres of farmland in the country. This method uses sustainable sources like solar or wind power...