“We paid a heavy price,” the king would say later. His father, Bhutan’s third king, had begun opening up the country in the 1960s, building roads, establishing schools and health ...

Tshering Yangdon, Bhutan's Queen Mother, visited the iconic Taj Mahal on Tuesday morning, accompanied by several members of ...

Strawn, Bhutan: A Movement in Exile (Jaipur: Nirala Publications, 1994), p. 151. Bhutan is governed by the king and the cabinet, which consists of the Council of Ministers and the Royal Advisory ...

The Eastern Window: Bhutan King seeks Indian support amid rising China threat The King of Bhutan is expected to familiarise Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the rising Chinese pressure to settle ...

Bhutan was the first country to recognise the newly independent Bangladesh on December 6 in 1971 when the 3rd king of Bhutan sent a message of recognition by telegram. Since then Bangladesh and Bhutan ...