Paro District

World’s most unique places to visit

Trade the beach vacation for an unforgettable experience in a faraway land The Kingdom of Bhutan is the last remaining kingdom in Asia and is the only place in the world to measure Gross National Happiness. Takstang means...

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Dhaka, Thimphu agree on energy cooperation

Bangladesh and Bhutan have agreed to explore the possibility of cooperation in energy sector under Saarc regional collaboration. The agreement came in the wake of growing demand for energy in Bangladesh and Bhutan’s high...

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Hasina in Thimpu: Trade deal with Bhutan to be signed today

UNB, Thimpu Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Thimpu, the Bhutanese capital, on a four-day official visit on Friday. This is Hasina's first visit to Bhutan and also her first bilateral visit to any South Asian country...

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Mythical Bhutan

is a country where evil spirits and mythical deities are as much a part of daily life as eating and drinking, and on Bhutan tours you'll also see the people wearing their national costume at work and home. This is a country...

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World’s scariest runways

Buckle up for nail-biting landings and harrowing takeoffs Madeira Airport, Funchal, Portugal. It’s 10:45 a.m. on a cloudy day, and the crew of Druk Air flight KB205 is preparing to land at their home airport of Paro, Bhutan. In...

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Inside Travel: When a hotel becomes a potent symbol

Hotels can be more than just places to sleep and eat. The best can be worlds in themselves – indeed for many travellers hotels are their world while lodged in a distant, strange and perhaps dangerous land, and so become of huge...

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Thimphian week

So there I was stuck in Thimphu, Bhutan, so delirious with fever that I could have sworn that my friends were out bar-hopping rather than sitting by my bedside. But then these fevers make you think the darndest things; for...

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Shopping and Shangri La Package with COMO Hotels & Resorts, Thailand and Bhutan

Let me start with the boring part: COMO Hotels & Resorts Shopping and Shangri La package from December 1-11, 2009, is available from $5,037 per person (single occupancy) including government fees, taxes, and guiding services....

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Ignoring peril puts RP economy at risk—UNDP

PARO, BHUTAN — The Philippines will immediately lose the economic gains it has made if it ignores disaster preparedness and management, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) said Tuesday. “Climate change is going to be...

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Bhutan's unique identity

The country's astonishing temples and monasteries, passion for archery and compulsory national dress set it apart, but John Julius Norwich wonders whether this Shangri-La can survive in the modern world

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