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Another perk Bhutan enjoys is a comparatively well-educated, English-speaking population—in turn, a key driver of the brain drain. “We are the victims of our own success,” says Togbay.

This decline aligns with Bhutan’s ageing population and its declining fertility rate, signaling potential workforce challenges ahead. Bhutan is on track to transition into an ageing society by 2027, ...

It is possible to divide Bhutan's population into three broad ethnic groups, though the distinctions blur in places. Southern Bhutan is inhabited mainly by Nepalese farmers who arrived in the ...

Conservation: Bhutan has the highest population of the White-bellied Heron (ardea insignis) globally according to the recent draft resolution of the second international workshop on White-bellied ...

Petty thieving, pick pocketing, cheating, bribery are the vices that have not yet touched the local Bhutan population (670,000). Tourist guides do not demand exorbitant tips, hotel staff does not ...

Newcastle University researchers have been awarded funding to assess the risk facing Bhutan from glacial lake outburst floods ...