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News Bhutan » Government: Bhutan moves $100M in Bitcoin after Fed rate cut, sparking sell-off fears

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/bhutan-moves-100m-in-bitcoin-after-fed-rate-cut-sparking-sell-off-fears/ar-AA1MUmlS
Published on: Friday 19 September 2025

The Royal Government of Bhutan has transferred more than $100 million worth of Bitcoin to two different crypto wallets. This move follows the Fed’s first interest rate cut of 2025; now, investors are ...

News Bhutan » Government: The Royal Government of Bhutan extends its Bitcoin (BTC) selling streak

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-royal-government-of-bhutan-extends-its-bitcoin-btc-selling-streak/ar-AA1vxBaP
Published on: Monday 09 December 2024

The Royal Government of Bhutan is extending its selling streak, moving more Bitcoin (BTC) to external exchanges. After years of accumulation, the known wallets of Druk Holdings are moving assets once ...

News Bhutan » Government: Royal Government of Bhutan, Merck and Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation Partner on Vaccination Program with GARDASIL(R) for Girls and Young Women of Bhutan

News channel or source: https://www.csrwire.com/press-release/royal-government-of-bhutan-merck-and-australian-cervical-cancer-foundation-partner-on-vaccination-program-with-gardasil-r-for-girls-and-young-women-of-bhutan/
Published on: Wednesday 05 May 2010

The Royal Government of Bhutan, Merck (which is known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) and the Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation (ACCF) today launched a national vaccination program ...

News Bhutan » Government: Indian Foreign Secretary Visits Bhutan as New Government Takes Charge

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2024/02/indian-foreign-secretary-visits-bhutan-as-new-government-tales-charge/
Published on: Sunday 04 February 2024

India is increasingly feeling under pressure in its own neighborhood as China improves relations with countries that have traditionally been seen by New Delhi as close partners within the region. Many ...

News Bhutan » Government: Bhutan’s refugees between hope and despair

News channel or source: https://nepalitimes.com/bhutan-s-refugees-between-hope-and-despair
Published on: Thursday 09 December 2021

Bhutanese pro-democracy leader Tek Nath Rizal. It has been a long time since the government of Bhutan washed its hands off the refugees it created, and their future. Most refugees who spent nearly two ...

News Bhutan » Government: Bhutan: New Government Should Release Political Prisoners

News channel or source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/01/29/bhutan-new-government-should-release-political-prisoners
Published on: Monday 29 January 2024

(New York) – Bhutan’s new government should uphold the economic and social rights of Bhutanese people, many of whom are struggling to meet their basic needs, and release all political prisoners, Human ...

News Bhutan » Government: The EU Should Press Bhutan to Free Political Prisoners

News channel or source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/04/15/eu-should-press-bhutan-free-political-prisoners
Published on: Monday 14 April 2025

(Brussels) – The European Union should press Bhutanese authorities to release dozens of political prisoners held for decades in dire conditions, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today ...

News Bhutan » Government: Bhutan appoints interim government ahead of national election

News channel or source: https://www.aol.com/news/bhutan-appoints-interim-government-ahead-150434509.html
Published on: Wednesday 01 November 2023

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Bhutan's king appointed a nine-member interim government on Wednesday to oversee the Himalayan nation's parliamentary election, to be held within three months, a palace statement ...

News Bhutan » Government: Bhutan’s decisive response to COVID-19

News channel or source: https://eastasiaforum.org/2020/11/06/bhutans-decisive-response-to-covid-19/
Published on: Thursday 05 November 2020

Landlocked and inextricably linked to India (the country with the second most COVID-19 cases in the world), neighbouring Bhutan’s chances of avoiding the ravages of the pandemic appeared slim. But on ...