THE NATION

Students practicing badminton during a recent coaching program in Bumthang. Bumthang Sports Association (BSA) has been coaching students from class six and below in badminton, basketball and other games as a winter sports activity program. The 6- day coaching was organized on a budget of Nu 350,000 assigned by the …

A Thrimshing RNR project under the Ministry of Agrculture and Forests (MoAF) found that the best way to combat land degradation was by using stone check dams. Tshering Dorji the Gewog Forest Officer in his report said there has been mass land degradation and landslide in many gewogs in Trashigang Dzongkhag. …

Her Majesty Gyalyum Tshering Yangdon Wangchuck graced the graduation ceremony of a skills training course for nuns, and granted certificates to the participants at the Paro College of Education yesterday. A 10-day crash course training on basic skills for teaching and learning was conducted by Paro College of Education and …

In order to carry out the 2016 Population and Housing Census of Bhutan (PHCB) on May 30 and 31, the National Statistic Bureau (NSB) has started its pre-census on population mapping and house listing. Till date it has completed in three thromdes, like Gelegphu, Phuntsholing, Samdrupjongkhar and work is still …

In an effort to empower rural communities Tarayana has been helping villagers to overcome the shortage of basic livelihood necessities like electricity and roads. One such project is the micro-hydro project in Dali Gewog in Zhemgang. It is a 2 year projected with budget of 0.2 m. Previously the project …

An Olympic Solidarity course on International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) level-1 coaches’ course is being conducted in Thimphu by the Bhutan Olympic Commission (BOC) from December 21 to 28. The members include school sports instructor and member of dzongkhag sports association from all 20 dzongkhags consisting of 27 members; 21 …

Commemorating the 60th Birth Anniversary of the Fourth Druk Gyalpo and coinciding with the 108th National Day of Bhutan, Drukair released 60 lucky draw air tickets purchased during the timeframe of November 11 till December 16. Winners of the lucky draw came from a pool of 4971 customers that purchased …

Bhutan is considered as one of the top biodiversity hotspots in the world, a tag  befitting of Bhutan’s large forest coverage, which are both rich and intact. Such a provision provides a safe haven for many floral and faunal species to thrive unperturbed. New and rare species of flora and …

Member of Parliament of Nanong–Shumar constituency, Dechen Zangmo, during the question-hour session of the National Assembly asked the Education Minister on the ministry’s strategies and plans to ensure full employment to the teacher trainees from the two teacher training colleges in Paro and Samtse. She said 562 teacher trainees will …

With an increasing number of tiger predation on livestock and threats to the safety of humans in Nubi gewog under Trongsa, the people’s representative from Nubi-Tangsibji constituency, Nidup Zangpo, shared concerns raised by the communities in the Parliament yesterday during the question- hour session. He said the livestock depredation has …