THE NATION

The Thimphu league B division match is currently in full swing at the Changlimithang ground. Yesterday the U-16 defeated Nangpa FC with 6 goals to one. The match started well for both the teams as they fiercely defended their areas. The match got more interesting when the striker, Yosel Dorji …

The SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children and SAARC Convention on Regional Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia were signed on 5 January 2002 during the Eleventh SAARC Summit (Kathmandu, 4-6 January 2002). These Conventions call for cooperation amongst Member States …

The verdict on the two Indian teachers of Sherubling Higher Secondary School (HSS) who were accused of battering a 19 year old student whose only mistake was entering a classroom to study on 8 December last year was passed on 8 April by the Trongsa Dzongkhag court. The charges imposed …

Master Hsin Tao of Taiwan along with a group of pilgrims will be in the country on a nine day visit next week, in search of Padmasambhava’s trace and heritage. The group of tourists has plans to visit heritage sites across the western and central regions of the country. According …

Rape is a tool to express anger, to dominate, to control, humiliate and hurt someone. It is motivated in the same way as any other type of violence but it is hardly reported so the number is cases is not always factual. Adolescent girls are the most likely victims of …

The GNH Centre Bhutan is being established in Bumthang with the purpose to manifest in living practice Bhutan’s unique balanced development philosophy of Gross National Happiness (GNH). It will show how GNH can practically permeate every aspect of the fabric of a society. It will manifest simple and sustainable living in …

Bhutanese collectors and exporters have reaped substantial benefits from the government’s legalized collection and export of the Cordyceps (Cordycep sinensis), a high value medicinal plant found growing and thriving in high altitude areas of the Country. The plants better known as Yartsa Goenbub or Chinese Caterpillar is collected by the …

The officials of Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency (BNCA), Royal Bhutan police (RBP) Customs and Royal Safety and Transport Authority (RSTA) in a jointl surprise inspection on 22 March  this year seized large quantities of numerous banned substances. Fines and penalties  were also imposed on the defaulters. According to a BNCA …

A 15 year old Californian school girl Claire Thomsen from USA, donated a generous US$ 50,000 to help build a READ center in Chuzagang village under Sarpang She was in Bhutan sometimes in 2010 and when she left for her country she decided to come back with funds to help …

The camera traps set by the Wildlife Conservation Division (WCD) under the Department of Forests and Park Services (DoFPS) have captured the most elusive and rarely-sighted marble cat. According to the WCD’s section head of biological corridor, Sangay Dorji, the cat has been captured by the camera-traps set as part …