THE NATION

A bull which resided in Phuentsholing town in the Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB) complex for more than two years will be sent for tshedhar to Thimphu by the taxi drivers of Phuentsholing. A committee was formed by the taxi drivers and the local people of Phuentsholing to send the …

Gasa /Gasa Dzongkhag The Education sector and dzongkhag Administration in Gasa along with the Human Resource Management Division of Ministry of Education conducted a study on teacher deployment in the dzongkhag. The study, a formula based study determined by the number of instructional hours in the school in a week …

People of Ngangla, Bjoka and Goshing gewogs have started asking what government would do with the old suspension bridge when Bhutan’s second longest bridge over Drangmechhu in Panbang, Zhemgang completes its construction. The old suspension bridge served as a lifeline for the people of these gewogs for many decades. It …

Taw Tshering the father of the 17 year old victim, raped and impregnated by the 75 year old neighbor Bapula is relieved with the justice received on 27 November  as the convict was slapped a prison term of nine years and three months after he was proven to be the …

Winter is only begun and a fourth incidence of forest fire in Lobneysham in Chapcha gewog under Chukha dzongkhag on November 22 destroyed approximately two acres of Blue Pine forests. The fire is believed to have started early in the morning towards 6 to7 AM on 22 November. As per …

In the ongoing archery tournament in Changlimithang two matches were played on 29 and 30 November. Thus far the teams which have been knocked out are BNBL, Chari Tshen, Dhajuden Lhenkha, Mountain Journey, Karma Auto and Bhutan visit from Pool A and BSMT archers, Trowa 11, Namcha united, Charo 13, …

In the ongoing Druk Wangyal tournament, two matches were played yesterday. The matches will continue tomorrow. The scores of the two matches currently are Tshoche Gap at 25 and 6 points for two sets and Bhutan Visit at 19 and 4 points for two sets. The other match was played …

An 87-year old man was burnt alive in his hut which burnt down to the ground on the night of 25 November in Drugyeling, Paro near the dzong crematorium ground (Hungrel) in Paro. The incident took place at around 6:30 pm. On that day, 57-year old Tshering Yangzom and her …

As emotionally-bound beings charged with sentiments of every magnitude, nostalgia rules high and predominantly and wells up memories especially in places and moments that involve departures or revisits. For one it could be the fondness of revisiting a place which holds great sentimental values, the memories of which one cherishes …

Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley returned to Thimphu yesterday after a six-day visit to Zhemgang to assess the progress of development activities especially the road network in the gewogs. Lyonchhen, accompanied by Labor Minister Lyonpo Dorji Wangdi and Secretary of works and human settlement ministry and government officials, visited the …