THE NATION

The Lunana Community is without any doubt happy, and hugely relieved that the imminent and immediate danger to their settlement is contained many thanks to the project which lowered the levels of the Thorthormi and Rapsthreng Lake. Be that as it may, the community, in the aftermath is however in …

Hispanic voters, who were instrumental in putting Barack Obama back in the White House, now hope the president will work diligently in his second term to cross some big to-dos off their legislative wish list: jobs, affordable education, health care access and immigration reform. Hispanics voted for Obama over Mitt …

Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley returned to the capital this week after a three day visit to the remote gewog of Laya, Gasa. During his visits Lyonchhen interacted with the local government members of Khamed and Laya gewogs, civil servants and the people of Laya. At the meeting with …

Ambassador of Thailand to Bhutan, Madurapochana Ittarong, called on the Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley at the Gyalyong Tshokhang yesterday. Ambassador Madurapochana Ittarong arrived in the country on 4 November to present her credentials to His Majesty the King. Lyonchhen welcomed the Ambassador and congratulated her on being appointed as …

A historical book on Bhutan which took 10 years in the making finally made it to its launch last week. In a manner of speaking that is. “Not that I worked on it continuously for 10 years but it has been over a decade. I wouldn’t have had much of …

At the end of a week-long survey, park officials have come out with the detail checklist of birds in the Royal Botanical Park for autumn. The team recorded a stunning list of 65 different bird species, with majority sighted on the spot while few were indentified through their calls from …

The case of the five year-old girl, who was run over by a DCM truck in Changbangdu in Thimphu on the afternoon of 7 October, has reached the Thimphu district court almost after a month. The case was forwarded to the court on 22 October after the Thimphu traffic police …

A historical book on Bhutan that took 10 years in the making finally made it to its launch yesterday “Not that I worked on it continuously for 10 years but it has been over a decade. I wouldn’t have had much time but I could manage some time from my …

“Traffic officials are taught to always be polite with the drivers while dealing with them and not to misuse their power but seems like not every men in blue have followed it to the hilt.” That was Traffic Superintendant (SP) Pasang Dorji, of the Traffics Division, Royal Bhutan Police (RBP). …

Bhutan in recent times has witnessed at least five major disasters, and some were as recent as 2009. This includes damages from natural calamities such as earthquake, water, fire and wind. To go with the specifics, Bhutan have was struck by earthquakes, glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), floods and flash …