THE NATION

The absence of a proper designated facility sends a female patient from one venue to another where even the authorities are clueless with regards to her referral. First it was the WCPU of police station and now it’s the psychiatric ward of JDWNR hospital After the one month and two …

Taj Tashi welcomed the festive season with a traditional ‘Christmas Cake Mixing’ ceremony Festivities are in the air and as the year draws to an end, Christmas and New Year’s Eve are the major celebrations people look forward to. But not many of us know that there is one more …

Confirmed DNA match of Bapula, the 73 year-old with that of Tandin Bida and Tandin Wangmo, the twin daughters of 17 year-old mother Sonam Choki (name changed) finally brought relief and a forthcoming  sense of justice to the family who waited in all anxiousness for the results. The DNA report …

While in Samtse His Majesty the King granted an audience to the dzongkhag and local government officials of Samtse and also met with the RBA personnel in Samtse. Her Majesty the Gyaltsuen met with the army wives who also offered a traditional tshokchhang to Their Majesties. In the afternoon, His …

Petrol price in India was cut by 95 paise per liter yesterday, the second reduction in rates since October, on account of fall in international oil prices which shall have direct inevitable impact on the prices in Bhutan as well. This means a drop of almost Nu 1 in Bhutan …

The governor insisted the old private and government-owned companies list themselves in the stock exchange or issue bonds to the public rather than expect 100% capital from commercial banks The Business community in the country should explore alternative means to acquire funds and not entirely depend on commercial banks, the …

She was a good student, raised with morals and values by her parents like any normal teenage children are these days. But somewhere along the lines of the teenage life due to her poverty or ill fate, she got involved with a 73-year old, where she subsequently got pregnant and …

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 …