THE NATION

For the youth who find a dearth of things to-do for the winters, this year too as it does every year the Taekwondo federation under Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC) will organize and conduct a coaching camp. Coaching sessions started from 3 December and will continue till the first week of …

President elect of the Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), Dasho Ugen Tshechup Dorji vowed to fortify the credibility of the chamber, revolutionize perception of rural population towards mainstream business houses and unify the sector associations within his three years term. This, he disclosed in an exclusive interview with …

A 27 year old man was killed on the spot when the vehicle he was driving veered off the road on the night of 17  December near Chuzomsa about six kilometers away from the Wangduephodrang town. The Bolero (private vehicle) plunged inside the Dangchhu River. The incident was reported to …

Two Indian teachers accused of battering Sangay Tenzin, 19 a student of Sherubling Higher Secondary School (HSS) in Trongsa on 8 December have been charged for the offence of battery and aiding and abetting. The main accused, a 40 year old teacher was charged for battery under section 158 of …

The Bank of Bhutan Limited organized a collection drive of shoes, clothes, toys and books coinciding with the National Day on the 17th December across all the branches. This was accompanied with a high profile event in Phuentsholing to help the social cause called “Help shoe Bhutan” in collaboration with …

Bangladesh Embassy will be celebrating their victory Day on 16 December. Although the ‘Father of the Nation’ declared Independence Day on 25 March Bangladesh celebrates 16 December as a victory day because they received complete victory and to recollect the contribution of the fighters who gave their lives for the …

A total of seven charges were imposed on the 39 year old tourist guide who was arrested by the Paro police for sexual assault of an Australian tourist. The case has been forwarded to the Paro dzongkhag court by the Office of Attorney General (OAG) on 12 December after the …

Paro dzongkhag court ordered a prison term of five years and a month on 16 November to convict Mani Raj Rai, 43 for attempting to rape a 13 year old school girl in Paro this year. The victim is a class III student of the school where the convict is …

Students of Khuruthang Vocational Training Institute will have to exit for job markets after they are certified with National Certificate 2 (NC2) as per the labor ministry’s (MoLHR) Competency Base Training (CBT) which is being implemented in the Institute. But the students are unhappy as they think this will deprive …

Through the operationalization of Himalayan Environmental Rhythms Observation and Evaluation System (HEROES), Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE) in Bumthang together with schools and a community will monitor temperature changes, snowfall and rainfall events, phenology and river flows in the Himalayan region. UWICE will select about 10 to …