THE NATION

The Bhutan Kuen-Ngyam Party (BKP) who harped on the ‘team freewill’ trump card since its birth called a press conference where it finally backed fluid words with solid numbers; as in number of confirmed candidates. In a press meet yesterday at the party office the BKP spokesperson Sonam Tobgay confirmed …

Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency (BNCA) has started off with an advocacy campaign after numerous complaints on the increased number of students particularly in middle and higher secondary schools indulged in drug abuse and open use of tobacco. The campaign includes sensitization drives on the issue for students, teachers and non-teaching …

Back in the village, when other kids of Tenzin Yeshey’s age played in the dusty small flat farm land, when his mates of his village enjoyed all the freedom of hanging around, he followed the stern rigor set by his father. A little more than a decade later, it’s his …

Her Royal Highness Ashi Sonam Dechan Wangchuck officially launched the nationwide media advocacy campaign titled ‘La Aum Lyonchen’ on Saturday last week. The advocacy campaign was organized by the KCD Productions, with financial assistance from the Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy (DIPD) With unfolding of the Media Advocacy campaign …

Members of the private sector are virtually in prayers BCCI will take up the issue while the chamber expects a written complaint While the government hasn’t shown any signs to let-up on the Pedestrian day, various business houses in the country from small shops to industries are faced with difficulties …

The book envisions the Buddhist Paradise in the sacred Kingdom of Bhutan. It is inspired by Her Majesty the Royal Grandmother Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuk. It was launched by His Holiness Dilgo Khentse Yangtse Rinpoche. Her Majesty’s friend Khun Supawan Pui Lamsan diligently worked for two years, to publish the …

The sincere efforts to manage community forests (CF) have started to pay dividends for the farmers. Active members of the Community Forest Management Group (CFMG) in Lhuentse have benefitted from the community forest. The CF fund lending scheme, whereby the CFMGs are given an opportunity to access the low interest …

Electricity visited Panbang quite late and only on 1 July 2012. The electrified boon has however decided not to faithfully light up the villages; it is evident from the prolonged erratic behavior it has displayed for months. “It’s been two months now but we had to live without power supply …

The mass influence of social media accounted for and its powers taken into consideration, the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has drafted the Social Media Policy 2012. This move has been undertaken to ensure proper usage of social media by the ECB, election officials, political parties, candidates, party supporters, and …

The 12th Thimphu League 2012 will kick off from 2 pm tomorrow at the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) grounds. A total of six Thimphu based clubs, Drukpol FC, Dzongric FC, Nangpa FC, Yeedzin, TU FC and Zimdra FC will be playing for the league title. Each team has 30 registered …