March 17, 2010: The fairytale run of Druk FC boys was ended with a defeat of 4-3 in the hands of NCOWS (Nepalese community of Western Sydney) in a friendly match organized by NCOWS on March 13. In a highly competitive match of 90 minutes played at Werrington football ground, a home ground of NCOWS … Read more
The founding editor of Bhutan Today, K B Lama, has recently left the country’s first daily newspaper. He talked to Business Bhutan reporter Phurba D Dorji about his experience and the print media in the country. Q. How has the print media evolved over the years? A. The biggest revolution in the print media was … Read more
It was 5:30 am. The darkest hour before the dawn happens just at this time. Outside the thatched little bamboo hut in a refugee camp, it was pitch dark, but still calm. On a cool February 20 morning like this, nothing suggested that the peace of the camp residents had been devastated by, yet another … Read more
March 13, 2010: Last year, the government proposed huge salary hike for the civil employees, which drew both support and criticism from across the populace. Shortly, the government also proposed the salary and other benefits for parliamentarians as well. The first decision was endorsed with few opposing while the second one came as a shock, … Read more
March 12, 2010: The US state department’s annual human rights report documents a number of human rights violation incidents in Bhutan in the year 2009 despite liberalization of political and religious freedom. According to the report released on Thursday, there were five cases of disappearance in February 2009 from Samchi reported to UN Working Group … Read more
At a time when Japan’s economy was in a bubble stage, when the Japanese people were considering TV, washing machine, refrigerator as necessities at their homes, a Japanese youth, an agriculture expert was writing development plans in a remote village in Bhutan under a lamp-light lit from pine extract. The agricultural development in Bhutan and … Read more
March 09, 2010: The enthusiasts for third country resettlement have yet another reason to cheer for now, thanks to United Kingdom that it has offered to settle some of the exiled Bhutanese from Nepal. The country will start the process for resettlement from next week, in Damak, where all other countries — United States, Canada, … Read more
Beldangi March 08, 2010: A girl, in response to her parents not allowing her to marry the boy she loved, committed suicide on Monday afternoon, creating shock for local residents and making the parents regret for what they did. Pabi Maya Karki of Beldangi II, Sector D4, Hut No 57 hanged her to death in … Read more
March 03, 2010: At least three people have been injured in a vehicle accident at the Debum Lam in Hongkong market, Thimphu on Tuesday. A Chinese bus lost control and crashed unto motor vehicles parked by the roadside damaging over a dozen of cars at around 2:15 pm. The bus however suffered minor damage on … Read more
Come March 15, and all the households living in the USA will receive a special packet along with a stamped envelope from the US Census Bureau asking everyone to fill up a questionnaire about the people living in the household. This is a census exercise that US Bureau has been conducting since 1790 after the … Read more