Champions: Sakteng lower secondary school girls reached Trashigang yesterday from Gelephu after winning the girls’ national football tournament. Sakteng girls defeated three teams including last year’s champion Drujeygang higher secondary school. In the finals, they beat Ugyen Academy in a penalty shoot out (3:1). This is the first time that students of Sakteng lower secondary
The instrument, although no one knew how it came into existence, had served key purposes, religious as well as cultural.Lopen Sonam Bumdhen, from the central monastic body, said, from ancient Buddhist texts, one gets to learn that large drums were beaten from rooftop of king’s palaces to summon people in the kingdom. “Apart from that,
Tsimdrok Tashicholing Lhakhang: Artifacts and relics unearthed from the ruins of Tsimdrok Tashicholing lhakhang in Chaling under Shongphu gewog have been safely put away in Trashigang dzong. “It has been moved to the dzong for safety reasons,” Sakten trulku, Sangay Dorji, who spearheaded the excavation work, said. Items of huge historical and religious significance were
Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa: The first of the new political parties to be heard of to contest the 2013 elections, Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa, was also probably the last to submit its application for registration with the election commission. One of the founding members of the party, Dr Tandi Dorji, during a press conference yesterday following submission
Corruption Perception Index: Bhutan continues to top among the SAARC member nations as being perceived the least corrupt, going by 2012 corruption perception index that was posted on the Transparency International website yesterday. Maldives, however was the only SAARC member state not included in the index. Among some 40 nations within the Asia-Pacific region, it
15 weavers were trained to use tools to produce polished traditional crafts That bamboo and cane products are limited to institutional basics and local techniques could be the reason behind their decline in usage. To help develop and diversify their usage for a more modern society, a team from the national institute of design (NID)
Friends of Bhutan: Having supported and promoted Bhutan in their countries for years, 36 Friends of Bhutan in Europe have come together in Thimphu for their seventh meeting and to update themselves with development in Bhutan. The members are representatives from 10 Bhutan Friendship Societies and two non-government organisations in Europe. In a reception, the
(Nov 26 2012) The Government of India (GoI) has committed a total Nu.20 billion for Bhutan’s 10thFive Year Plan under the GoI’s project tied assistance. Of Nu.20 billion over Nu. 15 billion has been disbursed. The figure was revealed at the fourth project monitoring committee meeting on GoI’s project tied assistance to Bhutan. The meeting
Bhutan’s strategy of “low volume, high quality” tourism has made it a highly-regarded destination among discerning travellers. It costs an official USD 250 per day per person to sample the charms of this isolated Himalayan kingdom, an amount that includes land transport, accommodations, food and guide service. While it’s not quite an arm and a
Southbound: Druk air spreads its wings to Gelephu yesterday Gelephu Airport The excitement that kept him awake for most part of the night culminated in his actually boarding the flight and for the first time getting an aerial view of Gelephu.Til Bahdur Bomzom, 89, from Norbugang village, was the oldest among two groups of 40 local passengers
