BHUTAN TODAY The New Perspective

By Tshering It was a tense moment for Dechencholing Nazheon and Ugyen Academy to qualify for the first ever Women’s T20 Club Championship final to be played tomorrow at Pelkhil School ground. The second runner up was to be decided between Dechencholing Nazheon and Ugyen Academy in the last “do or die” game. As the table showed Ugyen Academy was …

Dechen Wangmo, a 19 year-old from Chummey, Bumthang is a women’s national football team goalkeeper. She graduated from Pelkil and will study in Royal Thimphu College under the scholarship from Bhutan Olympic Committee. Dechen started playing football since she was 10. She played in various tournaments, (SAFF) Pakistan on 2014 and 2016 (SAFF) championship held at Silguri. Currently she is …

It has been almost three weeks since a pilot and two crewmembers of the two airlines were tested positive for psychoactive substance and grounded. But not much is being known about the substances they tested positive for. There is a huge public interest, as the incident happened in the aviation sector, which is considered more severe. We can understand the …

By Tshering The two-day dance battle, Gokab Volume III, among 400 participants have kicked off on Saturday at the Taekwondo hall in Thimphu. More than 400 participants registered for the dance battle under the categories of rigsar, boedra, beat boxing, bboying (breakdance) and all-style battle. The main sponsor for the event is Tashi Beverages Limited. The participants were provided guidance …

Something is not going right in the country today even as our attention is distracted by the war of words between our two giant neighbours in the northern boundary. While many are engaged or closely following the developments that is sensationalized by the regional media, it is good to take stock of what is happening within the boundary. We will …