Jan 31: Bhutan made a bad start in men’s football at the 11th South Asian Games loosing first battle with Maldives by 0-1 goal in their opening match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. Maldives’ striker Ashfaq Ali scored the all-important goal for the winners in the 83rd minute with a left footer from inside [...]

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Dec 09: Finally, bagging 0-7 goals from Pakistan in Group-B clash of 2009 SAFF Cup at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday, Bhutan is now out of the ground.  The semi finalist of the last year’s game, Bhutan lost all games this year with wide margins.  Tuesday’s game was second ever tie between two nations. Bhutan [...]

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Dec 07: Bhutan lost the second consecutive match to Sri Lanka by 6-0 in the 2009 SAFF Cup played at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka in a Group B on Sunday afternoon.Striker Kasun Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka scored a hat-trick, Ediri Channa bagged a brace and midfielder Chathura Gunaratne also got on the scoresheet.Sri Lanka opened [...]

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Performing the best among 14 participants selected for final round, Prabin Diwali, 11, of Beldangi-I camp and Sancha Maya Tamang, 12, of Beldangi-II became male and female child start 2009 respectively yesterday. Similarly, Indra Prasad Gazmere from Khudunabari and Nirmala Sanyashi from Sanischare Pathri ranked second in the Inter-camp Child Song Competition

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Nov 28: Bhutan has pulled out from the 2009 Philippine International Mathematics Competitions (PIMC) to be held December 1 in Iloilo City following the massacre in Maguindanao on November 23.  Worried for their safety, contestants from Russia, Vietnam and Sri Lanka also decided to back out from the contest. Young math wizards from these countries have sent [...]

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Inter-club football tournament kicked off in Goldhap yesterday amidst an inaugural program which marked the presence of various personalities. According to Rupesh Dhungana, altogether 16 teams are participating the tournament which lasts until the upcoming Laxmi Pooja

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Disc Golf Bhutan will introduce a new game for Bhutanese – disc golf – this week, as its founders plan to open the course in Thimphu. Founder Hans J Keller said discs will be given free of charge to people as they are not available in the local market. The interested persons will be taught by the supervisor everyday after 3 p.m. under the monitoring of Youth Development Fund (YDF).

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Kathmandu, January 22: Bhutan lost to Oman by 213 runs in the final of ACC Trophy Challenge 2009 at Prem Oval Staduim in Thailand.  Winning the toss, Bhutan choose field and ended up with 322 for 9 after 50 overs to Oman. Bhutan's was a strange decision on winning the toss to put Oman in to [...]

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Thimphu, January 21: Motion Picture Association of Bhutan (MPAB) in a gathering in Thimphu on Tuesday said pirating of Bhutanese films have gone beyond control.  Bhutanese film makers claimed that pirated movies are being screened in towns across the border and in other countries before they are released in the local market. The film makes discussed alternatives [...]

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Thimphu, January 06: Sonam Yangden has been declared as the first Bhutan Star on New Year eve, with public votes dominating the judgment by judges in the selection procedures. She topped the five contestants in final round. Sonam, who received 44,108 votes, said after victory that her interest is to be a playback singer. She received a [...]

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