Twenty-seven-year old Choki Om is the first woman from Bhutan to be a woman Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) referee. Choki Om was appointed as FIFA referee in 2017. She started refereering since her school days. Choki Om is from Wangdue. She has a bachelor’s degree in commerce and finance from Gedu College of […]
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Though Ayeshwini Lamal is studying civil engineering, she is an inspired writer. Writing is a passion for the 21-year-old final year student of College of Science and Technology who recently published a novel called “Two Ends of the Sky”. From her school days she started writing poems on the back of her notebooks and she […]
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Football and singing. These are the two things in 24-year-old YesheyChoden’s life that keep her going. These two fuel her passion for life. YesheyChoden became Bhutan’s first YouTube sensation in 2012 when she was a young student from Mongar. Her song NgaCheluGa turned viral and she gained instant recognition. In 2014, she debuted in the […]
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President of Bhutan Football Federation (BFF) UgenTsechup Dorji talks to Business Bhutan’s reporter DechenDolkar on becoming an executive member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) during the 29th AFC congress held in Malaysia on April 6, how has football changed in Bhutan and the challenges plaguing football development in the country. UgenTsechup Dorji will represent […]
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Tandin Lhamo wants to show that women can be physically and mentally strong too She knows how to pack a power punch. Twenty-one-year-old Tandin Lhamo from Thomgang in Dagana is the first female boxer in the country who began her career back in 2015 and is breaking stereotypes. The avid boxer completed class XII from […]
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The newly appointed Executive Director of Journalists’ Association of Bhutan (JAB), Namgay Zam, talks to Business Bhutan’s Senior Reporter Chencho Dema on joining JAB, challenges faced by the journalists in the country, media professionalism and professional standards, and the roles of journalists. Congratulations on your appointment as the Executive Director of Journalists’ Association of Bhutan […]
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Sonam Choden is upbeat that she will keep on playing football as long as she gets the opportunity to play for a team Even since Sonam Choden joined the national football U-13 team in 2012, there has been no stopping for her. The 19-year-old footballer today is not only a player of the national women’s […]
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That one must learn what one doesn’t know is what labor minister Ugyen Dorji has been doing these days when not at work. Every day for the past few weeks from 6 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Lyonpo Ugyen Dorji, who is also the only minister who does not know how to drive, has been attending […]
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“Sometimes it might take us a little longer to get where we want to go, but keep at it and the world is your oyster” is the message Ugyen Dema has for those wanting to pursue a career in aviation Donning a black pant and a neatly ironed white shirt with four stripes on the […]
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Breaking stereotypes, 35-year-old Dorji Dema has become the first woman to compete with men in national-level archery tournament. Dorji Dema was the first woman to participate in the Paro open archery tournament last year in Paro. She was the only woman competing with men – among180 archers in 36 teams in the 145m range. Usually […]
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