As the conch shell’s haunting call reverberates through the dense forest, more than 7,000 devotees gather at the shores of Khurul Lake. Many have travelled from distant towns and across the border in ...

Punakha—For more than a decade, the 74-kilometre Punakha-Gasa highway has been the district’s vital link to the rest of the country. Once an arduous two-day trek by horseback, the road transformed ...