Bhutan News archive for 15 August 2007

Malaysia Star

Birth of the Drukpa lineage Malaysia Star, Malaysia - Aug 12, 2007 In Bhutan, possibly the only remaining Tibetan Buddhist kingdom in the world, the lineage is the dominant school and state religion. … Unlocking wisdom Malaysia Star Spread the love Malaysia Star Homage to a leader Malaysia Star all 4 news articles

BBC News

India is an unique democracy BBC News, UK - 7 hours ago … countries in the region is that Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka are countries formally owned by their dominant religious communities. …

To leap or to look?
15 August, 2007 – One of the advantages that Bhutan has always claimed is that we have the opportunity to learn from the mistakes made by other countries, thus avoiding the same pitfalls. Of course it is not much of an advantage if we do not learn those lessons. And it is a tragedy that we not only repeat those mistakes but we do not learn even from our own mistakes.

Register with party, but vote on your will

15 August, 2007 –
Filling up a party registration form is not a binding commitment on a voter to vote for a particular party in the first general election in 2008.

DPT to nominate president

15 August, 2007 – The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) political party is all set to register today with the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB).

The party will officially nominate its party president, secretary general and announce its candidates today at a general meeting in Kelki higher secondary school, Thimphu. The party will also declare its vision and mission at the meeting. According to the party spokesperson, Dupthob Rinzin, the party will register with the ECB in the afternoon.

Bomb found

15 August, 2007 – Alerted by Indian intelligence sources, the Royal Bhutan Police prevented a potential explosion in a five-storey building opposite Kuenga Hotel in Phuentsholing on August 10.

Vacant Thrompon post worries Thimphu landowners

15 August, 2007 –
The news that the office of the Thimphu Thrompon (mayor) will remain vacant until early 2008, the next one is to be elected, has become a concern for land owners in the extended municipal boundary of Thimphu city.

High court upholds verdict on RIM defamation case

Update
15 August, 2007 – Upholding the judgment passed by the Thimphu district court in April this year the High Court has ordered the director of the Royal Institute of Management (RIM) in Semtokha to pay Nu.27,000 to two faculty members of the institute he defamed.

Shizuoka Prefecture donates bus

The 1992 model reconditioned bus

15 August, 2007 – The Samthang Vocational Training Institute in Wangduephodrang will receive a grant assistance of 17,636 US Dollars (Nu. 6,99,267.40) from the government of Japan in the form of a school bus under the grassroots project.

After 56 years: Tunnels and wells discovered in Drugyel dzong

Ap Kalay looking down one of the newly discovered wells

14 August, 2007 – Ap Kalay was ten years old when he saw the Paro Drugyel dzong razed to the ground in an inferno in 1951. Since then growing up he had often played in its courtyard and knew pretty much every nook and corner of the dzong. Or so he thought. He was the unofficial caretaker who took pleasure in explaining to visitors the colourful history of the dzong long in ruins but which he worshipped. Nothing, however, had prepared him what came next.

Three months back the Paro dzongkhag had initiated a cleaning campaign at the ruins. It was neglected and was growing into a picnickerÂ’s spot who littered the place with papers, plastics and pet bottles.

The orange versus the white

14 August, 2007 – When the general elections begin in March next year the contest for seats in seven of the 47 constituencies in the National Assembly are likely to draw much attention.

Pasakha: On its way to prosperity but hurdles remain

A factory that packs refined oil in tins

13 August, 2007 – Huge gray structures fill the horizon as one nears Pasakha, 18km from the border town of Phuentsholing.

From a distance the area gives a serene impression with the landmass rising into gentle sloping foothills on one side and the Indian plains stretching to infinity on the other.

On closer inspection, however, the gray skyline reveals a maze of towering walls consumed by a frenzied activity. Dusty men in thin vests, their faces and arms covered in a cake of sweat, toil with machines under a hot humid sun.