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Reluctant citizens gear up for first election
Globe and Mail, Canada - Aug 10, 2007 But not in the remote, Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Here, it's the King who is trumpeting democracy and calling for a one-person, one-vote system. … |
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Fund needs for infrastructure revised to $475 bn: FM
Economic Times, India - 19 hours ago The participants included diplomats from Sri Lanka, Bhutan, South Korea, Mozambique, Turkmenistan, Lesotho and Turkmenistan. However, he said, with increase … 'India poised to become third largest economy' Economic Times all 22 news articles |
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Mango exports down by 66pc
Daily Times, Pakistan - Aug 10, 2007 These countries are Azerbaijan, Amman, Bhutan, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Finland, Portugal, Somalia, South Africa and Sri Lanka. … |
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Monopoly over Nepal's casino industry may end
Economic Times, India - Aug 17, 2007 … of his blockbuster "Hare Rama Hare Krishna", was a collaboration between an uncle of the current king Gyanendra and a member of Bhutan's royal family. … |
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Unchartered territory
ic Wales, United Kingdom - Aug 17, 2007 His best case scenario, says the community astrologer of the Layap people in the tiny Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, is to be reincarnated as a monkey. … |
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African refugee intake slashed
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - Aug 17, 2007 Mr Andrews said the increased intake from Asia was largely because of resettlement programs for Burmese refugees in Thailand and Bhutanese refugees in Nepal … |
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Contemporary versions of classics
Times of India, India - Aug 16, 2007 Kashyap?s hero doesn?t mourn too much for Paro and chooses to marry Chandramukhi! Trade analyst Indu Mirani feels, ?It?s okay to update the old film … |
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Tantia Constructions to double overseas operations
Economic Times, India - Aug 16, 2007 "We already have a presence in the South-Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries like Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan. … |
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Carbon Trading Proposal May Put Mature Tropical Forests At Risk …
Science Daily (press release) - Aug 14, 2007 The HFLD countries are Panama, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Peru, Belize, Gabon, Guyana, Suriname, Bhutan and Zambia, along with French Guiana, … |
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Carbon market bad for planet: study
The Age, Australia - Aug 14, 2007 … Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Peru, Belize, Gabon, Guyana, Suriname, Bhutan and Zambia, along with the French territory of French Guiana. … |
Infrastructure to fuel economic growth
18 August, 2007 - Project Dantak, which has built about 1,600 kilometres of roads and 83 permanent bridges in Bhutan in past four decades, added another notch to its count with the inauguration of a double lane bridge over the Olarongchu in Semtokha on August 16.
Empowering women
18 August, 2007 - The UNDP will support the National Commission for Women and Children and the planning commission secretariat on a two year project that aims to create a supportive and enabling environment for women to play a greater role in the decision making process.
Samtse Dengue patient in Thimphu
Phuentsholing 18 August, 2007 - The Phuentsholing General Hospital has referred a patient diagnosed with Dengue fever to the Thimphu National Referral Hospital.
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18 August, 2007 - What should the Bhutanese voter expect in 2008?
The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa and the Peoples Democratic Party formally applied this week to register as political parties to contest the 2008 elections. In the absence of any other parties being formed, one of these parties will form the first elected government and the other will sit in opposition.
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| Their Majesties the Queens, Her Royal Highness, the Prime Minister, and Ambassador Vyas |
18 August, 2007 - India is touched by the warmth of Bhutans friendship. This year this warmth was conveyed in a special gesture by His Majesty the King, who presented a cake to the Indian embassy on August 15, the 60th anniversary of Indias Independence Day.
Engineers in limbo
18 August, 2007 - The 15 government
engineers whose
promotions were revoked two months ago by the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) have still not been able to find out why it happened.
Engineer, contractors sentenced
18 August, 2007 - Two contractors and a
dzongkhag junior engineer
have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from six months to two years 11 months for their involvement in the fraudulent tendering of the Buli-Tshaidang farm road, in Zhemgang.
Bridging differences
18 August, 2007 - Sociologists, psychologists, and all the other experts tell us that we all have multiple identities. For example, we are Bhutanese citizens, we are fathers or mothers, wives or husbands, professionals or technicians or farmers, we are youth or middle-aged or old, and so on.
Two killed in construction accident
Pasakha:17 August, 2007 - Two temporary workers employed by the Bhutan Ferro Industries in Pasakha were killed on August 13 when a section of the truss being placed atop a factory building broke off and fell on them.
Software, palm oil and copper top exports
17 August, 2007 - Tax sheltered industries and its sister concerns continued to figure prominently in Bhutans trade statistics and have, in recent years, pushed exports to new levels.
In 2006, for example, exports grew to Nu. 13.8 billion up from Nu. 7.9 billion in 2005. These figures do not include the export of electricity to India, Bhutans main export item, which was around Nu.4.9 billion.
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