| Govt. approves accord with Bhutan for hydel project Hindu, India - 15 hours ago New Delhi, July 21 (PTI): The government on Friday approved signing of an inter-governmental agreement with Bhutan for setting up 1095 Megawatt … |
| Bhutan to hold first elections in Feb-March 2008 Reuters India, India - Jul 2, 2007 By Biswajyoti Das GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – The reclusive Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan will hold its first national polls in February and March next year, … |
| A happy country fears democracy Times of India, India - Jul 7, 2007 This April and May, Bhutan took its first nervous steps towards something called elections. Two mock polls were held. People were encouraged to choose from … |
| Happiness has a real economic role to play Taipei Times, Taiwan - 10 hours ago For example, a study by the University of Leicester ranked Bhutan as the planet's eighth-happiest place. Nevertheless, statistics generally show that the … |
| A glimpse of development projects in other places ABS CBN News, Philippines - 14 hours ago Together with Pangandaman, the other DAR officials included Undersecretaries Narciso Nieto and Jeffrey Galang, regional director Alexis Arsenal, and PARO … |
| Bangkok meeting discusses role for happiness in public policy International Herald Tribune, France - Jul 18, 2007 The term gross national happiness was coined by former Bhutan King Jigme Singye Wangchuck more than 30 years ago to measure a country's well-being. … |
| Now all we need are the fans Bangkok Post, Thailand - Jul 13, 2007 Even if it had been a win over Bhutan reserves it still would have been cause for celebration. Any victory in a major competition is welcome. … |
| It costs how much? Financial Times, UK - 22 hours ago … in F1 in 2005 was $2808480000 ? a sum roughly equivalent to about 25 big Hollywood movies or the entire gross domestic product of the Kingdom of Bhutan. … |
| Fisherman killed in Indian Navy firing Pakistan Dawn, Pakistan - Jul 19, 2007 … Razzaq, Hanif, Amin, Ismail, Siddique, son of Faqir Mohammad, and Siddique, son of Ahmed Paro, of Al-Ramzan motor vessel and escorted them to India. … |
| Registration of clinical trials made mandatory Times of India, India - Jul 18, 2007 The Union health ministry will allow researchers from Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Pakistan to register their trials with CTRI. … |
Two parties on the road to election
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| PDPÂ’s secretary general, Lam Kezang receives a khadar from the partyÂ’s would be president Lyonpo Sangay Ngedup |
21 July, 2007 – Bhutanese politics is evolving, spiced with speculation, assumptions, and allegations,
creating both excitement and concerns along the way.
With the Bhutan United PeopleÂ’s Party (BPUP) and the All PeopleÂ’s Party (APP) agreeing to work together under a new name two political parties are being formed, the People Democratic Party (PDP) having already been formed.
The ECB announced that registration began on July 1, and its rules say that the political parties should register within one month of their formation, but no party has registered yet.
But the recent weeks have seen many developments in the political scene.
National Council: No choice of candidates
21 July, 2007 – From candidates who want to
“pay tribute to the dynasty” to
others who want to “form the strongest democratic institution” Bhutan’s National Council will be formed in December.
“We are in dilemma”:Judiciary
21 July, 2007 – The enactment of the revised
Land Act of Bhutan 2007,
by the National Assembly last month, has led to people rushing to court to clear land related cases.
District courts in Thimphu, Paro, Punakha, and Gelephu are registering an average of five land related cases every day, according to judiciary officials.
Toyotas and Hyundais sale increase
21 July, 2007 – With Dollar rates on the
decline, Bhutanese are on
a buying spree shelling out thousands of Dollars for the Toyota and Hyundai vehicles much to the delight of its dealers.
Choden FC draws with Yeedzin FC
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| Rush at the Choden goal post |
Sports 21 July, 2007 – Ninety minutes of enthralling football action could not separate the Choden FC and Yeedzin FC players yesterday during the ongoing national “A” division league played in Chang Jiji, Thimphu.
What is not happening
21 July, 2007 – What we all want to know about Bhutanese politics today is “What is happening?” A more relevant question might be “What is not happening?” Or should we be asking “What should be happening?” and “What should not be happening?”
Awareness on Labour and Employment Act
20 July, 2007 –
With an objective to create awareness on the Labour and Employment Act, a team from the labour and human resources ministry led by the Secretary, Dasho Pem L Dorji is touring the country.
Traditional snakebite treatment puts life in danger
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Tshering Zangmo at the Trashigang hospital
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20 July, 2007 – When it comes to treating snakebites in rural Bhutan, the preferred approach is to seek the traditional healers who cut and suck the venom out of the flesh. The treatment is believed by the farmers to work but often it has proved to be more lethal than the snakebites.
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20 July, 2007 – You do not need to hold onto your seats, clutch your bags, grit your teeth, and hope for the journey to end as your car, as if in seizure, heaved and bumped on potholes and mud-holes. Instead, for the first time in a long time, you can sit back, relax and enjoy the scenery around you as your car roll on a smooth surface for the longest time.
20 acres of tseri land converted into cultivable land
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| Lyonpo Sangay Ngedup with Zhemgang farmers |
20 July, 2007 – More than 350 farmers in Zhemgang changed the land use system of about six acres of tseri (shifting cultivation) to chuzhing (wetland), kamzhing and orchard land during the three day land management campaign led by the agriculture minister, Lyonpo Sangay Ngedup, that ended in Zhemgang Dzongkhag on July 13.
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