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Amrapalli becomes Paro Screen Weekly, India - Jun 14, 2007 Amrapalli known to be the nautanki bahu Bindiya of Teen Bahuraaniyan has recently essayed the role of a Bengali in an episode for Sssh.. Phir Koi Hai. …

Scientific American

Mines destroy Bhutan's mountains Scientific American - Jun 5, 2007 By Bappa Majumdar GOMTU, Bhutan (Reuters) - As an explosion booms across the mountains, Yeshey Drukpa, 60, clenches his fist in anger standing in the …

Act provides legal framework for NEC

25 June, 2007 - The National Environment Act
of Bhutan, endorsed by the
National Assembly on June 21, provides a legal framework for the National Environment Commission to carry out its mandate say, commission officials.
The commission has the mandate to guide the country, in a sustainable manner, on environmental cons-ervation and protection, but so far it had no basis on which it could carry it out.

Act will not repeal DYT and GYT Chatrim
25 June, 2007 - The Local Governments’ Act,
which was enacted by the
National Assembly on June 20, will not repeal the Dzongkhag Yargay Tshogdu (DYT) and Gewog Yargay Tshogchung (GYT) Acts as proposed by the draft Act.

Student wins international essay contest

25 June, 2007 - A essay titled “The peace we have
never known” by a student of
Mothithang Higher Secondary School in Thimphu has won the first prize of the “Value Of Life” International essay contest.

Bhuwan Giri, a 17- year old science student, will attend the Pacific Educational Conference (PEC) in Honolulu, Hawaii, on July 9 as the winner.

Woman accused of child trafficking
25 June, 2007 - Thimphu police have charged
a non-Bhutanese woman in
connection with what they call a child trafficking case, involving a 16-year-old non–Bhutanese girl from Darjeeling, India.

This is the first time a child trafficking case has been forwarded to court, according to police.

HACCP certifies three companies
25 June, 2007 - The Bhutan Agro Industries
Limited (BAIL), Hotel
Druk in Thimphu and the Bhutan Diary and Agro Products Limited (BDAPL) have been awarded certificates for successfully meeting international requirements on standard food safety systems.

World Bank support to reduce poverty
25 June, 2007 - The World Bank has
approved a US$12 million
grant to support Bhutan’s ongoing medium-term policy and institutional reform program.

The Second Development Policy Grant (DPG2) is designed to support the government’s development strategy in enhancing economic growth, achieving better socioeconomic outcomes, and reducing poverty.

Assembly enacts public finance bill
25 June, 2007 - The overall responsibility of
managing public finances
and related operations will rest with the Lhengye Zhungtshog (cabinet). According to the Public Finance Bill of the Kingdom of Bhutan 2007, which was passed by the 87th session of the National Assembly on June 20.

Small family happy family?
23 June, 2007 - The size of the average
Bhutanese family is getting
smaller.

Bhutanese families were having fewer children and the numbers were likely to shrink even further in the years to come, according to officials of the National Statistical Bureau.
According to the bureau, Bhutanese women in their prime reproductive age were giving birth to fewer children than in the past.

Project coordinator sentenced
23 June, 2007 - After more than one year of
proceedings at the High
Court the former coordinator for the bio-mass briquette project of the national women association of Bhutan (NWAB), was sentenced to six and half years in prison on June 21.

Civil Service Bill may not be passed
23 June, 2007 - The 87th session of the National
Assembly may not be able to
enact the Civil Service Bill, which was discussed earlier this week, according to officials of the Assembly Secretariat.

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