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Juventus Paro Rejects Empoli, Wants Genoa Goal.com, Netherlands - Jun 27, 2007 Paro Rejects Empoli, Wants Genoa The young Juventus midfielder is very close to join the Rossoblu according to the latest transfer speculation coming from …

A village cooperative smells success

Sangay Zangmo displaying the cooperative’s dairy products

27 July, 2007 - Thinley Zangpo, 25, a corporate employee in Mongar, was on his way to meet his sister in Trashigang and was negotiating the road down Mongar’s long, narrow, and winding road when he, much to his consternation, realised he had forgotten to buy a gift for his sister. He liked to gift people and rarely went anywhere without it. Luckily for him, he remembered a solution.

Discussing democracy

27 July, 2007 - Bhutan’s first academic exchange on democracy, held from July 11 to discuss “2008 and beyond”, was as interesting for the discussions about the meeting as the contents of the meeting itself. In the end we learnt that, to get a picture of 2008 and beyond, we need to do much more substantive thinking and deliberating. We also need to go beyond academic exercises to draw on our own rich traditions in literature and governance.

Sherubtse introduces RUB degree programmes

Sherubtse College

26 July, 2007 - Sherubtse College in Kanglung, the country’s premier institute of learning, has launched its homegrown degree programme in Humanities to replace the courses offered by the University of Delhi, India.

Travellers cross roadblock

A grandmother carries her granddaughter over the landslide

26 July, 2007 - The Thimphu-Punakha road below Dochula pass, which was blocked for two days by a massive landslide last Sunday, was opened to the traffic at 6:00 P.M. on July 23.
“It is still risky as there are rocks and trees constantly falling,” said the Department of Roads’ executive engineer, Sonam Tobgay.

Lack of funding chokes academic research

26 July, 2007 - In 2005, the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) started a department of research to spearhead the development of a culture of research in the country’s institutions of learning.

Chief justice conferred honorary doctorate

Lyonpo Sonam Tobgye (third from left)

26 July, 2007 - The chief justice of Bhutan, Lyonpo Sonam Tobgye, was conferred a Honorary Doctorate in Law by the National Legal Studies and Research University (NALSAR) in Hyderabad, India, during a NALSAR convocation ceremony on July 21 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to law and jurisprudence.

“I am not at all intimidated”

Cheki Wangmo

26 July, 2007 - Cheki Wangmo, 26, is one of the youngest candidates aspiring to join the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and if she gets a party ticket she will be contesting against the former Anti-Corruption commissioner, Dorji Choden, from Kangpara-Thrimshing constituency in Trashigang.

Samtse’s first NC candidate

Dr. Mani Kumar Rai

26 July, 2007 - If the National Council demands members from diverse backgrounds, Dr. Mani Kumar Rai, who declared his interests to run from Samtse dzongkhag fits in well.

ATM comes to Mongar

26 July, 2007 - On the morning of July 21 the Mongar Dratshang umze and two young monks made offerings of liquor and performed the labsang thruesel (purification ceremony) to mark the launch of the Bhutan National Bank’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM) services in the dzongkhag.

Suspicion of water in fuel

26 July, 2007 - A complaint filed by the Dhug and Meto Transport Company this week against the Bhutan Oil Distributors (BOD) in Thimphu of mixing water to its fuel tank is likely to see results only after fuel samples sent to the Indian Oil Company for investigation returns back.

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