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Pakistan, second best to do business in South Asia: WB Daily Times, Pakistan - 22 hours ago Bhutan and Sri Lanka are the other top reformers in South Asia this year. Bhutan introduced the country?s first fundamental labor protections. … India powers South Asia growth: World Bank report Rediff 'Doing business gets tougher in Bangladesh' Economic Times India moves up 12 places in ?ease of doing biz? Hindu Business Line Hindustan Times - Daily Times all 59 news articles

New Statesman

Why the king must go New Statesman, UK - 11 hours ago He also supports the repatriation of more than 100000 refugees from Bhutan who have languished in camps in eastern Nepal for 17 years. Bhutanese Maoists …

Turkish Press

Thailand slips down the list, now seen as more corrupt Bangkok Post, Thailand - Sep 26, 2007 Among the countries with a significant worsening of scores are Bhutan, Laos and Macau. ''The increase in the perceived levels of corruption in these … Africa: Persistent Corruption in Low-Income Countries Requires … AllAfrica.com Corrupting a bad habit Hindustan Times all 237 news articles

Best of Asia?

Milling crowds at motley stalls

27 September, 2007 - It sure did pull in crowds by the thousands, but the five-day ‘Best of Asia’ - interior and exterior exposition, which concluded on September 24, also left a big question: was it really the best of Asia?

Cultural exchange programme

Students of Gauhati University performing the Bihu Dance, a popular folk dance of Assam, India. The dance performance was a part of the three-day cultural exchange programme held in Sherubtse College, Kanglung.

Double drug bust
27 September, 2007 - In the span of a week, police at checkpost along the Phuentsholing-Thimphu highway arrested two men in separate incidents for possession of banned substances.

Lottery winners loth to claim prizes?
27 September, 2007 - A staff of the land record section with Bumthang dzongkhag administration was the sole prize winner calling to claim the Thrue Special Lottery prize, drawn at the Clock Tower Square in Thimphu on September 23.

Tracking nutritional status of adolescents and pregnant women
27 September, 2007 - Adolescents and pregnant women will be the focus of a new study by the health ministry to find out the level of iron deficiency disorder (IDD), body mass index (BMI) and anemia within this group and plan future nutritional programmes.

Lessons from Experience
27 September, 2007 -Life is precarious. One never
knows what may befall one. You expect one thing but something entirely different comes your way. Some christen it destiny while others say it’s chance. We’ll never know for sure.

A Case Of Mistaken Identity
27 September, 2007 -As soon as the sylvan Sarpang
valley glistened in
Ngedrup’s eyes on reaching Jogi Dangra, his mind thrilled with expectation and his heart overflowed with joy.

The dro goey system

The number 7 pasture in Chumukarm

How yak herders in Nubri, Paro divide pastures

26 September, 2007 - “Get me a 12, let me get a 12 or at least 11,” Ap Gyep prays as he rolls the dice on a tarpaulin spread for the purpose.
Nubri village in Paro has 11 demarcated pastures numbered from 2 to 12.
The one who throws 12, the highest, gets the best pasture and the one who throws 2 gets pasture number 2, the smallest.
Ahhh! Ap Gyep exclaims. He gets a six.
The year is 1963. With Jhomolhari towering from the north, yak herders gather in the mountains of Nubri after 11 years to decide and to divide the pasture by rolling the dice. The number that comes up determines the pasture their yaks will graze on for the next 11 years.

Thri in Tsirang

26 September, 2007 -
His Holiness the Je Khenpo leaves Thimphu tomorrow to conduct a 23-day Wang-Lung-Thri (blessing, oral transmission and admonition) and the Moenlam Chhenmo (great prayer) ceremonies in Tsirang.

6 years for illicit relationship

Update 26 September, 2007 -
A 27-year old school teacher in Dagana, who was charged with having a sexual relationship with a 17-year old girl student of the same school, has been sentenced to six years by the Dagana district court.