| WB approves USD 12 mn grant to Bhutan for institutional reform Times of India, India - Jun 21, 2007 WASHINGTON: The World Bank on Thursday approved a USD 12 million grant to Bhutan to support the country's institutional reforms and on-going medium-term … |
| Bhutan?s GDP growth hinges on the Tala project Hindu, India - Jun 20, 2007 20: With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dedicating Tala power from Bhutan to an energy-hungry nation, Bhutan?s revenues are set to get a boost from Tala?s … |
| Kidnapped FCI official still alive Hindu, India - Jun 26, 2007 Police, he said, were conducting intense operations at some places along the border with Bhutan for the past few days to rescue Ram, FCI's senior-most … |
| Nepal: Bhutanese Refugee Tensions Erupt Into Violence Reuters AlertNet, UK - May 31, 2007 (Washington, DC, May 31, 2007) ? Violent clashes this week resulting in two deaths in Nepal's Bhutanese refugee camps underscore the need for the Nepali … |
| Bhutan refugees protest on India border Hindustan Times, India - May 30, 2007 The protests came after Bhutan held its second 'mock election' this week as a dress rehearsal for the kingdom's transition to democracy in 2008 after a … |
| Yellow, red, blue, green colours 'banned' for Bhutan polls Times of India, India - Jun 3, 2007 THIMPU: Political parties in Bhutan will not be allowed to have symbols and even colours — blue, green, red and yellow - used in the two-phase dummy … |
| Human bone smuggling racket uncovered Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - Jun 19, 2007 Officers found the latest collection in Jaigaon, a town in eastern India on the border with Bhutan, and arrested four people who said they were smuggling … |
| Offer a Lot of Drama Wall Street Journal - 7 hours ago Three years ago, Bhutan's population was projected to be 2.26 million by 2007. But after a new census, the projected figure plummeted last year to 658000. … |
| Reporter?s diary Hindustan Times, India - Jun 10, 2007 Lyonpo Dawa Tshering was Bhutan?s Foreign Minister when we met in 1985. Twenty-two years ago, I was a reporter of the Illustrated Weekly of India stationed … |
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Indira Goswami makes fresh attempt at brokering peace Hindu, India - 8 hours ago … on the outfit by the Royal Bhutan Army ? as hindrances to initiating peace talks with the outfit and demanded resumption of the peace initiative. … |
Teachers need motivation
29 June, 2007 - A study by a lecturer of the Paro College of Education has found that a majority of Bhutanese schoolteachers suffered from low morale and motivation. Of the 51 teachers, with teaching experience between three to 35 years, lecturer Rinchen Dorji interviewed for the study, only three participants expressed being positive and happy as a teacher. The rest expressed frustration, dissatisfaction and low morale and motivation.
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29 June, 2007 - Barefoot and in tatters they are often seen loitering in Trashigang town, sometimes playing with other children, but mostly by themselves.
Authority struggle to find solution to dendrite problem
28 June, 2007 - Dendrite was the most abused drug in 2006 with more than 120 of its young patrons arrested, mostly male students, according to Bhutan Narcotic Control Authority (BNCA), but despite established findings that the substance was the doorway to other forms of drug abuses in the country authorities concerned, including BNCA, are struggling for a solution.
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28 June, 2007 - As one of natures fastest-growing plants bamboo is a favorite in the renewable resource ratings because it helps to conserve soil and water and thus protect the environment.
28 June, 2007 - Farmers in Dhur, Bumthang are keeping vigil as wild boars have returned to destroy their potato crops.
Disagreement delayed Lhuentse town: residents
28 June, 2007 - As the majestic Kurtoe Lhendruptse dzong reaches out to the skies Lhuentses ramshackled town of small wooden houses appears to cling precariously to the roadside below.
Ministers seriously contemplating politics
27 June, 2007 - Five serving cabinet ministers are seriously contemplating on joining politics but have not identified which party to join, according to the trade and industry minister, Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba.
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The five female members of the present National Assembly are all joining politics and four have joined the same party.
27 June, 2007 -
A ticketing sales agent for Druk Air Corporation, based in New Delhi, India, is on trial at the Paro district court for not having paid Nu.5.408 million accumulated from air ticket sales to the national airline.
Supreme Court construction to start in September
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| A model of the Supreme Court complex |
27 June, 2007 -
The construction of the Supreme Court of Bhutan, the highest appellate authority in the country, will begin in earnest by September this year, at Hejo, Thimphu.
Demarcation and site development of the 11.421-acre area that will house 11 buildings has already begun.
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