Bhutan lifts ban on Indian poultry products (The Times of India)
THIMPHU: Bhutan has lifted the ban on the import of poultry products from India. Imports from India are expected to hit Bhutanese markets within a week, livestock officials said.

Bhutan refugees speak through art (BBC News)
A group of young Bhutanese refugees in Nepal tell stories of hardship through works of art, Charles Haviland reports.

Indian MPs to discuss refugee issue with Bhutan (Nepalnews. com)
A delegation of Indian parliamentarians is set to visit Thimphu to take account of the preparation of the first democratic elections there, and also hold discussion with Bhutanese leaders, bureaucrats and the King over the possibility of giving voting rights to refugees living in Nepal.

“Balloons of Bhutan” (Kuensel)
29 November, 2007 - There are many ways of telling a story. The most common and, perhaps the oldest, is the oral tradition, still strong in Bhutan. Today, stories are told through the written word, films, music and art.

Sansui Software Pvt. Ltd. (Press Trust of India)
Thimphu, Nov 28 (PTI) India and Bhutan have decided to enhance security along their borders to check infiltration of militant groups of the northeast into the Himalayan nation.

West Bengal-Bhutan border to be beefed up (Kuensel)
22 November, 2007 - Enhancing security along the Indo-Bhutan border to check infiltration of Indian insurgent groups and anti-social elements into Bhutanese territory was one of the issues discussed at the 17th border districts coordination meeting (BDCM) in Thimphu on November 18 between Bhutanese officials and a delegation from the Indian state of West Bengal.

Vigil along Assam-Bhutan border to check rebel movement (rediff.com)
India and Bhutan have decided to enhance security along their borders to check infiltration of militant groups of the north-east into the Himalayan nation.

Bhutanese refugees in Nepal opt for new life in US (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Kathmandu, Nov 27 (IANS) Almost half of the Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal have opted for a new life in the US, with the percentage expected to grow.

IOM begins interviewing Bhutanese refugees in Nepal (People’s Daily)
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) began interviewing the Bhutanese refugees opting for third country resettlement in the United States (US) in eastern Nepal on Tuesday. According to The Himalayan Times daily Wednesd …

Bhutanese refugees in Nepal opt for new life in US (EARTHtimes.org)
Kathmandu, Nov 27 - Almost half of the Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal have opted for a new life in the US, with the percentage expected to grow.

The verdict is in: climate change impact inevitable
29 November, 2007 - Imagine that a huge asteroid is hurtling towards Earth. Scientists tell us that there is a ten percent chance of a collision in 10 years and the consequences of its impact will be catastrophic. Your government advises you not to panic and reminds you that there is a 90 percent chance that the asteroid will miss the Earth. Do you decide not to worry, or do you demand that your government mobilizes all of the resources at its disposal to eliminate the risk?

“Balloons of Bhutan”

Telling tales, the technological way

29 November, 2007 - There are many ways of telling a story.

The most common and, perhaps the oldest, is the oral tradition, still strong in Bhutan. Today, stories are told through the written word, films, music and art.

Sustaining the Bjoka way of life

Bamboo and cane constitute their economic bedrock

29 November, 2007 - With the transfer of ownership of 1,591 acres of forest to the Bjoka Gongphel Tserzo Tshogpa, a village community forest management group, the people of Kheng Bjoka, whose lives are inextricably linked with cane and bamboo, will no longer have to walk for days to Panbang to obtain a permit to use forest resources.

Bridges rebuilt ahead of schedule

The bridge over the river Sunkosh

29 November, 2007 - Bhutan’s road network, the country’s main means of transportation, should become safer and more efficient with three aging bridges on the national highways rebuilt by the government of Japan.

SAARC inter-school debate
Private school students win right to represent Bhutan

29 November, 2007 - For the first time ever, Bhutan will participate and compete against other SAARC countries in the super finals of the 10th Dr Mahbub Ul haq Memorial Inter-school Debate Competition in New Delhi, India, on December 3.

ICRC comes calling - for the 26th time

29 November, 2007 - Within the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Bhutan is as important as any other country in the world, according to the International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC) head of the regional delegation in New Delhi, Mr Vincent Nicod.

Drugyel school upgraded for deaf students
29 November, 2007 - Next March, when the 22 deaf students of the Deaf Education Unit in Drugyell lower secondary school, Paro, return to school, they will study in new classrooms, stay in new hostels and have a new resource centre.

The world needs Gross National Happiness

Lyonpo Kinzang Dorji with the Thai PM General Surayud Chulanont (fourth from left) at the conference

28 November, 2007 - About 300 scholars, politicians, monks, journalists, youth, bureaucrats, and economists from around the world are gathered in Bangkok this week to discuss and give new depth to Gross National Happiness, a concept that is being increasingly sought as an answer to some of the negative global trends today.

On GNH
28 November, 2007 - The third international conference on Gross National Happiness is going on in Bangkok, attended by about 300 people. Meanwhile the question we are asking at home is “Another conference?” To a number of Bhutanese people, including senior civil servants, GNH is the rhetoric we use to impress foreigners.

BPUP is out of the game
28 November, 2007 - The Election Commission of Bhutan yesterday disqualified the Bhutan People United Party (BPUP) from registering as a political party in the country because it was out of tune with the noble aspirations of the Constitution of Bhutan, a press release from the commission said.

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