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H.D.S. Greenway - Boston Globe
SEEN-IT-ALL Washingtonians saw something new last week: a Bhutanese temple rising on the Mall amid fluttering prayer flags near the Washington Monument. The Bhutanese are in town for the Smithsonian’s Folklife Festival. With a population of just 600 …

Festival honors UTEP’s cultural ties to nation - El Paso Times
Though the Kingdom of Bhutan is half a world away, El Pasoans have become familiar with the unique architecture of the South Asian nation. The buildings at the University of Texas at El Paso have all been built to resemble Bhutanese architecture and …

Ex prince Paras quits Nepal in fury - Times of India
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s disgraced former crown prince Paras is exiting from his motherland, vowing never to return to the country that subjected him and his family to the ultimate humiliation. The 37-year-old is heading for Singapore on Tuesday, ignoring …

International migration office bombed in eastern Nepal - Reliefweb.int
Kathmandu_(dpa) _ At least two crude bombs exploded in the office compounds of the International Organization of Migration (IOM) in eastern Nepal, causing panic but no injuries, media reports said Tuesday. The bombs were hurled at the IOM office …

International migration office bombed in Nepal - New Kerala
Kathmandu, July 1: At least two crude bombs exploded in the office compounds of the International Organization of Migration (IOM) in eastern Nepal, causing panic but no injuries, media reports said Tuesday. The bombs were hurled at the IOM office …

Laptops banned in Bhutan assembly over gaming fears - Reuters
THIMPU, Bhutan (Reuters) - The national assembly in newly democratic Bhutan has stopped lawmakers from bringing laptop computers into the house for fear they might spend their time playing computer games. “The members can be distracted playing games …

Bhutan bans laptops in government - Crunchgear.com
The Bhutanese assembly has banned laptops in the house in order to prevent lawmakers from becoming distracted while, well, making laws. With democracy, it seems, comes the terrible lure of FreeCell which, as we all know, is what got us into our whole …

Ask AP: Car buying incentives, European gas prices - Wired News
Gas prices have long been sky-high in Europe. So given what’s happened to prices at the pump in America recently, has a gallon of gas in Paris or Rome gone from expensive to ridiculous? Curiosity about European gas prices inspired one of three …

Bhutan Fears Games, Bans Laptops in Assembly - PC Magazine
THIMPU, Bhutan ( Reuters ) - The national assembly in newly democratic Bhutan has stopped lawmakers from bringing laptop computers into the house for fear they might spend their time playing computer games. “The members can be distracted playing …

‘Film fests in Goa should boost regional film industry’ - Screen India
Expressing Goa government’s unflinching support to transform the state into an international film festival destination, state forest minister Philip Neri Rodrigues on Monday said the intention will not serve any purpose if the events do not help in …

Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper

Bhutan Observer

You ask, We answer
The Opposition Leader on party, politics and policies
Q. Well into the first session, what is your opinion of how the ruling party perceives you?
A. I don’t dwell on how the ruling party perceives me. Instead, I am more concerned about doing my job well and serving the tsa-wa-sum meaningfully.
Q. Is every issue deliberated keeping the interest of the […]

Campus of the distinguished(Lyonpo Zangley Dukpa, Minister of Health)
Alma Mater
Yurung Junior Secondary School, Yurung, Pemagatshel Teachers’ Training Institute, Samtse

Higher Education: National Institute of Education, Singapore Moray House College of Education, Edinburgh, Scotland University of Bristol, England

Memories of Campus Life: Three different institutes in three different countries and different cultural settings as well as learning environment gave me a holistic campus life experience. In […]

Is civil service being compromised?
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It’s not broken, but we still got to ‘fix’ it

Briefly
As part of the celebration of the Centenary of Monarchy, the consecration of the National Memorial Choeten Restoration will take place on June 28.

The Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency observed the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking yesterday at the Yangchenphug HSS.
The Punakha district court has sentenced six men between 19 and 28 years […]

“Bhutan – 100 Years of Wangchuck Vision”
“Bhutan – 100 Years of Wangchuck Vision” by Maj. Gen. (Retd) Shubi Sood was launched at the Royal Bhutanese Embassy, New Delhi on 17 June 2008 by Lyonpo Dago Tshering, Ambassador of Bhutan to India.

Surprise – you got early retirement
When the RCSC issued a press release on BBS on June 19 about the premature retirement of senior civil servants, it’s impact was no different from the ‘shock and awe’ approach taken in Iraq by President George W Bush. That is the complete surprise in which the release was received by the senior civil servants […]

Is civil service being compromised?
The establishment of 14 parliament committees with chairpersons and vice chairpersons has ignited a debate among civil servants that the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa is compromising the independence of the executive from the legislative body.
The big question making the rounds is ‘how can the government maintain the system of checks and balances by having the MPs […]

10 killed in accident
Phuntsholing: In an accident, at around 3 pm on June 25, that circumvented every existing traffic regulation, 10 people were killed and seven injured with severe head injuries and fractures.
A Maruti van jam-packed with 17 passengers went off the road and plunged about 40 ft below in between Pasakha and Paktsina in Phuentsholing because the […]

Special interest in land pooling?
Land pooling is a must for the delivery of necessary services and land owners have reluctantly accepted the relocation of plots away from the Babesa expressway. Some landowners have, however, become skeptical after finding that there are constructions coming up on their earlier plots.
The relocation of land from commercial areas, the clubbing of plots and […]

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