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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 MPs in computer game ban - BBC News
“I have seen many of our lawmakers playing computer games when others are debating serious issues,” Mr Tshering said. MPs rejected the allegations. The tiny Himalayan country is slowly joining the modern world and held its first democratic elections …
Hopes for Bhutan - 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 …
Time to protect the Thunder Dragon - Sify
Though he is above 80, Lt Gen. Jack Frederick Ralph Jacob, a hero of the 1971 war with Pakistan, remains a keen student of strategic warfare. “I’ve learned from every campaign since Alexander the Great and Napoleon,” he explains. Jacob, who also …
International migration office bombed in Nepal - Washington Post
Resize Text KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Three bombs exploded at an office of the International Organization of Migration (IOM) in east Nepal that helps Bhutanese refugees to settle in third countries, police and government officials said on Tuesday. It was …
UN agencies condemn blasts at IOM office in Nepal - Xinhua News Agency
GENEVA, July 1 (Xinhua) — Three UN agencies on Monday condemned an overnight attack on the compound of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in eastern Nepal, and warned that continued violence could affect aid delivery to refugees from …
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 …
Laptops banned in Bhutan assembly - Globe and Mail
THIMPU, Bhutan â 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. âThe members can be distracted playing games and …
Two bombs hit international migration office - Gulf Times
KATHMANDU: At least two crude bombs exploded in the office compounds of the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) in eastern Nepal, causing panic but no injuries, media reports said yesterday. The bombs were hurled at the IOM office compound …
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 …
Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper
2 July, 2008 - It is significant that, confronting a society they cannot even comprehend, Bhutanese participants at the Smithsonian festival in the U.S. are struck, more than anything else, by the absence of trash in crowded public space. It means that they come from an environment where trash is a part of the scenery.
Lead detected in water sources in Phuentsholing, Samtse, Arsenic in Gasa Tsachu, Bacteria in Thimphu
2 July, 2008 - A national environment commission (NEC) study found that water collected from some streams in Phuentsholing, Samtse, and Pasakha and also Serbithang (outer Thimphu) had unusually high quantities of lead, a heavy metal, which is injurious to health.
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2 July, 2008 - Windstorms have not stopped unleashing their fury in the eastern dzongkhags. In the latest incident on June 27, more than 80 acres of maize crop belonging to 96 households in Mongar dzongkhag have been severely damaged by a windstorm, which hit around 5 pm.
2 July, 2008 - A study done by the central pollution control board (CPCB) of New Delhi in April for the national environment commission (NEC) showed that nearly all industries did not have adequate pollution records or measuring standards.
2 July, 2008 - Hundreds of students and teachers from the department of bachelors of business administration (BBA) in Sherubtse college, Kanglung, will soon move permanently to their new campus at Gaeddug college, Chukha, to the start the new academic session.
2 July, 2008 - The National Assembly resolved on Monday that campaigns will not be allowed for local government elections either with government funds or at their own expense.
2 July, 2008 - The works and human settlement minister, Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba, supported by three members, submitted yesterday that political parties should be allowed to receive contributions from all eligible voters instead of only registered members. The house was discussing section 40 of the Public Election Fund Bill.
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2 July, 2008 - The jam-packed basketball court at the swimming pool complex in Thimphu reverberated with whistles, cheers and screams as the Jachungs in black and Pazaps in blue looked equally tense in the menÂs finals of the coronation cup, which was played on May 29.
2 July, 2008 - An improvised explosive device (IED) went off at around eight in the morning on the Sipsu-Tendu road in Samtse on Saturday June 28.
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2 July, 2008 - The president and founder of RENEW, Her Majesty Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck, and the Indian ambassador, Sudhir Vyas, formally inaugurated the RENEW Centre in Thimphu on June 30.
RENEW, an acronym for Respect, Educate, Nurture, and Empower Women, was formally established in 2004 with financial support from UNFPA. RENEWÂs objective is to provide much needed support and services to disadvantaged women, girls and their families. Among other essential functions, the Centre will provide crisis intervention for victims of domestic violence, including professional counselling and referral services.
The centre was constructed with financial support from the government of India.
Bhutan Observer
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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 donât 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 Teachersâ 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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Itâs not broken, but we still got to âfixâ 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 […]
âBhutan â 100 Years of Wangchuck Visionâ
“Bhutan â 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 â you got early retirement
When the RCSC issued a press release on BBS on June 19 about the premature retirement of senior civil servants, itâs impact was no different from the âshock and aweâ 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 âhow 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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