Declaration By United Revolutionary Front, Bhutan (Scoop.co.nz)
After careful study of the manifestation of the political development in Bhutan and the future impact, we have come to the conclusion that all the new changes which so much is being hyped is just cosmetic and in reality is not going tobenefit all the Bhutanese except a small section.

13 Bhutanese for Mumbai BPO (Kuensel)
3 February, 2008 - Thirteen young Bhutanese will start their working careers in the Indian city of Mumbai working for a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company or what is commonly known as a call centre.

Bhutanese a perplexed lot as democracy takes roots (New Kerala)
Kathmandu, Feb 1: The recent spate in a flurry of political activities in the tiny Himalanyan Kingdom of Bhutan is adding to confusion in rural Bhutan as people strive to come to terms with democratic practices.

Bhutan’s ethnic cleansing (The New Statesman)
Bhutan’s image as an otherworldly and harmonious kingdom was rocked on 20 January by coordinated bomb blasts in the capital, Thimpu, and three other locations.

Refugees from Bhutan poised for new start (AlertNet)
Source: UNHCR The first groups of refugees from Bhutan could be resettled within months, thanks to Nepal’s decision to grant them exit permits.

Keeping bird flu at bay (Kuensel)
2 February, 2008 - As vigorous culling operations go on in 13 of the 19 districts in West Bengal, Bhutanese veterinary officials say that they are prepared “for the worst”.

Corporate Social Responsibility: Not just business as usual (Kuensel)
3 February, 2008 - Bhutan Carbide and Chemicals Ltd. and Bhutan Ferro Alloy Ltd. have built a community school in Pasakha so employees do not have to worry about their children’s education. In the process, even children in surrounding communities benefit from the initiative.

UNDP pilot project towards more meaningful gewog connectivity (Kuensel)
3 February, 2008 - The United Nations Development Programme office in Bhutan is trying out a project to avail public services through e-network from the gewog administration centres.

PDP confirms candidates (Kuensel)
2 February, 2008 - “We have to win for the country and the true winners must be the people of Bhutan,” said Sangay Ngedup, the President of the People’s Democratic Party, after distributing party tickets to the candidates of all 47 constituencies on January 30.

From pillar to post on a paper chase (Kuensel)
2 February, 2008 - It took Nar Bahadur Gurung, the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa candidate for Pataley-Tsirangtoe constituency in Tsirang, 37 years to return to his university in India.

Bomb blast in Samtse
Breaking news 4 February, 2008 -
Twelve days after four bombs exploded in four different dzongkags, another bomb exploded in Samtse last night.

13 Bhutanese for Mumbai BPO

3 February, 2008 - Thirteen young Bhutanese will start their working careers in the Indian city of Mumbai working for a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company or what is commonly known as a call centre.

Corporate Social Responsibility: Not just business as usual

3 February, 2008 - Bhutan Carbide and Chemicals Ltd. and Bhutan Ferro Alloy Ltd. have built a community school in Pasakha so employees do not have to worry about their children’s education. In the process, even children in surrounding communities benefit from the initiative.

Who killed the cranes?
Update 3 February, 2008 -
There is no clear evidence if predators killed the nine black-necked cranes at their roosting grounds in Phobjikha, Wangduephodrang, between November 15 and December 4 last year, according to an investigation report by the forestry department.

Man gored by ox

3 February, 2008 -
A 36-year-old farmer from Lhuentse is being treated at the regional referral hospital in Mongar after his ploughing oxen gored him in the scrotum on the morning of January 28.

UNDP pilot project towards more meaningful gewog connectivity

3 February, 2008 - The United Nations Development Programme office in Bhutan is trying out a project to avail public services through e-network from the gewog administration centres.

Real security
2 February, 2008 -
“If, every single day, every Bhutanese respects our culture and traditions, our environment, if we uphold the law, if we safeguard everything that is important to Bhutan and to our future generations … This is the peace, security, and prosperity I am talking about.”

Only 2 out of every 5 qualify

Anxious students in Mongar scan the screen to see their fate

2 February, 2008 - If human tension could be trapped and then released at once, the Norling building in the centre of the capital city would have exploded yesterday.

Assets seized

2 February, 2008 - Five buildings, an apartment and a bungalow in Thimphu and Phuentsholing and more than five acres of land in Gelephu and Samtse belonging to the former Army Welfare Project (AWP) managing director, Major Pem Tshering (retd.), and his family members have been seized and will be auctioned on March 8.

From pillar to post on a paper chase
2 February, 2008 -

It took Nar Bahadur Gurung, the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa candidate for Pataley-Tsirangtoe constituency in Tsirang, 37 years to return to his university in India.

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