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Arrow ECS Signs Distribution Agreement with Symantec for Belgium and … - PR Inside
www.ArrowECS.com - Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, a business segment of Arrow Electronics Inc. [NYSE: ARW], becomes an authorized distributor of Symantec solutions in Belgium and Luxembourg under a distribution agreement. “As a leading vendor …    [read more]

Economists appraise Bhutan’s happiness model - San Francisco Gate
(12-04) 04:00 PST Thimphu, Bhutan — In the thick of a global financial crisis, many economists have come to this Himalayan kingdom to study a unique economic policy called Gross National Happiness, based on Buddhist principles. When considering …    [read more]

Road to Shangri-la: Stanley Johnson witnesses the coronation of Bhutan … - The Independent
Last month, a new monarch was crowned in the secretive Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. The writer Stanley Johnson was one of a tiny handful of Westerners to receive an invitation. But first he had to get there … There were relatively few foreigners …    [read more]

7th Thimphu Film Festival - Kuensel Online
4 December, 2008 - About sixteen Bhutanese films released in 2007 will compete in nine different categories as a part of the seventh film festival to be held on December 6. In total, about 18 films were produced last year. The categories include best …    [read more]

John McCain visits Bhutan, gives tips on democracy - Los Angeles Times Blogs
John McCain visited the world’s youngest democracy on Thursday, one month after he lost the race to lead the world’s oldest. McCain stopped in Bhutan, a tiny Buddhist kingdom nestled high in the Himalayas between I ndia and China, while on a tour of …    [read more]

Bhutan WTO ready by 2009, but debate still on - Kuensel Online
4 December, 2008 - Bhutan can join the World Trade Organization (WTO) by 2009, going by the progress in the negotiations so far, according to the WTO multi-sectoral team. The final decision will however rest with the cabinet, followed by parliament …    [read more]

Former Bhutan king’s name dropped from V-B honour list - Times of India
SANTINIKETAN: The name of the former king of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuk, has been dropped from the list of the recipients of Desikottama (DLitt Honoris Causa), though Visva-Bharati authorities had earlier declared his name. Seven persons would be …    [read more]

Canada Welcomes First Group of Bhutanese Refugees - Market Wire
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire - Dec. 8, 2008) - The first of a large group of Bhutanese refugees will be arriving in Canada today, announced Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism. The group of 24 refugees will be …    [read more]

The Three Amigos, in Bhutan - New York Times Blogs
The election is behind them but the three amigos – Senators John McCain, Joseph I. Lieberman and Lindsey Graham – are still jetting from place to place. Only now it is across South Asia. The trio turned up today in tiny Bhutan, a Buddhist kingdom …    [read more]

Select a Region or Country: - Jaunted.com
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Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper

What’s in the way of quality education

11 December, 2008 - Many schools in Bhutan lack essential infrastructure and curricular reform is stifled by a lack of sufficient orientation and resource support to deliver the curriculum. And teachers, the agents of providing quality education, work in poor conditions and have low morale and motivation.    [read more]

Running against Corruption

11 December, 2008 - “Our leaders should remember that acting tough is more important than talking tough.”

Said the chairman of the anti-corruption commission (ACC), Aum Neten, on Tuesday after she launched International Anti-Corruption Day in Thimphu.    [read more]

From classroom to community
Sherubtse’s geography students bring water supply to remote Kanglung village

11 December, 2008 - Four households in Ritsangdung, the farthest village in Kanglung gewog, received drinking water on December 8 through a Nu 100,000 project, funded by World Water Partnership and carried out by the department of geography and planning in Sherubtse College.    [read more]

A tribute in appreciation

10 December, 2008 - The serrated ridges around Trongsa form a vast rim from where hill slopes run sharply to the valley floor. The slopes are covered by a lush forest of evergreen and seasonal colours. Numerous white waterfalls streak the hillsides and drop into the Mangdue Chhu, which rushes down to the great plains of India. At the centre of this massive natural cradle sits the majestic Trongsa Dzong, crafted from a vision of Palden Lhamo.    [read more]

Bhutan Observer

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The Turtle and the Tree
I’ve been around a while. I sprouted from nature’s scattered seeds and found myself rooted on a hill that overlooks the Thimphu valley.
I’m not the most majestic of pine trees, neither is the hill on which I grew. I’ve seen a valley of rice fields and apple orchards, shepherded by simple men of faith, gradually […]    [read more]

Telling fortunes earns him fame
Kinley Bidha, 50, listened to Lam Phento carefully as he referred to his books and explained to her his findings. She had come all the way from Jungshina to consult him because her daughter was not feeling well. She left with a sigh of relief after he advised her to perform a small ritual after […]    [read more]

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“Multipurpose” lhakhang gets facelift
An ageing guru lhakhang brings out the best in a community committed to its restoration. Sonam
Rinchen reports.
The students, instructor and some volunteers helped carry stones for the renovation of a Guru Lhakhang last week, which had been built in 1972 by the people of Begana, Thimphu. “We don’t have funding for the renovation of the […]    [read more]

The calm before the Karma
Our grandparents and great-grandparents must have done a lot of good in the past, because Bhutan today is reaping the karma. We enjoy the goodwill of many countries who continue to support us. India has so many of its own poor and starving people to look after, as well as the Tibetans that pour through […]    [read more]

Run against corruption tomorrow
Tomorrow, more than 1000 people geared up in running shoes will be running against corruption in Thimphu.
Organized by the Citizen’s Initiative for Centenary and Coronation Celebrations (CICCC), the centenary marathon themed Run Against Corruption will be flagged off at nine in the morning from three different places. The marathon is divided into three categories. The […]    [read more]

Origins of Bhutanese coinage
It began as barter, evolved into voluminous trade, which necessitated the invention of currency. Coins were thus born, of bronze, silver and gold. From coinage to stocks and bonds, the little metal has had a history full of heads and tails. Manju Wakhley reports from the University of Oxford.
Nicholas Rhodes, a numismatist, presented a talk […]    [read more]

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Basketball court membership blues
There are no takers for membership of the swimming pool basketball court even though the committee had announced a nuanced timing schedule in September.
Basketball players seem to prefer to pay the one-time entry fee of Nu 10 for players below the age of 24 and Nu 20 for older players.
Nawang Penjor, a civil servant, said, […]    [read more]

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