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Over 3,000 Bhutanese in Nepal resettled - Xinhua News Agency
KATHMANDU, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — Over 3,000 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal has been resettled in western countries, The Kathmandu Post reported on Thursday. The refugees have been resettled in the United States, Denmark, Australia and other countries …

Older Bhutanese Remember Abominable Snowman - FOX News
SIGNYAR, Bhutan — He remembers the darkness of the pine forest, and the footprints, and his terror when the creature began to howl. He remembers the stories of his childhood, of a beast that stalked the upper reaches of the mountains, and how fear …

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You are invited to our Vegas wedding… - The Independent
When Peaches Geldof decided to spring a surprise wedding on her family, there was only one place to go. So what are the odds on her marriage lasting? Tim Walker and Chris Green study the form The King was 32 when he married Priscilla, just 21. The …

Green signal for Punatsangchu-I - Kuensel Online
14 August, 2008 - The proposal to shift the 1,095 mega watt (MG) Punatsangchu-I project, to a new dam location was approved by authorities comprising Bhutanese and Indian officials at the Punatsangchu hydropower authority (PHPA) meeting on August 8 …

A trek up the mountains to the Tiger’s Nest Monastery in Bhutan. - Frontline
BRILLIANT sunlight, filtering through drifting cotton-white clouds across a clear blue sky, gave us ample warmth that early winter morning as we got ready to trek to the Taktshang Goemba (Tiger’s Nest) Monastery located above Paro Valley in the …

Hundred of Tibetans arrested in Nepal - ninemsn
Stick-wielding police in Nepal’s capital arrested at least 500 Tibetan exiles as they protested outside a Chinese embassy building, police and witnesses said. The protesters said they wanted to use the ongoing Beijing Olympics to highlight abuses in …

Geographic folly - Guardian Unlimited
Policy Exchange, a Tory-friendly thinktank, has had David Cameron hissing at it to keep quiet about its new report on urban regeneration. Cities Unlimited states bluntly that schemes to revive northern towns whose economies have suffered from the …

Business Intelligence: Getting in Sync with Real-Time Data - ManagingAutomation.com
Abstract: With a real-time snapshot of business performance, manufacturers can take corrective action to not only boost efficiencies, but also create revenue opportunities and drive growth. Deep in the recession of the early 2000s, HallStar Co., a …

Is Bhutan ready for foreign banks? - Kuensel Online
9 August, 2008 - The news that joint venture banks may enter the Bhutanese market next year has thrown the local financial companies into fits of anxiety. It has unsettled its master, the Druk Holding Investment (DHI), which is urgently engaging the …

Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper

Bajo gets go ahead
Township allotment
knot finally untied

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT – Constructions to begin at last and be completed within three years

14 August, 2008 - The dispute over the Bajothang town plot allotment has finally been settled with 131 business people getting plots in the new town of Wangduephodrang.

Kanglung landlords lose student-tenants
Opening of business college curtails rental business

Free accommodation! – Empty and under lock and key

14 August, 2008 - While Trashigang faces an acute shortage of houses, Kanglung has to cope with a paucity of tenants.

Things were always not like this.

Bypass threatens to bypass business
Highway detour gives Zhemgang hoteliers a miss

Redirected traffic – The under construction Wangdidang-tingtibi road.

14 August, 2008 - The ongoing construction of the Wangdigang-Tingtibi bypass, which will shorten the Trongsa-Gelephu highway by 26 km, has got Zhemgang town worried.

Spillover

14 August, 2008 - Garbage intended for Memelakha seems to have been dumped en route on the
hillside opposite Semtokha dzong.

Bhutan Observer

Homeland
As the golden rays of the sun
Spread its warmth
On the land I live
Everything turns into a golden hue,
On the land abundant of natural beauty
The crystal clear spring
Sways down the pristine hill
Sparkles as stars, so pure
Quenches the thirst of every soul
Birds chirp in harmony
Sing in the state of true happiness
Fly around in ecstasy,
Saying with affection
‘Wel come […]

A meaningful dream
“The end”- This end marks a new beginning of your life. It was dusk yesterday. Today it is dawn. You are wearing a smile, but a babe’s smile-a big one. But your destination is miles away. At times, when the herds of sheep stray, it’s the duty of the shepherd to tend them well. Today […]

The Phuentsholing day care centre- a parent’s dream
From learning the alphabets to brushing up on their paintings- to doing the dance and eating on their own, the children of Phuentsholing Day Care Centre are learning the basic art of living. SANGAY WANGCHUK reports

Most parents have found it more productive to send their children to the nursery school where they learn new things […]

Sex, lies and SMS – the many facets of extramarital affairs
On July 17, a 57-year-old man in Gomphu, Zhemgang, stabbed his wife when she accused him of having an extramarital affair. They had been married for the last 36 years. Tashi Wangmo reports.
With the games people play, extramarital affairs can get serious or hilarious, depending on how you look at it. Zangmo, a housewife in […]

Is there lack of government support in promoting sports in Bhutan?
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Yeedzin FC usurp crown from TUFC
In five years, Yeedzin FC has traversed a remarkable journey from the B-division to defeating their arch-rivals Transport United FC for the National “A” League trophy.
The cavalcade rode through the streets in the last minutes of the twilight. Young footballers, many of them in just their late teens hung out of the windows and shouted […]

The subject of quality education
Quality education, quality education- all the way from monarchy to democracy. Talking time and again on a particular subject shows the gravity of its importance. And indeed it is. The concern expressed in a recent issue of “Bhutan Observer on ‘quality education’ is a timely issue. No doubt, shortage of teachers, inadequate facilities and the […]

Beyond Druk, Datsi and Tashi
I have an embarrassing confession to make: of all my friends, not more than a couple will be able to locate Bhutan on the map of the world. None, I suspect, would be able to name its capital. Yes, we have all grown up on Druk Mixed Fruit Jams (the first word invariably mispronounced to […]

In response to the article “The pinnacle of the house of religion”
Sir, This is in reference to your article “THE PINNACLE OF THE HOUSE OF RELIGION” published on July 25. Articles collected from the artisan who claims to be the artisan behind the Sertog (Gold Pinnacle) and Gyeltshen (Victory Banner) supplies to Bhutan. In fact- this is the great insult for the artisans and craftsmen who […]

On the road with Miles Davis
There is something about the monsoon. As you sleep, the rains pour and there’s a cool breeze wafting about when you walk. It makes you move. So I drove around the western and central parts of the country. I thought it would be a whet way to get myself reacquainted. Nothing beats the road. Not […]

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