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Africa And Middle East Asia Australia And South Pacific Central America And Caribbean Europe South America North America United States View All Alphabetically —– Afghanistan Albania American Samoa Anguilla Argentina Armenia Aruba …    [read more]

New Bhutan tours added at Uma Paro - e-Travel Blackboard
Como Hotels and Resorts have introduced two new itineraries to travel Bhutan with Uma Paro. The new packages include a multi-activity adventure which involves biking, hiking, high altitude golf, overnight camping and whitewater rafting, with the …    [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]

10000 MW plan - Protocol agreement to be signed - Kuensel Online
8 December, 2008 - Detailed project reports on Mangdechu, Punatsangchu, Chamkarchu I and II, Kuri Gongri, Khlolongchu, Sunkosh, Punakha reservoir are in the pipeline or being carried out for the planned 10,000 MW hydro projects in the country, say …    [read more]

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A tribute in appreciation - Kuensel Online
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 …    [read more]

Bhutan, Trashigang: farmers build toilets to practice new skills - IRC
Farmers in Trashigang, Bhutan, have been constructing toilets to practice skills they have learned whiile participating in a rural skills development project. Under the project, 329 villagers from ten gewogs (blocks or village groups) in Trashigang …    [read more]

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Comment on stories on this website and on all other Johnston Press newspaper websites. See a list of our websites here. Set up a personalised homepage featuring content from any Johnston Press newspaper website or from any site with a RSS feed …    [read more]

Sri Lanka tops in petrol price in South Asia - Thaindian.com
Colombo, Dec 14 (IANS) Although the global petroleum costs have dropped by $100 a barrel, Sri Lanka’s retail price of petrol remains the highest in South Asia, a media report said Sunday.This is despite the fact that the government of President …    [read more]

Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper

Eating out is catching on

13 December, 2008 - Bhutanese are eating more food cooked by strangers than by their spouses, parents or themselves.

With most family members working today, eating out in restaurants and office canteens has replaced the traditional way of having a meal, where families sit together on the floor around the pots to eat.    [read more]

Mangdueps’ day to remember

A PRICED POSSESSION: Women of Mangdue with the gift from His Majesty

13 December, 2008 - People around the country are adding a new item to their chhoesham (altar), the spiritual heart of a Bhutanese home. This is the folder that carries the portrait of His Majesty and a commemorative Coronation coin. As Lepta, 85, from Bji Pam, said, placing the portrait on his head: “This sung-ki is a gift from my King, the gift of a lifetime. ”    [read more]

Expanded Dechenphu lhakhang consecrated

Dechenphu lhakhang

13 December, 2008 - Archers seek his assistance to win tournaments. Children pray to him to get through exams. The sick pray to him for recovery. Officials go to him for a successful seminar. Farmers ask him for rain. If Bhutan went to war, the soldiers would pray to him for victory.    [read more]

Quiz finale with Siddhartha Basu today

Siddhartha Basu

13 December, 2008 - The month-long engagement with quiz books, magazines, newspapers, fairy tales, and googling by the quiz contestants will be tested today by India’s best-known quiz-show host Siddhartha Basu at the finals of the Centenary Grand Quiz Challenge.    [read more]

Buddhist answers to common questions

12 December, 2008 - Lam Shenphen Zangpo answers basic questions that every Bhutanese man, woman, and child on the street wants to know.

I am a good person, so why do I need to practice Buddhism?

This is a common question. In order to answer it, perhaps we should first explore what it means to be ‘good’. I’m sure that most people who claim to be good are not guilty of gross crimes, such as theft or assault. However, if you ask them if they ever get angry, jealous or talk badly about others, it is likely that they will give an embarrassed smile in response.    [read more]

And this year’s award goes to …
Lengo II takes home the lion ‘s share of trophies on offer

12 December, 2008 - Lengo II, a film, that depicts a love story between a lengo (hearing impaired and verbally challenged) boy and girl, took home the lion’s share of awards, nine out of 28, at the seventh national film festival held at the clock tower square on December 6. In 2004, Lengo won 14 awards.    [read more]

Bhutan Observer

One-way ticket to hell and back
A life littered with family crises ignited a hellish journey of experimental tryst to juvenile misdemeanours to full-blown crimes. The hard-fought war against drug addiction was only won in the end. Pushkar Chhetri reports.
Tshering, 26, started experimenting with drugs at the age of 14. He first started sniffing patrol for a while. “It had an […]    [read more]

Women’s Battle in Bangkok
The Bhutanese under 19 Women’s cricket team left for Bangkok on Wednesday to play in the first international tournament.
The Cricket Association of Thailand is hosting the inaugural tournament which runs from December 13 to 23. The 14 Bhutanese players are high school students from different schools. They are accompanied by their coach, Mr. Damber Singh […]    [read more]

Having a ball
The Coronation and Centenary basket ball tournament, held in the Youth Development complex, is battling it out with 24 teams.
The tournament, which runs from December 6-17, is organized by LD Technology in collaboration with the Youth Development Fund and it is sponsored by Bhutan National Bank Limited, Bhutan Post and Tashi Cell.
Tsherap, the organizer said […]    [read more]

His Majesty the King Inaugurated Ta-dzong Museum in Trongsa
The new five-storied Ta Dzong Museum in Trongsa was inaugurated by His Majesty the King on December 10. The museum contains must-see displays such as the Raven Crown of the First Druk Gyalpo, the spoken statues of Dorji Chang or Vajradhara, Gongsar Jigme Namgyel’s extraordinarily long sword which suggests his tall stature, and a 500-year-old […]    [read more]

Dechenphug to be consecrated today
His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo will grace the consecration of the newly renovated Dechenphug Lhakhang in Thimphu today. The consecration rabney will be conducted by the Dorji Lopen.
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Everything is personal
Here is a litany of complaints compressed and compiled for your reading pleasure. It’d be foolhardy to think changes will come our way just because someone vaguely wrote about it in a newspaper. And who takes newspapers seriously in Bhutan anyways? People I know buy it for Crosswords and Sudoku, all delightful toilet engagements.
My grievances […]    [read more]

A sign o’ the times?
In a theft in Phuentsholing this week, a teenager from a well-to-do family snatched a bag off a woman but was chased and stopped by a monk. From a news point of view, it was an unusual case of human interest value.
Unusual as it may have been, the incident brought to surface a number of […]    [read more]

The grand finale of Druki Sungki Dendur
The grand finale of Druki Sungki Dendur, will begin on December 19 at the CICCC ground in Thimphu. The contest will be a three-day programme with three different rounds of zhungdra, boedra and rigsar.
At a meeting in Poland, many poor nations have complained about delays in accessing cash from the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), […]    [read more]

Filmmakers cry foul over film awards
The seventh national film award ceremony that doled out 28 different awards left a bad taste in the mouths of many in the film industry who say the awards were not given fairly.
A case of sour grapes and bad losers? Or are the complaints legitimate? From the 16 films reviewed, 10 different awards went to […]    [read more]

Bhutan mining hurts Bengal, says minister
A West Bengal minister yesterday said faulty mining practices in Bhutan caused flooding in Bengal, especially during summer.
Speaking by phone, Manohar Tirkey, the Minister of State for PWD, said the problem which he had raised earlier this year remained. He said that every year, there were floods in Bengal owing to the mining. “We want […]    [read more]

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