10th RTM in Thimphu (Kuensel)
16 February, 2008 - A wide range of issues, including the 10th Five Year Plan (2008-2013) and its strategies and priorities, will be discussed in the Tenth Round Table Meeting (RTM) to be held in Thimphu from 17-18 February.

From the Incas to the kewa datshi (Kuensel)
15 February, 2008 - In concluding the series on potato in Bhutan, we look at how potato is seen in the Bhutanese print media. The discussion is largely based on what was printed in the three Bhutanese newspapers during the year 2007.

PDP on door-to-door campaign (Kuensel)
16 February, 2008 - The People’s Democratic Party will be go from house to house when they kick off their formal campaigning on Sunday, February 17, from Thimphu, say party officials.

Audit unearths RICBL irregularities of more than Nu 15 million (Kuensel)
16 February, 2008 - A special supplementary audit report released this week on the Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan’s (RICBL) credit and investment department revealed irregularities amounting to more than Nu 15 million.

Who Knew There Was Water There? (New York Times)
Hiking the mountains of Bhutan is one of the unlikely trips you can take when signing up for a cruise vacation these days.

India to propose amendments in Asian Highway routes (New Kerala)
New Delhi, Feb 14 : The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for proposing to the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific of the United Nations (UNESCAP) to link Bhutan by extending the Asian Highway-48.

Henry’s Happenings (Tenterfield Star)
From August 3 we have had three visiting principals, Jit Bahadur Gurung, Sonam Peljor, Chimmi Tshwang, from Bhutan. Bhutan is a small country in the Himalayas in between China, India and Nepal. They have been wondering around our school taking part in events.

Business Math - students’ biggest bugbear (Kuensel)
16 February, 2008 - A students who appeared in the class XII Bhutan higher secondary education certificate (BHSEC) examination in December 2007, performed poorly in Business Mathematics and in English, according to officials of the Bhutan Board of Examinations (BBE), which declared the results this week.

Militant camp in Samdrup Jongkhar (Kuensel)
16 February, 2008 - Two members of the Communist Party of Bhutan, based in Nepal, were apprehended from a militant camp in the forest at Nunai under Samdrup Jongkhar dzongkhag, which a Royal Bhutan army patrol came across on February 15.

India to seek changes in two Asian Highways (New Kerala)
New Delhi, Feb 14 : India Thursday decided to propose to a UN agency to extend two Asian Highways (AH) for better connectivity with Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal.

10th RTM in Thimphu
16 February, 2008 - A wide range of issues, including the 10th Five Year Plan (2008-2013) and its strategies and priorities, will be discussed in the Tenth Round Table Meeting (RTM) to be held in Thimphu from 17-18 February.

Draft outlay - Nu 141.692 billion
Poverty rate to be reduced from one in four to one in six
16 February, 2008 - The Tenth Plan (July 2008 –June 2013) outlay is estimated at Nu 141.692 billion, according to the draft plan document released by the GNH commission.

Militant camp in Samdrup Jongkhar
16 February, 2008 - Two members of the Communist Party of Bhutan, based in Nepal, were apprehended from a militant camp in the forest at Nunai under Samdrup Jongkhar dzongkhag, which a Royal Bhutan army patrol came across on February 15.

Business Math - students’ biggest bugbear
16 February, 2008 - A students who appeared in the class XII Bhutan higher secondary education certificate (BHSEC) examination in December 2007, performed poorly in Business Mathematics and in English, according to officials of the Bhutan Board of Examinations (BBE), which declared the results this week.

Audit unearths RICBL irregularities of more than Nu 15 million
16 February, 2008 - A special supplementary audit report released this week on the Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan’s (RICBL) credit and investment department revealed irregularities amounting to more than Nu 15 million.

PDP on door-to-door campaign

16 February, 2008 - The People’s Democratic Party will be go from house to house when they kick off their formal campaigning on Sunday, February 17, from Thimphu, say party officials.

DPT kicks off campaign from Trongsa

16 February, 2008 - The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa formally launched its election campaign yesterday from the central dzongkhag of Trongsa, reiterating that it would not make false promises on the campaign trail.

Next Sunday’s debate: More (or less) of the same?
COMMENTARY 16 February, 2008 - -
The second debate between the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday, February 17, will deal with “The Strategy, Plan and Programmes of the Party for the Kingdom in the Next Five Years” and is likely to be less interesting than the first. At the same time, it may be more important, perhaps even crucial. Not only because of the high number of voters across the country who will be watching the debate, but also because people will finally get a overview of what each party promises to do for them.

Postal ballot application deadline -February 18
16 February, 2008 - For the National Assembly elections on March 24, registered postal voters can vote by post only if their applications for postal ballot reach the dzongkhag election officials by Monday, February 18, according to election commission officials.

Fuel prices up
16 February, 2008 - Starting today, the price of petrol will be dearer by Nu 1.87 and diesel by Nu 1.05, the first hike of the year. With the increased rate revised by Trade Department, the overall price of petrol rose to Nu 42.82 and diesel to Nu 31.77 in the capital. The price of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and kerosene remains the same.

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