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Bhutan woman tells of transition from monarchy to democracy - Spencer Daily Reporter
(Photo submitted) Adorned in their Bhutanese national dress and special scarves, Tashi Ongmo, left, and her family, which includes father Dr. Gado Tshering, brother Thinley Jamtsho Tshering, mother Tashi Choden and older sister Chimi Ongmo, were …    [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]

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More Adults are Relying on Alternative Medicine - Health and Age.com
Older adults are frequent users of complementary and alternative medicine, which includes vitamin and herbal supplements, chiropractic manipulation, meditation, acupuncture, and massage. According to a survey by the National Institutes of Health (NIH …    [read more]

Letter: People of all faiths have freedom here - Mansfield News Journal
Patrick Henry, a Founding Father, pointed out, “It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason …    [read more]

Go nuts to improve metabolic syndrome! - Health and Age.com
The Mediterranean diet is generally held to be a healthy one. A new study now reveals that it can help those with the metabolic syndrome, which is a cluster of risk factors that can increase heart and diabetes risk. The most effective version of the …    [read more]

UN envoy to Afghanistan urges greater cooperation - Pakistan News Service
(Quqnoos)-The United Nation’s special envoy to Afghanistan, Kei Eide, says the UN will have an active and strong participation in the country next year. Mr. Eide said the international forces must bring changes to their military operations in …    [read more]

Play it again Sam - SkySports
Make no mistake, if Sam offered the Rovers fans successive finishes of eighth, sixth, eighth and seventh - as he achieved in his final four years at Bolton - they would bite his hand off. I know Sam well and I’ve a lot of time for him as a man and as …    [read more]

India to import 5,000 Mw power from Bhutan - Business Standard
“As per the agreement with Royal Government of Bhutan, our government has agreed to import 5,000 Mw electricity by 2020,” Ramesh said in a written reply. Further, Ramesh said that several initiatives have been taken by the government to attract …    [read more]

Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper

Folk festival with a difference

Kabchi Champ - The winner of the roasted wheat category at the festival in Punakha

18 December, 2008 - Three days of traditional Bhutanese food cooked by local villagers, traditional spear and boomerang throwing, ‘human bull’ fights, a traditional hike and more were the highlights of the first folk festival, described by many as a “festival with a difference.”
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The greening of (among others) Gonpa Tshoka
Community forests adopted in Trashiyangtse as part of coronation/centenary celebrations

18 December, 2008 - Dedicated to the centenary, coronation and establishment of a democratic constitutional monarchy, the Trashiyangtse dzongkhag forestry officials handed over a community forest to 45 households of Gonpa Tshokha under Ramjar gewog on December14.    [read more]

Kiwi volunteers recall Druk Yul

FROM NZ WITH XOXO - Remembering good times together

18 December, 2008 - “Let’s go back,” said many former Bhutan volunteers when they met in Kaikoura, New Zealand, recently.

Twenty-one New Zealanders, who worked through Volunteer Service Abroad, met to catch up and discuss their time working in the Himalayan kingdom. They decided to start planning a return trip.    [read more]

Bhutan- Northeast cooperation to boost trade

Chairman of FINER, Mr R S Joshi and BCCI chairman Ugen Dorje after the signing

18 December, 2008 - The Bhutan chamber of commerce and industry (BCCI) and the Indian Federation of industries and commerce of North Eastern region (FINER), signed a memorandum of understanding on December 15, for broad based collaboration that will be supportive and beneficial for bilateral trade developments between the two countries.    [read more]

New JDWNRH complex inaugurated

18 December, 2008 - Cancer treatment bunkers, digital X-ray machines, mammography machine, heat ventilation and an air conditioned system are some of the features of the new Jigme Dorji Wangchuck national referral hospital (JDWNRH) complex, which was inaugurated by her Majesty the Queen mother Ashi Tshering Pem Wangchuck on December 14.    [read more]

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18 December, 2008 - About 4,500 devotees gathered at the Tendrel thang on December 16, to recite Bazaguru Dungdrub. The recitation was led by Gyelse Tenzin Rabgye and joined by monks from Thimphu shedrags and lobdrays.    [read more]

Bhutan Observer

The bath that needs washing
More than 250 people from all over Bhutan cramped at Gelephu Tshachhu from early this month hiring the guest house, or putting up their own tents, to bathe in the hot spring. But the people say a major improvements are needed.
Most of the 260 people who visited the hot spring, an increase in numbers from […]    [read more]

Scraping for Scraps
Scrap owners work in a polluted environment, but more tormenting are the illegal scrap dealers who have almost ruined their business. The scrap dealers without their own license have outmaneuvered the local scrap dealers in Phuentsholing.
According to licensed scrap dealers, they must undergo strict formalities and pay a sales tax of 2% scraps whereas illegal […]    [read more]

Cheap Talk
Using a computer, Bhutanese can ring anywhere in the world cheaply, thanks to Skype.
The global internet telephone company has revolutionised the international telephone market with its Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
Abi Narayan, founder of Bhutan Web Solutions said it is easy. “One just needs to download Skype software and install it on the computer and […]    [read more]

“Quotes are Seldom Misquoted,” says a journalist
There is nothing more frustrating than being falsely accused of misquoting someone. It is infuriating.
You know you got the quotes right, but you have very little ability to defend yourself because you don’t have an audio recording.
Code of Ethics for journalist states that “a journalist shall not harass, intimidate or trick any person to obtain, […]    [read more]

Uh Oh! Maybe, a patang allowance?
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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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