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Bumper apple crop in Paro - Kuensel Online
The boughs of their apple trees are bowed with ripe red apples waiting to be picked. They were though filled with anxiety at the start of the season. Last year a late winter frost destroyed much (70 percent) of their produce, precipitating their …    [read more]

Closer port of call for eastern exporters - Kuensel Online
18 August, 2008 - Eastern Bhutan exporters will no longer have to come all the way from Samdrupjongkhar to Burimari near Siliguri in India, covering some 200 km, to sell their goods. They can now export their merchandise via a new trade route at …    [read more]

‘Don’t worry be happy’: happiness is key to longer life - Tehran Times
The finding brings a vital new piece to a puzzle currently being assembled by researchers worldwide on just what makes us happy — and on the related question of why people blessed with material wealth in developed nations no longer seem satisfied …    [read more]

A Year’s Worth of Entertainment - East Bay Express
If there’s anything the Bay Area isn’t short of, it’s entertainment. There are enough fairs, festivals, concerts, and special events to suit most anyone’s taste practically every week of the year. You’re guaranteed to discover something new. While …    [read more]

Memorable Larry King moments - CNN
What’s your most memorable moment watching or listening to Larry King? As Larry King celebrates 50 years in radio and television, we want to hear from you. Share your thoughts and video responses along with any questions for Larry King. Also, if you …    [read more]

PM warns Pakistan over terror, lauds democracy - Hindustan Times
Underlining India’s quest for “a peaceful, stable and prosperous neighbourhood”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday reminded Pakistan that if support to terrorists did not halt, the peace initiatives between the two countries will suffer. “Our …    [read more]

Cassidy: Dancing Matt Harding stumbles on the true meaning of the Web - Silicon Valley
Dancing Matt Harding dances with fans on Santa Monica beach. Harding became an Internet sensation by traveling the world and dancing — badly. He videotaped the dances, which ended up on various blogs and his own site wherethehellismatt.com. The …    [read more]

Annual Women Entrepreneurs Networking Luncheon, Exhibit Set for … - Tyler Morning Telegraph
The 11th annual Women Entrepreneurs Networking Luncheon & Exhibit, presented by Tyler Junior College’s Small Business Development Center and the TJC School of Continuing Studies, is set for Thursday. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at …    [read more]

EU hopes next Pakistani president will strengthen democracy - Pakistan News Service
The EU will continue supporting Pakistan on this path, said a statement issued by the current French EU Presidency late Monday. The 27-member European bloc expressed its firm belief that strengthening of democratic institutions of Pakistan will also …    [read more]

Pakistani fast bowler Asif B sample tests positive - Pakistan News Service
Mohammad Asif`s B sample has tested positive for a banned substance.The quantity of nandrolone was 6.2 in the previous test but this is time it is 5.4. Mohammad Asif said that he would challenge on this basis that how the quantity of nandrolone …    [read more]

Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper

Dialysis can’t meet demand

Four machines service 36 patients when one serves two patients a day

20 August, 2008 - The shortage of kidney dialysis machines in Thimphu referral hospital has reached a critical stage, say health officials.

There are four kidney dialysis machines but an average of 36 patients come for the treatment. One machine can accommodate two patients a day.    [read more]

Getting ready for the BIG Day

20 August, 2008 - Students of Zilukha LSS rehearsing for the Coronation    [read more]

BT Star of the Year
The next round will see 10 selected out of 20

20 August, 2008 - Twenty selected participants from across the country are showcasing their best voices on national television to become country’s first BT Star of the Year.    [read more]

The ongoing GAO versus gup wrangle
GYT Act and GNH ToR put respective roles in contention

19 August, 2008 - Long after the government appointed college graduates as gewog administrative officers (GAO), Zhemgang’s gups and the graduates are caught up in a power tussle. Some have even stopped speaking with one other.    [read more]

Brushing up for Miss Bhutan

18 August, 2008 - With an aim to refine their personality, a month long grooming and personality development programme for aspiring Miss Bhutans kicked off on August 14 at the youth development complex.    [read more]

Those Monthly Maternal Cycles

18 August, 2008 - One of the main chemicals released in the uterus during menstruation is called prostaglandin, which causes contraction of the uterus and pain during menstruation.    [read more]

Bhutan Observer

Biodisc, the latest trend in Pemagatsel
One of the latest trends to hit the imagination of those living in Pemagatsel town is the supposed
heath benefits of Biodisc therapy. This glass disc, which is a little bigger than our palm, is supposed
to do wonders not just for humans but even cars. Gyembo Namgyal reports.
No wonder then, that this could be one universal […]    [read more]

The Dancing Monks of Bhutan
The (chams) sacred dances of Bhutan are spiritual energies manifested through the skill of the monks who perform them. The endurance, acrobatic skills, mindfulness and dedication of these dancing monks makes these dances a form of meditation. But, as one young disciple commented, “If you don’t use your mind to imagine and your heart to […]    [read more]

Why Size Does Not Matter
As Indians, you can label us as the most dishonest and the laziest race of people, but you cannot take away from us that we are also one of the most creative. After all, it takes more than ether and ideology to produce a billion off springs. While browsing through the wikitravel website (see, we […]    [read more]

Football at the fringe
After nine days of soccer bonanza, the school team of Nangkor Higher Secondary School emerged as this year’s Pemagatsel League Champions defeating the Veteran’s Team comprising of school teachers of the dzongkhag with a score margin of 3-2 on a wet day on August 10. Played over a period of nine days, this year 13 […]    [read more]

Promoting Geo-Technology using Information Technology
If the information and techno savvy officials could convince their bosses, loads of information on
Bhutan will be accessible from any part of the world. Rabi C. Dahal reports.
As per the policy of the concerned organizations, the data could be uploaded for viewing or for sale.
Using a software called GeoNetwork, information of spatial data could be […]    [read more]

Bara gewog ’s 600 households make their demands
Sir,
Bara gewog is in need of the following development programmes. Motorable roads: Bara gewog is isolated. A motorable road could link the gewog with Tendu gewog which shall enhance betterment of the concerned community.
Electricity: Electrification of the gewog is one of the most important development programmes that we long for. School: Our children have to […]    [read more]

An Invocation in Time
This is an invocation and not a short broadside to being Bhutanese in the spinning wheel of time. When rapid changes keeps churning out a state of constant flux, how does entrenched thinking reinforced by time, balance itself? Our clergy – the Dratsang is actually lighting the way ahead here. The ban on meat/alcohol consumption […]    [read more]

Construction boon
Boy! are we ahead of the deadline
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Bhutanese archers eliminated
Both Bhutanese archers have been eliminated in the first elimination round at the Beijing Olympics. Dorji Dema was eliminated after securing 10 points less than Georgia’s Khatuna Narima-nizay. Dorji Dema scored 97 points as opposed to the Georgian archer’s 107. In the men’s elimination round, Tashi Peljor fell behind Chinese Taipei’s Cheng Pang Wang. Tashi […]    [read more]

Juley Tso:popular campsite for trekkers
The mountains of Lunana are reflected on a sunny day in the waters of Juley Tso. The poppy laden meadows in the background is a popular campsite for trekkers (Photo: Lhendup)
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