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Biz Briefs - Statesman
NEW DELHI, Aug. 24: Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Industries and Anil Ambani’s Reliance Infrastructure are the only two companies to have qualified for the $6-8 billion project to convert coal into oil, as per the criteria set by the government. n …    [read more]

PNB to start Bhutan ops by March 2009 - Livemint.com
New Delhi: Country’s second largest public sector lender Punjab National Bank is expected to start operations in Bhutan by March next year, for which it has already signed a memorandum of understanding with the local partner. “We have recently …    [read more]

Refugee kids practice for school - Seattle Post Intelligencer
TUKWILA — Saimon Lay, 7, pressed against the window of the Samara Apartments cabana, gazing at the pool filled with flipping children. Swimming is one of his favorite new activities since arriving here from a refugee camp, where there were no …    [read more]

Tribute: Randy Dernovish was a straight-shooting teacher - Kansas City Star
Randy “Wizrd” Dernovish was an Army veteran who for three years rode with the Patriot Guard, welcoming soldiers home and attending funerals. Who: Randy “Wizrd” Dernovish, 52, of Bonner Springs. When and how he died: July 28, of a heart attack …    [read more]

Warming threatens crucial Himalayan water resources - Daily Times
Climate change poses a serious threat to essential water resources in the Himalayan region putting the livelihoods of 1.3 billion people at risk, experts said Thursday. The mountainous region, home to the world’s largest glaciers and permafrost …    [read more]

Register » - Scotsman
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]

Highway hold-up - Kuensel Online
23 August, 2008 - Motorists plying between Thimphu and Paro yesterday evening were taken aback when they were suddenly stopped at Paro Shaba and made to pay toll tax by two old men. The men, one in his eighties, had put up a temporary gate made from …    [read more]

Surface Transport Master Plan - Kuensel Online
23 August, 2008 - Revision of tax and fees on vehicles according to size, green tax on older vehicles, pedestrianisation of Norzin Lam, tramline buses in Thimphu, Gelephu and Paro, monorail from Thimphu to Paro, river transport and a railway system …    [read more]

A matter of unity: Success means sticking together for MAU - Bennington Banner
BENNINGTON — Laura Paro has a singular focus, but her goal isn’t simple. Armed with a roster brimming with talent and experience, the 12th-year head coach of Mount Anthony Union field hockey is trying to redefine for her players what “unity” really …    [read more]

From Islamabad to Mexico City Our correspondents’ best bets for … - Chicago Tribune
T his is the last of three installments from the Tribune’s foreign correspondents on their tips for finding the best of the best around the world. In previous weeks we covered Rome with Christine Spolar; Moscow with Alex J. Rodriguez; London with Tom …    [read more]

Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper

How to get there from here
Locating places in the capital may need a GPS

23 August, 2008 - “It’s a white building beside Norling. Near the main traffic.”
“It’s that huge white building opposite the Centre mall.”
“Centre mall?

“Yes, in front of the Lugar theatre. You can’t miss it!
Could you figure out where the above directions lead?    [read more]

Fire kills three in Trashigang tragedy

The bereaved - Kencho Tshering and the surviving members of his family

23 August, 2008 - A 72-year-old man and his two grand daughters, aged seven and five, were burned to death when their bamboo thatched house was reduced to ashes by a fire on Friday morning at around 2 am in Shingchen Goenpa, Yonphula, Trashigang.    [read more]

Readers galore, yet readers get none
Lack of transparency in selection and publication of Dzongkha text books

23 August, 2008 - The Ministry of Education has been transforming the Dzongkha curriculum for schools to improve the teaching of the language. As part of this initiative, the ministry’s curriculum and professional support division (CAPDS) last year selected about 50 additional reading books in Dzongkha, aside from the main textbooks, for Classes IV to VIII.    [read more]

Highway hold-up

THE ROAD LESS USED - Not many tread the middle path

23 August, 2008 - Motorists plying between Thimphu and Paro yesterday evening were taken aback when they were suddenly stopped at Paro Shaba and made to pay toll tax by two old men.    [read more]

Moonlighting with moonshine
Ara raids raise a hornet’s nest

On the boil - Surprise raids spark off simmering resentment

22 August, 2008 - The midday heat doesn’t bother Angay Tsering (name changed on request) as she sits by a fire burning on a traditional wood-fed stove. On the oven sit three layers of pots.    [read more]

The ‘holy’ boulder that won’t be budged
Locals attribute accidents to attempts to dislodge rock

ROAD BLOCK - Bearing the footprints of Terton Tenzin Drukda’s horse, it’s said

22 August, 2008 - An eight-foot, cone-shaped boulder, located five kilometres from Tsatsilakha, has become the centre of attraction for commuters along the Thimphu-Phuentsholing highway.    [read more]

Bhutan Observer

Beyond Druk, Datsi, Tashi and Sonfy
For a diminutive speck on the map of the world Bhutan really does have a few bolts from the blue up its sleeve. But then, we saw last week that size does not really matter. The adventure continues and the surprises still abound:
That I have run into so many people from the east, that Thimphu […]    [read more]

Monsoon Cup in Gelephu reaches quarterfinals
The third Gelephu Sports Association (GSA) Monsoon Cup Football Tournament, the greatest sporting event in Gelephu, has reached its quarterfinals. Everyday, it is drawing about three thousand spectators. The crowds brave wet weather and footballers battle it out on a water-logged pitch.
Almost half of a total of 17 teams, including four from Assam, have been […]    [read more]

Managing solid waste in Thimphu has become a overwhelming task as urban areas have grown messily
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“Make haste or be buried in waste,” Dasho Benji
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If you love my curves I’ve many
I’ve just about had it with the roads. I’m exasperated! Come on people, let’s all be civil. This is not Bangkok nor is it the streets of New York. This is our capital and we all run into each other sooner or later. So stop honking me when all you are going to do today […]    [read more]

Donation & religion
Sir It is becoming a common sight - people collecting donation in the name of renovation/ construction of religious monuments and other religious activities. But we are unaware of any Rules/Acts regarding the collections and contribution of such donations.
It is observed that almost all classes of citizens donate for the religious purpose but do hesitate […]    [read more]

Pay revision & division
Sir,
Looking at the history of civil servants’ salaries, the pay of a civil servant is revised on a percentage-wise basis. From higher percent and higher grades to lower rates and grades, benefitting the people holding higher posts. This makes the lower income group in our society struggle. We learn from advertisements in newspapers that the […]    [read more]

Lhabsang Thruesel ceremony at the Paro airport and other stories
The Prime Minister, Lyonchen Jigmi Y. Thinley, in a sombre mood during the closing ceremony of the three-day National Conference on Solid Waste Management held at RIM, Semtokha, Thimphu
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His Holiness the Je Khenpo Trulku Jigme Choeda performed a Lhabsang Thruesel ceremony at the Paro International Airport.
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Internet users are getting back the bandwidth they were denied […]    [read more]

Child rape
Yesterday, Thimphu dzongkhag court’s Bench II had its first preliminary hearing on the case of a 14-year-old who was raped and impregnated by her 45 year-old step father along with battery charges.
The case was charge sheeted on Monday by the Women and Child Protection Unit, RBP.
The case has been registered under Section 183 on the […]    [read more]

BICMA endorses new media rules
Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA) has endorsed three sets of rules: Rules Governing Printing Presses, Books and Newspapers, Rules Governing Examination and Certification of Films, and Rules on the Registration of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card by mobile service providers.
The rules, which came into effect from July 31, 2008, lay down licensing procedures, eligibility […]    [read more]

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