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Actor Tony Leung marries in Bhutan - CNN
HONG KONG (AP) — Cannes best actor winner Tony Leung Chiu-wai and longtime companion Carina Lau have held a wedding ceremony at a resort in the Himalayan nation Bhutan. Hong Kong actors Tony Leung and Carina Lau pose with young Bhutanese in Paro …
Bhutan king to be crowned at last - BBC News
A date has been announced in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan for the long awaited coronation of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. He took over after his father abdicated in 2006 as part of moves towards a constitutional monarchy.
Bhutan to crown its fifth king in November - Reuters India
THIMPHU (Reuters) - Bhutan will crown its fifth king on Nov. 6, ending a two-year wait for an auspicious date for the 27-year-old Oxford-educated King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck to don the Raven Crown. Jigme Khesar became king late in 2006 after …
The Bhutanese Expression - Kuensel Online
24 July, 2008 - The Bhutan Broadcasting Services (BBS) has designed a Dzongkha website (http://www.bbs.com.bt/dzongkha/Index.html) where readers can open a Dzongkha page without having the Dzongkha font installed in their computer. BBSâs web …
Actor Tony Leung marries in Bhutan - CNN
HONG KONG (AP) — Cannes best actor winner Tony Leung Chiu-wai and longtime companion Carina Lau have held a wedding ceremony at a resort in the Himalayan nation Bhutan. Hong Kong actors Tony Leung and Carina Lau pose with young Bhutanese in Paro …
Price of Bhutan potatoes slumps - BBC News
Bhutanese farmers received nearly 1,200 ngultrums (about $30) for a quintal of red potatoes last year but get barely 600 ngultrums at government auctions now. The price they receive for white potatoes is half that. Bhutan Food Corporation official …
Tele-competition keeps customers happy - Kuensel Online
24 July, 2008 - With the countryâs two cellular companies, B-mobile and TashiCell, doing all they can to retain and lure new subscribers, cellular services are getting cheaper and better for users in Bhutan. On Monday, TashiCell launched its …
Tony Leung marries Carina Lau in Bhutan - International Herald Tribune
HONG KONG : Cannes best actor winner Tony Leung Chiu-wai and longtime companion Carina Lau got married at a resort in the Himalayan nation Bhutan, Hong Kong media reported Tuesday. Hong Kong art-house director Wong Kar-wai’s Jet Tone Films confirmed …
Hong Kong cinema star couple wed in Bhutan: report - Washington Post
Resize HONG KONG (Reuters) - One of Hong Kong’s leading entertainment couples, actors Tony Leung and Carina Lau, were married in Bhutan in a Buddhist-inspired ceremony attended by the tiny kingdom’s royalty, local media reported on Monday. Leung is …
Hong Kong cinema star couple wed in Bhutan - MSN UK News
HONG KONG (Reuters) - One of Hong Kong’s leading entertainment couples, actors Tony Leung and Carina Lau, were married in Bhutan in a Buddhist-inspired ceremony attended by the tiny kingdom’s royalty, local media reported on Monday. Leung is one of …
Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper
Unity in Academia
24 July, 2008 - The National Assembly unanimously ratified the agreement for the establishment of a South Asian University in New Delhi, which is scheduled to commence in August 2010.
24 July, 2008 - The Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan came alive on the morning of July 18.
As His Majesty the King signed the first copy of the Constitution, using a traditional pen dipped in golden ink, under the gaze of Lord Buddha at the Kunrey of the Trashichhodzong, Bhutanese across the country watched in silence.
Unity in Academia
24 July, 2008 - The National Assembly unanimously ratified the agreement for the establishment of a South Asian University in New Delhi, which is scheduled to commence in August 2010.
24 July, 2008 - The Indian rupee (INR) shortage, which the Bhutanese economy has been facing for the past year, may not last long with the government of India committing to grant a standby credit line of 4 billion rupees to enable Bhutan to meet its INR requirement.
24 July, 2008 - Coolies scurry around, bolero pick-ups dart in and out of the complex and truckers line up close to the cramped hall heaped with fresh vegetables packed in brown jute sacks tearing at the seams.
Pipes in the pipeline from China
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| Delayed drainage - Unavailability of sewerage pipes, last year Âs heavy monsoon and lack of manpower |
24 July, 2008 - Stagnant waters fill the trenches dug all over town and pipes lie along the roadside.
GelephuÂs modern sewerage system, aimed at improving hygiene and sanitation and controlling mosquitoes in summer, is now helping to breed mosquitoes.
24 July, 2008 - Patients coming to Thimphu hospital will no longer have to carry a file of medical reports with them whenever they go to the hospital but should be able to access their report through a computerized system.
24 July, 2008 - With the countryÂs two cellular companies, B-mobile and TashiCell, doing all they can to retain and lure new subscribers, cellular services are getting cheaper and better for users in Bhutan.
June 2009 - Tentative deadline for DANIDA-funded project
24 July, 2008 - Gelephu town may have to wait till June 2009 before its water supply shortage is finally addressed.
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| Road Down - The hazards on a monsoon highway at Bhalujora |
24 July, 2008 - Traffic on the Thimphu-Phuentsholing highway is taking the Pasakha-Manitar route to allow faster progress of widening work at Kamji, 10 km from Phuentsholing.
Bhutan Observer
Strive today and thrive tomorrow
If we really strive today and thrive tomorrow, the product we are going to get back is very astonishing and wonderful. If we try hard today, tomorrow there will be bright room for us to enjoy the life.
For comfortable life, we have to really sweat hard then only we will be sure of getting very […]
Prayer
From the upheaval of evil and the depth of dissipation,
To misuse the concept of fun,
From the trend of unmeasured cruelty,
To accelerate the deeds so filthy,
Oh lord! Let the members of my family go to oblivion.
Lord listens to truth, truth fruits to lord,
If listened to truth; truth appears oneâs sword,
To feel the blessedness of god a […]
Campus of the distinguished (Lyonpo Nandalal.Rai, Minister of Information and Communications)
Name: Lyonpo Nandalal Rai
Alma Mater:
St. Josephâs School, North Point, Darjeeling
Higher Education: BA (NDA-Pune; Jawaharlal Nehru University, India) MSc (Madras University)
Memories of Campus Life: The carefree days of sharing the pains and pleasures of adolescent, life is just like yesterday.
Most memorable day in campus life:
Every day was memorable, however the victory after three days of hard […]
The road of hardship: walking on the wild side
Through monsoon rain and the summer heat, the Pomshing villagers walk through difficult mountain terrain. It is not a hunting expedition or a pleasure hike but they are going home, a village only eight km away from Phuentsholing, close to the countryâs commercial hub but far neglected by the countryâs officialdom. SANGAY WANGCHUK reports
Their livelihood […]
The river wild: when you are stranded on the wrong banks
Meme Rinzin from Shershong has to deliver his maar and datshi in Gelephu, but he is not sure how the Maokhola River will treat him. Packing his things in a green bag, the 62-year-old maar and datshi dealer contemplates the raging river before him. RIKU DHAN SUBBA reports
His wife warns him, âDonât go today, last […]
Should the works on broadening Thimphu-Phuentsholing highway suspended till the monsoon is over?
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Coronation of His Majesty the Fifth King on November 6
The coronation ceremony will take place at Tashichho Dzong on the 8th day of the 9th month of the Earth male Rat Year, corresponding to the November 6, 2008 followed by two days of celebrations at Changlimithang stadium. As part of ceremony at Tashi Chhodzong, His majesty the king shall grant an audience to the […]
The selfish costs of selfless service
Without batting an eyelid, our parliamentarians have pried opened for themselves the largess of the exchequer. All considerations are brushed aside for it is the selfish costs of selfless service. Their stated rationale to net âcapableâ people also qualifies this rare breed as being highly susceptible to corruption. Ricard Matthieu was a very âcapableâ scientist, […]
Living with Crocodiles and Alligators: No âAnimal Planetâ
Armed with nothing more than an iron hook and an iron will, he tames the most frightening of reptiles. He is no Steve Irwin but it is this Bhutanese Croc Docâs passion to mess around with crocodiles and make a living out of it. SANGAY WANGCHUK reportsâ
Ram Bahadur, 47, from Samtse has been looking after […]
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