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Bhutanese parliamentarians appreciate Indian prime minister - Kuensel Online
22 May, 2008 - As the joint sitting of the National Assembly resumed on Tuesday, members of parliament expressed their gratitude to the Indian government and the prime minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, who addressed the joint sitting on Saturday and …

Hotels to be rated with stars - Kuensel Online
26 May, 2008 - Hotels in the country will soon graded on a star rating, based on a new classification system introduced by the tourism council of Bhutan (TCB), which will replace the existing lettering system. “The proposed system incorporates all …

BFF name 20-member final squad for SAFF Championship: Bangladesh team … - New Nation
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Monday announced a 20-member final squad for the 5th SAFF Championship to be held June 3-14 with Sri Lanka and the Maldives as co-hosts. Custodian Aminul Haque has been named the captain of Bangladesh team …

Nepal’s first Roman Catholic priest visits here - Sierra Vista Herald
SIERRA VISTA — He may be unique in his homeland of Nepal, but the Rev. Silas Bogati envisions an increase in native Nepalese becoming Roman Catholic priests like himself. In a nation of more than 27 million people, about 7,000 are Catholics. The 43 …

Humanitas: Images of India by Fredric Roberts - Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
Roberts pictures various people from India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Bhutan, Thailand, and China as they go about their lives selling water or herding camels. Simultaneously, this exhibition illuminates the quiet corners that often don’t have witnesses …

Colombian rebels say leader dies of heart attack - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Foto de archivo de Manuel Marulanda, alias Tirofijo y máximo líder de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), que murió en marzo de un paro cardíaco, según informó el grupo guerrillero el domingo 25 de mayo de 2008.(AP foto …

Monday, June 2 - PR Inside
Today is Monday, June 2, the 154th day of 2008. There are 212 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date 637 BC - Arab Muslim army vanquishes Persians at battle of Al-Qadisiyya, opening Persia to Arab conquest. 1815 - Napoleon …

Register » - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
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Cincinnati project: Many needs served - El Paso Times
Developing the Cincinnati Avenue entertainment district is a cooperative project that should result in multi-faceted positives. It’s the nightclub hub of the West Side that abuts the University of Texas at El Paso campus. A joint city/UTEP plan calls …

India’s inflation rate may be revised to 10 pc - Daily Pioneer
India’s inflation rate may be revised to 10 per cent from the latest estimate of 7.82 per cent as data for prices of different commodities is updated, London-based publication The Economist has said. “Delays in data collection in India can mean big …

Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper

Parliament apparel

26 May, 2008 - One recent occasion that showcased the best of Bhutan’s rich weaving traditions was the opening day of the joint session of the new parliament.

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26 May, 2008 -
Picture story: Students in Paro waiting to welcome the Indian prime minster Manmohan Singh on May 16. Students from all government schools lined the Paro-Thimphu highway with flags .

Make your own travel scrabble!

Materials

Old bottle tops – 100 beer or cola caps, with some spares
Patterned fabric – 50×50 cm
Plain light coloured fabric – 50×50 cm
Any other fabric scrap - 20×20 cm (of a light duty material)
White paint – any white paint
Small pot paint or permanent marker – black or any dark colour
Fabric paint – small pot in at least 2 colours
Paint brushes – small
Paint thinner, nail polish remover
String, old shoelaces, 2 bits – one 30cm long, one 50cm long
Sewing cotton/thread and needle
Scissors

Positively Disciplining children

26 May, 2008 - In the process of learning and becoming independent, children explore, experiment, and test the limits. This often results in behaviour that frustrates and challenges parents. It is the parent’s job to be role models of good behaviour and teach children how to behave in a positive way.

Ten question

26 May, 2008 - Karsang, 35, from Ngatshang Ugyenste, Samtse has been a taxi driver for six years now. He shares his thoughts on his life with City Bytes.

1. How did you become a taxi driver?
I thought I’d make a living by being a taxi driver.

Tales from the storm

Pema Yangki with her children at her home

26 May, 2008 - On the night of April 12, Pema Yangki, 25, and her family had retired for the night in their one-roomed bamboo hut in Lhakhangzor in Moshi, about 95 km south of Trashigang town. While her two children dozed off to sleep, Pema Yangki and her husband remained awake, engrossed in a conversation.

Bhutan Observer

The Bhutan Goenpa – reaching out to all
Legend has it that three decades ago, a renowned administrator from India visited Phuentsholing. The administrator did not have any children as his wife was unable to conceive. He was advised by the late Gyelyum Phuntsho Choden to offer prayers at the Phuntsho Choeling Goenpa at Kharbandi. He did and nine months later, his wife […]

Do you think MP’s sitting fees should be waived?
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Culture club: is Bhutanese heritage alive?
After sitting in on meetings at the Centre for Bhutan Studies, and many a school debate, I noticed one recurring theme over and over again. Even on BBS, these debates are televised. I just wonder how deep a thought has gone into the subject. The subject I am addressing, which is constantly debated, is the […]

Bollywood does get to you
As a little kid growing up in Phuentsholing, I probably saw more Indians than Bhutanese. They were everywhere. The milkman with the aluminium pot and kettle was Indian; the man who sweetened my tooth with cotton candy was an Indian. I went to school and was taught by teachers from India.
And then the Indian movies […]

Back in school wearing a smile and a kira
Observer’s Jurmi Chhowing follows up on the Geisha of Purple Lounge and finds a transformed young student who wants to continue her education.
It’s been about two weeks since Dechen Seldon, “The Geisha of Purple Lounge,” was reinstated back in school. She now attends Shari HSS, in a kira. I’m back in Paro looking for her. […]

‘Ginseg’ conducted in Taksang
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche  conducted a 10-day Fire ‘Ginseg’ Puja for the conclusion of the Vajrakilaya retreat in Taksang with about 150 devotees from across the country.

Follow the money
On the 15th of May, the Government of India approved a total fund of Nu 2610.14 crores for the extended ninth plan. The fund was meant for Indian Companies to participate in major projects and strengthen goodwill for India in Bhutan. The package assistance under ‘Aid to Bhutan’ was provided by the Ministry of External […]

Policeman’s leg crushed
A Paro policeman, whose leg was crushed by a jeep driver in a fit of rage on May 10, was amputated twice at the JDWNR Hospital. The driver, Daza, a Paro based businessman, was detained after the incident.
The incident occurred on Saturday night after 2 am, when Gopa Dorji and colleagues were on patrol at […]

Enforcing the law brutally?
The law is clearly defined on paper but what about its enforcement?
Is there too much force used by the enforcers, defying the written law itself? The issue is about police brutality.
There is no denying that it happens nationwide but such cases have always been kept out of the media. Not anymore.
People are now coming forward […]

Uniform signboards out
Uniform signboards are out even as the Thimphu City Corporation (TCC) is still confused about the issue and file-searching for the notification issued sometime in 2005.
The draconian rule was buried by the Minister of MOWHS, LyonpoYeshi Zimba, in a meeting held with TCC officials last week. There will be no Nu.1, 000 penalty a day […]

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