Singapore volunteers share IT skills with students in Bhutan (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News)
PARO, Bhutan: Over half of Bhutan’s population of 700,000 is under 25 years old.

Singapore volunteers share IT skills with students in Bhutan (Channel NewsAsia)
PARO, Bhutan: Over half of Bhutan’s population of 700,000 is under 25 years old. With the country’s jobless rate at nearly four percent, efforts are being made to ensure that the youths have the right skills for employment.

The ’she factor’ in Bhutan’s tourism sector (New Kerala)
Zafri Mudasser, Nofil Thimphu: Bhutan is opening up slowly to the modern world in a fine balance with its traditions and its women are contributing in their own way to make the country one of the most sought-after travel destinations.

Maoist victory casts shadow over Bhutan refugee resettlement (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Kathmandu, April 27 (IANS) The historic victory of Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas in this month’s crucial election and their bid to lead the new government has cast a dark shadow over the process started by the US and other western governments to offer Bhutanese refugees in Nepal new homes abroad.

Maoist victory casts shadow over Bhutan refugee resettlement (New Kerala)
By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, April 27 : The historic victory of Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas in this month’s crucial election and their bid to lead the new government has cast a dark shadow over the process started by the US and other western governments to offer Bhutanese refugees in Nepal new homes abroad.

Private sector giants (Kuensel)
26 April, 2008 - When we think of the Bhutanese private sector two companies that immediately come to mind are the Tashi and the Singye groups.

Nitish asks Nepal to take cue from Bhutan on energy cooperation (The Economic Times)
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday asked Nepal to take a cue from Bhutan and harness water resources with India so that the Nepalese economy is strengthened.

Nitish asks Nepal to take cue from Bhutan on energycooperation (Outlook India)
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today asked Nepal to take a cue from Bhutan and harness water resources with India so that the Nepalese economy is strengthened manifold by sale of surplus hydel power.

Police crack desecrators’ ring (Kuensel)
26 April, 2008 - In what police describe as the most sacrilegious lhakhang desecration case in Bhutan’s history, the Royal Bhutan Police’s special investigation team and the Paro police have arrested nine men in connection with the robbery and desecration of the 12th century Shera Drangu lhakhang in Paro.

Collateral damage (Express India)
High in the Himalayas, an icy lake fed by melting glaciers waits to become a “tsunami from the sky”.

Here come the lawyers
26 April, 2008 - Western society has gone through a stage where there has been intensive debate on the role of lawyers in society. There are numerous jokes on how much, or how little, they trust lawyers and on how much money lawyers make. But developed – and, for that matter, developing - societies cannot function without lawyers.

Sacred lhakhang consecrated

Lungchu-tse monastery

26 April, 2008 - His Majesty the King, His Majesty the fourth Druk Gyalpo and members of the royal family attended a quiet and sacred ceremony to consecrate the Lungchu-tse monastery above Dochu-la pass, which has been expanded and completely restored.

Not too late nor early either

26 April, 2008 - Settlements and infrastructure along a 147-km stretch, from Punatsangchu to Lhamoizingkha (Kalikhola) in the southern foothills, will feel the impact of 53 million cubic metres of water thundering down the mountainside if the Thorthormi and Raphstreng glacial lakes in Lunana merge and burst its banks.

Private sector giants
26 April, 2008 - When we think of the Bhutanese private sector two companies that immediately come to mind are the Tashi and the Singye groups.

Taking ICT to the next level
26 April, 2008 - More than money and manpower, Bhutan needs political will to take ICT (Information Communications Technology) to the next level.

Police crack desecrators’ ring
26 April, 2008 - In what police describe as the most sacrilegious lhakhang desecration case in Bhutan’s history, the Royal Bhutan Police’s special investigation team and the Paro police have arrested nine men in connection with the robbery and desecration of the 12th century Shera Drangu lhakhang in Paro.

City case verdicts reversed
26 April, 2008 - The High Court yesterday acquitted the former Thimphu thrompon (mayor) of the two cases he was charged with and tried in a lower court for “illegal transfer of immovable property and misuse of authority”. The court reversed five decisions, including three partially overturned, and upheld two, which were appealed by both defendants and plaintiffs.

Race is on for NC Chairperson
26 April, 2008 - There is tense, if low key, lobbying going on among the National Council members for the post of Chairperson. One member said that about four members, including one woman, were reportedly lobbying for the seat.

Unemployment in the era of imported labour
The gap between expectations and opportunities has to be bridged

Are white collar jobs all they want?

25 April, 2008 - As the day gives way to dusk, Kunzang Thinley’s mood starts to take on the colour of the darkening sky.

Getting to grips with ground realities
24 April, 2008 - Climbing thickly forested terrain and trudging through knee deep puddles under the scorching summer sun to set up a water pipeline are experiences that national service workers during the late 1970s and early 80s talk about with pride and contentment.

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