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Alpine Skiing-Women’s World Cup standings – ESPN.com
Giant slalom 1. Tanja Poutiainen (Finland) 278 points 2. Kathrin Zettel (Austria) 245 3. Manuela Moelgg (Italy) 160 4. Elisabeth Goergl (Austria) 157 5. Lara Gut (Switzerland) 145 6. Tessa Worley (France) 137 7. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (Sweden) 131 8 … [read more]
Assam tourism boasts of wildlife – but not facilities – Thaindian.com
Manas (Assam), Dec 29 (IANS) Allan Hully, a British tourist, was excited when he arrived at Manas National Park. He was hoping to spend a adventurous week in the wilderness but ended up winding off his trip a few hours after he arrived here.â€ÂThe … [read more]
John McCain in Bhutan – Newsblaze.com
Mc Cain lacks supporters even in this part of the world. One month after the election in the US, president runner up, Senator John McCain, was in Bhutan. If you guessed he was there to learn meditation or gaining tips to happiness, you are mistaken … [read more]
Nepal: Bhutanese Refugees Rendered Stateless – Newsblaze.com
The announcement by the governments of Bhutan and Nepal that only a handful of Bhutanese refugees will be allowed to return to their country with full citizenship rights could render tens of thousands of refugees stateless, six international … [read more]
Stocks to watch: BHEL, PNB, Kingfisher Airlines… – MyIris
Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has secured a Rs 50.40 billion contract from Jindal Power for setting up 2,400 mw power plant in Chhattisgarh. Shares of BHEL closed down Rs 52.2, or 3.86%, at Rs 1,300.15**. Kingfisher Airlines said that it would … [read more]
Bhutanese take divorce in their stride – BBC News
“The divorce case is very, very common. If you go to the court, you will see most of the cases are all on divorce.” It may sound like a comment from Scandinavia – but this is Bhutan and the speaker is a young artist, Barun Gurung. His own parents … [read more]
Bhutanese monk to spend weekend at Tibetan museum – Staten Island Advance
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Venerable Lama Karma Namgyel, a Bhutanese Buddhist monk, will be at the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art Jan. 3-4 for a weekend of special blessings, teachings, a fire ceremony and dance. Lama Karma is the founder … [read more]
Shawl bags only Bhutanese award – Kuensel Online
22 December, 2008 – Karma Yangchen’s natural dyed cotton shawl proved a worthy symbol of Bhutanese craftsmanship. The shawl was among the 13 handicrafts Bhutan had submitted in the South Asia UNESCO award of excellence for handicrafts in September … [read more]
Immunising Bhutan – with Japan’s help – Kuensel Online
25 December, 2008 – The government of Japan will continue to support the expanded programme on immunisation (EPI) in Bhutan for the next three years. The health secretary, Dasho Dr Gado Tshering, the resident representative of JICA, Tetsuo Yabe, and … [read more]
IT giants look at Bhutan for investment – Business Standard
Around 30 leading IT firms from India held strategy meetings here recently to explore investment possibilities in Bhutan. The IT leaders said that Bhutan can play host to an array of possibilities like data centre operation, disaster recovery centre … [read more]
Kuensel – Bhutan’s National Newspaper
Pedestrian accidents are rising in proportion to increased traffic
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29 December, 2008 – The roads are narrow and the space limited. Still, the number of cars in Thimphu continues to rise. Compounded by an increase in incidence of unlicensed driving, this is increasingly becoming an issue when it comes to road safety for pedestrians.
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29 December, 2008 – The latest in style this season are stoles and shawls. And, if you’re fed up with wearing them the same old way, here are some ways to sport this fashionable accessory and add some spice to your outfits.
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29 December, 2008 – Pregnancy and smoking are two things that don’t go together. Every time there is nicotine in the blood, it effects the blood vessels, decreasing the blood flow to the uterus and to the baby. So if the placenta is not supplied well from the mother’s side, it effects the nutrition and the oxygen supply of the baby. [read more]
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29 December, 2008 – Ugyen Phuntsho, 24, runs P-Wang, a club and restaurant in Thimphu. He shares his experience of this entertainment business.
1. How long have you been in this business?
It’s been about four months now since I took it over from the old owner. [read more]
29 December, 2008 – One of the accused in the Samtse mining case, Ugyen Samdrup, 25, has filed two separate cases against the anti corruption commission (ACC).
Ugyen Samdrup, the younger brother of mining coordinator Nagay, who is also an accused in the mining case along with Sangay Gyelthsen, was detained for 91 days in connection with ACC’s investigation into the Samtse mines. [read more]
Battered woman’s family vows to fight on
29 December, 2008 – Family members of the 58-year old battered woman, Muku, who was sentenced in September 2008 to nine years and three months in prison for killing her abusive husband, are searching for all possible ways to reopen the case. [read more]
“A mix of cobbler, tailor and carpenter” is how Gidakom’s prosthetic/orthotic technician Jigme Chogyal describes himself
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29 December, 2008 – Jigme Chogyal, 32, gives physically challenged people a new lease of life. He makes artificial limbs.
The only person in the country today who makes artificial limbs, Jigme from Dupang, Mongar, is a prosthetic and orthotic technician at Gidakom hospital. [read more]
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| Developments in Gelephu came to a standstill since the early 90s |
29 December, 2008 – When the political whirlwind struck Gelephu earlier this year, there was optimism in the air. The old town was given a new dream.
Gelephu was once the shopping centre of the three central districts before circumstances brought the growing town to an abrupt halt. The town’s residents waited for the government to inject new developments. [read more]
OPINION29 December, 2008 – The recent revelations of the pay hike proposal have predictably generated a huge sense of dissatisfaction with its top-down bias but there is also a sense of relief that something is happening at last. The prime minister has said that public opinion is important and will be given consideration. [read more]
29 December, 2008 – The National Council (NC), which started their session on Thursday, deliberated on many pertinent issues that people in the villages have been asking for years. [read more]
Bhutan Observer
Trading leaves for a living
For over a century, the farmers from Denchukha Gewog in Samtse have braved the vagaries of nature and
traded betel leaves with Haa. Rabi C. Dahal reports.
For the people of Denchukha Gewog in Samtse, how well the betel leaves grow in the subtropical forest around them matters a lot. Betel leaves is their lifeline. For nearly [...] [read more]
First private free school for Thimphu
Starting 2009, Singye Group of Companies will start Thimphu’s first free community school in Bjemina.
The school will be a charity school. Books, stationeries and uniforms will be provided by the school.
“To begin with, we will start pre-primary classes and class one, which will slowly be upgraded in the future,†said Tshering Chhoden, Programme Officer in [...] [read more]
I’m out the choppy waters of democracy, lads
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Give them their share They will remain there
Are we discussing rural-urban migration this time around? This social phenomenon forms the backdrop to many social issues on the parliamentary agenda.
We are discussing youth unemployment, which is largely an urban issue. Answers to this challenge are few given a stunted private sector and a zero-growth-policy-adopting civil service. The government’s much parroted answer to educated, [...] [read more]
Opposition Leader slams PM’s government performance report
It was another elbow to the ribs in the course of what many perceive to be an already strained relationship when the Opposition Leader expressed disappointment with the Prime Minister on the opening day of Parliament on December 24.
Opposition Leader Tshering Tobgye criticised Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley’s report on the performance of the government, saying [...] [read more]
Development issues high on agenda
Not too much fumbling with patangs and coloured kabneys, or shuffling about in stiff tshoglhams, or huddling into comfort-seeking groups this time around.
A been-there-done-that sense of familiarity prevailed when visibly more confident Members of Parliament attended the opening ceremony of the second session of the first Parliament on Wednesday, December 24, in Thimphu.
In an address [...] [read more]
Bhutan gets 300- hour chham archive
The Honolunu Academy of Arts (HAA) has gifted a video archive of over 300 hours of high-definition footage on chham (Buddhist ritual dances) to the Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs yesterday at the National Library, Thimphu.
The gift, presented to the Home Secretary by Mr Gerard Houghton, the official representative from the academy, comprised two [...] [read more]
Drug abuse on the rise still
The narcotic control agency this year seized 13,526.5 items of pharmaceutical drugs illicitly trafficked from across the border along with 6,845 grams of marijuana. Kinley Dorji, the Executive Director said that most of the trafficking was carried out on the Thimphu-Phuentsholing highway.
The Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency (BNCA) seized 244 bottles of Corex (cough syrup), 4,745 [...] [read more]
Five years for manslaughter
A woman in her early twenties was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to five years in prison this month by the Dzongkhag Court of Pemagatshel.
Pema Lhamu from Murshing Gonpa, mother of a minor girl, was convicted for the death of her maternal uncle on the night of September 13. Her 44-year-old mother, who was [...] [read more]
The Centenary Citizen
Out of the five oldies born before 1907, Ap Lethro, 109- year-old from Khamey, Jigmechholing, Sarpang, was declared the “Centenary Citizen.â€Â
The Citizen’s Initiative for Coronation and Centenary Celebrations will present a cash prize of Nu 25,000 to Ap Lethro.
Although his official age is 109, people in his village believe that he is older.
Presently, he lives [...] [read more]
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