First private school in eastern Bhutan (Kuensel)
28 January, 2008 - Students from eastern Bhutan who do not make it to government schools after class X may have the option of continuing higher secondary education closer to home from the 2008 academic session.

Bhutan bans import of poultry from India (Hindustan Times)
Bhutan has banned the import of poultry and its products from India for an indefinite period following an outbreak of bird flu in West Bengal.

Tara-thon - a worthwhile effort (Kuensel)
28 January, 2008 - Jogging along the east-west highway through mixed vegetation and temperate and cold climates and scaling five dizzying mountain passes, 12 Tara-thon runners entered the Thimphu clock tower on January 24 showered with applauds from the capital’s residents.

All change in Shangri-la? (The New Statesman)
The small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is currently engaged in an extremely interesting exercise.

Bombs in Bhutan stir refugee crisis (Asia Times)
CHENNAI - The orchestrated bomb blasts that detonated on Monday in the capital of Thimphu and three other locations across Bhutan are a powerful reminder of the simmering refugee problem that has long plagued the ruling government and tarnished the reputation of the tiny Himalayan kingdom often referred to as Shangri-La.

Explosions rock Bhutan ahead of first polls (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A string of blasts rocked the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan at the weekend, wounding one person and damaging shops and businesses, a spokesman for the Royal Bhutanese Police said Monday.

RCom plans to offer broadband in Bhutan (rediff.com)
The company is also in advanced stages of negotiations to rope in the kingdom’s largest telecom service provider, Bhutan Telecom, as partner.

Explosions rock Bhutan (Gulf Times)
THIMPHU: A string of explosions rocked Bhutan injuring one woman and damaging shops and businesses, officials said yesterday.

RCom plans to offer broadband in Bhutan (Business Standard India)
In increasing instances of Indian companies looking at offering services beyond the country’s shore, private telecom major Reliance Communications (RCom) is planning to offer Internet services in Bhutan.

India, Nepal, Bhutan should jointly solve Bhutanese refugee problem (New Kerala)
Siliguri, Jan 19: Forward Bloc General Secretary Debabrata Biswas today said India, Nepal and Bhutan should jointly solve the problem of the Bhutanese refugees, sheltered at Damakh in Nepal.

Bad breath alert!
29 January, 2008 - Regardless of how best you’re decked up or how chic you look, your dress-up is incomplete without thoroughly brushing your teeth to a sparkle, enhanced with fresh breath.

Yellow stained teeth sending off foul breath will shoo away people around you. Bad breath tops the list of what turns people off.

From the Incas to the kewa datshi
PART IV: Marketing Potato

29 January, 2008 -

Onwards to the market

Potato in the local and urban markets

Potato farmers sell about 75% of the potato produced. When potato was first promoted as cash crop in the 70s it was mostly exported. At the time the urban population was low and the demand from local markets limited. Families living in urban centres would partly depend on their own production or receive potato from relatives living in rural areas.

A cypress’s tale

I am dying but I am still standing. Some may say that I am already dead. My branches have not sprouted a leaf in years and I have turned completely gray.

You can catch a glimpse of me if you pass by the Thimphu city’s sewerage treatment plant in Babesa. Standing sentinel, at one end, is a solitary gray tree. That’s me.

Running away from myself!
28 January, 2008 - I’m running away from myself,
I’ve come to know lately. I wonder whether it’s the world or I, that makes me conceal my true face and holds back the truth. Although, in this case, there’s no evidence that something really anticipated me on this. The world is a place full of commotion anyway. There is a wall of disgust between me and every other man and I’m standing all by myself amidst thousands of them.

Nightmare from Tummyland
28 January, 2008 - “Every night I’ve seen you
watching these kind of
horror movies, and after that you won’t sleep till late at night doing homework. Sleep earlier sometimes,” came a reminder to Rigzin.

Tara-thon - a worthwhile effort

Her Majesty Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck awards khadar to a runner at the clock tower square in Thimphu

28 January, 2008 - Jogging along the east-west highway through mixed vegetation and temperate and cold climates and scaling five dizzying mountain passes, 12 Tara-thon runners entered the Thimphu clock tower on January 24 showered with applauds from the capital’s residents. They spanned more than 560 kilometres in 35 days including five rest days.

Tender bid evaluation to rid scoring system
28 January, 2008 - The Construction Develo-pment Board (CDB) has come up with a revised set of guidelines to make evaluation of tender bids simpler and more objective.

Population to touch 887,000 by 2030
28 January, 2008 - Bhutan’s population will grow to around 887,000 by 2030, according to a report released by the National Statistics Bureau, “Population Projections: Bhutan 2005-2030.

First private school in eastern Bhutan

Mongar’s private higher secondary

28 January, 2008 - Students from eastern Bhutan who do not make it to government schools after class X may have the option of continuing higher secondary education closer to home from the 2008 academic session.

In harmony with nature

Mr Jorgen B Thomsen

28 January, 2008 - Bhutan still had an advantage over other countries in the region when it came to biodiversity conservation because of its large intact resources and relatively small human population said the executive director of Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), Mr Jorgen B Thomsen, who travelled around the country for a week.

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