International Sources
Before you die: So how many of the 100 have you managed to do? – The Independent
Should we all be rushing to the Darwin Beer Can Festival before it’s too late? Dave Freeman thought so and included it in his book, ’100 Things To Do Before You Die’. He died this month, having worked his way through half the list. Here’s your chance … [read more]
Pakistan tops in violence among South Asian countries – Thaindian.com
Peshawar, Aug 30 (ANI): Pakistan tops the list of South Asian countries having the worst law and order situation, according to statistics collected by a website. At least 355 people were killed in 183 blasts during the first three months of 2008 … [read more]
Pakistan tops in violence in South Asia – MSN India
Peshawar: Pakistan tops the list of South Asian countries having the worst law and order situation, according to statistics collected by a website. At least 355 people were killed in 183 blasts during the first three months of 2008, while another … [read more]
BIMSTEC officials meet PM Manmohan Singh – Top News India
New Delhi, Aug 30: Officials from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand called on Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here last evening. They are in New Delhi for the tenth ministerial meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative … [read more]
Over 24 militants killed in Afghanistan – Pakistan News Service
KABUL: More than 24 militants were killed in two separate battles with US-led coalition troops in Afghanistan, the coalition said Friday. More than a dozen militants were killed after they attacked a coalition base in Shaheed Hasas district of the … [read more]
Bush greets Muslims on Ramazan – Pakistan News Service
WASHINGTON: US President George W Bush has sent greetings to Muslims around the globe on the advent of the holy month of Ramazan and praised the contributions of American Muslim community to the country’s development. In a message released by the … [read more]
Register » – yorkshirepost
Comment on stories on this website and on all other Johnston Press newspaper websites. See a list of our websites here. Set up a personalised homepage featuring content from any Johnston Press newspaper website or from any site with a RSS feed … [read more]
Intermarkets, Inc. Debuts on the 2008 Inc. 5000 List – Onlypunjab.com
Intermarkets, Inc. ( www.intermarkets.net ), the nation’s leading independent advertising sales management services firm, achieved a listing in the second annual Inc. 5000 ( www.inc5000.com ). With a three-year sales growth of 125.8% and $8.1 million … [read more]
Sound and light show to scare off wildlife – Kuensel Online
29 August, 2008 – The Ministry of Agriculture has devised an ingenious indigenous contraption, somewhat similar to a police siren in its function, to prevent wild animals from attacking farmer’s fields at night. The inventor is Pema Dakpa, 39, of … [read more]
Nepali FM leaves for India for BIMSTEC meeting – Xinhua News Agency
KATHMANDU, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) — Nepali Foreign Minister Upendra Yadav left here on Thursday for India in order to take part in the 10th ministerial meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC … [read more]
Kuensel – Bhutan’s National Newspaper
Butchers across the border kept in business by Bhutan
 |
| IN THE FLESH – Not a sweet but a meat tooth has Thimphu |
29 August, 2008 – On a hot humid afternoon recently, a truck loaded with a herd of cattle reached Jaigaon. The cows were from Nepal and Assam, India. They were released at Gauvari, a field on the outskirts of Jaigaon. At around 2 am next morning, the cows were herded towards the Toorsa river area. There, Narusin waited with a large carving knife. Its sharp edges gleamed in the sun. [read more]
 |
| ELECTRIC SCARECROW – Pema Dakpa’s device has proved effective in field trials Photo: Pema Dakpa |
29 August, 2008 – The Ministry of Agriculture has devised an ingenious indigenous contraption, somewhat similar to a police siren in its function, to prevent wild animals from attacking farmer’s fields at night.
[read more]
Spiralling land prices will stabilise only if generally opened to development
 |
| FROM LAND TO SKY – Boom time now but will the bubble burst? |
28 August, 2008 – The government has revised the urban land rates by more than 100 percent, but a closer look at the actual rates of land transactions today reveals an altogether different story. [read more]
Habitat loss has driven this ‘cash cow’ into wild dog terrain
 |
| SOFT TARGET – Since its relocation in late 2005, the farm has lost about 20 calves |
28 August, 2008 – The mithun breeding farm in Wangdigang, Zhemgang, has literally jumped from the frying pan into the fire. [read more]
Inspection visits reveal
gap between provisions
and practice
28 August, 2008 – The Labour and Employment Act, which was endorsed in 2007, was not being followed by most private and corporate agencies despite many awareness workshops, according to the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR). [read more]
Defamation case not decided on merit, claims attorney general’s office
28 August, 2008 – The office of the attorney general (OAG) has appealed to the High Court against the defamatory suit judgment passed by the Thimphu district court on the grounds that the case was not decided on merit, an unlawful decision was made and evidence arbitrarily dismissed. [read more]
 |
28 August, 2008 – The 40-year-old national museum in Paro will get a major makeover by the end of 2013 if the government endorses the master plan for the extension of the museum worth Nu 350 million this year. [read more]
28 August, 2008 – The Paro district court sentenced a 20-year-old construction worker from Naja gewog in Paro to a prison term of five years and ten months for accidentally killing his friend, who fell off a cliff during a fight. [read more]
28 August, 2008 – With a mission to support young people during their transition from adolescence to adulthood and to achieve their potential as empowered individuals, the Centenary Youth Village inaugurated on Saturday hopes to attract youth and help reduce youth-related problems in the city. [read more]
28 August, 2008 – In a case very similar to the conning theme of the Bhutanese comedy, “Bjop Zenchay and Gau Mangkhey”, Zhemgang police are investigating a swindle involving four men and a dzee (cat’s eye). [read more]
Bhutan Observer
OAG vs Judiciary: (f) law & (dis) order
[read more]
A tripless trip
The agriculture ministry is tripping down the green lane every Tuesday with the ‘No Vehicle Day’ initiative. It is already doing them a world of good. The whole nation flushed at the sight of their smiling faces and therapeutic gaits. Somehow, this wholesome sight lighted up some soggy streets down memory lane. In school, our [...] [read more]
A supplication to all the people, born as brothers and sisters
All the sentient beings in the six realms desire to live happily and there is no creature who does not desire
happiness. As we do not want suffering, likewise no creature wants suffering. If we take ourselves as example, we cannot bear the pain caused by a thorn piercing our foot. If our parents, children, spouse [...] [read more]
Gewogs endangered by degradation
All of Radhi, Phongmey and parts of Shongphu and Samkhar gewogs could be engulfed by flood, landslides and soil erosion in 15-20 years. Tempa Wangdi reports.
If grazing continues and degradation fails to be curbed, specialists fear the future could be bleak. It has been revealed that the regioncould soon run out of water and Radhi [...] [read more]
Archery: a sport one cannot master
Don S Rabska, one of the most knowledgeable archery experts in the world, was here in the country for four days. A day before his departure, he talked to some 40 Bhutanese archers.
Don S Rabska is a regional Olympic archery coach in the US and he holds the position of executive director in the Easton [...] [read more]
Baby boom: All because of a faulty female anatomy?
There is no denying that everyone loves to make love, but everyone does not necessarily love to make babies. Simply put, babies are the products of love-making to some as much as they are the by-products of love-making to others. The belief that a community or a society wanting in recreational amenities causes baby boom [...] [read more]
Thimphu as we know it
Picture Thimphu all dressed in white. Not the sporadic out-of-the-blue attempts at green roofs and blue signboards. That has finally been laid to rest in the capital. The ghosts now haunt urban towns further away and will keep doing so in the absence of a ministerial notification. After all, when the surface ground is thick, [...] [read more]
Singye Quarry case in ACC and other stories
His Holiness the Je Khenpo is in Haa conducting a week-long Menlam Chenmo, which began on August 27 at Lhakhang Karpo. On September 1, the Tangra Goenpoi Tongtsho will be performed and the next day, His Holiness will consecrate the Thongdrol of Lam Drakpa Jamtsho. This is the eighth Moenlam Chenmo conducted in Haa.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The case [...] [read more]
One less endangered bird
It is not uncommon to have gift-bearing guests come a visiting. Only in this case, it was a cause for alarm as the person was carrying the dead body of the highly endangered White-Bellied Heron (Ardea insignis Hume, A. imperialis).
The Divisional Forest Officer of Thimphu was immediately informed and the dead bird duly handed over. [...] [read more]
Novel approach to tackling youth crime
The sight of blue uniforms in schools, or anywhere for that matter, is not always welcome. It augurs bad news. Not so this time when the police chief decided to tackle youth issues head-on. “There is this bully in school who took stuff like my pens and watch but after the (police) chief’s visit, he [...] [read more]
Google News - Bhutan
Yahoo News - Bhutan
Bing News - Bhutan
Topix - Bhutan