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A look at some of world’s remaining monarchies - Salon
â Bahrain, constitutional monarchy: King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa. â Bhutan, constitutional monarchy: King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. Elections in March ended the country’s absolute monarchy, with the king ceding most of his powers …
2.15 m euros for Austrian-Bhutan bilateral program - Kuensel Online
29 May, 2008 - The Austrian government has committed 2.15 million euros to Bhutan within the bilateral program for this year. The indicative financial assistance was finalised when the annual consultations document on Bhutanese-Austrian development …
A look at some of world’s remaining monarchies - FOX News
_ Bahrain, constitutional monarchy: King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa. _ Bhutan, constitutional monarchy: King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. Elections in March ended the country’s absolute monarchy, with the king ceding most of his powers. _ Brunei …
Study stress suicide - Nation - Thailand
A Bhutanese woman found dead at an apartment in Soi Rangnam on Thursday night left a suicide note citing “tremendous stress”. Mahidol University dentistry student Debeka Lana, 40, was found dead behind an 11-storey apartment block. She had suffered …
Fit or fat? - CNN
Trans fat is under attack, diet pill makers are paying huge fines to the government to settle advertising claims, your salad could be tainted with killer bacteria … so just what can you do to live a healthier life? Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay …
Northeast India is poised to tap economic potential - Los Angeles Times
NEW DELHI — India’s remote northeast region has been both blessed and cursed by its geography. The region is rich in natural resources but is landlocked and surrounded by China, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Bhutan, leaving it impoverished. The eight …
A look at some of the world’s remaining ruling monarchies - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Iraqi prime minister to seek debt relief Israeli defense chief says Olmert must step down Ahmadinejad rival gets powerful post in Iran Treaty seeks to ban cluster bombs within 8 years UK police make new arrest after restaurant blast Nepal ended 239 …
Rough Guide to Ultimate Escapes: Celebs sign up for Channel Five … - Guardian Unlimited
Channel Five is to launch a spin-off of its Rough Guides series in which celebrities including comedian Dom Joly and Green Wing actor Stephen Mangan will undertake adrenaline-fuelled adventures. Rough Guide to Ultimate Escapes will see four …
End of an era as another Himalayan kingdom tumbles - Turkish Daily News
For centuries they enjoyed absolute power in their mountain fastnesses, revered by their subjects as incarnations of gods or Buddha, but one by one the monarchies of the Himalayas are falling. Pressure has come from China to the north and India to …
Five sends celebs on extreme holidays - Digital Spy
A spinoff series of Five’s Rough Guide To… will see celebrities including Dom Joly embark on adventure holidays. One episode of Rough Guide To Ultimate Escapes will see Joly explore Nicaragua, attempting to climb an active volcano and ski down its …
Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper
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| Mrs MC Weinberger and Yeshey Dorji signing the document |
29 May, 2008 - The Austrian government has committed 2.15 million euros to Bhutan within the bilateral program for this year.
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| Buses stranded on one side of the Singhi bridge that was closed to heavy vehicles a month ago |
29 May, 2008 - The movement of heavy vehicles to and fro the industrial estate of Pasakha has once again become erratic with the Singhi river rising to dangerous levels.
29 May, 2008 - With a former faculty member taking over as the new director, a sense of optimism seems to have returned to the royal institute of management (RIM) in Semtokha.
29 May, 2008 - The election commission has completed a self-assessment of the first parliamentary elections titled ÂLearning Experience Programme (LEP)Â, which was undertaken to learn from the experience of conducting elections.
29 May, 2008 - Retired teachers can experience teaching for a second time. Fresh graduates can give a shot at teaching to decide whether or not the profession could become their full time career.
29 May, 2008 - A majority of the national assembly members, who spoke last Friday and this Monday, ruled out any change in the number of members in the royal civil service commission (RCSC), entitled by the second clause in article 26 of the draft Constitution.
29 May, 2008 - Potassium permanganate purifies water but can also purify cocaine. Acetic anhydride is used in the pharmaceutical, textile and leather industries but can also be misused to manufacture heroin.
Such chemicals are known as precursor chemicals, which are transacted illegally worldwide to manufacture drugs.
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29 May, 2008 - Around 1,500 cases of expired Golden Eagle, Haywards 5000, Pils and Royal Challenge beer brands are being dumped at the Phuentsholing city corporation waste disposal site at Pasakha.
According to the customs officials on duty, dumping started on May 24, with six workers who dump about 400 cases a day.
A sales tax of Nu 99 is levied on every case of bottled beer and Nu 190 on each carton of canned beer.
28 May, 2008 - “You are all dashos, pronounced the speaker of the National Assembly yesterday. There was general laughter among our parliamentarians. And there was laughter among those watching the Assembly debate around the country.
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| Kinzang Tobgay: Will his craft prove to be a commercial success? |
28 May, 2008 - The beating of a dozen hammers does not distract 19-year old Kinzang Tobgay. A hammer and a chisel in hand, the third year student of the Zorig Chusum institute in Thimphu is fully engrossed in his carving - a mouse drawn on a wooden block.
Bhutan Observer
The barks and yelps of a national conscience
The stray dog problem has now evolved into the most inconvenient social issue in recent times. As the issue garners continued highlight in the media and evokes discomforting reactions by our foreign guests here, it tugs furiously
at our collective consciousness.
Despite the governmentâs best intentions, with just money, limited measures and without a broad societal participation, […]
His Holiness Arrives in Thimphu
His Holiness the Je Khenpo arrived in Thimphu on 29 May, 2008, along with the central monastic body from their traditional winter residence in Punakha Dzong.
Operators unhappy with Bartsam airport
The construction of a domestic airport in Bartsam, Trashigang, has been given priority by the government much to the dissatisfaction of tour operators. Of the five indentified airports â Bathpalathang and Gyeltsha in Bumthang, Yongphula
and Barstam in Trashigang and Toorsa in Phuentsholin - Bartsam was given priority. The Bartsampas had requested for the airport during […]
Local government
The local government elections will be conducted later in the year, according to the office of the Election Commission of Bhutan.|
Upon the enactment of the electoral bills by the parliament, the ECB will carry out the delimitation
of the constituencies of different local government elections for the preparation of the electoral roll.
The Chief Election Commissioner, Dasho […]
PCS to be reviewed
In view of issues raised on the implementation of the PCS, the Pay Commission will submit a work plan to the cabinet by August 24 addressing issues and making suggestions.
Sonam Tshering, the Secretary of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, who is also the Chairperson for the Pay Commission,
said that the Commission will look into […]
Forest Fire in Udzorong
Villagers and forest officials are fighting a forest fire in Udzorong geog in Trashigang that broke out on Tuesday at around 7:30 pm. The fire has already razed about 500 acres of forest, destroying at least 3,000 pine saplings in three days.
Steep terrain and strong winds, which fanned the fire, has posed a major challenge […]
Court sentences âhabitual offenderâ
At the end of a much publicised case, Kelzang Wangyel Tshultim was sentenced to an imprisonment term of nine months by the Thimphu dzongkhag court yesterday for obstruction of lawful authority, disorderly conduct and public intoxication.
He was also ordered to pay a fine of Nu 18,000.
The charge of battering a police officer and some other […]
PCS disgruntlement
The Position Classification System (PCS) has since inception come under much flak with civil servants disgruntled about how the system is not being followed.
Not only is the implementation of the open competitive exams in question but also the classification system.
Some civil servants complain that the system is not fair due to the principle of vested […]
Struggle for survival
Phuentsholing: Life offers a lot of choices to people but for a night guard in Phuntsholing the struggle for survival literally brings him to his knees. Selling bows and arrows during the day and working as a night guard doesnât offer him enough to feed his family.|
Dorji Wangchuk came from Trashiyangtse 38 years ago in […]
Lean season power generation
Tsimasham, Chhukha: By the end of November 2008, an additional 67 million units of power will be generated in Chhukha Hydro Power Corporation Ltd (CHPCL), during the lean season. With the completion of additional
power generation from the existing Chhukha Hydro Power Plant (through the diversion of water from Tichhalumchuu to the Chhukha reservoir and Lubichhu […]
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