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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 …

What Bhutanese own by the numbers - Kuensel Online
31 May, 2008 - Watches, radios, rice cookers and choeshams (altars) were among the most widely owned assets by Bhutanese households in both urban and rural areas, according to the 2007 Bhutan Living Standard Survey report. More than 73 percent of the …

Keeping the constitution politically correct - Kuensel Online
31 May, 2008 - Women members of parliament may not be feminists, but they succeeded in driving home the message that gender references in the provisions of the draft Constitution were important. On Thursday, the chairman of the drafting committee …

India aim to raise image in South Asian cup defence - Reuters India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India, long starved of international matches, begin the defence of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup next week hoping to raise their profile on the Asian stage. Captain Bhaichung Bhutia said on Saturday the team had …

Bhutanese dies in fall from balcony - Bangkok Post
A Bhutanese studying for a masters degree in dentistry jumped to her death from the sixth floor balcony of her apartment in Soi Rang Nam in Ratchathewi district on Thursday. Police were called to the scene about midnight and concluded she committed …

Monks visiting Norman say work absorbs negativity of a community - Daily Oklahoman
NORMAN — Six Tibetan monks have been in Norman since Tuesday and hope their visit will bring lasting peace and love to the community. “People need our help here,” Lobsang Wangchuk said. “We are here to help them redefine happiness and where it’s …

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 …

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 …

Many unhappy returns, from a ravenous nation - Age
A USTRALIA has a super abundance of happiness, an emotional state that’s hard to measure and impossible to weigh up. Yet social scientists claim it is as valid a measure of a country’s success as the simple indicators used by economists, such as GNP …

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 …

Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper

2.15 m euros for Austrian-Bhutan bilateral program

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.

Pasakha plagued by transportation problems

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.

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 government’s 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 – 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 “habitual offender”
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 doesn’t 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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