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L&T bags Rs.12.45 bn Bhutan dam project – The Money Times
Mumbai, April 1 — Larsen & Toubro (L&T), the country’s leading engineering and construction conglomerate, Wednesday said it has bagged a Rs.1,245 crore (Rs.12.45 billion) contract for the construction of dams as part of the 1,200 MW Punatsangchhu-I … [read more]
L&T bags order worth Rs 1,245 cr from Bhutan – Hindustan Times
Infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro on Wednesday said it has received a contract worth Rs 1,245 crore for construction-related works at the Punatsangchhu Hydroelectric project in Bhutan. In a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange L&T said, it has … [read more]
Bachchan to shoot in Bhutan for Talismaan – New Kerala
“Big B’s look is going to be very different from all other previous looks. In this film he plays the role of warrior. The film is based on the Hindi novel story “Chandrakantaâ€Â. The only reason of shooting in Bhutan is that this film is … [read more]
Bhutanese Show touches Japanese Hearts – Kuensel Online
26 March, 2009 – Japan and Bhutan share a bond more than friendship. This was felt when a cultural troupe from Paro, Phuntsog Drayang visited the Itami City in Japan on March 12. In its one week of stay, the troupe performed to a packed house at the … [read more]
Asian Art Museum puts Bhutan on display – Contra Costa Times
Dance plays an important role in spiritual life of Bhutan. A Cham ritual dancer is pictured. IT STARTS WITH a subtle vibration coming from deep within the lower galleries of San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum, followed by chanting and the clashing of … [read more]
Investigation detects cyber espionage network – PhysOrg
(PhysOrg.com) — The Information Warfare Monitor – a joint effort of the SecDev Group (Ottawa) and the Citizen Lab (University of Toronto) – detected a cyber espionage network involving over 1,295 compromised computers in 103 countries. As explained … [read more]
Unity through reading: Laconia Library program designed to bring city … – Citizen
Laconia librarian Deann Hunter was instrumental in coordinating the book ‘The Arrival’ by author/illustrator Shaun Tan to the fifth-annual One City, One Book program. It has no words, but The Arrival is a book that tells the timeless tale of a … [read more]
The first Brunei Postgraduate Symposium – Global Voices Online.org
Regions and Countries » Americas » Central Asia & Caucasus » East Asia » Eastern & Central Europe » Middle East & North Africa » Oceania » South Asia » Sub-Saharan Africa » Western Europe Countries » Afghanistan » Albania » Algeria … [read more]
Global Voices Managing Director forced into hiding after April Fool’s … – Global Voices Online.org
Regions and Countries » Americas » Central Asia & Caucasus » East Asia » Eastern & Central Europe » Middle East & North Africa » Oceania » South Asia » Sub-Saharan Africa » Western Europe Countries » Afghanistan » Albania » Algeria … [read more]
Feeney seals crucial win – SkySports
Northern Ireland kept their World Cup dreams alive with a 1-0 win over Slovenia at Windsor Park thanks to a Warren Feeney header. The Dundee United striker got on the end of a Sammy Clingan cross at the near post and flicked his header into the far … [read more]
Kuensel – Bhutan’s National Newspaper
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| OUT OF THE PICTURE – A group of homeless people in Thimphu remind society about the difficult search for Gross National Happiness. |
1 April, 2009 – It was a decade ago when trade department officials first talked about consumer rights and protection. [read more]
1 April, 2009 – Eleven computers in Bhutan’s foreign ministry and one in the labour ministry were among a thousand odd computers worldwide hacked by an international cyber espionage network called GhostNet. [read more]
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| BACK TO SQUARE ONE? – Pollutants still flow into river despite promise of environmental friendliness |
1 April, 2009 – The Ola Rongchhu automobile workshop complex, supposed to have been built in an environment-friendly manner, is still without a wastewater treatment plant.
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The collapse of a classroom reinforces fears about construction quality
1 April, 2009 – Class VI A students of Babesa primary school in Thimphu were walking towards their class after their morning assembly on March 26 when they found – much to their horror – that their classroom ceiling had collapsed.
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1 April, 2009 – The finalised Nu 148 billion 10th Plan, for the most part, identifies construction of farm roads and safe drinking water supply on top of its to-do list this year, connecting them to the present government’s election promises, Kuensel has found. [read more]
1 April, 2009 – The co-passenger of the Wagon R car, which plunged into the Paro river on March 26, is still missing, according to police. [read more]
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30 March, 2009 – If you think watches are the only ones to pamper your wrists, then think again. Spring is the time to adorn and pamper your wrists with big chunky bangles.
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30 March, 2009 – While there’s been little alteration in our diet, a significant part of it has undergone a drastic change.
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One of the most common lifestyle diseases, diabetes, is on the rise in Bhutan. Nutritionist Pemba Yangchen tells us more about what a diabetic’s basic diet should be like (besides the medicines, of course!)
30 March, 2009 – Hippocrates, the father of medicine, rightly said, “Let food be the medicine and let medicine be your food”; the former for the ill and the latter for the healthy.
Bhutan Observer
Are Bhutanese good drivers?
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The five-day annual Paro Tshechu will be held from March 30 to April 3 during which all government offices and institutions will remain closed. No stalls or fairs will be allowed at Dheyangkha but handicraft stalls will be allowed at Tshongdue acrchery ground, but no gambling will be permitted.
“In the current year alone, the Office [...] [read more]
Shedra expansion going slow
The expansion work of Pema Shedrup Choeki Gatsheling Shedra, the nunnery of Tang in Bumthang, is past its deadline. The 59 metres long and 40 metres wide building was started in 2004 with the plan to complete it in 2008. Now, the deadline has been extended by three years.
Occasional volunteers from the village and about [...] [read more]
Gomtu going thirsty
The 10-year-old water supply system from Suktikhola in Gomtu, Samtse, constructed by Penden Cement Authority (PCAL), is grappling to meet the demand of the residents.
According to PCAL officials, due to population increase, the present water source is unable to meet the demand. The cement factory needs continuous water supply for its operation.
PCAL has identified a [...] [read more]
Bumthang youth go for video games
During the day, Kinzang Tshering’s video game parlour in Chamkhar town in Bumthang is empty and deserted. After 4 pm though, it is pulsating with life. School children aged between 12 and 25 years and a few young monks throng the place until 8.30 pm.
The four PlayStation sets excite the children into a cacophony of [...] [read more]
Children learn to meditate
While most children in Thimphu spend Sundays watching television or visiting video game parlours, some are into a serious mental training. Tandin Pem reports.
A group of young children sit on cushions in a circle in the lotus position. Lama Shenphen Zangpo, their spiritual master, rings a bell, and all of them straighten their backs and [...] [read more]
Lunch at Karma’s home
For most farmers in Lhuentse, His Majesty the King’s visit to their villages and granting land kidu marked the end of share-cropping and years of heartache. But it meant much more than that. Tempa Wangdi reports.
As His Majesty settled for packed lunch, Karma Yangzom from Magar had an opportunity to share His Majesty’s lunch. “Never [...] [read more]
BAFRA steps up for bird flu
Following the continuing and widespread outbreak of bird flu across the border in the Indian states of Assam and West Bengal, Bhutanese authorities have stepped up their effort to curtail its spread into Bhutan by setting up improved disinfecting facilities along the border towns.
The border town of Phuentsholing was the latest to possess one at [...] [read more]
Viewers choose different artistes
Out of 10 categories for the viewers’ choice awards, only three went to the same artistes who won the film awards in the seventh national film festival organised by the Motion Pictures Association of Bhutan (MPAB).
Singye Galem was voted the best film and Tshering Wangyel, the best director. Chencho Dorji won the award for the [...] [read more]
Bars boom in Bhutan
If a person in Bhutan wants to get a drink, the person is lucky. For, though Bhutan is a small country, it has a large number of bars.
There are different kinds of bars. You see them everywhere, from tiny ones snuck in some dark corner of a shady building to the posh bars. People different [...] [read more]
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