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Americas: Calls for Peace in Palestine – 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]
Bhutan to raise counter-terror force – Times of India
THIMPHU: Faced with increasing acts of terror by Nepal-based Maoist rebels, Bhutan has decided to set up an elite force like India’s National Security Guards. The unit will be formed under the ‘Special Reserve Police Force’ in the Police Bill, Royal … [read more]
Citizen pens story of Bhutan’s progress – Times of India
KOLKATA: One is used to reading books on Bhutan written by foreigners. But, perhaps for the first time, a young Bhutanese has penned a book on her native land. Former Bhutanese diplomat Lily Wangchuk quit her job and used her experience to write … [read more]
Communist guerrillas kill four Bhutanese forest guards – Reuters India
THIMPHU, Bhutan, Jan 1 (Reuters) – Four forest rangers were killed by a landmine planted by communist guerrillas at a Bhutanese village, police said on Thursday. “Six Bhutanese forest rangers were returning to their camp after shopping when the … [read more]
Security alert in Bhutan after Maoists kill four rangers – Thaindian.com
Thimphu, Jan 1 (IANS) Bhutan has sounded a massive security alert after the killing of four forest rangers in a powerful landmine explosion by Nepal-based Maoist guerrillas, officials here said Thursday.A Royal Bhutan Police spokesman said the … [read more]
Security alert in Bhutan – That’s Cricket
Thimphu: Bhutan has sounded a massive security alert after the killing of four forest rangers in a powerful landmine explosion by Nepal-based Maoist guerrillas, officials here said Thursday. A Royal Bhutan Police spokesman said the explosion took … [read more]
Newest refugees hail from Bhutan – Nashville Tennessean
The Bhutanese, people from a small Himalayan kingdom that is one of the last theocracies in the world, are the latest wave of resettled refugees in Middle Tennessee. Seventy-two Bhutan refugees, resettled by local Catholic Charities, started arriving … [read more]
Enough is enough, say South Thimphu farmers – Kuensel Online
It’s been four years since they stopped cultivation, after the government promised to develop their land into the model town planning. Farmers pooled land towards the plan and awaited developments. Four years down the line, farmers are still … [read more]
Votes veto judges for Bhutan Star – Kuensel Online
5 January, 2009 – It was a winner by a knockout when the results of the grand finale of the country’s first hunt for talent, ‘Bhutan Star,’ were declared on December 31. Sonam Yangden, 21, from Changmin, Trashigang, won the Bhutan Star title … [read more]
Blast rocks Bhutan, 4 foresters killed – That’s Cricket
Thimphu: Four Bhutanese foresters were killed and two injured when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blew up their tractor in Sarpang district and were later fired upon by suspected Maoists, a police spokesman said. The six forest personnel were … [read more]
Kuensel – Bhutan’s National Newspaper
5 January, 2009 – Once there lived a widow called Yandon in Shingla village. The year was 1975. The milk of human kindness ran in the veins of this mother of three sons. [read more]
5 January, 2009 – Delicious food serves the stomach. Our links with one another sustain our souls. Love is soul food. The joy of life is found in relationship and depends upon our connection with humanity, nature and even the universe. [read more]
An entrepreneurial venture that empowers the public to pick their best of Bhutanese movies
5 January, 2009 – The public will now also judge Bhutanese films. With the starting of the Centenary Coronation Viewer’s choice awards, it’s the votes, through short message service (SMS) and interactive voice response (IVR), that will determine the winners. [read more]
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5 January, 2009 – No New Year celebration is complete without parties. New Year’s Eve revellers, cutting across all ages, converged on various discotheques in the city as they bid 2008 goodbye. Their swelling numbers, with each passing year, are an indication of the city’s growing love for partying and merry making. [read more]
5 January, 2009 – Arthritis is a Greek word. ‘Artho’ means joint, and “itis’ inflammation. Simple put, it means disease of a joint. Usually, an arthritis patient presents with pain, swelling and not being able to move.
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5 January, 2009 – Pema, 24, works in Taj Tashi. The English honours graduate shares his views on New Year resolutions.
1. How long have you been working for?
It’s been six months now since I started working. [read more]
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5 January, 2009 – The Royal Audit Authority, in its report, has pointed out that the construction of roundabouts, road dividers, and concrete blocks on already blacktopped roads was a bad idea. They robbed road space, which was already narrow, hassled drivers, and wasted scarce government resources, it said. [read more]
5 January, 2009 – After the office of the attorney general (OAG) sued five education officials in the high court for forgery, false TA/DA claims and manipulation, the court this week acquitted three officials, while two others were sentenced to prison term ranging from 13 to 18 months.
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5 January, 2009 – If the public accounts committee’s report to the National Assembly on mining is any indication, mining activities in the country appear to be wallowing in lawlessness. [read more]
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5 January, 2009 – Farmers in south Thimphu are frustrated. And with good reason.
It’s been four years since they stopped cultivation, after the government promised to develop their land into the model town planning. Farmers pooled land towards the plan and awaited developments. Four years down the line, farmers are still waiting and their wait will have to be longer. [read more]
Bhutan Observer
12-year-old raped
A soldier has been accused of raping a 12 year-old girl on the night of December 25.
The victim was tending to her grandmother who was admitted in Gidakom hospital. The army man was also attendant to his wife in the same hospital. They were staying in different rooms in a rented house near the hospital.
On [...] [read more]
MPs turn down bags
National Assembly members resented the idea of receiving a cheap freebie so much that they spent a good 20 minutes of the first morning of the year talking about it, in session.
The Speaker brought up the matter saying Druk Holdings and Investments (DHI) had offered each parliamentarian a new leather bag but there was a [...] [read more]
Sonam is first Bhutan Star
This 19-year-old girl from Trashigang was planning further studies when Jigdrel Trophel kicked off Druki Sungki Dendur. Sonam Yangden thought she could study after the initial selection so she gave it a try. Little did she suspect that she would be declared the first Bhutanese Star on new year’s eve. Dressed to impress in grand [...] [read more]
Kangpar road plan remains changed
The Public Works Department (PWD) has declined the former Kangpar Gup Penjor’s petition to consider retaining the original Kangpar feeder road plan. While his petition stated that the original route passing through Bedengphu would benefit more villagers, the people from Thrimshing and Khamey put up a separate petition favouring the realigned route.
According to sources, the [...] [read more]
Tsangpo on mystery fire
Several mysterious fires have ravaged a house in Tsangpo village in Trashigang. The first fire broke out from Norbu Wangdi’s kitchen last year.
Norbu Wangdi thought that the fire was caused by carelessness or electric short circuit. “But I was wrong,†he said. 34 days after the first fire, another fire gutted the ceiling of his [...] [read more]
Trees or cows?
Villagers in Lumang and Thrimshing need more than a couple of new Ficus trees and some vegetable seeds to prevent land degradation and achieve sustainable land management, according to Trashigang’s District Livestock Officer.
“We cannot make any impact with one or two plantations of fruits, ficus and fodder trees. Plantations would be required in massive amount [...] [read more]
A weaver’s pride
Forty-four years ago, a 10-year-old girl weaves a kira. She keeps it as an heirloom for 44 years. Now 55, she wears her prized kira. Gyembo Namgyal reports.
There are certain things in life which each one of us cling to dearly. Such dear things could vary individually based on one’s status, their values or significance [...] [read more]
Fatherless children and census dilemma
The census fate of children without a legitimate father hangs in balance. Where do they belong? Gyembo Namgyal reports.
Children born out of wedlock find it difficult to get themselves registered in the census if their father’s identity is not known. Therefore, more mothers are now moving from the traditional out-of-court settlements to court settlements and [...] [read more]
Loden Zhitshog: Knowledge has no owner
Sonam Wangdi is the first student to be sponsored a two-year degree course by Loden Foundation in BSC Visual Communication in Patrician College of Arts and Science, Chennai.
Sonam said, “I am grateful that such a foundation exists because it has made a difference in the lives of people like me. Loden is indeed realising GNH [...] [read more]
Enchanted by Bhutan – A book review
When the fourth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuck announced his abdication of the Throne in December 2006, the nation felt suddenly orphaned. What we did not know was that even foreigners shared our feelings. Yoshiro Imaeda, a Japanese who worked for Bhutan for a long time, was one such person whose life was deeply affected [...] [read more]
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