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India Tour, India Adventure Tour, India Tours, Wildlife Tour – PR Inside
2009-11-07 19:39:24 – Uttarakhand offers a diversity of natural features and animal and plant life. Adding to the geographic variations are picturesque townships and hill resorts and some of the holiest spots in India. Traveling in India provides … [read more]
Hasina meets Bhutanese king – The Daily Star
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls on King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk at his palace Tashichhoodzong in Bhutan yesterday.Photo: PID Unb, Thimpu Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had an audience with King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck at his … [read more]
PM seeks power from Bhutan – The Daily Star
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina meets King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck at the Palace Tashichoedzong in Thimphu yesterday during her four-day visit to the country. Photo: PID Agencies, Thimphu Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina proposed that the … [read more]
Hasina eyes power from Bhutan – Bangladesh News 24 hours
… on a visit to Bhutan, has expressed interest in importing electricity from the Himalayan nation. Hasina was accorded a ceremonial reception at the king’s Tashichodzong office on Saturday, the second day of the visit. Bhutanese … King Jigme [read more]
Thousands throng Indian town for Dalai Lama visit – Khaleej Times
TAWANG, India – Thousands of devout Buddhists poured into this remote Indian mountain town on Saturday, arriving in packed trucks or on foot after trekking for miles along narrow paths for a rare chance to glimpse the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan … [read more]
Bangladesh seeks link to Bhutan via India – New Kerala
Thimphu, Nov 7 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought a road to Bhutan through India for bettr trade and people-to-people contact. She told her hosts at this Bhutanese capital that India had accepted the idea in principle. Bangladesh … [read more]
ULFA leaders, ‘detained in Dhaka’, produced in Indian court – Bangladesh News 24 hours
New Delhi, Nov 7 (bdnews24.com)—Police in India’s northeastern state of Assam produced two top leaders of the banned separatist outfit ULFA in a Guwahati court on Saturday. The Chief Judicial Magistrate in Guwahati sent the duo to 10 days police … [read more]
Bangla-Bhutan trade deal renewed for 5 years: Tamabil opened as … – New Nation
Prime Minister of Bhutan Jigme Y Thinley welcomed Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina’s suggestion for introducing bilateral road communications between the two neighboring countries as Dhaka and Thimphu moved to enhance the two-way trade under a … [read more]
Bhutan, Bangladesh mull road link via India – Hindustan Times
The deal was signed by Bhutan Economic Affairs Minister Khandu Wangchuk and Bangladeshi Commerce Minister Mohammed Faruk Khan in presence of Hasina and her Bhutanese counterpart Jigmi Y Thinley, state-run daily Kuensel reported. Hasina, on a four-day … [read more]
Export to SAARC countries – New Nation
Bangladesh’s exports to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Myanmar declined as a whole while exports to Nepal, the Maldives and Afghanistan, a new entrant to SAARC, increased, though not significantly as the latest EPB report recorded. [read more]
Kuensel – Bhutan’s National Newspaper
How to retain heat in winter
7 November, 2009 –
Bhutan’s energy cost is supposedly lower than most countries around the world, but it still doesn’t steer away the fact that it could burn a hole in your pocket, especially if you are trying to heat the outside air, unknowingly. [read more]
First network for those infected or affected by the virus
7 November, 2009 – Coming back home after a week was like coming to a cell of suffocation, social stigma and discrimination.
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Ministry documents adverse reactions only from 2006
Pentavalent vaccine update 7 November, 2009 –
Random samples of the pentavalent vaccine, which has been suspended following the deaths of eight infants, are being collected from across the country to be sent for quality tests to independent laboratories that are yet to be identified.
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| Sheikh Hasina in Bhutan : Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley receives the Bangladesh PM at Paro International airport yesterday. |
7 November, 2009 –
“Bhutan was among the first countries to recognize independent Bangladesh that is why my first bilateral visit in the South Asian region is to Bhutan,” said the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, who arrived in Thimphu yesterday.
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6 November, 2009 -A decade ago, when millions around the world were captivated by the tragic
romance of Jack and Rose in the movie Titanic, the giant ship was all that
mattered to a small boy.
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6 November, 2009 – Different people have different types of body. If not mistaken, scientifically three types. I don’t exactly know which type I fall under.
My question is; will it make a difference while building? Which type of body is the best for bodybuilder? Please answer.
Penjor
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6 November, 2009 – The annual crossing: Cattle take the Thimphu-Babesa express way for the warmer valleys of Punakha
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Without money in hand immediate relief is affected
6 November, 2009 – With series of natural disasters claiming lives and damaging properties in many parts of country in recent years, there is an immediate need for a ‘contingency fund’ in the dzongkhags, say dzongdas.
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6 November, 2009 – The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, will arrive today in Thimphu on a four-day state visit at the invitation of Lyonchhoen Jigme Y Thinley.
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6 November, 2009 – With growing public disapproval on the car tax proposal the government is taking a step back by saying that people buying just one car should not be taxed. [read more]
Bhutan Observer
Another tremor, more damages
Another earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale that struck on October 29 caused further damage to properties in Pemagatshel Dzongkhag.
According to Dzongda Gholing Tshering, while some homes sustained damages, the damages this time were minimal. The inspection teams reported that while some homes sustained minor cracks, the cracks caused by earlier quake had widened [...] [read more]
Farm road construction on track
Sir,
This is in response to the article “Farm road construction needs rethinking†by Jigme Tshering that was published in your October 30-November 6, 2009 Issue. I would like to thank him for sharing his concerns on farm road development programme.
Realizing that that there are many issues related to farm road programme we organized a workshop [...] [read more]
Saarc trade info to ease regional trade
Trade-related information of Saarc countries is just a click away now. This was made possible with the launch of Saarc trade info portal last month in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The portal, www.saarctrade. info, provides easy access to trade database by connecting trade databases within the Saarc countries to a common Saarc entry point for trade information.
Data from [...] [read more]
Bhutan runs NY marathon
Rinzin Dorji runs 42 kms marathon in four hours and receives a medal and a cerfiticate for his participation
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Live telecast draws huge crowds
Who said only live EPL and champions league football matches drew hundreds of Bhutanese before television sets? The live telecast of the second coronation archery match final between Drukpa and Zimdra on BBS TV saw hundreds of people glued to television sets. Besides hundreds of spectators at the Changlingmithang archery range, hundreds of people at [...] [read more]
RICBL reduces premium
Commemorating the first coronation anniversary of the fifth Druk Gyalpo, the Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan Limited (RICBL) has announced premium reduction for fire and motor insurance, which are the company’s biggest insurance portfolios.
“The reduction in premium is a part of the company’s overall restructuring processes to provide affordable insurance services besides improving our service [...] [read more]
Forest management for poverty alleviationt
Poverty alleviation by managing forest resources and other issues related to forestry were discussed in the forestry conference in Zhemgang last week.
Addressing to chief forest officers, park managers, dzongkhag forest officers and senior range officers from across the country, Agriculture Minister Dr Pema Gyamtsho said managing forestry resources well would help alleviate poverty.
“Preserving the forest [...] [read more]
Family flees violent father
When Dechen Wangmo, 38, first met her husband Samdrup Norbu, she had never thought that one day she would have to run from him for life. Dechen is yet another victim of domestic violence.
On the night of November 3, Dechen’s husband came home drunk and declared that he would either kill her or himself. In [...] [read more]
Bangladeshi PM in Bhutan
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, will arrive in the kingdom today on a three-day state visit. She will be received by Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley at the Paro airport.
Tomorrow, she will receive an audience with His Majesty the King. His Majesty will host a lunch for the Prime Minister and her delegation at [...] [read more]
the BG factor
Wai! Once upon a time, when the government officials were seized by a pang of guilt, misuse of government vehicles was vehemently opposed. For sometime after that, BG-numbered vehicles retreated into government garages, and our officials grudgingly took to parsimonious use of their private cars. That was once upon a time.
Today, we seem to have [...] [read more]
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