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Attacks build fear among refugees in Syracuse – Syracuse Post-Standard
Mike Greenlar / The Post-Standard Bhutanese refugee Hari Rizal, 23, stands at the intersection where he was beaten Nov. 3, 2008 near the corner of Park and John streets on Syracuse’s North Side. Behind him, two Bhutanese refugee women walk down John … [read more]
NEPAL: Heartache for wives of Bhutanese refugees – IRIN
Many Nepali women whose husbands are Bhutanese refugees feel left out of the third country resettlement programme DAMAK, 2 July 2009 (IRIN) – More than a thousand Nepalese women married to Bhutanese refugees fear they may be left out of the third … [read more]
Bhutan thrashes Oman – Kuensel Online
13 July, 2009 – Oman became the second nation to suffer defeat at the hands of our girls as the Bhutan U-19 women’s team trashed them by 101 runs on July 10 at the women’s twenty20 championship. Bhutan’s Sonam Lhamo made an impressive 40 runs … [read more]
Chilies burning the pocket – Kuensel Online
A kilogramme of beef with Nu 10 to spare or a kilogramme of fresh green chillies from the Wangdue-Punakha valley. Over the weekend many Thimphu residents wondered whether it was better to buy meat than to shell out Nu 100 for chillies. Many went in … [read more]
Air services pacts not harming Indian carriers: Patel – Silicon India
New Delhi: Bilateral air services pacts do not benefit foreign airlines at the cost of Indian carriers, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said Tuesday. “It’s wrong to say routes are given away to foreign airlines. It is a two-way agreement. Both … [read more]
HCC bags Rupees 387.50-crore order for Bhutan power plant – New Kerala
Mumbai, July 10 : Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), India’s leading engineering and construction company, has bagged Rupees 387.50 crore order for Lot one of the 114MW Dagacchu Hydro Power Project in Bhutan. The Dagacchu Hydro Power Plant is … [read more]
Seeking help in the Promised Land: Refugees struggle to start lives in … – Twin Falls Times-News
Before arriving in Twin Falls, Som Subedi lived the life of a Bhutanese refugee in a bamboo hut. It had a dirt floor, with no electricity – only a kerosene lamp. The roof was made of plastic woven among the bamboo. Such was a life he lived for about … [read more]
Streettalk: Tevez – a Hero or a Zero? – espnstar.com
“Obertan and douglas costa will be the next big things. just wait and watch.. I believe they will be the parting gifts from SAF to Man U… And being a ManU fan doesnt mean being a glory hunter.. i have loved the style of play..solid and flowing! I … [read more]
The Happiness Money Can’t Buy – Digital Chosunilbo
The national income per capita in Bhutan, considered one of the happiest countries in the world despite endemic poverty, has rapidly risen from just a few hundred dollars in early 2000 to US$5,000 this year. But the happiness of its people has shown … [read more]
Health Care – Yahoo News
Handicrafts products are displayed for sale at a shop in Thimphu July 12, 2009. Five decades ago, Bhutan was a feudal, medieval place with no roads, proper schools or hospitals and scarcely any contact with the outside world. Today education and … [read more]
Kuensel – Bhutan’s National Newspaper
Close to a thousand Bhutanese students will be affected one way or another
14 July, 2009 – Bhutanese studying in neighbouring Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India, are caught up in a political turmoil again after a local political party, Gorkha janmukti morcha (GJM), decided to shut down the hills starting yesterday afternoon. [read more]
14 July, 2009 – The government will be shelling out USD 9.1m (approx, Nu 432m) to a global management consultancy firm, McKinsey and company, to find ways to accelerate Bhutan’s economic growth.
The project titled ‘Accelerating Bhutan’s Economic Development’ is expected to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public service delivery in such a way that quality is improved at lower costs of delivery. [read more]
14 July, 2009 – Nine education officials, including two lecturers of the royal university of Bhutan, were terminated without any benefits last week, after the royal civil service commission (RCSC) reinforced the BCSR 2006 rule to terminate civil servants convicted by the courts. [read more]
Aiming at efficient protection and proper usage of a precious resource
14 July, 2009 – The Water Act, which was finally drafted to create a system to collectively manage water resources in the country, gives national direction and coordinates use of water among various users and could solve the ever-rising water crisis in the country. [read more]
14 July, 2009 – The second round of the national A division football league will start today with Rigzung FC playing against Yeedzin FC at the Chamlingthang stadium. [read more]
14 July, 2009 – The foreign minister, Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, will lead a Bhutanese delegation to the 15th summit of the non-aligned movement (NAM) to be held in Egypt from July 15-16. [read more]
14 July, 2009 – Landowners in the extended Thimphu municipality are up against one of the most basic problems associated with urbanisation – planning. Land is a valuable asset, particularly in the capital, and its not being utilised in one way or the other carries a heavy unseen cost. [read more]
14 July, 2009 – As Bhutan celebrated World Population Day on Saturday, the health minister, Lyonpo Zangley Drukpa, urged Bhutanese to eliminate discrimination against women and build on women’s roles as economic agents. [read more]
13 July, 2009 – Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley and Opposition Leader Tshering Tobgay share a light moment during recess from the Assembly session on Friday, July 10. [read more]
Contrary to conventional wisdom, study says no decline
13 July, 2009 – In what may be at variance to several studies that say the quality of Bhutanese education is on the decline, a new study concludes that the quality of basic education (classes PP-X) has improved despite factors that hamper the implementation of high quality education. [read more]
Bhutan Observer
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Of kidney and money
When he was diagnosed with typhoid, 55-year-old Pema Wangdi didn’t know that he had a kidney problem. It was in September, 2008, when he learnt that his kidneys stopped functioning.
Today after eight months of dialysis and kidney transplant, he is healthy and strong. He carries with him the experiences of having a kidney transplant and [...] [read more]
NA adopts civil service bill
After deliberating for five days, for about 30 hours, the National Assembly yesterday adopted the Civil Service bill 2009.
Adopting the bill, Speaker Jigme Tshulthrim said the house had given due importance to the three branches of the government. The adoption of the bill, he said, would help the constitutional post holders and civil servants tackle [...] [read more]
Allow tobacco sale, NC
Yesterday, the National Council resolved to allow the sale of tobacco products, which was banned on December 17, 2004.
After reviewing the Tobacco Control Bill for two days, the NC decided to do away with section 11 (c) under chapter three of the bill which says, “No person shall sell tobacco and tobacco products.†Pema Lhamo, [...] [read more]
The happy little home
For a family of seven, the shadowy place they call home is a dingy public toilet. It’s a happy home, nonetheless. Metho Dema reports.
For Pooja, nine, and Aarti, eight, there is nothing extraordinary about their home even when they have around 20 to 30 visitors in a day.
They are like any ordinary children except that [...] [read more]
T he village boy and Thimphu
Eating a piece of cake for the first time in his life made Jamba Gyeltshen, a 17-year-old student from Tangmachu village in Lhuentse, wish to stay a little longer in Thimphu. “The flavour is too tempting – it’s as though someone has put a spell on me,†he said. “If I were given a chance [...] [read more]
Parties must be rescued
One of the thorny issues we are currently debating is the public funding of the political parties. Given the grim financial situation that threatens the very survival of our political parties, this issue calls for debate and deliberation that go a little easier on the nitty-gritty of laws. If this issue gets caught up in [...] [read more]
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Lozeys up against rigsar music
Today, a battle between the old and the new, the traditional and the modern, is being played out in the music market. It is lozey against rigsar songs.
Norbui Thro Zang, Khathen (verbal message to my beloved) and Yar Mah Song are some of the lozey audio cassettes available in the market. But the business is [...] [read more]
Metrosexual or just fashionable?
I f you think that it is only women who spend more time in front of a mirror, think again. Today, there are men, who are obsessed with their appearance and spend freely to improve it.
They are men who go to a mall, buy magazines and spend a substantial amount of time and money on [...] [read more]
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