Bhutan Observer

The end of dusty games
Tshering Pem, a 27-year-old mother, is seeing a totally different generation of children growing up with a more sophisticated taste for games.
She belongs to the generation of modern Bhutanese children, who played marbles, guli danda, five stones, seven stones, and rubber bands putting cheap sweets, pencils and erasers as bets.
Empty spaces would be occupied by […]    [read more]

Bhutanese band performs in bands festival
Who’s Your Daddy, a Bhutanese rock band, performed for the second time in the South Asian Bands Festival on December 13 in Delhi.
The third South Asian Bands Festival took place between December 11 and 13 at the Purana Qila in Delhi.
Organized by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations in Collaboration with India’s Ministry of External […]    [read more]

Lyonchhen’s address at Educating for Gross National Happiness conference
Below is the closing remarks by Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley at the Educating for Gross National Happiness conference
“Honourable Ministers, Dashos, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Kudos to our facilitator, Ivy Ang, who somehow magically and graciously opened up the space to allow that expression within an atmosphere of  complete respect, safety, and warmth, while at the same time moving […]    [read more]

His Majesty arrives in New Delhi
His Majesty the King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck arrived in New Delhi for a five-day State Visit to India. On his arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, His Majesty the King was received by the Indian minister of state for commerce & industry – Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, the foreign secretary – Nirupama Rao and […]    [read more]

Amo Chhu project eyes foreign investment
After two years of delay, the cabinet secretariat has directed the Ministry of Works and Human Settlements to explore possibilities of foreign investments to implement the Ammo Chhu land reclamation project in Phuentsholing.
Phuentsholing Thrompon Kunzang Norbu said the project implementation was delayed due to lack of funds and the parliamentary elections.
“We presented the project to […]    [read more]

Singing show controversy
Druk Star, the organizer of a similar show, Bhutan Star, which started a year earlier, says it is not fair that someone starts the same programme without informing him.
Nguldrub Dorjiks, the organiser of Bhutan Star, said that when he first brought in the concept of the show, he had a lot of hindrances but someone […]    [read more]

Bhutan’s first industrial design certificate
The Secretary of the Ministry of Economic Affairs handed over the first industrial design certificate to the creator on December 14 in Thimphu.
Kinzang Wangdi was the first person to receive the industrial design certificate after the Industrial Designs Registry became operational on May 1, 2009. Two of his designs were approved and registered, which means […]    [read more]

Ngultrum- rupee peg prudent, RMA
Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan (RMA) says the existing peg exchange rate arrangement with India is prudent for Bhutan’s economy.
According to Managing Director of RMA, Daw Tenzin, because of the close economic ties with India and low level of integration with the international financial market, the RMA’s choice on peg arrangement is appropriate. In addition, […]    [read more]

Prank callers misuse toll-free numbers
Toll-free numbers like 113 and 112 have become a pain for police stations and hospitals in the eastern dzongkhags with increasing number of prank calls.
113 is a toll-free service in police stations to report crime, fire and road accidents. 112 is a toll-free service in hospitals to report accidents and other medical emergencies.
According to police […]    [read more]

Druk Star audition begins
The first round of audition for Druk Star, a singing show, was held in Thimphu on December 15.
Thirty-three eager contestants, most of them students, turned up for the audition at Norbuling Drayang.
Thirty-year-old Nim Dorji, a traffic policeman, was the first to be auditioned. He was participating in a singing competition for the first time. He […]    [read more]

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