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Senior citizens on the streets – Kuensel Online
23 June, 2009 – His wrinkled right hand wrapped tight around a stick, Lhakpa, 74, sits on a roadside pavement near the Thimphu vegetable market, staring at no one in particular. Land-cruisers zip by leaving a cloud of dust. The specks descend on his … [read more]
India launches Nehru-Wangchuk scholarships for Bhutanese – Thaindian.com
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, on his maiden visit to Bhutan, announced a new series of scholarships for young students from the Himalayan kingdom to study in prestigious Indian institutions, the external affairs … [read more]
Dawakha’s red chili drought hit – Kuensel Online
23 June, 2009 – Lack of rain in the past two months has struck the very heart of Dogar gewog under Paro dzongkhag. Chili, their main cash crop and source of livelihood, is under dire threat. Dependence on the crop is so huge that some desperate … [read more]
SM Krishna to go to Bhutan on June 18 – Daily News and Analysis
New Delhi: External affairs minister SM Krishna has chosen the key neighbouring country Bhutan to make his first foreign visit from June 18. Krishna will call on Bhutanese king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk and PM Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley who will … [read more]
Bhutanese refugees begin new life in Arizona – Human Rights Watch
Ganga Baral is among the first of thousands of Bhutanese refugees who will be arriving in the United States during the next several years. She and her family arrived this Spring in Phoenix from a refugee camp in the farthest eastern reaches of Nepal … [read more]
India to offer scholarships to Bhutanese students – Daily News and Analysis
Thimphu: External affairs minister SM Krishna on Friday wrapped up his two-day “rewarding” visit to Bhutan with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which scholarships will be provided to Bhutanese students to study at prestigious universities … [read more]
NEPAL: Repatriation or resettlement for Bhutanese refugees? – Reuters AlertNet
Pahalman Bhattarai, aged 96, is Nepal’s oldest Bhutanese refugee. “I’m getting old. My dying wish is to return to my home in Bhutan,” he told IRIN at the Beldangi refugee camp in Nepal’s southeastern Jhapa District. Like many elderly Bhutanese … [read more]
S M Krishna in Bhutan, inaugurates Paro-Bagdogra air link – New Kerala
Paro (Bhutan), Jun 18 : External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today inaugurated the air link between Paro (Bhutan) and Bagdogra in Assam that will promote greater connectivity, trade and tourism between India and the Himalayan nation. Mr Krishna, who … [read more]
External Affairs Minister Krishna arrives in Bhutan for talks … – Newstrack India
Paro (Bhutan) June 18(ANI): Foreign Minister S M Krishna arrived in Paro in Bhutan on Thursday, for a two-day visit to the Himalayan kingdom. This is the first foreign visit by Krishna after he assumed charge of the Foreign Ministry. Bhutanese … [read more]
NEPAL: Bhutanese refugees find new life beyond the camps – IRIN
Thousands of Bhutanese refugees who are Nepalese origin, after having lived in camps in Nepal for as long as 20 years, have been resettled to the United States and six other countries with the assistance of UNHCR and IOM KATHMANDU, 10 November 2008 … [read more]
Kuensel – Bhutan’s National Newspaper
The number of old and abandoned people on
the streets flies in the face of our GNH philosophy
23 June, 2009 – His wrinkled right hand wrapped tight around a stick, Lhakpa, 74, sits on a roadside pavement near the Thimphu vegetable market, staring at no one in particular. Land-cruisers zip by leaving a cloud of dust. The
specks descend on his faded gho, dusty from days of sitting by the
roadside. He lights a bidi, takes in a deep puff, and is ready to talk
to Kuensel. [read more]
23 June, 2009 – Transport United came back from two goals down to draw 3-3 with Choden FC in the ongoing A division league match played yesterday at the Chang Jiji ground.
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23 June, 2009 – Most of the 63 mines and quarries in operation are not fulfilling the mines and mineral management act, as well as the environmental
assessment act. While at least one from each type of industries at
Pasakha and Gomtu are not meeting the emission standards set by the
national environment commission (NEC), according to officials. [read more]
Man stabs himself, woman mushroom poisoned
23 June, 2009 – A 27-year-old man committed suicide by stabbing himself on the neck at Tshampheyrong, a kilometre away from Dramitse satellite town. [read more]
23 June, 2009 – Families and relatives of a truck driver, who went missing since December last year, are still clueless about the sudden disappearance of
the driver.
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23 June, 2009 – Demand for all forms of labour from employing agencies is expected to drop by almost 80 percent by 2012, says the first establishment census
carried out by the ministry of labour and human resources (MoLHR). [read more]
23 June, 2009 – It’s not the most popular show on national TV but it is the only one that allows every Bhutanese to see and be informed on how business is
conducted in Parliament. [read more]
23 June, 2009 – Lack of rain in the past two months has struck the very heart of Dogar gewog under Paro dzongkhag. Chili, their main cash crop and source of livelihood, is under dire threat. [read more]
23 June, 2009 –
Two teenage girls committed suicide over the weekend.
16-year-old Bepana Rai, a class VIII student of Khuruthang MSS, Punakha,
committed suicide by hanging herself in her room on June 20. According
to her parents, the deceased had a history of self-inflicted injury and
of being “short tempered”. [read more]
23 June, 2009 – The finance ministry circular in April, restricting daily allowance (DA)to officials on tours involving a night halt, was received with dismay
in Dagana and Tsirang dzongkhags. [read more]
Bhutan Observer
Education standards
A blushful salute to my little Tshering Dendup’s small-big verse, penned in Class VII in 1988, in Paro:
Rusted spades scratch the soil/ To earn a crumb of bread and oil.
What an irresistible visual image! What felicity! What a bundle of focused suggestions!
In 2008, I stumbled upon rare felicities across the pages of my Reading Club [...] [read more]
Row over road
The route taken by a 5.7 km farm road in Sherimuhung in Mongar has flared up a controversy between two villages of Senakhar.
The farm road passes through Khatey or upper Senakhar which, according to the people from Khamey or lower Senakhar, was not decided by the Gewog Yargye Tshogchhung.
Sangay Chophel from Khamey said a meeting [...] [read more]
Bamboos to save villages
Farmers from Changmey, Dangrey and Kharmey in Trashigang planted bamboo rhizomes, hedgerows and fodder in Pemachojey landslide area.
Around 2023 bamboo rhizomes, two varieties of hedgerows and two varieties of fodder were planted besides banana sucker and erithina species. The dzongkhag agriculture office gave some 300 citrus saplings to the villagers to be planted in the [...] [read more]
Drainage brings relief to farmers
The Department of Roads in Pemagatshel is completing about 1.67 km of box drain on Gonpasingma- Ngangmalam farm road in Zobel Gewog. This is expected to benefit a part of Ngangmalam village from the monsoon rain water which collect on the farm road and empty into different parts, causing soil erosion on lower part of [...] [read more]
Leading by doing
He has been in Pemagatshel for over two years now, yet he remains relatively unknown to most people. Unlike most people in his league, he likes to lead labourers by working physically with them on equal footing. Many people, therefore, mistake him for a new mason in the roads department, and a dedicated one at [...] [read more]
Home for the homeless
In nooks and corners of Thimphu city, one finds many homeless people. Many of them come from far off places in search of food and shelter. Their families and relatives have left them behind on the cold deserted streets of the city or they don’t have any family members to fall back on at all.
Many [...] [read more]
Feed mill in Trashigang
Trashigang Dzongkhag has set up a feed mill in Pam to help the dairy development activities with a cheaper feed cost.
According to the Dzongkhag Livestock Officer, Dr Tshering Dorjee, the intensive dairy development in the dzongkhag led to a bigger demand for feed which drove the feed price higher. He said the core concentrate containing [...] [read more]
Auto-stripping on rise
Auto-stripping or removal or intentional destruction or defacing of any part of a vehicle has increased significantly over the years, according to the police. There had been 12 cases of auto-stripping across the country until March this year.
According to the police, auto-stripping is a petty crime. The sentence is value-based, which means the fine for [...] [read more]
Recovered addicts speak
Parental love and guidance in adolescence are very important. It is the time when children experiment with drugs, alcohol and other anti-social activities, say recovering addicts.
They said there should be a number of drop-in and rehabilitation centres in the country.
Krisna Kumar Subba, 21, a recovered addict, said, when parents took their children for granted, children [...] [read more]
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