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SAFTA focus on trade in services - Kuensel Online
25 June, 2009 - The South Asia free trade agreement (SAFTA) meeting yesterday in Thimphu focused mainly on prospects and opportunities of trade in services. The minister for economic affairs, Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk, said that the growth in trade in … [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]
Medical waste â A minefield of infection - Kuensel Online
25 June, 2009 - The stretch past the mortuary of Thimphu referral hospital, where all medical waste is dumped, is a difficult place to take a walk by. It smells awful. Dead rats. Placentas. Used needles. Bloody bandages. All rotting. There are also … [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]
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]
Language problems hold up Asians on net - Zee News
Penang (Malaysia), June 25: Asians were the most numerous internet users worldwide as of 2001. Yet, access to the net and computing are still largely restricted to those with knowledge of the English language. A Pakistani localisation expert, working … [read more]
S M Krishna arrives in Bhutan - Daily News and Analysis
Paro (Bhutan): External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, on his first foreign visit after assuming office, arrived here on Thursday on a two-day visit during which he will hold bilateral meetings with Bhutanese leadership. Krishna, who is accompanied by … [read more]
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna arrives in Bhutan - Zee News
Paro (Bhutan), June 18: External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, on his first foreign visit after assuming office, arrived here on Thursday on a two-day visit during which he will hold bilateral meetings with Bhutanese leadership. Krishna, who is … [read more]
NEPAL: Repatriation or resettlement for Bhutanese refugees? - IRIN
BELDANGI, 22 June 2009 (IRIN) - Over the past year thousands of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal have resettled in third countries - mainly the USA - but many others, especially the elderly, hope only for repatriation to Bhutan. Pahalman Bhattarai, aged … [read more]
Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper
25 June, 2009 - Power and electric line accidents have claimed 20 lives and caused life-damaging accidents to around 25 people as of July 2002, according to the Bhutan electricity authority (BEA).
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With the passage of the waste bill, current hazardous methods of disposal should improve
25 June, 2009 - The stretch past the mortuary of Thimphu referral hospital, where all medical waste is dumped, is a difficult place to take a walk by. It smells awful. Dead rats. Placentas. Used needles. Bloody bandages. All rotting. [read more]
 can withstand cultural homogenisation, says Indian Ambassador Pavan K Verma at a CBS talk
25 June, 2009 - ÂUnless the knowledge about your culture has substance, depth, and is based on genuine interest, unless that happens youÂll be superficially caught up in the business of tokenism, said the ambassador of India to Bhutan, Âand that canÂt happen to a country, especially like Bhutan. His Excellency Pavan K Verma was speaking on the topics of culture, identity and globalisation at a centre for Bhutan studies (CBS) organised public talk yesterday. [read more]
25 June, 2009 - SD Eastern coal company in Samdrupjongkhar has appealed to the high court for an injunction, after the anti-corruption commission (ACC) ordered the company to shut down in April this year. [read more]
Bhutan must be prepared to compete in domestic, regional and global markets
25 June, 2009 - The South Asia free trade agreement (SAFTA) meeting yesterday in Thimphu focused mainly on prospects and opportunities of trade in services. [read more]
25 June, 2009 - Picture story:The Cultural Industries Sector Development, a baseline report 2009, was launched yesterday by the labour minister Lyonpo Dorji Wangdi. The report do*****ents the extent of contributions of the cultural industry to the socio-economic development, particularly in alleviating poverty.It aims at taking stock of the potential of culture- based activities that contribute to the countryÂs overall development goals.
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25 June, 2009 - When Lyonchhoen Jigmi told the Bhutanese media that transparency and
rule of law would be the touchstones of his government, his words
provided a burst of executive sunshine that the public and the press,
both, badly needed. However, so far, those pronouncements have been
largely symbolic.
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24 June, 2009 - As in most traditional societies, our elderly have always enjoyed a special place in family and community. They represent experience and wisdom - repositories of lifeÂs lessons. [read more]
Private Sector Development Committee : As a confidence building measure, the govt. agrees to more private representation in reconstituted committee
24 June, 2009 - In what could be a major boost towards developing the private sector, the private sector development committee (PSDC) has been reconstituted with more representatives from the private sector. [read more]
Third Parliament Session 24 June, 2009 - The third session of parliament from 26 June to 30 July will discuss the civil service bill and local government bill, both of which were placed under the Âurgent category by the government, meaning that it will have to be passed in this session. [read more]
Bhutan Observer
Education standards
A blushful salute to my little Tshering Dendupâs 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 donât 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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