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Reader postcard from Punakha, Bhutan - Seattle Times
Photographer’s description: The Punakha Dzong is a historic Buddhist monastery in Bhutan. Established in the 1600s, it is the winter home of the country’s Buddhist leader. We visited in May in a collaboration between the University of Washington Burn … [read more]
Bhutanese PM to meet Manmohan Singh next week - Thaindian.com
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Bhutanese Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley arrives here Tuesday on a four-day visit - the first by a foreign leader to India since the new government took charge last month. With the new Indian government placing … [read more]
Bhutanese PM first to visit India during Manmohanâs second term - Thaindian.com
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Bhutanese Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley will become the first head of a foreign state to visit India during the second tenure of the Manmohan Singh government when he arrives here on a four-day visit Tuesday … [read more]
Bhutan, India to develop 10 hydel projects by 2020 - New Kerala
Kolkata, June 30: India and Bhutan will jointly develop 10 hydroelectric projects by 2020, according to Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigmi Y. Thinley. “By 2020, the two countries have agreed to develop a little over 11,000 megawatts hydel power green … [read more]
A Bhutanese in Afghanistan - Kuensel Online
29 June, 2009 - âNothing moves here without paying bribes,â says one of the rare Bhutanese United Nationsâ employees in Afghanistan, Karma Jimba. Karma is among four Bhutanese living and working in war torn Afghanistan. When he first started … [read more]
Bhutan Prime Minister to arrive in India today - Newstrack India
New Delhi, June 30 (ANI): Bhutan Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley will arrive here today on a four-day visit to strengthen ties between the two countries. During his visit, Thinley will meet President Pratibha Patil and his Indian counterpart Dr … [read more]
Bhutanese PM visits India for enhancing bilateral ties - Xinhua News Agency
NEW DELHI, June 30 (Xinhua) — Bhutanese Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley began Monday for a four-day visit to India, the first foreign head of government to visit India since the Congress-led government began a second term last month … [read more]
Bhutan liberalizes FDI laws to attract Indian investors - Economic Times
KOLKATA: Bhutan is keen to attract Indian investors in areas like generation of hydel power, information and communication technology, hospitality, agriculture and infrastructure. With such an objective, the Bhutanese government is liberalizing its … [read more]
Two arrested for abetment - Kuensel Online
30 June, 2009 - The royal Bhutan police arrested two people in connection with the royal insurance corporation of Bhutan (RICBL) embezzlement case involving over Nu 10m, after the corporationâs cashier, Kencho Namgay, went missing on June 15. The … [read more]
KoPT to request govt to invoke ESMA - Times of India
KOLKATA: After suffering heavy losses for three days due to the ongoing labour strife at the Haldia Dock Complex (HDC), Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) has decided to request the state government to invoke the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA … [read more]
Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper
30 June, 2009 - The Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army, General Deepak Kapoor receiving a guard of honour at the courtyard of Tashichhodzong yesterday. The general, who is in the country as a guest of the government, received an audience from His Majesty the King and met with Chief Operations Officer of the RBA, Major General Batoo Tshering. [read more]
Govt. flexes its majority muscle
30 June, 2009 - In a session filled with drama and revelations yesterday, nearly 20 DPT ministers and MPs criticised and rebuked Opposition leader Tshering Tobgay for his observations today on the LyonchhoenÂs state of the nation address last Friday and the governmentÂs handling of media freedom. [read more]
30 June, 2009 - The royal Bhutan police arrested two people in connection with the royal insurance corporation of Bhutan (RICBL) embezzlement case involving over Nu 10m, after the corporationÂs cashier, Kencho Namgay, went missing on June 15. [read more]
30 June, 2009 - An own goal at the hour mark proved too costly for Rigzung as Choden FC came back from two goals down to beat them 3:2. [read more]
30 June, 2009 - Brother Phurba, a nurse at the orthopaedic ward in Thimphu, is looking after 32 patients. ÂItÂs because of the shortage, he says. ÂNursing has many other aspects, but weÂre limited to only carrying out doctorÂs orders. Although he has one nurse assistant, he, like most nurses, feels that the 546 Bhutanese nurses are overstretched and overburdened. [read more]
30 June, 2009 - Two students of Paga primary school, Chukha, were washed away by the Wangchhu river, at a point about a half-an-hour drive from Chunzom, on June 28. [read more]
30 June, 2009 - ThereÂs something about a sudden rush of warm weather that turns a Sunday into a playground, and a Monday into an excuse for a three-hour lunch. [read more]
30 June, 2009 - With the long awaited gup election around the corner, Tsirang dzongkhag is preparing its gewog administrative officers for a smooth election process.
A weeklong orientation programme for the 12 gewog administrative officers is in progress. Dzongda Pemba Wangchuk said that GAOs would be sent to the villages and to work from the gewogs. GAOs are currently working from dzongkhag headquarters. [read more]
Take your pick from the activities in store for you
29 June, 2009 - SummerÂs here, exams are over. What next? Summer holidays are a time to enjoy a change in pace from your routine schoolwork. It is the perfect occasion to focus on different interests and activities that you donÂt have as much time for during the rest of the year. Picking up a book, going for a swim or picking up a good sport are some of the things you can do over the summer holidays. [read more]
29 June, 2009 - It’s that time of the year again when thousands of students will be free with nothing much to do. And students in Phuentsholing will have more time on their hands than their counterparts in Thimphu. [read more]
Bhutan Observer
160-km drive for water
It is Saturday evening in Pasakha, Phuentsholing, and everyone is planning for a relaxed Sunday. But for Naku Dukpa, it is time to go to Shaba Tomja in Paro where his family of four lives.
Naku is an employee of Tashi Beverages. Every Saturday, he drives 160 km to Paro to do an important task. On […] [read more]
Each day, six road accidents
On average, there are six serious vehicle accidents in Thimphu every day. Last week, there were two deaths caused by vehicle accidents.
According to the traffic division of the police, a minimum of 30 people are caught every day violating traffic rules.
Major Passang Dorji, the Superintendent Police of traffic division, said accidents could be avoided if […] [read more]
Gearing towards community policing
Four police officers have been sent to Japan as part of setting up a pilot community policing programme.
The officers will learn and observe the crime prevention activities that have been carried out in Japan. Upon their arrival back home, they will submit their study findings to the cabinet.
If the proposal is accepted, the community policing […] [read more]
A guide to flowers of Bhutan
The effort made by Wangchuk, an untrained Botanist, for his first book A pictorial guide to the wild flowers of Bhutan is commendable. The book is the first of its kind written by a Bhutanese author. Most people, who study taxonomy, know how daunting it is to collect data on classification and identification. The four […] [read more]
What cable operators broadcast
With an estimated 30,000 cable subscribers and 52 cable operators in 2008, there is a growing public concern over the contents broadcast by cable operators in their local channels. There seems to be a lack of stringent regulation for content broadcast by the local channels, which is evident in the quality of their broadcast.
According to […] [read more]
Business of giving colours and shades
C harlie Chaplin is known to have once said that clothes and make-up, which he had on during performances, made him feel the person he was. Although that may not be the case with our local celebrities, make-up does add to a personâs character.
A ccording to producer and director Tshering Wangyel, make-up artists are very […] [read more]
Culture versus changing fashion
Bhutanese traditional dress for women, kira, has taken a transitional change over the years. From an ankle-length dress bound around the waist by a kera and strapped on the shoulders by a pair of koma and a long-sleeved blouse or wonju inside with a small coat or tego outside has now altered to waist cut, […] [read more]
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Democracy behind closed doors
The National Assembly is a stage and all its members merely absurd players. That is all you know in Bhutan, and all you need to know.
The NA members, excluding the two opposition members, say that live telecast of the entire proceedings should be stopped. And the reasons are undemocratic at best, and at worst, absurd.
Reason […] [read more]
Redressing the education system
Over several years now, we have read in newspapers about redressing our education system. The core of our expressions were in form of complaints, criticism and more so the blame-games. As a positive onlooker, I have always admired those writers because they are all concerned about the future of Bhutanâs education system.
I have not been […] [read more]
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