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Bear’s Den: Restaurant-museum a tribute to legendary UTEP coach - El Paso Times
The former location of the O2 Lounge, left, at Cincinnati Avenue and North Mesa Street will be the site of the new restaurant and sports bar named after legendary UTEP basketball coach Don Haskins. The venue will also house Haskins memorabilia. EL …    [read more]

Bollywood Women 2.0 - IndiaTimes
Like India,Bollywood too changed in the 21st century.So did its leading ladies.Getting drenched in chiffons was no longer mandatory.Alternative became mainstream as new millennium Mumbai cinema found roles that not only captured the urban Indian …    [read more]

Refugee Center celebrates region’s diversity - Observer-Dispatch
Guests at the 7th annual Passport to the World benefit Friday sampled appetizers from a variety of cultures to support a local organization that assists similar diversity in the community. The Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees relies on the …    [read more]

ICIMOD values Nepal - 24-7PressRelease.com
March 06, 2010 /EIN News/ — Nepal’s unique role in the Himalayan region, and the role played by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in research and knowledge development for the people of the host country, were the …    [read more]

Beach’s future cloudy - Pensacola News Journal
Slow down. Scale down. And too expensive. These were the main messages that came out of a two-hour public meeting Friday to discuss citizens’ opposition to a conceptual $46 million master plan to improve Pensacola Beach. Tammy Bohannon, chairwoman of …    [read more]

Falling between the census cracks - AsiaOne
We feel sorry for those children, who we believe that the fathers are bonafide Bhutanese citizens although the mother could not determine who the father was.” Home minister Lyonpo Minjur Dorji said that the ministry is studying the situation and …    [read more]

Dagachu qualifies - Kuensel Online
Bhutan and India have an umbrella agreement on the 10,000 MW that includes an article on achieving CDM status for the projects. Bhutan can also use the Indian baseline for emissions, which means that Bhutan can earn CDM for preventing carbon …    [read more]

Tibetans fear China’s hand in Dalai Lama’s succession - Indian Express
We think China will try to appoint its own Dalai Lama, as it did with the Panchen Lama,” said Jigme, a monk in the Tibetan region of Tongren in the arid northwestern province of Qinghai. “If that happens, we will protest,” he added, punching his …    [read more]

Reopening of jute mills will generate employment – Minister - Fibre2Fashion
Dr Hasan Mahmud, State Minister for Environment and Forest, stated that reopening of the closed jute mills would benefit the economy. It will also generate employment while salvaging the country from environmental pollution. Lesser quantity of …    [read more]

Tibetan Singer Gets Prison - Radio Free Asia
Rare court papers also show jailing of a Tibetan monk. Local resident Tashi Dhondup in an undated photo. KATHMANDU—Authorities in a Tibetan area of western China have sent a local singer to prison after he recorded and distributed CDs of songs …    [read more]

Kuensel - Bhutan’s National Newspaper

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6 March, 2010 - His Majesty the King yesterday granted audience to the cabinet secretary of the govt. of India, KM Chandrasekhar    [read more]

Falling between the census cracks
Children born out of wedlock remain out of the mainstream

5 March, 2010 - The recent annual census registration across the country left a 27-year old woman in Zobel gewog, Pemagatshel, perplexed.    [read more]

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5 March, 2010 - His Holiness the Je Khenpo, Trulku Jigme Choeda, arrived in Gelephu yesterday to conduct a five-day moenlam chenmo (great prayer ceremony) starting Sunday. His Holiness is on a 49-day tour of the south, central and eastern dzongkhags    [read more]

Bhutan Observer

Khuru still popular
Archery, the national game of Bhutan, is facing stiff com­petition from khuru, which is shining in its own realm among the Bhutanese in the country today. The game is fast gaining popularity among people if the number of tournaments organised are anything to go by.
Khuru is gaining popular­ity especially because of the game’s simplicity. “Unlike […]    [read more]

RSTA found prone to corruption
An integrity assessment joint­ly conducted by Anti-Corrup­tion Commission (ACC) and National Statistics Bureau (NSB) in 2009 found that ve­hicle registration and licens­ing procedures of Road Safe­ty and Transport Authority (RSTA) was prone to corrup­tion. The assessment rated the total integrity of the orga­nization at 6.48 out of 10.
Under the findings, per­sonal attitude was rated 5.26, […]    [read more]

Schools take first GNH steps
This year, there is an unmis­takable air of earnestness in the Bhutanese schools.
Students in most schools meditate for a few minutes before the morning assembly. And each teacher leads a class meditation before starting any lesson.
A few weeks after the schools reopened, some prin­cipals and teachers are al­ready implementing GNH val­ues in their schools.
The principal […]    [read more]

Quality infrastructure – A necessity!
Following the devastat­ing earthquake that shook our tiny King­dom on September 21, 2009, earthquakes of different mag­nitudes took place in some countries of the world – Chi­na, Haiti and other countries, the most recent one in Chile on Saturday February 27, 2010.
I would like to quote from the Washington Post of March 1, 2010.
“A powerful […]    [read more]

Indian Cabinet Secretary calls on His Majesty and Prime Minister
The visiting cabinet secretary of India, Mr K M Chandrasekhar, called on His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister, besides meeting his Bhutanese counterpart today.
Discussing a gamut of issues with the Prime Minister, Mr K M Chandrasekhar, who is on his first visit to the kingdom, described Bhutan as a “happening place” with great […]    [read more]

Nganglam finally gets a bank
Opening of a Bank of Bhutan (BoB) branch in Nganglam in Pemagatshel last month is expected to benefit civil ser­vants, business community and the public of the dung­khag.
After repeated requests by the public and dungkhag ad­ministration for more than two years, BoB opened the branch coinciding with the 30th birth anniversary of His Majesty the […]    [read more]

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Down to top 12, Druk Star heats up
Ten weeks after Druk Star singing show was started, the competition has become more stiff and fierce. Contes­tants are spending more time practising songs, and of late, many of them have begun informally campaigning for votes.
Many regular viewers say that with every passing week, the contestants have improved their singing talent as well as presentation […]    [read more]

Give Thimphu respite
Until recently, we have rarely planned bigger than ourselves. Now, we are. But what we often tend to overlook is that bigger plans need bigger space.
We are planning a knowledge city in Thimphu. By far, the largest FDI venture, it aims to bring in between 15 and 30 top universities and 40,000 students into a […]    [read more]

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