International Sources
A new look at an old threat – Kuensel Online
… identified by ICIMOD as most dangerous, could be excluded from the category, according to Koji Fujita, who is on a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) assessment project in Bhutan’s … GLOF conducted yesterday in Thimphu. Koji Fujita used … [read more]
Livestock rearing — key to poverty reduction strategies – Hindu
Courtesy: United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan. ( Gavin Wall is FAO Representative in India and Bhutan.) [read more]
Govt. does about turn – Kuensel Online
The executive order came as a surprise, because none of us tour operators, guides or hoteliers were consulted,†an association for Bhutanese tour operators … operators how liberalising tariff would work for Bhutan. “It’s not that we were … [read more]
Meet baby-bot Yotaro – Straits Times
Japan is already famous for highly sophisticated robots, from Honda’s humanoid Asimo to pancake-flipping chef Motoman to Paro the fluffy robot seal that helps ease loneliness among the elderly. Hundreds of thousands of industrial robots toil in … [read more]
‘Visible minorities’ to rise rapidly in Canada – Global Nation
OTTAWA—Canada’s ethnic makeup will greatly change in the next 20 years as the number of non-Europeans or “visible minorities” rises to nearly one-third of the population, a government agency said Tuesday. “Between now and 2031, the foreign-born … [read more]
Welcome to our place – Stuff
The possibility that international visitors travelling around New Zealand in campervans without facilities may be having a detrimental effect on our environment has led to heated debate. Travel writer Jill Worrall, who is familiar with both the New … [read more]
UN seeks emerging states’ help to aid poor – Financial Times
India, Asia’s third-largest economy, has traditionally given a large proportion of its assistance to the neighbouring states of Nepal and Bhutan. Although a large aid recipient itself, India has taken steps in recent years to promote itself … [read more]
Burma on Radar as New Delhi Prepares for Talks With ULFA – Newsblaze.com
The military ruled Burma (Myanmar) emerges as an important actor on the projected peace talks between the Union government of India and the banned militant group, United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). An active and influential underground outfit of … [read more]
Filipinos in Canada to double in 20 years – Global Nation
Canada’s South Asian population (from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) would remain the largest visible minority group in the country, with a population expected to more than double to as many as 4.1 million. [read more]
Sky marshals demand star treatment, threaten to quit – Economic Times
The government has, meanwhile, beefed up security at planes to Yangoon as well as Bhutan. It had recently alerted most of the metro airports in the country following intelligence input of hijack attempt by terrorists. The external affairs ministry … [read more]
Kuensel – Bhutan’s National Newspaper
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| The fire below Drametse, Mongar as seen from Kanglung Photo : Pankaj Thapa, Sherubtse College |
10 March, 2010 – A forest fire, which started yesterday afternoon from Chenari, near Chazam in Trashigang, has burnt down an automobile workshop, three cars and 25 two-wheelers kept for repair there, as the fire spread, fanned by fierce wind. [read more]
Japanese project to develop a glacier and glacial lake inventory
GLOF Assessment Project 10 March, 2010 – There is a new twist in the story of the threats looming large high up in the mountains. Ten of the 25 glacial lakes, identified by ICIMOD as most dangerous, could be excluded from the category, according to Koji Fujita, who is on a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) assessment project in Bhutan’s Himalayas. [read more]
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| Improved Prospects: More than 1,000 in-service Bhutanese can avail of the programme |
10 March, 2010 – The continuing education programme, for in-service Bhutanese to upgrade their qualification, has spread its wings across the country, creating opportunities for more than 1,000 civil servants, corporate and private employees this year. [read more]
Immigration Update 10 March, 2010 – Following a month-long raid on private homes, immigration officials have repatriated more than 130 illegal workers from the country and collected a fine of over Nu 500,000. [read more]
The Wagon-R Saga 10 March, 2010 – While some cabinet ministers admitted that the Wagon-R had to be used for multiple purposes, given the volume of work they had at hand, others claimed that it was being used only for official purposes. [read more]
10 March, 2010 – Government pool vehicles being misused has been as issue as long as anyone can remember.
One of the early attempts to curb misuse is recorded in a January 1987 Kuensel story about the government saving Nu 15,600 a day in fuel costs in Thimphu alone after a circular restricted pool vehicle movement. [read more]
In the woodcraft trade for forty-plus years, he now runs his own successful business
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10 March, 2010 – Sundays are agonisingly slow days for Jamyang Norbu. He actually dreads the approach of the holiday. He doesn’t know what to do with his free time. It bothers him when he can’t do what he loves most. [read more]
McKinsey liberalisation policy reversed with tariff rise to USD 250
Tourism Tariff 10 March, 2010 – The country’s tour operators are doubly happy about the government’s decision to strike down the tariff liberalisation proposal and instead raise it to USD 250 a tourist a day. [read more]
Increased particulate matter in border town’s air from constant traffic and roadwork
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10 March, 2010 – Travellers between the 180 km Thimphu-Phuentsholing highway, who endure the ordeal of driving along the long bumpy, dust-ridden highway, are further vexed on reaching a destination where clouds of dust await them. [read more]
Single operator of domestic air service to be decided on March 15
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| Bathpalathang Airport: The govt. owned land in Bumthang identified for the purpose |
Domestic airports 9 March, 2010 –
Work on the domestic airport at Bathpalathang in Bumthang will begin early next week to have it ready for use by the end of September this year.
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Bhutan Observer
Where are the condoms?
One of the common sights in public places like hospitals, basic health units (BHU), outÂÂreach clinics, gewog offices and hotels is the distinctive daechong or condom boxes placed in prominent locaÂÂtions. What is common evÂÂerywhere is also that these aptly named ‘blissful utility’ boxes remain empty most of the time everywhere. Some are gathering dust [...] [read more]
U-13 girls’ team to soon leave for AFC festival
Bhutan’s under-13 girls team will leave for Sri Lanka on March 11 to participate in the AFC under-13 Girls’ Football Festival.
Upon the recommendation of school sports instructors, 22 players were selected for the team, 17 from Thimphu, two from Gasa and one each from Tashigang, Paro and Haa.
The players were selected after a month-long coaching [...] [read more]
Man dies from drug overdose
Police today reported that a 21-year-old man had died of drug overdose in Thimphu.
At around 7 am, police found an intoxicated boy at the VIP enclave in Motithang. He was wearing a T-shirt and half pants and was shivering.
Police officer on duty recovered 19 capsules of Spasmo Proxyvon from him.
Immediately, the boy was sent to [...] [read more]
National football team selected
The Bhutan Football FederaÂÂtion (BFF) has selected 25 players to form the national team this year. The selection camp was held from February 23 to 26 at ChanglingmithÂÂang and Changjiji ground in Thimphu.
Forty-two football players from across the country atÂÂtended the camp.
The current national playÂÂers and players of under-23 and under-19 battled for covÂÂeted 25-man [...] [read more]
Namling flashback more than a decade on
One of the survivors of Bhutan’s worst road accident tells our reporter Gyembo Namgyel the heartrending story of that fateful day
Bus accident of June 16, 1998, at Namling between Mongar and Bumthang was the worst road accident in Bhutan’s living memory. Out of 72 passenÂÂgers jam-packed in a bus with carrying capacity of half the [...] [read more]
Students say GNH transforms them
Students report to the Prime Minister that they are bringing GNH into schools and their communities their way
A GNH wave – if one may call it that – is apparently building up with school students vouching that their beliefs, attitudes and even their lives were transformed by what they learned during the recent GNH meetings [...] [read more]
Cement plant to make Nganaglm a business hub
The construction of mega Dungsam Cement CorpoÂÂration Limited (DCCL) in Pemagatshel is in full swing promising many economic opportunities for the local communities.
As part of the project, the 15-km road from Indo-Bhutan border to the project site at Chenkari is being broadened to two lanes. Broadening of the road, which is expected to be complete [...] [read more]
Bhutan’s first medical college to come up in Serbithang
The site for the construcÂÂtion of Bhutan’s first mediÂÂcal college, Bhutan Institute of Medical Sciences (BIMS), has been identified above the Royal Botanical Garden in Serbithang, Thimphu.
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) will be designatÂÂed as a teaching hospital.
JDWNRH has 17 cliniÂÂcal departments out of 20 required for a medical colÂÂlege. Anatomy, biochemistry and [...] [read more]
Community forest entrusts, empowers, sustains, conserves
The introduction of the people-centric forest management has gained momentum in Bhutan. Almost every day, we hear of comÂÂmunity forests being handed over to the people in different parts of the country. This is a tectonic shift from the earlier fully government-backed forÂÂest management policy. Now with the people at the foreÂÂfront of forest management, [...] [read more]
First elephant awareness workshop
Elephants and humans are in constant conflict in the southern BhuÂÂtan. To ease this tension and create awareness among the stakeholders, the Nature Conservation Division under Ministry of Agriculture and Forests is organising the first human-elephant co-existence workshop in Lobesa, WangÂÂdue. The workshop started yesterday.
Titled “Getting Along with Asian Elephantsâ€Â, the workÂÂshop will focus on [...] [read more]
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