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Immigrants Weave New Connections Through Old Looms – msnbc.com
Old wooden looms sat unused at an arts center in Cleveland for more than 20 years – until an Ohio woman started weekly weaving workshops where Bhutanese women practice English and learn American-style weaving. Rebecca … [read more]
Refugees find the American dream down on the farm – Los Angeles Times
A dingy floral print peels from the walls, and sheets of plastic are taped over some of the windows. But for Harka Rai, the sagging trailer home he bought in rural Oregon is his piece of the American dream … [read more]
Something for everyone at Peoplefest – Boston Globe
Manchester, N.H. has embraced its diversity, and its Peoplefest is a celebration proving so. Traditions established more than a century ago by its original settlers – the French Canadian, Scottish/Irish, Italian, Greek … [read more]
Get the most out of your garage sale – San Jose Mercury News
Pockets heavy with quarters and dollar bills, I collapse on my white plastic patio chair at 2 p.m., exhausted. I’ve just learned through seven hours of hawking junk on my driveway that having a garage sale isn … [read more]
Sacramento schools eligible for federal refugee money – Sacramento Bee
Sacramento School districts are eligible for federal funding to help 1,801 refugee children in grades K-12 who have arrived in the county in the last three years, the California Department of Social Services … [read more]
Shopkick funding shows real world mobile trend – Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Private Equity Week) – Shopkick, a Palo Alto, California-based startup that tries to get people to use their mobile phones to go shopping in the physical world, raised $15 million in a Series B … [read more]
LÃÂder hispano Mario Obledo muere en Sacramento – Houston Chronicle
Mario Obledo, el presidente de la Coalición Nacional de Organizaciones Hispanas, ha muerto, informaron sus familiares. TenÃÂa 78 años. La esposa de Obledo, Keda Alcalá-Obledo, dijo que el activista … [read more]
China Tightens Grip on Tibet’s Business Class – Time
Weeks after a prominent Tibetan arts dealer was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges his supporters say were trumped up after he crossed powerful local officials, a second Tibetan businessman has been … [read more]
CBS in joint venture to launch India TV channels – Forbes
MUMBAI, India — A unit of CBS Corp. said Wednesday it has formed a joint venture with billionaire Anil Ambani’s Reliance Broadcast Network to launch television channels in India, joining a host of foreign … [read more]
Kuensel – Bhutan’s National Newspaper
Location to be determined by the number of children in each gewog and availability of electricity
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| ‘Windows’: The only playground learning centre is used for about five hours a day |
25 August, 2010 – Children across the nation will soon have access to computers, as soon as the goverment opens the 131 learning stations nationwide within the next five years. [read more]
Some gewogs did not have a single entry
Functional Literacy & Skills Test 25 August, 2010 – The election commission of Bhutan (ECB) has postponed the dates of registration for the ‘functional literacy and possession of skills test’ by about a month after not receiving enough candidates. [read more]
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25 August, 2010 – A dancer performs at the three-day Phenday Choedpa tshechu in Hongtsho, Thimphu, which ended yesterday [read more]
Foreign Workers 25 August, 2010 – The last meeting among Bhutanese contractors, sometime in the beginning of the month, saw a strong resonance among contractors to remove foreign workers recruitment agents.
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| Lyonchhoen welcomes Her Eminence Yumiko Nakashima yesterday |
25 August, 2010 – Her eminence Yumiko Nakashima has proposed supporting the nunneries in Bhutan, with a hope of bringing all Buddhist societies together. [read more]
25 August, 2010 – It is not still clear if the already delayed local government elections will be held this year. But what is clear is that there are going to be hurdles. And we are not talking about delimitation or the conduct of elections. [read more]
PM expresses sympathy and solidarity with flood victims in Pakistan and India
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| The SAARC finance ministers with the prime minister |
4th Finance Ministers’ Meeting 25 August, 2010 – The fourth meeting of the SAARC finance ministers in Thimphu yesterday began with observing a minute of silence in memory of those, who lost their lives and livelihoods in the recent natural disasters in Pakistan and India. [read more]
Degree students will move to new site by July 2011; the rest will follow in stages
Institute Of Language And Cultural Studies 25 August, 2010 – After almost two decades of planning, the institute of language and cultural studies (ILCS) in Semtokha, Thimphu will be relocated to Taktsi next year. [read more]
Villagers pay the price of being cheek by jowl with the town
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| Urban Legend: The village of gods |
Lhayulka Village 25 August, 2010 – Lhayulkha village, located behind the main Haa town, has a picturesque setting, with secondary roads running through the village with footpaths and street lamps. [read more]
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24 August, 2010 – Slip Down Hold Up: A heavy mudslide near Barshong in Trashigang blocked the Trashigang-Samdrupjongkhar highway last morning. The block, caused by the incessant rain the previous night, took about an hour to clear [read more]
Bhutan Observer
Road show to attract foreign investors
Ministry of Economic Affairs is planning to conduct road shows abroad to promote Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Economic DevelopÂÂment Policy (EDP) to attract investors. Economic Affairs Minister Khandu Wangchuk, during a press briefing this month, said that a team from the ministry would soon visit countries like India, Bangladesh, SinÂÂgapore and Thailand to make [...] [read more]
Meet the champions
Yeedzin FC were crowned the A Division Champions 2010 after beating Druk Star 5-0 in the closing match of the chamÂÂpionship on August 17. The club was awarded Nu 250,000 along with a rollÂÂing trophy and the chance to represent Bhutan at the AFC President Cup next year. Yeedzin won the league with a game [...] [read more]
Race on for Miss Bhutan title
The race for Miss Bhutan 2010 has begun in earnest with the grooming sessions already started from this week. The 18 finalists have been put up in three apartments in Langjophakha, Thimphu, where four girls share a room and popular actor Aum LhaÂÂmo is their resident mother. To motivate the girls, the three apartments have [...] [read more]
Happiness for bardo beings
The other day, I was reading something on Gross National HapÂÂpiness. How happy are we? Exactly what constitutes happiness? His Majesty King Jigme Singye Wangchuck didn’t come out with a mantra that will make you happy. As a child, I have heard the story of a soldier who stole a tinder box from a witch. [...] [read more]
Second Gold for Bhutan
Ugyen Wangchuk, who has earned a name for himself in the world of martial arts both within and outside the counÂÂtry, has brought home another gold medal during All India Karate Independence Cup held in Kurukshetra, Haryana, in India. This is his second gold medal in the same champiÂÂonship. He won the gold in 2008. [...] [read more]
Chongshing gets first farm road
The people of ChongshÂÂing Gewog in PemagatÂÂshel can now look forward to a better life with the construction of a 19.615-km farm road having begun last week. The farm road connects the gewog centre at Thongsa village with Denchi, the proposed new dzongkhag headquarters. The road will meet the on-going Khar-Yurung feeder road at Mandi [...] [read more]
Bhutan’s tobacco ban: A visitor’s perspective
Bhutan has distinÂÂguished itself interÂÂnationally through the 2004 ban on the sale of tobacco. Past difficulties in enforcing the ban have led to the passing of the new ToÂÂbacco Control Bill to provide serious penalties for the sale of tobacco. However, this led to fresh criticism of the ban as unworkable and ineffective. From a [...] [read more]
Himalayan countries discuss roadmap to adapt to climate change
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal on August 18 started a three-day high-level technical consultative meetÂÂing in Kathmandu, Nepal. Called ‘Sacred Himalayas for Water, Livelihoods, and Bio-cultural Heritage’, the expected outcome of the meeting will create a roadÂÂmap leading to the proposed ‘Climate Summit for a Living Himalayas in Bhutan 2011’. Dr Jagadish Chandra Pokharel, Vice [...] [read more]
Review of Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty, the latest film in town, is not the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty as the title suggests but the story of an ordinary boy who believes that he will meet his dream girl one day. The film starts with an old woman telling a story to some small children. She tells the children [...] [read more]
Community forest bears fruits
Tashi Wangchuk, 32, and his family from huentse lived with his in-laws for a decade in perfect harmony. However, with time, the size of the family grew and he realized that he needed to build a house for his own family. But with no easy access to timbers and credit facilities, his hope remained dim. [...] [read more]
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