Bhutan News Archive for January 11 2011
Bhutan Broadcasting Service
Thimphu hit by a dearth of drugs
Jan 11, 2011 The Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital in the capital has been facing an acute shortage of drugs for quite some time now. The patients cannot get the required medicines. It is also difficult to get the prescribed medicines from the medical shops. [read more]
Producers piqued by piracy
Jan 10, 2011 Thanks to modern gadgets and the internet, music lovers can download, copy, and share music easily but it is also promoting piracy. As a result, the sale of music CDs and cassettes has been decreasing rapidly causing a huge loss to the nascent music industry. [read more]
PM leaves for Bangladesh
Jan 10, 2011 The Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley left for a four-day state visit to the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka today. He is visiting Bangladesh as the chair of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). [read more]
Man apprehended in connection with antique coins theft
Jan 9, 2011 The Thimphu city police have apprehended a 65-year-old man in connection with the theft of antique! coins. [read more]
Entrance examination for teachers
Jan 7, 2011 More than 420 graduate teachers are sitting for their entrance examination. They have all graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Education from the Paro and Samtse Colleges of Education recently. They must pass the entrance examination to qualify as teachers. In the past, their jobs were guaranteed. They joined as teachers directly after they graduate. Not anymore. [read more]
Vehicle accidents decelerate
Jan 7, 2011 The number of accidents has decelerated in 2010 compared to the previous year. [read more]
For want of boxes
Jan 7, 2011 The shortage of boxes to pack oranges is affecting the orange export business. [read more]
Safe drinking water for all
Jan 7, 2011 The Home and Cultural Affairs and the Health ministers signed a compact on rural water supply with the Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley today. The two ministries will provide safe drinking water to all households by 2013. The compact has also been signed by all the 20 ! dzongdas . [read more]
Van bursts into flame
Jan 6, 2011 A Maruti van burst into flame near the Tashi Bhutan Oil Distributors in the heart of Phuentsholing town yesterday afternoon. The incident took place around 2:45 pm. [read more]
Back in business
Jan 6, 2011 The stalemate in Wangdue is now over. The residents need not shift immediately. They have been given eight months extension. [read more]
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Kuensel
Bhutan to recruit doctors from Bangladesh
Latest 11 January, 2011 Bhutan and Bangladesh today signed a memorandum of understanding to recruit doctors from Bangladesh. [read more]
Lyonchhoen in Dhaka
Lyonchhoen in Dhaka
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11 January, 2011 Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley arrived in Dhaka yesterday coinciding with the day of the Father o! f Bangla desh, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahmans release from Pakistan jail on 10 January 1972. [read more]
The latest trick: Carry a big stick
Stiff penalties to be imposed if timber is bought or sold over fixed price
Logging Regularised: The new dispensation will stop hoarding and start equitable distribution
Natural Resource Pricing Committee 11 January, 2011 Both sawmillers and customers will be penalised if they sell or purchase timber above the price fixed by the natural resource pricing committee (NRPC). [read more]
Govt. submits grounds for appeal
The painstakingly drafted document is 77 pages long and divided into eight parts
First Hearing 11 January, 2011 The governments legal arm turned up at the Supreme Court with a 77-page dense submission during its first hearing yesterday. [read more]
Stung owners plea for rollback
Home minister says he will relay concerns to Cabinet
New Timings 11 January, 2011 With a claim that the new closing time for discotheques government introduced last month has crippled their business, about 11 discotheque owners approached the home minister yesterday. [read more]
Two little boys to blame
Forest Fire Update 11 January, 2011 Two minors had caused the January 7 fire in Sama gewog in Haa that destroyed about 15 hectares of forest. [read more]
Spare a thought for Samrang
11 January, 2011 Recently, the remote gewog of Samrang has been making headlines. Unfortunately, it was for all the wrong reasons. [read more]
Indian police raid vendors
However, say some, the issue may be a case of the pot calling the kettle black
In Much Demand: It takes two hands to clap; the customer is at least partly to blame File Photo
Pirated CDs/DVDs 11 January, 2011 In what should be good news for the local film and music industries, vendors selling pirated Bhutanese video and audio CDs in the neighbouring Indian town of Jaigaon have drastically declined. [read more]
Order placed for essential drugs
Drugs, Vaccines And Equipment Division 11 January, 2011 An order for the 101 essential drugs that Thimphu referral hospital was running short of was placed yesterday by the drugs, vaccines and equipment division (DVED). [read more]
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Bhutan Observer
Banquet Speech of Prime Minister in Bangladesh
Jan 11, 2011 It is a great honour and joyous occasion for me and my delegation to [read more]
Faces of Bhutan
Jan 11, 2011 Faces of Bhutan is a flagship publication of Bhutan Observer. The annual magazine carries scholarly articles from well-known writers from Bhutan and abroad. Every edition dwells on a unique theme that defines Bhutan and the Bhutanese. As the title suggests, Faces of Bhutan tells unique stories about Bhutan and its people through scholarly articles. It [...] [read more]
Bhutans hopes and fears in year of forests
Jan 11, 2011 This year, Bhutan joins the international community in organizing various activities geared towards sustainable management of forest resources. The UN declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests. As the international community comes together to give forest management and preservation a new lease of life, experts call for locally controlled forestry as key to sustainable [...] [read more]
More than 50% of disputes in villages are alcohol-related
Jan 11, 2011 This week, Radhi Gup Samdrup settled a stab case that ensued from a drunken brawl between two men. The men had picked up a fight at a tshechu under the influence of alcohol. One was stabbed three times with a pen knife. The assaulter, who is known to be an alcoholic, was fined Nu 1,000 [...] [read more]
Old Challenges of the New Year
Jan 11, 2011 This New Year has brought bouquet of hopes and expectations to the world business community, as some bigger economies saw favorable data on inflation, unemployment and recruitment. Seems last year has healed the wounds of global economic meltdown to a certain extent but the patient is far from! getting cured. Tiger of the world economy [...] [read more]
Music review: Jalam Jalam Gi Ashi 2
Jan 10, 2011 Jalam Jalam Gi Ashi 2 is the latest non-film music album in the Bhutanese market. Released in December last year, the album contains eight solo songs by Namgay Jigs and one instrumental track. All the tracks are about love and longing. The title track is a kind of rock song about missing a lover and [...] [read more]
Partisan influence feard in LG elections
Jan 10, 2011 As the country gears towards its first local government (LG) elections, many people fear that the political parties might influence the elections because many former party workers are contesting in the upcoming elections. According to the Opposition Leader, Tshering Tobgay, the danger that political parties will influence local governments is real, maybe even present. He [...] [read more]
School performance evaluation systematized
Jan 9, 2011 All schools across the country will now start the performance management system (PMS), a system that will provide schools and dzongkhags with tools to manage their own performance. The system will help create transparency in schools performance, identify issues and provide developmental support to schools in order to improve quality of and access to education. [...] [read more]
Thimphu students learn Cambridge English
Jan 9, 2011 THIMPHU: Some 110 students from various Thimphu schools between the ages of 7 and 14 are learning Cambridge English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) in Thimphu. Organized at Thimphu Primary School by Institute of Manag! ement St udies (IMS), Cambridge ESOL offers the worlds leading range of certificates for learners and teachers of English taken [...] [read more]
OL says suspension of vehicle import violates fundamental rights
Jan 8, 2011 Justifying the temporary suspension on the import of vehicles, Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley, during the 9th Meet the Press last week, said it was necessary until the Supreme Court passes its verdict on the sales tax revision case filed against the government by the opposition party. Lyonchhen said that not implementing the ban would cause [...] [read more]
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Business Bhutan
govt. will audit bhutan lottery operations
Jan 8, 2011 Prime Minister says matter will also be forwarded to ACC if there is any suspicion of corrupt practice in the audit report. PM credits Business Bhutan investigation on lottery issue Read more [read more]
local government leaders will throw new power questions
Jan 8, 2011 With local government leaders assuming power by end of the month, confusion regarding protocol still linger With the local government elections for the four thrompons and 25 thromdey tshogpas of Read more [read more]
pms take on benninger
Jan 8, 2011 Interview The prime minister, Lyonchen Jigme Y. Thinley, explains why major works have been awarded directly to Benninger Q. People say that Christop! her Char les Benninger, though a well known and Read more [read more]
bank of bhutan is still paying fines awaiting final decision to float shares
Jan 8, 2011 The Bank of Bhutan has already paid Nu 320,000 in fines after it failed to divest shares and the amount is increasing by the day After the Bank of Bhutan Read more [read more]
courts see a 21% increase in cases last year including 7,771 matrimonial cases
Jan 8, 2011 The annual report of the Judiciary of Bhutan revealed that 12,245 cases were registered in 2010 while the courts also had to look into 1,935 cases brought forward from 2009. Read more [read more]
with revenues affected after temporary car-import ban, stcb mulls new plans
Jan 8, 2011 With the temporary ban on import of vehicles, the State Trading Corporation of Bhutan (STCB) fears that the move is affecting its business. STCB general manager, Penjore, said that he Read more [read more]
tougher road rules: nu 700 fine if caught talking over cellphone while driving
Jan 8, 2011 If you are a frequent visitor to the Buddha Point after party hours, you would have probably come across a police Hilux blinking red and blue asking groups to disperse. Read more [read more]
when smokers are treated like rapists
Jan 8, 2011 Bhutan welcomed the New Year in a somber mood with a realization that it has created a space for more possible criminals. The culprit is the new regulation on tobacco R! ead more [read more]
bhutans only cattle breed on the verge of extinction
Jan 8, 2011 Since 1960s, the government undertook an aggressive cross breeding program which over the years have resulted in decreasing the original cattle Bhutans only traditional cattle breed, Nublang, is under the Read more [read more]
what everyone wanted to know about the local government elections
Jan 8, 2011 The process has begun for the mayor elections which is due on January 20 this year. The last date for candidates to file in their nominations for the post of Read more [read more]
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