Bhutan News Archive for January 12 2011

Bhutan Broadcasting Service

Man gored by a tusker

Jan 12, 2011 A 56-year-old man, an Indian citizen, has been attacked and gored in his face by an elephant early this morning. The incident took place at around 9 a.m. in Saralpara village along the Indo-Bhutan border. The area is about two and half kilometres from Sarpang town. [read more]

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]

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Kuensel

Blessing in disguise

12 January, 2011 When Ugyen Dorji, a landlord in Thimphu built his houses, apart from families and couples, he bore travellers and visitors in mind. So he built temporary accommodations, where people could live for about a month or two. [read more]

Weighing the virtues of individualism

12 January, 2011 When Kinga Tashi, 24, left for work in the morning, he didnt look back or bid anyone goodbye. He wasnt angry or disappointed. There was simply no one at home. He was living alone, and for valid reasons. [read more]

Green and fun

12 January, 2011 With increasing traffic, many areas in the capital are becoming less child-friendly. Parks and gardens in and around the capital are increasingly providing that space for children. [read more]

What is the Opposition?

12 January, 2011 You probably know what the word oppose means. You might have suggested an idea in school, but your classmates may have not agreed to it, or opposed it, or suggested something else. [read more]

Going macho

12 January, 2011 Love it or hate it, but masculine and low heel boots are peeping from below the seams of many a Bhutanese womans kira. [read more]

The good and bad of spas

While beneficial to some, they can be harmful to others
12 January, 2011 Its cold and public steam baths are more welcoming than showers at home. But a group of women, who usually go for steam bath in one of the spas in the capital, are worried they might contract diseases from others. [read more]

Topic of the week

12 January, 2011 Do you think emergency contraceptive pills should be banned? [read more]

Why We Dont Say, ! Thank Yo u!

12 January, 2011 How many times have we verbally thanked our parents? [read more]

Hopes & aspirations

12 January, 2011 Nge Hingi Rewa (Hopes and Aspirations) is about the rise and fall of an actor, and the drama that involves. [read more]

Domestic Violence

One important cause for depression in women
12 January, 2011 I was asked to see a woman, who was admitted in the burn unit for depression. When I visited the ward, I found a severely burnt woman of 25. She was also awaiting reconstruction surgery, for her disfigured face, offered by a visiting plastic surgery team. [read more]

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Bhutan Observer

Alternative crane habitats could be created

Jan 12, 2011 The Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN) is considering whether the new places where black-necked cranes were spotted this year should be protected. This year, for the first time, four black-necked cranes were sighted in Gelephu in November. In December, five cranes were spotted in Lhuentse. The conservation and development coordinator of RSPN, Rinchen [...] [read more]

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]

O! ld Chall enges 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 Management Studies (IMS), Cambridge ESOL offers the worlds leading range of certificates for learners and teachers of English taken [...] [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 Christopher Charles 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 Read 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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