Bhutan News Archive for January 14 2011
Bhutan Broadcasting Service
Imposter receives four years
Jan 13, 2011 The Thimphu district court has sentenced a 25-year-old man to four years in prison for deceiving and robbing people. He has also been found guilty of robbery, impersonation, and theft. [read more]
Public toilets pathetic
Jan 13, 2011 The capital Thimphu does not have adequate public toilets. The town has a population of roughly 100,000. It has however only five public toilets. And they are poorly maintained. [read more]
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! deceler ate
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]
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Kuensel
P/ling shows apathy too
With respect to voter turnout, the border town was just as bad as the capital
Thromde Elections 14 January, 2011 The common election campaign for the Phuentsholing thrompon and tshogpa candidates was a re-run of what Thimphu just experienced. [read more]
Procurement needs pros
Core Personnel Trainees 14 January, 2011 Lack of professional procurement officers in Bhutan is the main reason behind getting the wrong goods or getting into litigation once the procurement is in process. [read more]
Only for schools out of towns
Cost effective to provide the service just to those who really need it
Shift of focus: Boarding resources will now be reallocated to rural schools
Boarding Facility! 14 Janu ary, 2011 The charm and excitement of studying in a boarding school will elude many Bhutanese children, with the education ministry slowly phasing out the facility in urban schools. [read more]
Has the press lost the people?
Theres a common belief that the media have a public trust deficit to deal with
Media Development Assessment 14 January, 2011 The content of Bhutanese media is not just urban centric but also government centric. [read more]
Boy killed as vehicle falls off farm road
Tokaphung, Samdrupjongkhar 14 January, 2011 A 12-year old boy died on the spot, while five other passengers were injured, when the Mahindra utility vehicle they were travelling in veered off a farm road yesterday. [read more]
Physician, heal thyself
14 January, 2011 Siphoning of public money or engaging in lavish purchase of goods than is necessary in government entities, corporations and private sectors is not new. [read more]
Teachers put to the test
Unlike in the past, placement in schools will no longer be an automatic entitlement
NIE Graduates 14 January, 2011 What could help solve the acute shortage of teachers in the country are the 422 newly trained teachers, who will join various schools around the country starting this academic session. [read more]
Four down, eight to go
New At Nganglam: The Indian Ambassador and the SC Chief Justice at the inauguration
Dungkhag Courts 14 January, 2011 Many eyebrows were raised in the past about the unfriendliness of the Bhutanese legal system and its accessibility, more so for those in remote areas. [read more]
Tshos The dye that died out
Once a mainstay of their economy, now a thing of the past
An Infected Branch: Extracting the red dye was indeed a bloody business
Khabti-Bhikar 14 January, 2011 People in Trashigang are talented in concocting witty mnemonics. [read more]
Early signs of development
Education City 14 January, 2011 Druk Holding and Investments (DHI) will be meeting key stakeholders, including the education ministry and the royal university of Bhutan, today for an official commencing of the education city project. [read more]
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Bhutan Observer
Alcohol more dangerous than drugs, say experts
Jan 14, 2011 Alcohol is more dangerous than illegal drugs like heroin and crack cocaine, say British researchers. They found out that alcohol damages nearly all organ systems when drunk in excess and it is responsible for more deaths and crime than illegal drugs. This finding is disturbing to Bhutanese for whom alcoholic drinks are an integral part [...] [rea d more]
Bhutanise and publicise products, tourism experts recommend
Jan 14, 2011 Bhutan should draw lessons from tourism successes of other countries, Bhutanise them and publicize its products. That was at the heart of recommendations made by two foreign speakers at the high-level seminar on mainstreaming tourism held in the capital on Wednesday. The secretary general of United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Dr Taleb Rifai, recounted [...] [read more]
Strike strands travellers
Jan 14, 2011 Hundreds of Bhutanese travelling to and from India were stranded on Wednesday with the start of the 96-hour strike called by the Gorkha janmukti morcha. More strikes and roadblocks are expected after January 19. [read more]
India to celebrate Republic Day
Jan 14, 2011 The embassy of India on January 26 will organise function to celebrate Indias Republic Day at the embassy residence, India House Estate, in Thimphu. At the function, the Indian ambassador to Bhutan, Pavan K Varma, will read out the message of president of India to the nation (India). [read more]
Police detain antique coin thief
Jan 14, 2011 Thimphu police on January 6 detained Thubala, a 65-year-old man from Lhuntse, in connection with the theft of 556 antique coins. The police seized a total of 229 tokshuchen (tickchang), 259 Beta Karp and eight Dayang (chetachen). Thubala is suspected to have stolen the coins from a woman in his village who filed a complaint [...] [read more]
All teacher graduates pass entrance exam
Jan 13, 2011 All the 422 B.ED teacher gr! aduates, who appeared for the education ministrys entrance exam last week, secured more than 50 percent aggregate marks, the minimum required to be appointed as teachers in government schools. Out of 431 graduates, nine did not sit the exam. One hundred and sixty-nine graduates from Samtse College of Education and [...] [read more]
Football selection camp underway in Sarpang
Jan 13, 2011 Some 200 boys from different schools across the country are attending a winter football cum selection camp at Sarpang Higher Secondary School. The camp is organized by Bhutan Football Federation and has two categories: Under-17 and Under-14. The training is held for two and half hours each in the morning and afternoon. Physical exercises and [...] [read more]
Bangladesh to send medical professionals to Bhutan
Jan 13, 2011 Bhutan has an acute shortage of doctors. To address this problem, Bhutan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bangladeshi ministry of health and family welfare on Tuesday, January 11. According to the MoU, Bhutan will recruit various categories of specialist medical officers and retired doctors from Bangladesh until Bhutan is in a position [...] [read more]
A nonagenarian donates her land for shedra
Jan 13, 2011 Nanong, Pemagatshel: Even as Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley visited the construction site of a private shedra in Raling village under Nanong Gewog recently and explained to the farmers benefits of contributing to the construction of the shedra, the 90-year-old woman, who made the shedra construction possible, lay bedridden all by herself in a dilapidated house. [...] [read more]
Towards more professional procurement
Jan 13, 2011 The Ministry of Finance organized a seminar on What Professional Procurement can deliver for Economies at the Royal Institute of Management in Thimphu yesterday. The seminar, which is part of the Bhutan governments institutional capacity building project for procurement, is aimed at creating awareness among law makers, policy framers and implementers on the relevance of [...] [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
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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