Bhutan News Archive for January 17 2011
Bhutan Broadcasting Service
Petrol price to skyrocket
Jan 17, 2011 The price of petrol is expected to increase by more than Nu.2 per litre. The hike will come into effect from tomorrow according to the Department of Trade. This is the second hike in a month and the fourth within a year. [read more]
Accident kills a seven-year-old
Jan 17, 2011 A seven-year-old girl died when the Wagon R she was travelling in met with an accident at Namseling in Thimphu. The accident took place at 9:30 am today. [read more]
Man arrested for selling fake rhino horn
Jan 17, 2011 The Thimphu police have arrested a 32-year-old man from Wangduephodrang on suspicion of selling fake rhino horns. The suspect and an accomplice were arrested while on their way to a potential customers house in Changjiji on January 14. [read more]
Passengers stranded
Jan 17, 2011 Scores of passengers were stranded overnight at Kikila by the snowfall yesterday. The snowfall caused a major roadblock which could be cleared only this afternoon. It was only after the block was cleared that the passengers managed to proceed towards B! umthang. [read more]
Strike closes Phuentsholing border gate
Jan 17, 2011 The Indo-Bhutan border gate at Phuentsholing is closed for two days due to a strike in the neighbouring Indian state of West Bengal. The 48 hour strike began yesterday. [read more]
Disability assessment launched
Jan 17, 2011 The Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, and the National Statistical Bureau in collaboration with UNICEF launched the 2nd stage of the Disability Assessment of Children between two and nine years yesterday. [read more]
12-year-old killed in accident
Jan 15, 2011 A 12-year-old boy has been killed on the spot when the vehicle he was travelling in went off the road in Jomotshangkha, Samdrupjongkhar. The accident occurred at around 3pm on Thursday. [read more]
Thrompoen hopefuls to lock horns in live debates
Jan 15, 2011 The Election Commission will be holding live debates among the candidates contesting the Thrompoen elections. It will be organised by BBS. [read more]
Imposter receives four years
Jan 13, 2011 The Thimphu district court has sente! nced a 2 5-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]
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Another hike on the near horizon
Filling up the tank is going to be dearer by at least Nu 2/litre from tomorrow
Petrol Prices 17 January, 2011 It might be a good idea for petrol vehicle owners to fuel up to the brim today, with another price hike on the horizon.
Petrol prices in the country is expected to go up more than Nu 2 a litre by tomorrow, according to trade ministry officials. The new prices came into effect in India yesterday. [read more]
Rival groups clash in Jaigaon
One set of strikers is being matched by a counter set of strikers
A Deceptive Calm: A more frequent scene at the Gateway To Bhutan
North Bengal 17 January, 2011 Jaigaon town and its surrounding area yesterday was brought under curfew and section 141 of t! he India n penal code (IPC) enforced after the area witnessed severe violence in the light of the 48-hour strike called by the Siliguri-based Bhasha Banchao committee. [read more]
Putting their wares on display
Thromde Election Debate 17 January, 2011 The three candidates contesting the post of Thimphu thrompon (mayor) were dressed in their best ghos, but only a handful of people were there to watch them debate on national TV last Saturday in Thimphu. [read more]
Not 60 times
Contractor Fee Revision 17 January, 2011 Against some Bhutanese contractors calculation, concerning the temporarily suspended fee revision for construction license registration and re-registration, authorities claimed the figures were misconstrued. [read more]
7 in 10 schools have 30-36 students a class
Half of these schools have even less than optimum classroom size
Statistic Report, 2010 17 January, 2011 About 420 schools across the country today has achieved the classroom size of 30 to 36 students, stated the annual education statistic report, 2010. [read more]
The hottest seat in town
17 January, 2011 Tune into the radio and, amid the numerous programs on air, an earnest plea follows from the office of the election commission.
A majority of the 6,360 people identified as eligible to pick a mayor for the city of about 100,000 have not collected their voter identity cards. [read more]
Lendi! ng a han d for a lifeline
Beneficiaries chip in to build a bridge that will save them a lot of trouble
Heave Ho! Woola workers help to pull a cable across the Sunkosh river
Suspension Span 17 January, 2011 An elderly man gets on a rock and prepares to organise a joint effort to pull a cable rope, whose end seems to disappear in the Sunkosh river. [read more]
Hot off the shelf
Trainees were employed even before they completed the course
Bhutan Intl School for H&T 17 January, 2011 If the 61 graduates, who were recruited even before they finished their diploma training in hotel management, are any indication, there is scope of employment in the tourism and hospitality industry. [read more]
The silent majority
That 6,000 voters will decide for 100,000 looks flawed to those who see us from afar
Mayor Elizabeth and husband Jack V Matson in Bhutanese garb
Penn State, USA 17 January, 2011 As the four class A towns of Thimphu, Phuentsholing, Gelephu and Samdrupjongkhar gear up for the first thromdey (municipal) elections, scheduled for January 21, the mayor of the borough city of state college, Pennsylvania, United States, expressed her concern about the measly voter turnout at the recent campaign meetings. [read more]
Not yet up and running
Not Ready: Gasa Tsachu would open by December this year Photo: NC Sangay Khandu
Gasa Hot Springs 17 January, 2011 Those, who are thinking of soaking in the famed hot springs of Gasa this winter, will now have to change their plans. [read more]
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Black-necked cranes forage in the paddy fields of Bumdeling in Trashiyangtse last week
Jan 17, 2011 [read more]
Uniform curriculum for chhoedeys
Jan 16, 2011 The Chhoedey Lhentshog, during its fifth meeting in Samtse last week, resolved to frame a uniform curriculum each for shedras, drubdeys and gomdeys in the country. At present, different shedras, drubdeys and gomdeys follow different curricula. Phurba Dorji, the senior programme officer of Chhoedey Lhentshog, said that the move is to set a standard of [...] [read more]
Ngi Hingi Rewa review
Jan 16, 2011 Ngi Hingi Rewa is the latest Bhutanese film to be screened at the Lugar theatre in Thimphu. It is a typical Bhutanese movie, but regular movie goers say it offers something different through a refreshingly different story line. Directed by Yeshey Tshering, the tearjerker is about success, failures and hope in life. Dradul, played by [...] [read m ore]
Bosses need to bring subordinates onboard
Jan 16, 2011 The new trend of introducing an entrance exam by RCSC a month or so ago and now by the Ministry of Education are worthy initiatives, which will not only result in selecting the best of the best but also instil a sense of obligation to work harder among aspiring civil servants and teachers. However, my [...] [read more]
AMC supplies poor quality grinding stones to farmers
Jan 15, 2011 Trashigang: People of Radhi and Phongmey gewogs in Trashigang complain that the Agriculture Machinery Centre (AMC) in Paro has been procuring and supplying inferior quality grinding stones for grain mills for the last several years. They say that the new grinding stones supplied by the centre chip, crack, and break after a few months of [...] [read more]
A chorten at Rangshikhar Gonpa in Trashigang silhouetted against the fading sunlight last Tuesday
Jan 15, 2011 [read more]
Education city project holds first stakeholders meeting
Jan 15, 2011 DHIs Education City Project (ECP) on January 14, Friday, organized the first meeting for the ECP stakeholders with the Ernst & Young team, the consultants for the project. The first stakeholders meeting is part of a series of subsequent meetings with the objective to solicit comments on aspects that lead to pro-active assessment of the [...] [read more]
Semthuen and GNH defeat Spring Water
Jan 14, 2011 Semthuen and GNH won a game each to oust Spring Water in the ongoing Sha Dagay archery tournament at Tikizamba in Bjena gewog in Wangdue yesterday. Semthuen and GNH won a game each with 30 kareys each while Spring Water hit only 20 kareys and lost the match. The knockout tournament on compound bow is [...] [read more]
Growing NPPF plans more investments
Jan 14, 2011 Despite increasing competition in the financial market, the National Pension and Provident Fund (NPPF) has recorded a growth of 14.57 percent in its annual revenue generation. According to the annual financial report of NPPF, the gross revenue generation increased from Nu 512.98 million in the 2008-2009 financial year to Nu 587.73 million between 2009 and [...] [read more]
Second stage of disability assessment to be launched Saturday
Jan 14, 2011 The Ministry of Education (MoE), Ministry of Health (MoH) and National Statistical Bureau (NSB) in collaboration with Unicef will be launching the second stage of the Disability Assessment of children between 2 and 9 years on January 15, 2011, in Punakha. This initiative is the first of its kind in the world in line with [...] [read more]
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DRYING MONEY IN THE SUN WITH ANGAY
Jan 15, 2011 R! ecently, angay (grandmother) and I spend a wonderful time together doing the messiest thing in the world. We were cutting meat and drying it in the sun in true Bhutanese Read more [read more]
only 8,596 voters are eligible to vote for the mayors election
Jan 15, 2011 The number of voters to elect the first ever elected local government leaders of the four major municipal towns of Thimphu, Phuentsholing, Gelephu and Samdrup Jongkhar on Thursday, January 20, Read more [read more]
dear thimphu and phuentsholing thrompon candidates
Jan 15, 2011 Our reporters Dawa T Wangchuk in Thimphu and Saraswati Sundas in Phuentsholing talked to people on their expectations from the new thrompon THIMPHU 1 RABGAY, Read more [read more]
bhutan to monitor health hazards related to climate change
Jan 15, 2011 Surrounded by snow capped mountains, people of Lhasa in Tibet had never even seen a mosquito in their lives. Today, studies have shown that the parasites have started appearing in Read more [read more]
pm joins bangladeshi fisherman and bollywood celebrities to hail the sundarbans as a global wonder
Jan 15, 2011 The prime minister this week connected very well with Bangladeshi fisherman and Bollywood celebrities as he voted for the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, nominating it to Read more [read more]
why bhutan has so many constitutional issues?
Jan 15, 2011 Now that we have the advantage of hindsight, we can afford to look back and see what we should have done right after becoming a democracy in 2008. Among other Read more [read more]
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN BHUTAN
Jan 15, 2011 Bhutanese investigative journalism has evolved rapidly from discreetly reporting on annual audit findings to journalists doing their own hard hitting and impactful stories. This effective form of journalism has affected Read more [read more]
landslides caused by air pockets in mountains continue to disrupt thimphu-paro traffic
Jan 15, 2011 The road block along the Thimphu-Paro highway near Chuzom is expected to continue for another week as boulders keep falling disrupting traffic for hours. The maximum one-hour journey to travel Read more [read more]
cable operators denounce dth service in the country
Jan 15, 2011 Local television cable operators have described the Direct-To-Home (DTH) television service in the country as breaching Bhutanese laws and have asked the government to review it. The cable operators have Read more [read more]
bhutanese industries appeal for excise refund and tax exemptions
Jan 15, 2011 Hydropower raw material suppliers and intermediary industries say currently Indian companies enjoy and unfair edge over them Bhutanese manufacturers and suppliers sought equal treatment for supply of materials to hydropower Read more [read more]
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