Bhutan News Archive for January 18 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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Kuensel

The worst is over

Most essential and named patient drugs have all arrived

Drug Shortage 18 January, 2011 After grappling with an acute shortage of drugs for more than two weeks, the Thimphu referral hospital is now sending fewer patients home without medicines. [read more]

Up as expected

The increase across the country will range from Nu 2 to Nu 2.25 a litre

To Beat The Clock: Vehicles wait in line to tank up before the fuel prices go up

Petrol Price 18 January, 2011 Following the hike in India the price of petrol will go up by Nu 2 to Nu 2.25 a litre all across the country from today. [read more]

House burned down

Denchuka, Samtse 18 January, 2011 A two-storied wooden house in Denchukha, Samtse was gutted by fire at around 9 pm on Janua! ry 15.No one was home when the fire occurred. All five members of the family had left at 4 pm to Dorokha for a puja. Dorokha is almost a six-hour walk from Denchukha. [read more]

New lagthram means green light

The ownership certificate was a must for World Bank funding

All Is Well? A landowner inspects his certificate with an official

Local Area Plan 18 January, 2011 Developing the Dechencholing local area plan (LAP) got a new impetus yesterday with the national land commission awarding new lagthram (land ownership) to 123 landowners. [read more]

Problems in the pipeline

18 January, 2011 As expected, fuel distributors around the city yesterday handled long line of cars, with everybody fueling to the brim and trying to save a few hundred before the fuel hike came into effect. [read more]

Short of tshogpas

According to the local government Act, that disqualifies the tshogde from governance?

Thromde Elections 18 January, 2011 Despite being a seven tshogpa constituency, Thimphu will elect only five tshogpas in the first thromde election to be held on January 21.
No candidates surfaced from two of its constituencies. [read more]

Passes snowed under

Eastbound public transport halted till roads are safely cle! ared

A Sprinkling Of Snow : Vehicles wear a winter garb on the streets of Chamkhar, Bumthang

Bumthangs First Snowfall 18 January, 2011 Heavy snowfall has affected man and machinery deployed to clear the roadblock by Sundays (January16) snowfall at the Thrumshingla pass, the highest point between Mongar and Bumthang on the lateral highway. [read more]

Two caught with fake rhino horns

Double Fault: Is selling the fake part of an endangered species twice as bad as the real thing?

Perspective 18 January, 2011 Thimphu police detained two men, after they were caught selling fake rhino horns on January 14 around 2 pm. [read more]

Club owners appeal to PM

Discotheque Timings 18 January, 2011 By tomorrow, the government and the agencies concerned will decide on whether to stick to the old timings of discotheques or enforce the revised timing. [read more]

Petrol hike, an unpleasant reminder

Energy Security 18 January, 2011 With another increase in the price of petrol taking place today, the issue of energy security for Bhutan was becoming more urgent. This was pointed out at a meeting on climate change being held in Paro, yesterday. [read more]

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Bhutan Observer

MoU signed today to create SEZs

Jan 18, 2011 DHI and the Ministry! of Econ omic Affairs (MoEA) today, Tuesday, signed an MoU to develop special economic zones (SEZ) in three locations. The three locations are Motanga under Samdrupjongkhar Dzongkhag with an area of about 152 acres, Jigmeling under Sarpang Dzongkhag with an area of 1,185 acres and Dhamdum under Samtse Dzongkhag where the exact [...] [read more]

Cars line up below the Lungtenzampa fueling station in Thimphu to refuel yesterday evening in anticipation of the petrol price hike today

Jan 18, 2011 [read more]

The price of petrol in Bhutan has increased by Nu 2 to Nu 2.25 from today

Jan 18, 2011 [read more]

Bhutan-Bangladesh trade relations get a booster

Jan 17, 2011 Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinleys visit to Bangladesh this week is expected diversify relations between Bhutan and Bangladesh. Addressing a banquet hosted by Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday, Lyonchhen noted that the relationship between the two countries was progressively diversifying both in material as well as less tangible forms encompassing a range of [...] [read more]

Bhutan and Bangladesh sign agreement on cultural cooperation

Jan 17, 2011 Inspired by a common desire to strengthen the existing friendly relations between the two countries, Bhutan and Bangladesh signed an agreement on cultural cooperation on Tuesday, January 11. According to the agreement, both countries will encourage and cooperate in various fields such as literature, music, v! isual an d performing arts, crafts and other cultural activities. The [...] [read more]

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 more]

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]

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Business Bhutan

DRYING MONEY IN THE SUN WITH ANGAY

Jan 15, 2011 Recently, 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 phuent! sholing 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 j! ournalis m 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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