Bhutan News Archive for January 27 2011
Bhutan Broadcasting Service
Man dies from rabies
Jan 26, 2011 A 38-year-old man has died from rabies at the national referral hospital yesterday. The deceased is from Yangneer in Trashigang. [read more]
Yaks die in fire
Jan 26, 2011 A fire in Shingkhar in Bumthang Ura has left 14 yaks, most of them calves, dead and four other calves injured. [read more]
Candidates question fairness of Phuentsholing elections
Jan 26, 2011 A candidate who contested the Thromde election in Phuenstholing and the father of one of the Thrompon candidates in Phuentsholing are filing a written complaint saying the election was not fair. [read more]
Tuskers decline in Phibsoo
Jan 26, 2011 The number of elephants in the Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary has been decreasing steadily. The elephants move in herds their numbers varying from five to 30. They can be sighted almost any day, moving gracefully through the thick undergrowth. But according to wildlife officials, they can rarely spot a tusker among the herd. They are fast disappearing. [read more]
Amochu land reclamation taking shape
Jan 25, 2011 The Amochu land reclamation project is finally taking shape. Phuentsholing ci! ty offic ials said the Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited of India, to which the DHI, the investment wing of the government, has awarded the consultancy service contract, has already started the work. [read more]
Diabetes on the rise in Gelephu
Jan 25, 2011 The Gelephu hospital has been treating an increasing number of diabetic patients. Doctors say this is mainly because of life style change and food habits. [read more]
Odd numbers evened out
Jan 25, 2011 Office goers around the Tashichhodzong vicinity no longer have to play the odd and even number game. Entry inside the parking area which was allowed according to the vehicle registration numbers, odd numbers on one day and even numbers the next day, has been lifted from today. [read more]
Socio-economic progress in Dagana remarkable
Jan 24, 2011 The Prime Minister Loynchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley said Dagana Dzongkhag has made remarkable progress in the overall 10th Five Year Plan developmental activities. He was speaking at the 10th Five Year Plan Mid-Term Review in Dagana. [read more]
No weight for academic performance in civil service exam?
Jan 24, 2011 The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC! ) is pla nning not to give weight to academic performance in the Bhutan Civil Service Common Examination. Some colleges tend to give high marks while others are strict. The rating also differs from one academic discipline to another. Because of this, the RCSC says, it is difficult to ensure a level playing field. [read more]
Annual judiciary report
Jan 24, 2011 The judiciary saw a record 7,771 matrimonial cases in 2010, an increase of 34.06 percent over the previous year. Cases related to financial matters came second at 1,842 cases. [read more]
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14 yak calves killed in fire
Four survive with serious burns
One of the yak calves is treated for burns
27 January, 2011 Fourteen yak calves were burnt to death in a shed fire in Ura, Bumthang, on Monday evening.
Of the calves that were killed, all under a year old, 10 were females and four males, enough to start a new herd, according to the officiating gup of Ura, Khando Tshering. There were 18 calves tied in the shed but four managed to escape, he said. [read more]
National HRD policy released
Human resources 27 January, 2011 The labour ministry released yesterday in Thimphu the countrys first national human resource development policy (NHRDP) that will, among other things, try and solve the mis-mat! ch in la bour demand and supply. [read more]
Picture story
27 January, 2011 Dungsey Garab Dorji rinpoche conducted a sampa lhuendrup blessing to thousands of devotees yesterday at the Rangjung monastery [read more]
The poor need to be empowered
Best Wishes: Zimpoen Dasho Penjore offers tashi khadar to Ambassador Varma
27 January, 2011 The Gyalpoi Zimpoen Dasho Penjore and other senior Bhutanese officials joined the Indian community gathered at the Indian embassy in Thimphu to celebrate Indias 62nd Republic Day yesterday. [read more]
Costly delay
Work on insurance claims get rolling
Air Crash 27 January, 2011 With Tara air and the investigation committee yet to agree on who would pay for administrative expenses incurred during the investigation, the cockpit voice recorder is likely to remain longer in Nepal. [read more]
Improving services
27 January, 2011 The news of the Japanese government committing to fund for 26 new ambulances might have not reached the rural population as yet. But when they hear it, it will be welcomed like they received electricity and roads with open arm. [read more]
Suspect found dead
Hitting the road unequipped?
27 January, 2011 Many Bhutanese pick up driving from whatever little coaching they receive from their friends and family members. Within weeks, they take off for the road, with or without license. [read more]
Sweet profits from sour amlas
Source of cash aplenty in the wild
27 January, 2011 Farmer Yeshi of Minji in Lhuentse vividly remembers breaking branches of amla tree (Himalayan gooseberry) laden with the sour fruit, some as big as corals. The fruit is plucked from the broken branches, eaten and sometimes used to play with friends when they were growing up in the village. [read more]
Youth solitary football kicks off simultaneously
Under- 25 tournament 27 January, 2011 The dusty Changjiji football ground couldnt stop Pep City shoot six goals pass Yellow Bullets yesterday evening in the ongoing youth solitary football tournament, which kicked off on Monday. [read more]
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Drug registration at snails pace
Jan 26, 2011 Most drug dealers in the country are not taking initiatives to register their drugs with the Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA) as it involves cumbersome procedures of getting dossiers from drug manufacturing companies. Drug dealers are waiting for others to register their products. If one dealer registers his or her products, all others in the country [...] [read more]
Ara production and sale should be legalized, farmers say
Jan 26, 2011 Production and sale of ara or locally brewed alcoholic drink should be legalized to help boost the income of the poor, Trashigang farmers say. They say that they can make more money by brewing ara than selling maize products like kharang (ground maize) and tengma (corn flakes). A kg of maize sells for Nu 8.5 [...] [read more]
Choethuen khuru in Phuentsholing
Jan 26, 2011 The second Choethuen khuru tournament will begin from tomorrow in Phuentsholing at the dungkhag office area. Twelve teams have registered to partake in the Yangphel style league-cum-knockout tournament. The teams comprising six players each will battle out in a game of seven points and 30 rounds a match. Each team is charged an entry fee [...] [read more]
The 10th five-year plan mid-term review of local governments is underway. Its led by Prime Minister.
Jan 26, 2011 [read more]
What does joining ILO mean?
Jan 25, 2011 Bhutan is all set to join the International Labour Organisatio! n (ILO). What does the countrys membership to ILO mean? Joining the 183-member ILO will bring changes in the countrys labour market, especially with regard to standards and rights at work, opportunities to secure decent employment and income, effective social protection for all, and strengthened dialogue. [...] [read more]
Druknet goes wireless
Jan 24, 2011 Druknet will soon sell vouchers that will contain login information to access wireless internet services if the trial WiFi proves successful. In order to give a value-added service to its broadband users, Druknet is planning to make the internet connection wireless for all its broadband users, which means broadband users will have access to the [...] [read more]
NIIT course goes to Sherubtse College
Jan 24, 2011 Fifty B.Sc. computer science students of Sherubtse College are taking NIIT (National Institute of Information and Technology) courseforegoing their winter holidays. The course is the first of its kind undertaken by the college with financial support from the government of India. The course has six main components, namely enabling e-governance, empowering teachers and taking ICT [...] [read more]
House that tells two stories
Jan 24, 2011 Not far from Thimphu, a crumbling old farmhouse tells two stories that of olden days and modern struggles. Jigme Wangchuk captures the stories It is a piece of Bhutanese history frozen in time. It shares the story of its birth with historical Dechenphu Lhakhang. It is a four-storey traditional Bhutanese farmhouse that stands as [...] [read more]
Soaring food prices hit labourers and farmers hard
Jan 24, 2011 T he increase in food prices fuelled by the recent salary rise for civil servants has hit the poor section of the population, including labourers of the department of roads (DoR) and villagers, hard. DoR labourers say they are increasingly finding it difficult to make ends meet in the face of rapid rise in food prices. [...] [read more]
As thromde elections unfold
Jan 24, 2011 Today, a little more than 7,000 Bhutanese are expected to go to the polls in the four Class A towns of Thimphu, Phuentsholing, Gelephu and Samdrupjongkhar. However, we are not sure how many voters are actually participating in the first local government elections. In the run up to the elections, we have seen some kind [...] [read more]
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age and experience makes tsheten dorji phuentsholing mayor
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government to review the company act of 2000 to reflect new economic developments
Jan 22, 2011 Since 2000, the economic situation in ! the coun try has undergone major changes. In an attempt to attune it to ground realities and to make it more inclusive, the government has Read more [read more]
women outnumber men to elect mayors
Jan 22, 2011 Thimphu gets Kinley Dorji, Samdrup Jongkhar chooses Karma Sherub Thobgyal, Gelephu votes for Namgay and Phuentsholing goes for Tsheten Dorji as first elected mayors Ushered by a warm sun following Read more [read more]
helping media
Jan 22, 2011 The first executive director of Bhutan Media Foundation, Lily Wangchhuk talks to Business Bhutans Phuntsho Wangdi on her plans for the foundation Q. What is the first thing that you Read more [read more]
bhutans only environment ngo wins us$ 350,000 award
Jan 22, 2011 RSPN joins eleven other organizations in receiving the prestigious MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions (MACEI) The Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN) of Bhutan is among the Read more [read more]
strategize the implementation of gnh, dont bulldoze it
Jan 22, 2011 After French president Nicolas Sarkozy and more recently the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown decided to include happiness or peoples wellbeing in measuring the countrys ! developm ent, Germany has now expressed Read more [read more]
Relearning to wear my kira
Jan 22, 2011 Due to my lack of interest and Dzongkha-learning disability, my parents came to a decision to ship me off to Sikkim, where the subject would be avoided and where Id Read more [read more]
the marginal but expanding market for reject or second quality oranges
Jan 22, 2011 Walking across an orange depot as vast as the Changiji housing complex in Thimphu, it might be difficult for one to get hold of fine quality oranges as it all Read more [read more]
collateral free loan for aspiring entrepreneurs with good business ideas
Jan 22, 2011 If you are thinking about starting a business but do not have the funds, it is time to knock the door of the labor ministry. All you need is an Read more [read more]
health officials cheat country off millions
Jan 22, 2011 A plastic bucket worth Nu 600 was bought for Nu 7,500. Rot is spread across most departments in the health ministry with faulty tendering, ! favoriti sm, buying poor quality equipments, excessive Read more [read more]
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