Bhutan News Archive for January 28 2011

Bhutan Broadcasting Service

Man killed in hit and run

Jan 28, 2011 A 65-year-old man has been killed in a hit and run accident in Punakha yesterday. According to an eye witness, a tipper truck hit the man and sped away at around 2.30 pm. [read more]

Writers visit Bhutan for inspiration

Jan 28, 2011 A group of writers, poets and publishers from the USA and Poland are in the country for a retreat. They call this journey a writers pilgrimage. They will stop and write as they travel. [read more]

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. [r ead 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 city officials 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 numb! er 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]

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Kuensel

Arts students top class 12 exams

BHSEC Examinations 28 January, 2011 Arts students have topped the 2010 Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate (BHSEC) Class XII examinations. [read more]

SC hearings over

Both parties warn SC of repercussions of unreasonable verdict

1st constitutional case 28 January, 2011 Will the Supreme Court (SC) uphold the high courts ruling of the first constitutional case between the government and the opposition party? Will it be over ruled or a middle path taken? [read more]

Mineral policy to be out by March

Mineral development policy 28 January, 2011 The draft mineral development policy, which has thus far remained, disputed between the mining companies and the government due to disparate views is expecte! d to com e out before the first quarter of this year ends. [read more]

Higher education to be considered an industry

28 January, 2011 Attuning the countrys human resource production with local market demands is the primary objective of the national human resource development policy, released by the labour ministry on Wednesday. [read more]

Charged for handling tobacco

28 January, 2011 In what could be countrys first tobacco related case after the ban this January, a 23-year old monk was charged to court for consuming and smuggling tobacco products. [read more]

Cutting costs

28 January, 2011 Taking a bus instead of 16 four wheel drives on the mid term review exercise in the districts makes perfect sense if the idea is to cut costs because it does involve a long road trip across the country of hundreds of kilometres. [read more]

A new note for an old one

28 January, 2011 Torn or mutilated Bhutanese currency notes can be exchanged for new ones but the value of exchange will depend on the extent of damage. [read more]

Possible change in academic weightage

Common Exam 28 January, 2011 The Royal Civil Service Commission is browsing the possibility of doing away with one of its most controversial requirements for the civil service examination. [read more]

Fire in Thimphu

Fire on the mountain: 250 acres of forest was destroyed in a fire above Samarzingkha, Thimphu, yesterday

28 January, 2011 A fire in Thimphu destroyed about 250 acres of forest and some properties within two hours yesterday. [read more]

Cellular reach to complete this year

28 January, 2011 Bhutan Telecom limited is just a handful of gewogs away from achieving its nationwide mobile connectivity. [read more]

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Bhutan Observer

Takin festival to attract tourists

Jan 27, 2011 Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Park in collaboration with Tourism Council of Bhutan will organise a two-day takin festival in Tsharijathang, Gasa, in June this year. The festival, which is the first of its kind, will showcase Bhutans rich natural heritage, raise awareness on conservation of biodiversity, create avenue and strive towards financial sustainability of the [...] [read more]

Thrompons, time to put on your thinking cap

Jan 27, 2011 During the recent campaigns by the thrompon candidates, it was quite boring to hear all of them in all four thromdes promising to address water shortages, waste problems, and traffic congestion, among others. This was boring and monotonous because everyone has been living with these problems for so many years and knows that we havent [...] [read more]

Zorig ! United t hrash Ugyen FC

Jan 27, 2011 Zorig United thrashed Ugyen FC 6-3 in the ongoing Youth Solidarity football tournament held at Changjiji ground in Thimphu yesterday. Zorig dominated the game from the start and scored their first goal in the 7 minute when Jigme Thinley clinically volleyed in a low cross to give his team the lead. Sonam Yeshey Jamtsho scored [...] [read more]

ARAS FIGHT FOR RIGHT

Jan 27, 2011 Wai! Lets talk ara, the traditional drink that has kept generations of Bhutanese socially cohesive and intoxicated through centuries. Its used for religious rituals, social get-togethers, community events, and in celebration and mourning. Being home-brewed from home-grown grains, its long been part of Bhutanese social life, be it good or bad. Today, factory-produced drinks have [...] [read more]

This side of success stories

Jan 27, 2011 The mid-term review of the 10th five-year plan for the local governments is underway. Led by prime minister, the review meetings are attended by ministers and government secretaries besides local government leaders. By any standards, not only are the meetings big and important, but also expensive. For all that goes into organizing the nation-wide meetings, [...] [read more]

KD Choeda Enterprise win Sha Dhar archery tournament

Jan 27, 2011 KD Choeda Enterprise was crowned the champions of Sha Dhar archery tournament after defeating Laya Tours and GNH in the finals played on January 26. The champions were awarded Nu 60, 000, while Laya Tours, the runners-up and GNH, the second runners-up received Nu 55,000 and Nu 50,000 respectively. In the individual honours, Namgay Dorji, [...] [read more]

Farmers want leaders who serve them more than high government officials

Jan 27, 2011 Honesty, loyalty, efficiency, selflessness and education are what the people of Trashigang Dzongkhag will be looking for in the candidates contesting in the second phase of the local government (LG) elections this year. They said they wanted leaders who served the farmers more than high government officials. Dorji Wangdi, a villager from Rangshikhar under Samkhar [...] [read more]

Remarkable development progress says PM

Jan 27, 2011 Speaking at the 10th five-year plan mid-term review in Dagana on January 23, Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley said that Dagana Dzongkhag had made a remarkable progress in the overall 10th plan development activities. Lyonchhen said that Dagana would no longer remain a remote dzongkhag after the plan. The assessment was made in farm road construction, [...] [read more]

We could file another case against govt: Opposition

Jan 27, 2011 The Supreme Court conducted the final hearing on the tax revision case between the government and the opposition yesterday. Sticking to the oppositions earlier accusation that the government is guilty of contempt of court, opposition MP Damcho Dorji said the opposition party could file another case against the government for its decision to temporarily ban [...] [read more]

RSPN and JICA sign MoU on waste management

Jan 27, 2011 Japan International Cooperation Agency and the Royal Society for Protection of Nature will sign a memorandum of understanding for the project solid waste management system today. The pr! oject wi ll institutionalize and strengthen solid waste management system in Phobjikha valley in Wangdue. [read more]

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Business Bhutan

age and experience makes tsheten dorji phuentsholing mayor

Jan 22, 2011 Runner-up Ashan Chhettris father says he is not satisfied with results because his son did not even win in his home constituency Two days prior to the Hamar Bangla strike Read more [read more]

government to review the company act of 2000 to reflect new economic developments

Jan 22, 2011 Since 2000, the economic situation in the country 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 development, 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, favoritism, buying poor quality equipments, excessive Read more [read more]

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