Bhutan News Archive for January 31 2011
Bhutan Broadcasting Service
3 men killed in an accident
Jan 30, 2011 Three men aged 44, 36 and 21 were killed on the spot in an accident in Paro yesterday. The WagonR they were travelling in fell 60 metres below the road near Shaba Middle Secondary School. [read more]
Gomtu police arrest 17-year-old for murder
Jan 29, 2011 Police in Gomtu have arrested a 17-year-old boy suspected of murdering his step grandmother. She was killed onJanuary 15 in Tading Geog. According to the Tading Mangmi, the accused informed his mother and step father about the incident. They then buried the deceased near the Toorsa khola, about 15 minutes from the house. [read more]
Gelephu will get a bridge over Mao River
Jan 29, 2011 The Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinely promised that there will be a bridge over the Mao River in Gelephu. Speaking at the midterm review meeting on Thursday, he said the construction could not be realised because of budget constraints. However, he said the promise will be fulfilled. [read more]
Motithang takes top three positions in class XII exam
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 ! candidat e 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]
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Kuensel
For a self reliant power sector
BPC plans to establish training and manufacturing centres in Jigmeling
29 January, 2011 The Bhutan Power Corporation has big plans to establish a training and a manufacturing centre in Jigmeling, Sarpang, to meet the needs of the countrys hydropower sector.
The plans, which are still in a conceptual stage, is to train Bhutanese in the operation, repair, maintenance and management of hydropower generating plants. [read more]
Let us bet on Aseans World Cup bid
Perspective 29 January, 2011 Aseans planned bid for the World Cup in 2030 has already become one of the biggest news items of its 43-year-old history. It has already generated a tsunami-like hype and public interest at all levels within the region of 600 million football-obsessed po! pulation . [read more]
Making hay when the sun is shining
Students feel it is the best way to spend the long winter break
Students at work in Lhuntse
30 January, 2011 Three weeks from now, Yangchen would be back in school. Like her friends who had come to meet their relatives from Thimphu, Yangchen, although promoted to a higher class is not so keen on going to school. [read more]
Top of the arts
Worst performance in Economics
29 January, 2011 Three students of Motithang higher secondary school topped the class XII Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate (BHSEC) examinations held last December. [read more]
Election petition refused
Complainants running from pillar to post to beat deadline
Municipal election 29 January, 2011 The Phuentsholing dungkhag and Chukha dzongkhag courts have refused to accept the petitions of a thrompon and tshogpa candidate over the conduct of their opponents on polling day during the recent thromde (municipal) elections. [read more]
Questions over special case adjustments
Officials claimed LTC in USD, 45 times more
29 January, 2011 A few years ago, the Royal Audit Authority pointed out some undue claims made by foreign ministry officials working in the permanent mission in New ! York. [ read more]
Mass cleaning
29 January, 2011 Critics, including ordinary pedestrian who said Thimphu city needs a big event happening every month to keep the city clean and tidy were right. [read more]
Men sentenced for car scam
29 January, 2011 Thimphu district court sentenced four men who were involved in a car scam in last two years.
The main culprit, Phuntsho, was sentenced to non-bailable three years prison term. He was caught in Phuentsholing in 2009 for illegal dealership of cars. [read more]
Why Bhutans inflation is lower than Indias
29 January, 2011 With practically everything consumed domestically imported from India inflationary trends, or the rise in prices of goods and services, in Bhutan closely follow that of the rapidly growing southern neighbour.
But the inflation in Bhutan is always lower than that of India despite the transportation costs plus a five percent sales tax to import goods from India. [read more]
The long process to get drugs
It takes six days for consignment to come from India and many more days before distribution begins
Stacked To The Ceiling: Medicines at the depot in P/ling
Medical Supply 29 January, 2011 At noon a loaded truck rumbles into the old hospital compound in Phuentsholing, which has now become a depot to store medical supplies coming in from India before it is distributed around the! country . [read more]
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Bhutan Observer
Trashigang sees viable business in tengma
Jan 30, 2011 Cheney, a farmer from Muktangkhar village under Bartsham Gewog in Trashigang, keeps herself busy inside her newly built cornflake machine shed. Outside the shed, Kuenzang Wangdi and two other farmers roast maize soaked in water in huge custom-made frying pans to be fed into the machine. They are among the farmers, who have found a [...] [read more]
Dairy co-ops boost rural income
Jan 30, 2011 The recent formation of a 20-member dairy group, Norlha Tshogpa, in Dungkar, Lhuentse, is expected to enhance rural income through efficient management and marketing of dairy products and creation of employment opportunities. The worry of not being able to sell dairy products is finally put to rest. The group consists of members from three villages [...] [read more]
Almost a professional undertaker
Jan 29, 2011 An undertaker, who has prepared 125 bodies, speaks to Jigme Wangchuk about his experiences His cell phone buzzed beside his bedside on the cold Thursday night of December 15 last year. It was almost midnight. A light snoozer, Ngawang Tenzin had retired to bed just an hour before. He roused himself to answer the persistent [...] [read more]
Choethuen khuru in semis
Jan 28, 2011 Drukdhay, Eastern Unit A and Kuensang Nyamrog will play in the first semi-final match of the ongoing Choethuen khuru tournament in Phuentsholing today. In the afternoon, the second! semi-fi nal will see Taag Singye Chung Druk clashing against Pasakha and Rignga. The third semi-final between Five Young Stars, Eastern Unit B and Chechay will be played [...] [read more]
Himalayan glaciers not retreating, says new report
Jan 28, 2011 Contrary to the UNs report that the Himalayan glaciers would melt within a quarter of a century, a new study by researchers at the Universities of California and Potsdam has found out that the Himalayan glaciers are advancing rather than retreating. Researchers studied 286 glaciers in six areas between the Hindu Kush on the Afghan-Pakistan [...] [read more]
Bhutan Star, behind stage and beyond studio
Jan 28, 2011 On the stage, they are competitors and contenders. But offstage, they are comrades and good friends. Most of them stay, eat and practise songs together. During the course of the competition, they have become a family, the Bhutan Star family. At least this is what the contestants say. Out of the 15 remaining contestants of [...] [read more]
Like father, like son
Jan 28, 2011 As the evening sun starts to cast long shadows, people begin to retire to their homes. But Semrig Jamtsho, a 37-year-old farmer, is on his way to Pemagatshel town carrying a basket of spinach. It would be dark when he walks two hours back to his home in Yangkhar village after selling his vegetables, but [...] [read more]
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, whi! ch is th e 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 thrash 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]
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Business Bhutan
not all shops with fcb display boards sell goods below mrp
Jan 29, 2011 Have you ever wondered why an outlet with the Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB) board sells you groceries at pinching price like any other shop in town? This is because Read more [read more]
yak herder opens guest house in laya at 3,800m above sea level
Jan 29, 2011 Tshering has been coming to Thimphu with his ceremonial yaks from Laya for several years. But this time he came alone. This week, he was at the Tourism Council of Read more [read more]
haa and trashiyangtse to pilot home stay experiment for tourists
Jan 29, 2011 To accelerate economic growth in the villages, home stays and farm houses to accommodate tourists have been proposed. In the coming year, more tourists will be staying in farm houses Read more [read more]
The corporate employee
Jan 29, 2011 On December 24, 2009 I was standing at the Kelki School auditorium for the RCSC briefing and placement. Couple of days prior to this briefing, Ive learned that I got Read more [read more]
a town caught between the past and the present
Jan 29, 2011 As this reporter attempts to take a photograph of the Dagana town, a passerby comments: If you have taken a photo 20 years back, it would still look the same. Read more [read more]
corruption is institutionalized in the health ministry with patronage from senior officials
Jan 29, 2011 Its official, the Ministry of Health is currently the worst run ministry in the government. The mind numbing level of corrupti! on invol ving health officials from the highest levels and the Read more [read more]
as marshy land becomes solid ground, predator animals walk across easily to kill cranes
Jan 29, 2011 Tendency of people to throw stones at any wild animal is also threatening the black necked cranes The Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN) and conservationists are now concerned Read more [read more]
we do not even scold our clients
Jan 29, 2011 The Nazhoen Pelri Rehabilitation Centre for Drug and Alcohol Dependence at Serbithang opened on August 18 2009, after the countrys only rehabilitation centre, REWA, shut down amid controversies. Business Bhutans Read more [read more]
non-tariff persons included in high-end tourist tab, new job figure also based on assumptions
Jan 29, 2011 It was assumed that 300 active tour operators will on an average employ seven people and inactive tour operators will employ two employees. This showed that additional 420 Read more [read more]
huge survey reveals sex, violence trends
Jan 29, 2011 Bhutans largest and first ever special survey on women and children by NSB and funded by UNICEF reveals new insights into Bhutanese society 68.4% of women in Bhutan feel that Read more [read more]
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