Bhutan News Archive for February 4 2011
Bhutan Broadcasting Service
His Majesty spends Losar with needy citizens
Feb 3, 2011 As people across the country celebrated the beginning of the Iron Female Rabbit Year with friends and family members, His Majesty the King spent the new year with a group of citizens in need. His Majesty also offered prayers and butter lamps at the Puna Dewai Chenpoi Phodrang earlier this morning. [read more]
Chhukha dzongkhag court accepts petition on Phuentsholing Thromde election
Feb 2, 2011 The two men who have been fighting tooth and nail to file a complaint questioning the fairness of the recent Thromde elections in Phuentsholing are now relieved. Their efforts have finally paid off. The Chhukha district court has accepted their petition. [read more]
His Majesty returns to the capital after a three week tour to remote villages
Feb 1, 2011 His Majesty the King has arrived in the capital after a grueling three week tour to remote villages in Trongsa, Zhemgang, Pemagatshel, Gelephu and Wangduephodrang. [read more]
There will be fuel despite the fire
Feb 1, 2011 The fire at the fuel depot in Lhuentse yesterday has damaged properties wort! h over N u.1.7 million. The fire gutted a semi-permanent office, burnt down a truck and left several gas cylinders charred. Fire fighters however managed to save 1,800 litres of fuel. [read more]
Two separate accidents, two dead
Jan 31, 2011 A 26-year-old man has been killed in an accident on the Thimphu-Wangdue highway yesterday. He was driving a Bolero jeep. It veered off the road at Penzogyem near Thinleygang. [read more]
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
Jan 28, 2011 The top three toppers in the class XII examinations are all students of Motithang Higher Secondary School. The results were declared by the Bhutan Board of Examinations this morning. [read more]
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]
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Kuensel
Questions remain
The RAA is reviewing the case: finance minister
Update 2 February, 2011 Foreign ministry officials have refuted allegations that diplomats posted in permanent missions abroad had made any undue claims above and beyond what rules allowed. [read more]
Nu 7.6M gone up in flames
BOD has arranged for 5,000 litres of fuel for Lhuntse from Mongar
Lhuntse Gas Station 2 February, 2011 More than 21,000 litres of petrol, diesel and kerosene was what fuelled the fire that razed to the ground Lhuntses only fuel station on Monday morning. [read more]
Administrative action against Gelephu SP
2 February, 2011 Disciplinary action has been taken against the Gelephu Police Superintendent for official misconduct in last Decembers embezzlement case at the Bhutan National Bank branch in Gelephu. [read more]
From polluters to protectors
Trip to the landfill has made people aware about the capitals garbage problem
2 February, 2011 Thirty-eight-year-old Dema doesnt remember collecting garbage in a sack or bin. She followed what people around her did, which was sweeping garbage straight into the drain infront of her shop. [read more]
Trucker dies in accident
The tipper plunged about 500m down the road near Lingmithang
2 February, 2011 A 22-years-old truck driver died on the spot when the tipper he was driving fell some 500m off the road at Menchugang near Lingmithang, Mongar. [read more]
Enforcing the ban
2 February, 2011 Curiousity was building as 2010 drew to a close on see how authorities would go about locking up dealers and consumers of tobacco products with the Tobacco Contro! l Act to be slowly enforced from January 1, 2011. [read more]
Grievances remain
The governments grace period has done little to allay apprehensions
Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley accompanied by lyonpo Yeshey Zimba and lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk visit Bajothang town
Bajothang 2 February, 2011 The eight-month grace period the government granted for shops in Wangduephodrang to continue operating in the existing location has done little to abate anxieties among shopkeepers. [read more]
HMs rural visit
His Majesty the King with villagers of Tsheshingzor, Pemagatshel. His Majesty, between January 10 and 30, toured Trongsa, Zhemgang, Pemagatshel, Sarpang and Wangdue dzongkhags, where its people received kidu.
Royal Tour 2 February, 2011 On January 10, His Majesty the King ventured for a trip to rural Bhutan. [read more]
Offshoot of housing crunch
Increasing illegal settlements on the peripheries of Phuentsholing town
Bangay Bazzar: The expanding illegal settlements
2 February, 2011 Phuentsholing town is expanding into its peripheries as the number of illegal settlements continues to grow. [read more]
Pic! ture Sto ry
Thank You: 2 February, 2011 Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley thanked and congratulated the outgoing Japanese ambassador Hideaki Domichi during the farewell call yesterday. He was ambassador to Bhutan since December 2007. [read more]
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Bhutan Observer
Bhutan Observer family wishes all our readers and well wishers a very happy and prosperous Iron Female Rabbit year. With best wishes
Feb 3, 2011 [read more]
The 33rd session of the Saarc Council of Ministers will take place in Thimphu on February 8 and 9.
Feb 3, 2011 [read more]
Today, the Bhutanese across the country are celebrating the dawn of the Iron Female Rabbit year.
Feb 3, 2011 [read more]
When going gets tough
Feb 2, 2011 If we go by the newly drafted Doing Business report by the World Bank group; age-old adage that Doing Business is difficult, holds good for Bhutan. While entrepreneur and business community were discussing the merits of suspension of rights to import vehicles, Wo! rld Bank co-published a debatable but important report on Doing Business in various [...] [read more]
Prime Minister is leading the 10th five-year plan mid-term review meeting in Paro today.
Feb 2, 2011 [read more]
Japan to provide 26 ambulances
Feb 1, 2011 Bhutan will soon receive 26 ambulances worth Nu 88.5 million from the government of Japan. The governments of Japan and Bhutan signed the agreement to that effect on January 25 in Tsirang. A press release from the prime ministers office stated that Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley had made the request for the ambulances during his [...] [read more]
City inspectors are constantly after vegetable sellers on the Thimphu streets. What about these junk food sellers under Lungtenzampa right under their nose?
Feb 1, 2011 [read more]
Auditing towards better accountablity
Jan 31, 2011 The Royal Audit Authority (RAA) during its mid-term review in Samdrupjongkhar recently launched a five-year plan document called Strategic plan 2010-2015. The plan is expected to professionalise and standardise audit services in the country. The plan focuses on creating positive impact of audit services in enhancing accountability and achieving value for money in public operations. [...] [read more]
Election chief attends India function
Jan 31, 2011 T he chief election commissioner, Dasho Kunzang Wangdi, on January 24 attended the international conference on Best electoral practices in India organised to mark the Valedictory Function of Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of the election commission of India. Dasho Kunzang attended the event at the invitation of the chief election commissioner of India. Dasho Kunzang Wangdi attended [...] [read more]
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]
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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 [rea d 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 corruption involving 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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