October, 2008
Ashi Kesang wins recognition for humanitarian services
ROYAL LAUREATE - Her Royal Highness Ashi Kesang Wangmo Wangchuck with the 2008 Mandala Award for Arts and Humanitarian Achievement 18 October, 2008 - Her Royal Highness Ashi Kesang Wangmo Wangchuck has been presented the 2008 Mandala Award for Arts and Humanitarian Achievement by the Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in ... [more]
Coronation to be largely in-country affair
18 October, 2008 - It is the desire of His Majesty the King that Bhutanese citizens offer His Majesty just the tashi khadar for the Coronation, with no presents, said the prime minister, Lyonchhen Jigmi Thinley. The celebrations of the Coronation will be organised so that all well-wishers will be ... [more]
Centenary farmers market opens
A mega-structure built largely with Bhutanese government funding has come up to replace the old weekend vegetable market in Thimphu. It was inaugurated yesterday by Her Royal Highness Ashi Dechen Yangzom Wangchuck. Believed to be the brainchild of former Agriculture Minister, Lyponpo Sangay Ngedup, the two-storied vegetable market, now called ... [more]
The coronation begins
As excitement builds for the official coronation of His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, behind the scenes, the mystical century-old process has already begun. The ceremony on November 6 is the final, public ceremony, what is known as the outer aspect of Chi Nang-Sang Sum (strictly interpreted as Inner, Secret ... [more]
The role of Buddhist scholars in promoting GNH
16 October, 2008 - One hundred and eleven monks and nuns of the Gangteng Buddhist institute were awarded certificates of three levels of qualification by the Prime Minister, Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley, on October 11. 35 scholars obtained degrees in Master of Arts (Achariya) in Buddhist philosophy, 33 got Bachelor of ... [more]
What next for Miss Bhutan?
Oct 15, 2008-Thimphu: Miss Bhutan 2008, Tsokye Tsomo Karchung, will leave for the Philippines soon to contest with beauties from 86 countries in the Miss Earth pageant on November 9. Talking to BT, the winner, still in the glow of the crown, said she will use her fame to help AIDS ... [more]
Renovated Semtokha Dzong consecrated
Oct 15, 2008-Thimphu: His Majesty the Druk Gyalpo, the fourth King, and devotees attended the consecration of the renovated Semtokha Dzong yesterday in the presence of His Holiness the Je Khenpo Trulku Jigme Choeda. The 379-year-old structure was renovated to conserve and rehabilitate the fortress as one of the most significant ... [more]
Semtokha Dzong: History lives on
FIRST BUILT TO LAST - Semtokha Dzong, restored and consecrated 15 October, 2008 - If walls could speak the Semtokha Dzong would tell fascinating stories of the days when the Bhutanese polity was established, when fact and mythology merged to form Bhutanese history. On October 14, His Majesty the King, His Majesty ... [more]
Tightening American belts may trim tourism-Bhutan
15 October, 2008 - After seeing an increase in the number of tourist arrivals this year, Bhutanese tour operators now express concern that the recent Wall Street financial crisis could put a dent on the number of tourists in 2009. Americans lost a lot of money on savings and investments ... [more]
Environmental conservation and GNH
Among all the living beings on earth, there are a few who have witnessed history and stories of people who have come and gone to give way to the new. Those that stand tall and embrace the earth around them in grace and beauty are called trees. What stories would tress ... [more]