April, 2009
Audit digs up Labour lapses
Basic Skills Development Programme found to be riddled with irregularities 22 April, 2009 - The basic skills development programme (BSDP) under the ministry of labour and human resources (MoLHR) - funded with a loan from the Asian Development Bank of Nu 371.47m - is facing allegations ranging from siphoning of funds ... [more]
Teachers disenchanted
FAILING PROFILE - Once "kings of knowledge", now scapegoats for falling educational standards/b> Bhutanese educators increasingly seek to opt out of the noble profession 22 April, 2009 - Citing they are underappreciated and undervalued, many Bhutanese teachers are leaving the profession and applying for different job opportunities in the market, Kuensel has ... [more]
Happy days are here again
22 April, 2009 - The sun is shining again on the steel mills of Bhutan. The dark clouds of months of gloomy markets in India, which had enveloped the Bhutanese steel industry and threatened to shut them down, have lifted. Now it looks like 'it's going to be a bright sunshiny ... [more]
Bhutan’s smallest baby survives
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL - The littlest baby girl, born on January 31 this year, has put on more than thrice her weight since birth/b> 22 April, 2009 - Bhutan's smallest baby, who at birth weighed only 500 g, today weighs 1.73 kg. The baby girl was born on January 31 at the ... [more]
Bhutan draws a blank
22 April, 2009 - Bhutan's football team is on their way home from Maldives after a poor show at the AFC Challenge Cup, conceding 13 goals in three matches and crashing out of the cup. Playing in an international match after eight months, Bhutan lost to Philippines 1-0 in the opening ... [more]
U.S.-Bhutan sister schools
On the same page - Bhutanese and U.S. children share texts A unique educational exchange programme bonds children across the world 21 April, 2009 - Imagine a planned program where preschoolers in a daycare school in Bhutan work on the same syllabus as preschoolers half a world away, in the United States. This ... [more]
Royal gesture dispels stigma
21 April, 2009 - The valley of Kurtoe is infamous for poisoners. There are horrendous stories of people dying or falling seriously sick after eating or drinking from the hands of these people. One such woman is Tashi Wangmo, 49, of Yogpaling gonpa under Metsho gewog. Locals believe that she ... [more]
Buddhism in a nutshell
His Eminence Sogyal Rinpoche. Our reporter Phuntsho Wangmo asks some common Buddhist questions to His Eminence Sogyal Rinpoche Q. Your Eminence, nowadays people say that Buddhism needs to come out of the monasteries. What do you think about this? A. The extraordinary thing about Buddha's teachings is that all are relevant to the ... [more]
Prescriptions for better health
20 April, 2009 - The shortage of health professionals remains the most pressing issue in the country but the health ministry is doing what it can to bridge the gap, say health officials. In a three-day annual health conference held in Thimphu, Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley said that the need for ... [more]
Chapter of animal cruelty closed
The infamous Memelakha dog pound is emptied of its inmates Empty Memelakha dog pound - the end to a painful issue 20 April, 2009 - The 1.15-acre mesh-wire fenced Memelakha dog pound enclosure, which was overcrowded with dogs just a few months ago, is now empty and silent. After two years of ... [more]