May, 2009
A pilgrimage to purity
Act of contrition - prostrating along the paro-drugyal highway in repentance for past acts. Photo Sonam Pelden 10 May, 2009 - Fear of the consequences of life after death has driven three sisters from Paro to do what they are doing now - prostrating full-length along a distance of more than ... [more]
Michael J. Fox and Gross National Happiness
Friday May 8, 2009 Categories: By Stacie Stukin, Health, Holistic Living, Inspiration, Positive Things Last night I watched the Michael J. Fox ABC special Adventures of an Incurable Optimist -- a companion piece to his new book, "Always Looking Up." Fox's goal: to figure out why some people are optimistic and how ... [more]
Filling a future shortfall
8 May, 2009 - The Royal Education Council's projections that we could be facing a severe shortage of skilled workers in a number of specialised areas 10 years down the line puts a fresh perspective to our growing unemployment situation, which stands at 3.7 percent today. We already face a ... [more]
After the ban, the bill
7 May, 2009 - At hriving black market has burnt an embarrassing hole in the existing policy to ban the sale of tobacco products. But the government is not changing direction in its efforts to discourage Bhutanese from picking up the habit. Last month, the cabinet submitted the draft Tobacco Control ... [more]
The way forward for media award
6 May, 2009 - The start of an annual media award by the ministry of information and communications (MoIC) to honour excellence in Bhutanese journalism is a welcome initiative. The idea is to recognise hardworking Bhutanese journalists - especially those who have exposed or brought up for debate significant public ... [more]
Shake up in store for banks
6 May, 2009 - The draft Financial Act, recently approved in principle by the Cabinet, may cause Bhutan's existing and upcoming new banks to make major changes in their original plans, central to which are the individual ownerships and professional qualification of board directors, Kuensel has found. The new act says ... [more]
Professionalising football in Bhutan
Ugen Tsechup (2nd from L) and Joseph S Blatter (centre) BFF president has big plans for the future of the sport in Bhutan 6 May, 2009 - "Football is not just a game," says Bhutan football federation (BFF) president, Ugen Tsechup Dorji, who sees soccer becoming a major source of income for ... [more]
Delay costs new dzong dear
The new Chukha dzong is slated to be ready and running by 2011 6 May, 2009 - The delayed new Chukha dzong is taking shape with about 73 percent of the construction work complete. Work resumed in 2006 after controversy over the dzong's site selection was thrashed out in the nation's ... [more]
In the best journalistic tradition …
The best editorial award was shared by three papers 5 May, 2009 - Kuensel reporter, Phuntsho Choden, beat Bhutan Times' (BT) Passang Dorji and Bhutan Observer's (BO) Rabi C Dahal to take home the most coveted prize, the best investigative report-2008, at Bhutan's first ever annual media awards held in ... [more]
BoB brushes up services
4 May, 2009 - A Thimphu businessman getting stranded in Wangduephodrang can withdraw cash, without much hassle, from the Bank of Bhutan's branch office in the dzongkhag from tomorrow. This will be made possible through the bank's new system called Core Banking System (CBS), which the country's oldest bank is initiating ... [more]