September, 2009
First magazine on women hits the market
September 30: Bhutanese women will now get to read a magazine that is all about women. Yeewong the first women magazine is launched in the capital today. The magazine is published by Motion Pictures Company’s Design and Publication unit. The 132 page magazine is about embracing every aspect of Bhutanese womanhood ... [more]
Bhutan flag back from space
Bhutan flag flying inside the International Space Station with astronaut Danny Olivas 30 September, 2009 - As Bhutanese students across the country observe this year as the “Year of Science and Technology”, Bhutan’s national flag has travelled to the International Space Station and returned. The national flag left for the space station, ... [more]
Celebrating the victory of good over evil: Festival In Bhutan
What makes this day so remarkable. We are celebrating the victory of the good over evil. Whether you are in Tendrel Thang observing the tsechu or at home going through the rituals of dassai, it means the same thing. Perhaps, the Bhutanese should, both Buddhists and Hindus, realise that the celebration ... [more]
READ Bhutan to empower Bhutanese community through education
READ (Rural Education And Development) Bhutan is in the process of establishing at least one community library that will act as a research centre in each dzongkhag. The project aims at empowering Bhutanese communities through sustainable educational and economic development. There are already two libraries being established in Samdrup Jongkkhar and ... [more]
Bhutan flag back from space
Bhutan flag flying inside the International Space Station with astronaut Danny Olivas 30 September, 2009 - As Bhutanese students across the country observe this year as the “Year of Science and Technology”, Bhutan’s national flag has travelled to the International Space Station and returned. The national flag left for the space station, ... [more]
Strengthening media for democracy
To identify key characteristics of the media environment in which freedom of expression, independence, and pluralism of the media can flourish, a meeting was held between Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC), Bhutanese media representatives and UNESCO experts at the MoIC hall last week. The participants considered various means by which ... [more]
Culture lovers must visit Bhutan: RCSC chairman
Situated in the eastern part of the Himalayas, Bhutan is a country endowed with immense natural beauty and has rich cultural heritage. Hence, persons who wish to be in proximity with nature, derive maximum pleasure in watching its beauty and are fond of culture must visit Bhutan. These views were expressed ... [more]
241-year-old thongdroel unfurled after 47 years
Gyalwa Jampa thongdroel in Phajoding. Picture by Karma Nima, Kuensel 28 September, 2009 - A 241-year old Gyalwa Jampa thongdroel (giant thangka) of the Buddha Maitreya, or the future Buddha, was unfurled at the Phajoding monastery in Thimphu yesterday, after 47 years. The 37 by 31 feet thongdroel, the first of ... [more]
“I know Bhutan pretty well”
28 September, 2009 - Mark LaPrairie, 44, has been appointed as the first representative to the World Bank’s country office in Bhutan, which will start functioning in December. Mark LaPrairie is no stranger to Bhutan. He first came in the late ‘80s as a volunteer teacher under the ... [more]
Festival Sales
Everyone in Thimphu is in festive mood these days. With Thimphu tshechu underway and dashain around the corner, tailors and garment shops in Thimphu had a busy week. Tailors worked till mid night to deliver orders on time. Both tshechu and dashain are occasions when people wear best of their clothes. ... [more]