January, 2010
Sherig Lyonpo’s address to the second principals’ workshop on educating for GNH in Paro
Education Minister Thakur S Powdyel They lost their star. The vision was gone. They saw a thousand apparitions. They ran helter-skelter, and yearned for safety… This fragment of a story is a re-telling of the fate of nations and of people. Every nation must have its own star. It is the ... [more]
Bhutan 40th on environmental index
Bhutan was ranked 40th out of 163 countries in the 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) produced by a team of environmental experts at Yale University and Columbia University in the US. Released yesterday at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Bhutan scored 68 on the EPI scores. The EPI ranked countries ... [more]
PM INVITED TO RECEIVE DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD (2009)
The Prime Minister, Lyonchhen Jigme Thinley is one among the three who has been invited to return to Pennsylvania State University in June this year to receive his Distinguished Alumnus Award (named in 2009). The Prime Minister was the first student from Bhutan to select Penn State to complete degree work. ... [more]
Liberalised tariff+ highend tourism
ABTO meanwhile asks government to reconsider 28 January, 2010 - The Tourism Council of Bhutan says that the new liberalised tariff system is meant to not only increase the number of tourists to 100,000 in the next three years but also have more high-end tourists. TCB officials said that the current ... [more]
Preserving oral traditions
28 January, 2010 - Not long ago, as darkness fell, children huddled around the fireside to listen to family elders tell fascinating stories that have traveled generations. Today, this oral tradition is quickly being overwhelmed by images and sounds from television that leaves little to the imagination of the passive viewer. ... [more]
gnh graduates from happiness schools: pm draws out education agenda
Photo by: Barun Gurung Engaging in fiery discussions, sitting silently for meditation, and watching movies late into the night, dzongkhag education officers, 227 school principals and lecturers from across the country completed this weekend at the Paro College of Education in an attempt to make schools GNH-friendly from this academic year. After ... [more]
India gives Nu 250 mn towards earthquake relief
The ambassador of India to Bhutan, Pavan K Varma, hands over a Nu 250 million cheque to Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley yesterday as contribution to the government’s disaster relief fund. 27 January, 2010 - The ambassador of India to Bhutan, Pavan K Varma, met prime minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley ... [more]
India’s 60 years as a republic
Gyalpoi Zimpoen Dasho Penjore offers a khadar to Ambassador Varma at the Indian embassy 27 January, 2010 - As India celebrated its 61st republic day yesterday, the Indian community in Thimphu marked the occasion with festivities and ceremonies at the Indian Embassy grounds. Gyalpoi Zimpoen Dasho Penjore and other senior Bhutanese ... [more]
“Literature cultivates good attitudes”
Five new Dzongkha books released 27 January, 2010 - “Literature cultivates good attitudes which can contribute to strengthening a nation’s spiritual well-being,” according to prime minister, Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley who released five new Dzongkha books on Monday, January 25. “In the olden days people changed their minds after listening to ... [more]
Education Minister’s address at the first principals’ workshop on educating for GNH
Here is this place we have grown to call school. In the beginning, it was all space – bare and plain – a part of this good earth. We animated sand and stone, brought brick and mortar and saw our temple of learning rise before us. We etched the impressions ... [more]